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Modernized Bircher Muesli

March 2, 2015 by Allison Hudson

New healthy habit goal: every Monday, bounce out of bed a little early to kick off the week with a great breakfast. So far so good (since starting last week…). Paul leaves particularily early on Mondays, but so far this exercise is worth it as it seems to take the edge off the start of the week. That said, Monday breakfast has to be espicially fast around here. I suspect for you too. I thought a little harder about this […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Oatmeals & Mueslis • Tags: Featured, Food Photography, Healthy Breakfast, Make Ahead, Muesli, Photography, Raw, Vegan, Vegetarian

Citrus Season Surprise Antioxidant Smoothie

February 24, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Early yesterday morning, I was setting up to make our new favorite blended breakfast, the delicious Winter Smoothie featured here about a month ago. I’d stopped by the Farmer’s Market on Saturday to re-stock our beet supply so we could enjoy several more of these citrus season optimizing smoothies and opened the fridge with a smile – I love reaping the benefits of planning ahead. I grabbed a fresh beet and set it with the rest of the Winter Smoothie […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Smoothies • Tags: Antioxidant, Candy Cane Beets, Chioggia Beets, Citrus Season, Featured, Food Photography, Grapefruit, Photography, Recipe, Smoothie

Mushroom-Thyme Soup with Whole Wheat Croutons

February 23, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Why is this creamy but not too rich mushroom soup weeknight (esp Monday night) perfect? 1.) It’s chicken-broth based, making a perfect lighter but satisfying soup. 2.) The mushrooms are like butter to chop and cook down very quickly – this dish is less time consuming than other veggie forward soups. 3.) You’ll have leftovers for a healthy mid-week lunch or two. 4.) Mushrooms contain loads of potassium, making this a great rest day dinner after a longer Sunday workout. […]

Categories: Soups • Tags: Featured, Food Photography, Healthy Cream of Mushroom Soup, Mushroom Soup, Photography, Potassium, Recipe, Sherry, Thyme

Snowday Inspired Energy Loaves

February 18, 2015 by Allison Hudson

At the outset of what might turn out to be the coldest week this winter, Paul suggested a muffin with a little more heft to it. Muffins are often first bites here so the aim with these is to sustain a little longer into the morning. Since we had ripe bananas, and since over the weekend I at long last replenished our peanut butter supply (!), the basis for such a breakfast was immediately obvious. It was the forecast, […]

Categories: Baked, Breakfasts, Muffins & Quickbreads • Tags: Baking, breakfast, Coconut, Featured, Food Photography, Muffins, Photography, Snowy

Silky Chocolate Mousse (Made with Tofu)

February 13, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Gulp, it’s Friday the 13th! But this time around that means that it’s also Valentine’s Day Eve , so I was thinking that a Friday chocolate repeat would be okay (we made Double Chocolate cookies last week…). Plus, I’ve been wanting to try making Chocolate Mousse with tofu for a too long now and this is as good an occasion as it gets. A few years ago, Paul and I were at a friend’s in New Paltz, NY, at one […]

Categories: Desserts • Tags: Chocolate Mousse, Chocolate Mousse Recipe, Dark Chocolate, Featured, Food Photography, Photography, Tofu Chocolate Mousse

Tomatoey Tortellini Soup with Kale & Cannelloni Beans

February 10, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Weeknight-friendly recipe alert! Here’s a delicious one-pot dinner that will be ready quickly and is hearty, healthy and satisfying. You’ll see a few links below – I do think that using homemade chicken broth will make this especially good, but between the aromatic vegetables, fresh herbs and Parmesan rind you’ll have great flavor either way. I’ve also included a link to instructions for fine dicing just in case, which will be the most time consuming (but not too bad and […]

Categories: Soups • Tags: Featured, Hearty Soup, Kale, Make Ahead, Recipe, Supper, Tomatoes, Tortellini

Meyer Lemon Chicken with Barley Risotto & Broccoli Rabe

February 4, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Another weeknight! And are you like me in that you were over skinless, boneless chicken breast about five or six years ago, but don’t always feel like taking on a whole roasted chicken because among other things, you don’t have 90 minutes to wait and don’t want to deal with chicken wings on a Wednesday night? And do you love risotto, but feel a little nutritionally void/groggy shortly after you enjoy? Or, does your family love roasted chicken, and want […]

Categories: Dinner, Sides • Tags: Featured, Healthy Dinner, Healthy Risotto, How-To, Make Ahead, Photography, Recipe

Chocolate, Walnut & Banana Muffins (with no Added Sugar)

February 2, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Late during the Fall of 2014, one of us was riding home from work with more than we could carry. As ever, we remained undeterred on the bike – the solution was to simply stop for a shopping bag to manage the load and continue the journey. Well it just so happened that the nearest store was a Lindt Chocolate boutique and to our great surprise and delight, that very night they were having an unannounced 50% off sale on […]

Categories: Baked, Breakfasts, Muffins & Quickbreads • Tags: Banana-Nut Muffins, Dark Chocolate, Featured, Muffins, No Added Sugar, Recipe

Best Winter Smoothie

January 31, 2015 by Allison Hudson

Happy January 31st!!! Even though we are looking at some seriously low mercury plus extra-icy wind today, I am so excited to share this smoothie, because it maxes out seasonal produce to the best extent I’ve seen all Winter. It’s citrus season, which means that right now we get to enjoy the best tasting oranges, grapefruits, limes and lemons of the year. Not only that, but also the best variety. Enter Blood Oranges, which almost taste like a raspberry crossed […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Smoothies • Tags: Citrus Season, Colors, Featured, Food Photography, Healthy, Healthy Breakfast, Photography, Recipe, Smoothie