RECIPE: Collard Wraps

Top: tuna-collard wrap from Happy Bellies with cooked spinach, grated carrots and diced avocado. Center: hummus-collard wrap from The Pomelo Blog, with ham, tomato, cucumber and sprouts. Bottom: For portability or neater eating, tie a piece of parchment or wax paper around the wrap. Photo of Reuben collard wrap courtesy Spring Vegan.   A few…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Eat More Legumes

Top: A chopped salad with spring peas. You can substitute sugar snap peas, or any other legume. Photo courtesy The Foster’s Market Cookbook. Bottom: This creative salad wraps leafy greens in prosciutto, with a side of cannellini beans in vinaigrette.   Nutritionist advise that we eat more legumes. But most people don’t know what a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Diet Baked Apples

Diet baked apples: Make them in the oven or microwave, eat them warm or chilled. Photo © J. Volodina | IST.   When you’re trying to cut back, dessert is the trickiest course to navigate. Personally, we avoid all “reduced calorie” versions of fattening desserts. It’s better to have a small piece of the good…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Grain Bowls With Roasted Vegetables

[1] Grain bowl with delicata squash (all photos © Good Eggs). [2] Wild rice bowl with kabocha squash.   Did grain bowls originate in healthy “salad” food chains? All we know is that in the last few years, grain bowls have become a go-to light and nutritious meal, whether you buy yours from a food…
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FOOD FUN: “Stonehenge” Beef Carpaccio

Turn beef carpaccio into an homage to Stonehenge. Photos courtesy All’Onda | NYC.   We’re starting the new year of Food Fun with this eye-catching, low calorie treat. We love the eye appeal of the food at All’Onda in New York City. Take this “Stonehenge” Beef Carpaccio. Cut beets are arranged in a circle in…
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