Posts in Winter
Orange-Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Black Lentils

This is the meal from a recent dinner party I promised to share with you last week that uses the toasted pumpkin seed salsa, the creamy base you see underneath the lentils and sweet potatoes. I like to serve this meal platter-style, which is one of my go-to solutions for easy dinner parties. The components are spread out on a large platter (preferably oval or rectangular in shape) and...

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Comfort Food, Redefined: Fed for Comfort

Fed for comfort is eating well so we live with comfort in our bodies. And what’s more comforting than finding the foods we love and that love us back?

But what is best for our bodies? There’s an obesity epidemic in the Western world, so some may argue we clearly don’t know what to eat. But I argue we have a “seeking” epidemic just as rampant as obesity that misplaces our energy and focus. 

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Green Couscous Platter with Roasted Squash, Feta, and Pomegranate

Do you ever eye the pumpkins and winter squash at the market and think, "Fat chance! They're too much effort to prepare, plus I wouldn't know what to do with them, so why bother?" I used to think that before I began paying attention to the joys of seasonal eating.

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