Sure, you love green asparagus, but what about its mysterious cousin, white asparagus? It’s tantalizing, different, and so… white. (Fun fact: The white version is basically just asparagus that’s never seen sunshine. As such, the taste is similar to green asparagus but very mild and a little earthier.) So when we recently saw some beautiful […]
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Herbed Easter Egg Bread
Easter season brings so many beautiful natural colors… and yet so many Easter egg breads feature wildly artificial colors. So for something a little bit different, we decided to make an herbed Easter egg bread that features only natural colors. This bread is based on a challah recipe from an old Fleischmann’s yeast cookbook… We’ve […]
Spaghetti Squash Scramble
I never used to be crazy about spaghetti squash; mostly because I felt like people kept trying to push it as spaghetti, and it’s not. Sure, you can put all kinds of sauce and cheese on it and almost forget you are eating squash, but it’s still squash. But recently, while trying to cut back […]
Tomato Cauliflower Egg Drop Soup
I keep hearing about cauliflower rice, but I hadn’t thought much about cooking with it until I spent 30 days trying out the Whole30 diet (more on that another time). Cauliflower rice is great if you’re eating paleo, grain-free, or veggie-centric…but I hadn’t really thought about making it because it sounded like more work that […]
Gai Lan Egg Cups for Chinese New Year
What are you going to eat for Chinese New Year? Our recommendation: Gai Lan Egg Cups. So what is gai lan, exactly? It’s a flavorful Asian green. Actually, it’s one of many flavorful Asian greens that more Americans should get to know better. That group also includes bok choy, sugar snap peas, and Chinese long […]
Lazy Mom’s School Lunch Guide
Back to school…school lunch…zzzzz. Wait – where was I? Sorry, my bad. Even though this is supposedly a blog about healthy food, the thought of making school lunch always puts me to sleep. (If I’m going to be in the kitchen, I’d much rather be carving watermelons or making a Tim Burton pie.) Sure, there […]
Hi! I'm Jeanne Fratello - a writer, reporter, and a mom who is on a mission to find great food for kids and to keep parents up to date on the latest nutrition news. You can read more about me here.