Healthy Recipes

The church potluck was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just a little forgot, either — I mean I walked into the kitchen … Read more

Last Tuesday, I was standing in my kitchen staring at a pile of slightly sad-looking blueberries and wondering how many more mornings I could serve … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle of our local grocery store last November when the smell hit me. Not something from the freezer … Read more

The company potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten to prepare something—I’d forgotten the event existed until my coworker Lisa … Read more

My brother asked why I couldn’t just roast the green beans instead of blanching them first. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—something about … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, watched me struggle with a wobbly platter of fruit at our building’s Halloween potluck last year. She didn’t say anything at … Read more

I ruined overnight oats four times before I got them right. Not the kind of ruined where you shrug and eat it anyway—the kind where … Read more

The school bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. My son’s class had a “healthy breakfast item” table, and I was supposed … Read more

I was halfway through measuring the flour when I realized I’d grabbed the wrong mixing bowl. It was the small one, the one I usually … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Elena, watched me staring at a pile of honeynut squash at the farmers’ market last October. I didn’t say … Read more