You know when you order pasta at a restaurant and the sauce is thick and sticks to the pasta? You know when you make pasta at home and the sauce is thin and everywhere but on the pasta? We’re going to fix that. Right now. There are a three tips that will take you…
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Soup’s On Sundays: Vegetable Minestrone
This hearty, seasonal vegetable minestrone soup is brimming with protein, antioxidants, fiber, and flavor. Serve it with a low-fat roasted red pepper and cheese quesadilla (ready in under 10 minutes) and you’ve added a new meal to your dinner arsenal. Note: When you’re chopping the vegetables, don’t worry about how they look, or if they’re…
Veggie Burger
This chickpea-based veggie dinner is both burger and bun. While you can stuff it with whatever vegetables you want, I chose to go with, well, everything. Sautéed mushrooms and vidalia onion, brocco sprouts, tomato slices, and avocado. The veggie burger is moist, but firm enough to sandwich the fillers. If you have leftovers (and unless…
Spaghetti Squash Swap
I love pasta sauce, but I don’t always feel like eating a carb-heavy meal at night to get my fix. Enter, spaghetti squash. It looks like spaghetti, and you can smother it with your favorite tomato sauce and dust with freshly grated parmesean cheese. How does 1 cup of spaghetti squash stack up against 1…
Greek Salad…Sandwich optional
I’m up in Burlington, VT now – yup, another foodie magazine internship – and have completely fallen for the place. People up here, safe to say, take their food seriously – and that means everything about where it comes from to how it’s thrown away. Every morning on my drive to work, I get to…
Mac and Cheese Redux
I’ve been planted at my desk studying for finals and finishing up projects for school. Yesterday, I had an exam at 2pm, but wanted to make sure I had a good lunch because that’s one less thing to worry about during the final! I had a bad experience with stomach grumblings at the SAT (so…
Mediterranean Chicken Pita
Lunch time! Raiding the fridge…carrots? hummus? chicken? Looks like the making of a Mediterranean pita. Packed with protein and loaded with vegetables, this lunch will satisfy your hunger pains and help you resist snacking on a heavy dessert. You can leave out the meat for a veggie sandwich, or substitute turkey or tempeh! Mediterranean Chicken…
Moroccan Chicken Stew
This is a one-pot meal (my favorite weekday dish) and requires very few ingredients to get a flavorful, nutrient-rich dinner on the table in 30 minutes. Moroccan Chicken Stew Adapted from Women’s Health / 4 servings / Prep time: 5-10 min / Cook time: 25 min Ingredients: 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 green pepper (chop 3/4…
"Bachelor’s BBQ Chicken:" 30 minutes to dinner
Chicken + BBQ sauce + onions in a covered pot => 30 minutes => eat dinner. When I was talking to my friend about what to eat for dinner tonight, he mentioned one of his favorite “bachelor’s dinners,” which I understood as fast, easy, and hearty. I’ve done a variation on the simple meal for…
Caroline is a freelance writer, nutrition communication consultant, and counselor with a holistic approach to healthy living. 
