Enjoy the flavors, warmth and nostalgia of the season with this low-calorie tea made with simple ingredients. Before you even take a sip, you’ll fall in love with the aroma of the orange zest and cinnamon. Fresh orange juice adds a kiss of natural...
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Sweet and Sour Shell Mac and Cheese
Bring creamy comfort food back into your life with this mac and cheese that is high in flavor while keeping calories, saturated fat and sodium in check.
The trick is whisking together a lightened up Bechamel sauce, with lowfat milk and flour, while skipping the...
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Roasted Orange-Brined Chicken
When you see “1 orange” in the ingredient list of a recipe, your likely gut reaction is to just grab any orange, like Valencia or Navel. But there are other choices that you might not have considered. From extra-sweet Cara Caras to dark-pigmented Moro...
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Pumpkin French Fries with Chipotle-Molasses Ketchup
These pumpkin fries are sweet potatoes’ sassier sister with a smoky twist of cumin, chile and chipotle.
The sweet and spicy ketchup will elevate any fry. Each serving offers more than two times the daily value for vitamin A (as beta-carotene), 3 grams fiber, and...
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Reader’s Digest ft. 11 Ways Nutritionists Use Pumpkin Puree
Michelle shares creative uses for pumpkin puree.
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Soy-Honey Alaska Cod Recipe with Sunkist® Lemon
This cod recipe is ready in 30 minutes and is packed with flavor.
Alaska cod is an incredibly family friendly fish–mild and flaky, it easily takes on any flavor you throw at it. It is also a sustainable fish, making it an easy choice to increase your family’s fish consumption!
Why I Created This Cod Recipe
I created this cod recipe...
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Couchgating: Football Party Food That’s Easy to Execute and Healthy, Too
What a Chef Nutritionist Serves at Her Football Watch Party When She Has No Time to Cook
Post sponsored by Sabra. Written 100% by me.
Confession: I get more excited about football party food than the actual game. I love having people over to watch the...
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Good cheesecake under 200 calories? Yes, it is possible.
Cheesecake under 200 calories? Yes, it is possible.
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How to Get Started with Clean Eating (Even When You’re Crazy Busy)
How to Get Started with Eating Clean Even When You’re Really Busy
With work, school, kids, some spark of a social life, and, oh, that thing that’s good for us, called “exercise,” thinking about eating clean and planning healthy meals can easily be put off until...
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Healthy Back to School Lunch Box Recipes for Edible Feast
Substituting young green soybeans for chickpeas offers a refreshing variation from the usual hummus. Scarlet loves this Lemon Cilantro Edamame Hummus so much, she asks for seconds! The soybeans in this dip are an excellent form of complete vegan protein–perfect for a dip, but...
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