Healthy Recipes

My sister swore she hated pumpkin muffins. For years. Every fall, when pumpkin spice everything would start showing up, she’d make this face—you know the … Read more

My sister swore she hated Halloween. For years. She called it “a holiday for people who like sticky floors and bad candy.” Every October, she’d … Read more

There used to be this tiny Greek deli on the corner of 7th and Maple that made a cucumber tomato salad so good, I’d walk … Read more

The neighborhood Christmas brunch was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten—I’d blocked it out, apparently. Everyone else would be bringing those … Read more

There used to be a tiny juice bar tucked between a laundromat and a vintage shop on College Avenue that made the most incredible peanut … Read more

I had been looking for a breakfast that actually tasted like dessert but didn’t require standing over a stove at 6:45 in the morning. For … Read more

The tacky, slightly crumbly press of oat-and-peanut-butter dough against my palm—that’s what I made these for. Everything else is secondary. I was standing in my … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be in my neighbor’s kitchen that Tuesday. I’d stopped by to return a measuring cup she’d lent me weeks ago, and … Read more

My roommate Sarah asked me last Tuesday why I couldn’t just mash the banana right into the oats instead of slicing it on top in … Read more

I ruined pumpkin bread three times before I figured out what was missing. The first loaf came out so dry it crumbled into dust the … Read more