This easy corn milk recipe is a great nut-free, dairy-free milk alternative that uses fresh sweet corn and coconut milk as a base. With a pinch of salt, a little vanilla, and maple syrup to taste, it can be sweetened up for a horchata-like flavor or toned down and used as a cream substitute in […]
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Easy Baked Pears With Honey and Walnuts (Good For The Lungs During Cold & Flu Season)
This super, super easy baked pears with honey and walnuts recipe is so rich, satisfying, and hearty. I love it as a rustic dessert or breakfast. Plus, it’s gluten-free and vegan. (Though you can also serve it with a hefty dollop of whipped cream, crème fraîche, Greek yogurt, ice cream, or any plant-based alternatives to […]
Maple-Date Chestnut Milk Recipe: A Local Food Lover’s Alternative to Hot Chocolate
This easy maple-date chestnut milk recipe is made from fresh-roasted chestnuts, dates, water, maple syrup, and a pinch of salt. That’s it! If you’re a local food lover, it makes a beautiful alternative to hot chocolate for warm-weather sipping by the fire. Chesnuts are the ultimate winter season crop, a lovely treat to wait for […]
The BEST Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Brownies Recipe (Dopamine Booster)
Let me just cut right to the chase: these delicious gluten-free peanut butter brownies are fudgy and decadent, made with serotonin-boosting bittersweet chocolate and happiness-inducing mucuna bean powder. Baking is a good stress reliever, and this recipe thoughtfully incorporates mood-supportive ingredients. (And if you don’t want to add the superfoods, leave ‘um out. The recipe […]
How to Make Mangosteen Juice (aka Santol-ade)
I am so excited to share this easy recipe for making fresh mangosteen juice, aka Santol-ade: an electrolyte- and potassium-rich drink that tastes like tropical sweet tea. This sweet refresher is an amazing electrolyte booster that can prevent dehydration and heat-related fatigue. And, for what it’s worth, it’s just a cool, rare, and exotic tropical […]
Ted Lasso’s Biscuit Recipe (The Real Recipe from The Show)
This edition of our Nourished By My Heroes series features the first male subject we’ve ever featured in this column: Ted Lasso, the lovable hero of the Apple TV+ soccer-themed series Ted Lasso. Below, we share the official Ted Lasso Biscuit recipe– the real recipe used to make the iconic cookies on the show. Fans […]
Try This Vegan Pine Pollen Pesto Recipe (Stress-Reducing)
Looking for ways to cook with pine pollen? This easy vegan pesto recipe should be a staple in any health nerd’s repertoire. Much like bee pollen, pine pollen is an increasingly popular adaptogen that’s full of beneficial enzymes, amino acids, minerals, antioxidants, vitamins A, B, D, E, and phytosterols. Research even shows that consuming raw […]
“Cheesy” Turmeric Instant Pot Popcorn Recipe (For Stress-Reduction)
This easy Instant Pot popcorn packs all the flavor and freshness of homemade popcorn without any of the fuss. It takes only 10 minutes to prepare and combines several anti-inflammatory spices to maximize health benefits and taste– which is why this stress-busting turmeric popcorn is my favorite homemade popcorn recipe, ever. Made with stress-reducing turmeric […]
Vegan Olive Oil Quick Bread Recipe (World’s Best Anti-Inflammatory Dessert)
Olive oil cake is all the rage in the baking world right now. This vegan olive oil quick bread is versatile and moist enough to moonlight as an olive oil cake (if you want to bake it in a cake pan) or as olive oil cake muffins. We love it best as an understated olive […]
Yes, You Can Eat Magnolia Flowers— and They’re Having a Renaissance Right Now
Yes, you can eat magnolia flowers— and they’re having a renaissance right now. Magnolia season arrives in early spring every year, and it is very short– usually lasting only two weeks, so it’s sort of like a shooting star in the realm of seasonal food (like ramps or morels, they are special in that way, […]