Healthy Recipes

I was standing in the dairy aisle of the grocery store last Tuesday, staring at a tub of Greek yogurt like it held the secrets … Read more

The church potluck was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. I was standing in my kitchen staring at a counter full of apples—Honeycrisps, to … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t making a big deal of it. I’d stopped by to return a borrowed slow cooker and the scent of cinnamon and … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Highway 17, the kind with cracked vinyl booths and a jukebox that only played country ballads from … Read more

My roommate Sarah asked why I couldn’t just microwave the acorn squash instead of roasting it for an hour. I started to explain why that … Read more

The Thanksgiving potluck at my neighbor Clara’s house was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring the cranberry sauce. Not … Read more

I was standing in a tiny bakery in Portland last spring, waiting out a sudden rain shower, when the smell hit me. It wasn’t the … Read more

My sister claimed she hated breakfast cookies for five years. “They’re just sad granola bars in round form,” she’d say whenever I brought up the … Read more

My roommate Sarah asked why I couldn’t just toss the apples in lemon juice and call it a day. I was in the middle of … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Clara who grew up on a farm in Iowa, watched me one morning wrestling with a stubborn jar lid … Read more