Just in time for Easter dinner this afternoon, I pulled together this salad to bring to my in-law’s. Quick and easy, with only a few fresh ingredients you can do ...
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Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Strawberries & Cream
A great light cake to feel good about eating. This is a ...
DEFINE foods: Farro Salad w Roasted Grapes & Pomegranate
Just in time for the Holidays! This is a wonderful side dish ...
Roasted Beet, Chickpea + Black Quinoa Salad
Beets….LOADED with fiber, potassium, iron and folic acid. The pigment that gives ...
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Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Strawberries & Cream
A great light cake to feel good about eating. This is a fresh take on a previous winter version of this recipe. Serve with sliced strawberries or other in-season fruit of your choice. There are a few components to build your plate and serve, but the cake itself comes together in 45 minutes and also […]
Spring Festive Salad
Just in time for Easter dinner this afternoon, I pulled together this salad to bring to my in-law’s. Quick and easy, with only a few fresh ingredients you can do this too. Colorful and festive, this is the perfect side salad to accompany any meal this season. Spring Festive Salad {Yield: 6} 1 bag of […]
DEFINE foods: Amaranth Porridge
A great alternative to oatmeal, amaranth porridge is a warming bowl full of feel-good nutrients. Amaranth is a superfood seed that’s vitamin and mineral-rich, and very high in protein. A nutritional-powerhouse, this gluten-free grain has loads of vitamin E and B, calcium, iron and phosphorous. It looks and cooks similar to quinoa but is lighter in texture, […]
DEFINE foods: Gingered Carrots, Beets & Fig w Miso-Sesame Dressing
Ring in the New Year with this new recipe! A fresh, clean start to cooking right. Good-quality, seasonal ingredients make for a perfect dish. Carrots and beets are available locally right now at your farmer’s markets. Combined with fresh fig and a bright pop of pomegranate seeds, this dish has sweet and savory earthiness that makes it grounding as a side-dish […]
DEFINE foods: Farro Salad w Roasted Grapes & Pomegranate
Just in time for the Holidays! This is a wonderful side dish for your festive table. Farro is an ancient strain of hard wheat, but a plant and grain all its own. A grain of farro looks and tastes somewhat like a lighter brown rice and is often confused with spelt. It has a complex, nutty […]
Butternut Squash & Apple Soup
The perfect Fall feel-good soup. Simple enough for a weeknight and elegant enough for your Thanksgiving table. The earthy sage adds a perfectly grounding flavor to the sweet apple and smooth butternut squash. With a subtle kick from jalapeno, you will feel like kicking up your feet next to a warm fire on a cold night. […]
DEFINE foods: Chipotle Black Bean + Sweet Potato Tacos
Sweet potatoes and black beans are a favorite food combination of mine at this time of year. It’s hearty and earthy, healthy and delicious. Throw it in a taco with smokey chile flavor, and you’ve got yourself a winning dinner. I like to use sprouted corn tortillas, which are made from freshly sprouted 100% organic […]
DEFINE foods: Miso-Maple Brussels Sprouts & Tofu
A flavorful way to bring Brussels sprouts to your holiday table. There is no better combination than miso and maple at this time of year, especially when browning up brussels! Slicing them thin lends a quicker cook time and a crisper bite. If you’re not a big tofu-lover, feel free to omit. This dish is also […]
DEFINE foods: Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cake w Chocolate Ganache
Dairy-free and decadent, this cake will blow your tastebuds away! Imagine a reese’s peanut butter cup mixed with a chocolate chip cookie. I made this for Henry’s birthday this year- let’s just say it was a hit… Check out the recipe exclusively posted for DEFINE foods HERE!
Ginger Soba Noodles
This dish came together nicely and felt oh so good finishing a weeknight with a warm bowl full of healing Asian properties. Ginger aids in digestion, reduces pain-causing inflammation in the body, and also has antimicrobial and antiviral properties that kill germs. I use it often in dishes and always end the night with a cup of ginger tea. Shiitake […]
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A graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, Erin spent time working in the kitchen at Pure Food and Wine after several years in the dance performing world and instructing classes at Physique 57. She owned and operated her own healthy cookie and granola company O'Cookies Wholesome Bites in New York City and you can now find her teaching classes at Define Body & Mind in Houston.Follow
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