From the category archives:
If you’ve never tried a butternut squash soup or pumpkin soup, then you’re missing out…especially if you’re a lover of sweets. Squash soup is one of my favorite things to eat in the fall and winter. When cooked, winter squashes turn soft and sweet, making them extremely versatile and comforting to eat when the weather [...]
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It’s Monday and today is the first in a new weekly blog post series called “Focus on Food” here at Laurel on Health Food. Each week on Monday I’ll feature one healthy whole food with fun facts, some nutritional knowledge, and some tips for how to eat them. I hope you enjoy it! Today’s feature: [...]
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I was flipping through the September issue of Whole Living magazine last week and came across an awesome recipe for Zucchini Patty Sandwiches, a recipe by Shira Bocar. They looked scrumptious, and I knew I wanted to make them. I looooove falafel and these patties are a fun twist on a Middle Eastern favorite. I [...]
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Last night I made a vegetarian/vegan Pasta Fagioli. I had been traveling for a couple of weeks and was so happy to get back in the kitchen to make a real meal. As usual, I made a very large pot of soup so my boyfriend and I would have leftovers for the week. I used [...]
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Fall weather is here in New York and I am so ready to rock some sweaters and make tons of soup! Last night I made a corn chowder with potatoes, frozen corn, and coconut milk. It’s pretty similar in flavor to the Spicy Corn Soup I made during the Cold Weather Recipes blogathon, but this [...]
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When I was little my Mom used to make tomato sandwiches in the summertime when the tomatoes were really red and ripe. We always ate them with plain mayo, salt, pepper, and fresh bread. It was a simple sandwich but something I always loved and looked forward to. I just had my 28th birthday, and [...]
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Last week I focused my eating habits on raw food. The raw food lifestyle, with its focus on uncooked, unprocessed, and organic foods, helps you feel light and energetic and is very appropriate in the summertime when we’re craving less hot or cooked foods. Some raw food diets include raw dairy, meats, and fish, but [...]
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Thursdays are my busiest day of the week, but I’m hanging in there with lots of sweet treats! At lunch I swung by my favorite health food store on the Upper West Side called The Health Nuts. They have tons of specialty items (like my favorite frozen young coconut meat), a huge selection of supplements, [...]
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I thought I’d go out for lunch today and wanted to try some place new, so I hopped on the train over to 23rd Street to Bonobo’s, a raw vegetarian restaurant across the street from Madison Square Park in NYC. First off, I was very impressed with how clean it was—the place was spotless. It [...]
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Day 2 is here and today’s recipe is a fun one. It’s my raw version of pad thai. I used a ceramic vegetable peeler to turn zucchini into noodles and whipped up a raw version of a traditional peanut sauce using raw almond butter. My boyfriend and I munched on bowls of this pad thai [...]
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