Lifestyle

I’ll admit I’m a cookbook junkie. I probably inherited this trait from my maternal grandmother, who kept a tall stack of Gourmet magazines on a little...

Meatless Monday: A Kale Preparation to Die For Okay. I admit it. I love kale. I don’t just love it because it’s oh-so-trendy. I’ve grown it...

Meatless Monday: Oven-Roasted Tomatoes Last week I wrote about ways to use up your green tomatoes, including seasonal favorites such as fried green tomatoes. I also...

Winter Yoga: 6 Ways to Prepare for the Change of Seasons As fall turns to winter, it’s time to focus on nourishing our bodies and minds....

Meatless Monday: Keep Almonds on Hand As a recent convert to the vegetarian lifestyle, I’ve come to appreciate almonds. Almonds are one of the “world’s healthiest...

Meatless Monday: Got Green Tomatoes? Here’s What to Do I picked the last of my tomatoes last week. Picking the last tomatoes—mostly green ones—and pulling up...

Meatless Monday: The Simplest, Tastiest Tomato Soup A freeze is coming—tomorrow. I spent an hour on Saturday, wistfully pulling up my tomato plants and harvesting a...

Try a Hearty Lentil Dish for Meatless Monday As the weather has begun to cool—if you call highs in the mid-60s cool—I’ve started to crave warmer,...

Meatless Monday: Try Something New—Quince For me, autumn means quince—lots of it. Never tried it? You’re not alone. I probably wouldn’t know much about it if...

Meatless Monday: Savory Corn Waffles with Salsa, Guacamole and Feta The unseasonably warm fall has been a boon to my tomato patch. Most years, tomatoes stop...

Meatless Monday: Protein-Rich Quinoa Salad Food always tastes better when you’re paying attention. Such was the case when I was on a silent mindfulness meditation retreat...

Meatless Monday: Be Creative with Panzanella Salad For several summers in a row, I’ve attended meditation retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. It is always a...

Meatless Monday: Ravioli and Tomato Salad with Masses of Basil After a week away from my tomato garden—on a seven-day silent Insight Meditation retreat—I’m back to...

Is Cleansing Right for You? Everywhere we look, people are talking about detoxes and cleanses. I have been using my diet and my yoga practice to...

Make this Incredible Tomato Tart for Meatless Monday It’s time to pull out one of my all-time favorite recipes. This tart is so good it defies...

Meatless Monday: Try a Refreshing, Chilled Gazpacho In August and September, I’m always looking for ways to use my bounty of fresh homegrown tomatoes. While they...

Meatless Monday: A Simple, Fresh, Piquant Summer Pasta Dish Few things in life are more pleasurable than eating a sun-warmed homegrown tomato within seconds of picking...

Meatless Monday: Cooling Avocado-Cucumber Soup Soup from scratch is one of my favorite things to make. In the winter, a bowl of hot soup is comforting...