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Welcome back from the Thanksgiving break! My weekend was extra long – I went home on Wednesday and didn’t get back til Monday night. I hope you can forgive me for being MIA on the blog – I was too busy loving family time. But now that I’m back to work, I’m back to blogging…
Read MoreIf you’re going to spend $13 on lunch in Midtown Manhattan, you might as well make sure it’s delicious, filling, and healthy. Little Beet offers just that with their locally sourced, seasonal meals. Basically, you make a plate out of a protein and sides. I chose chicken along with cauliflower (spiced with something delicious I…
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I’m 30 and I just tried my first fresh fig. There were so many things I didn’t know when Karina put a bowl of figs in front of me after her Rosh Hashanah dinner. Can you eat them fresh or only dried? Can you eat the skin? Are there pits? Turns out, yes, you can…
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The first thing I saw when I walked into Lyfe Kitchen was the freestanding wall of herbs. Nope. Too healthy. Words like “organic” and “sustainable” popped into mind. But I was with three other girls who were dying to try it, and it was too late to turn around and hit up the $.99 pizza…
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The one LA trend I did not want to give into was the health craze. Everything there is organic, free range, GMO free, pilates. B.S., I say. But after a workout on Sunday morning I needed to stop somewhere before passing out and Kreation was the closest place I could walk into. It was pretty…
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When I looked at the menu for Spring, I began to regret allowing Shawn to take the lead in setting up our pre-Yom Kippur fast meal. Pretty much everything on the menu was tagged as either vegan or gluten free…and in some cases, both. I don’t usually actively do “healthy” food. I think of eating healthy…
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This might be the healthiest snack you can make and still be satisfied. It tastes so good but it’s one of those things where you’re practically burning more calories by chewing than you’re ingesting. Just combine avocado and drained white beans in a food processor with olive oil, salt, and red pepper flakes to taste.…
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Have you heard about zoodles? They’re alllll the rage on Pinterest; right up there with paleo this and DIY that. Zoodles = zucchini noodles. There is no actual noodles in zoodles, making this innately carb-free and healthy. They are super easy to make: just use the julienne setting on your mandolin. If you haven’t bought…
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If I’m just snacking, I like to use pita bread (instead of flatbread because this is healthier, especially if you use whole wheat pita) to make a little open faced sandwich. When you split the pita in half (basically, just take the hole and open it further til you have two rounds) it’s just filling…
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I previously wrote how I liked Dig Inn because it is one of the few places you can get takeout for a full, well-balanced meal – protein + sides. Well call me a fickle lover because I’ve found something I like WAY better. Here’s the thing: Dig Inn is healthy, which is great. But sometimes…
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Peaches to Apples 