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Middle Eastern Style Rice Pudding -  Gluten-free, protein-rich, nutrient-dense - and only sweetened with date syrup. I call my food HER when it looks pretty. ‘She pretty!’ And girl, when you add roses 🌹🌸🌺 to anything it just makes a girl happy.My mom’s rice pudding is a happy place for this Middle Eastern girl. On the heels of Mothers Day, I’ve been thinking about her a lot. She loved to cook, and loved her flowers so this is for her. I just gave it a little ‘rehab’ and boosted the protein, lowered the sugar and made it healthy enough to...

There’s nothing that says ‘comfort’ like a warm skillet and when it comes to flavor, color and texture, this hits on all cylinders. My Chicken Sausage, Spelt and Pepper Skillet from my book, Eat Like You Give a Fork: The Real Dish on Eating to Thrive, combines protein (you can swap a plant-based sausage like LightLife or Beyond Meat, or do tempeh), slow burning superfoods grain and veggies to the table in a meal that satisfies and literally brings itself together in the oven. The grain cooks perfectly in the oven because there’s plenty of liquid to drink up. A...

What’s the best kinda’ date? The one you can eat! This simple and delish recipe from my book always delivers just the right amount of sweetness and energy. By combining dates, which help to stabilize blood sugar with lots of fiber – the fresh apple, vanilla collagen protein, nuts and coconut, you get a little apple pie in every bite. And to make them a little more festive, I added some fuschia-colored Pitaya powder to the mix. Pure natural color. Here are the ingredients – hope you’ll try! 1 cup dried dates, pitted and chopped ½ cup slivered raw almonds...

I’M THINKING THIS FANCY YAKISOBA FRITTATA SKILLET TOPPED WITH CREME FRAICHE AND CAVIAR IS GOING TO BE THE ANSWER TO YOUR HOLIDAY BRUNCH CHRISTMAS DREAMS COME TRUE. I was challenged to work with yakisoba noodles from JSLFoods and turn them into a breakfast dish so I got to thinking – how do we make it satisfying, simple, and SPECIAL for the holidays – without a lot of clean up required.  Did you know I don’t dig doing dishes? Yakisoba means ‘pan-fried noodles’ and that’s exactly where the dish starts and ends – in the cast iron pan. They add a nice...