Eco-Friendly Holidays: Tips for ‘Greening’ the Season
The holiday season is a magical time of the year—but can also be a wasteful one. The time period from Thanksgiving-New Year’s has a huge environmental impact in terms of water use, greenhouse gases and land disturbance caused by the production of some of our favorite...
RECIPES: Lovin’ the Pumpkin
You pick your own, you carve it, you clean out the goo and roast the yummy seeds. But what else can your pumpkin do? Turns out pumpkin is one of the healthier things you'll eat this fall. Packed with antioxidants, Vitamins A and C, fiber, and omega-3s, pumpkin is much...
Get Creative With School Lunches…Win FREE Preserve Storage Cups
Everyone who makes lunches—for themselves or their kids—knows what a hassle it is to make meals (every day!) that are well-rounded, healthy and most elusive of all...enjoyable to eat. Try as we may, time and creativity can be hard to come by in the midst of work,...
Plant-Based Grilling for the Fourth
For omnivores, a traditional July 4th BBQ means burgers, hot dogs, and other meaty treats. Think out of the (butcher's) box this summer, and you'll be healthier for it. You might have heard: grilling meat at high temps can cause nasty, carcinogenic heterocyclic amines...
RECIPES: How to Make the Perfect Summer Picnic
Whether it's at the beach or a park or your own backyard, there's nothing better than dining outdoors. Here are some of the best places to lay your blanket on Long Island, along with some excellent tips for staging a terrific event. DO's and DON'Ts for the Perfect...
RECIPES for a Festive Cinco de Mayo
Margaritas, nachos, sombreros...here in the U.S. we make a big party out of this May holiday most of us know very little about. Contrary to what a lot of us think, Cinco de Mayo does NOT celebrate Mexico's independence from Spain, but instead, Mexico's unlikely...
RECIPES: A Vegan Passover
The egg-heavy holiday of Passover (not to mention that pesky lamb shank!) is an opportunity for Vegans to get creative. If you're also avoiding rice, beans and corn, you have to improvise even more, but that shouldn't stop you from having a deliciously festive...
This Year, Hack Your Easter Basket
To gift an Easter basket to someone who loves you is one of the holiday's simple pleasures. And it doesn't need to be stacked with all kinds of avoidables—high fructose corn syrup, food dye, sugar, sugar, sugar—to be something special. We've got everything you need to...
RECIPES: Take the Food Dye Out of Saint Paddy’s Day
As St. Paddy's Day approaches, you might be thinking about how you can get festive, bright green foods on your table (and in the kids' lunchboxes, etc.) without toxic food dyes (linked to hyperactivity, allergic reactions and tumor growth—and banned in Europe). Here...
RECIPES: Irish Soda Bread
Traditional soda bread contains just flour, baking soda, salt and buttermilk. Depending on the baker, you'll find loads of variations on that theme including brown breads, dessert breads, and the classic Irish-American version with raisins and caraway seeds—the one...