Nutrition & Recipes

Spinach Salad with Creamy Herb Dressing

08.23.2013

- By Geraldine Campbell

This refreshing salad from nutritionist Natasha Uspensky has a deceptively healthy creamy herb dressing that is dairy-free. The recipe is a variation on one of the signature recipes in the upcoming cookbook she's writing with celebrity chef Matt Downes.

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 package organic spinach
1 grapefruit, peeled and cut into chunks
1 [...]

Quinoa Pasta with Roasted Tomatoes & Kale-Walnut Pesto

08.09.2013

- By Geraldine Campbell

Natasha Uspensky is one of our favorite nutritionists—and not just because she used to be an opera singer. The Brooklyn-based health counselor’s holistic approach to eating right and enjoying food is a refreshing departure from diets that ban carbs, gluten, dairy, or all of the above. We asked Natasha for a few of her favorite recipes for summer, when, says Ms. Uspensky,hotter [...]

Two Totally-Not-Boring Chicken Recipes

08.02.2013
Photo by James Ransom

- By the editors at Food52.com

Chicken is a staple in most kitchens because it’s quick, simple, good for you, and reasonably inexpensive. But the truth is, it’s all too easy to make it bland and boring. Instead, this protein should be looked at as a great starting ground – a blank slate that eagerly awaits fresh flavors. Here are [...]

2 Desserts in the Raw

07.25.2013
Photo by James Ransom

By the editors at Food52.com

So much of the time, we tend to think of desserts as baked goods -- gooey chocolate chip cookies straight out of the oven, pies oozing with berries. And while those can certainly hit the spot, there are other, less top-of-mind desserts that deserve their moment in the spotlight (and a place in our bellies). 

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Two Delicious Takes on Homemade Veggie Burgers

07.19.2013
Photo Credit: Karen Mordechai

-By the editors at Food52.com

It’s easy to equate veggie burgers with the store-bought, pre-wrapped patties you find in the freezer aisle, the kinds that taste sort-of meaty, but leave you unable to discern any one real ingredient. Thankfully, those factory-made pucks are not your only option. In fact, there are so many wholesome ingredients that can be used to [...]