April 25, 2019 at 09:57AM by CWC Some evenings, pouring a glass of wine and getting creative in the kitchen is the perfect way to relax. But when you get home late from work, or your attention is torn between helping with homework and getting laundry done, a one-pan dinner recipe can help get something on the table—and fast. No one is going to complain about an easy dinner that doesn’t leave the sink full of dishes. Each of these dinner recipes requires only a single pan (seriously, that’s it!) and the cost per serving is way cheaper than takeout. 5 healthy one-pan dinner ideas under $20 Photo: Holley Grainger 1. Pan-roasted chicken and vegetables Average price for ingredients: $20 Average price per serving: $4 Chicken and vegetables are the classic one-pan dinner. Everything can be thrown on there and roasted together. The best part of this meal is that you can use up anything in your crisper you want to get rid of. (It’s okay to deviate from the recipe!) If you have leftovers, just spritz some lemon on top the next night to make the dish seem just as fresh as it was the night you made it. Photo: Our Happy Mess 2. Fish and brown butter sauce Average price for ingredients: $17 (excluding pantry items) Average price per serving: $9 Excluding a handful of pantry items in the ingredients list, all you need to make this one-pan dinner is fish, green beans, and potatoes. It doesn’t get
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Trader Joe’s new tortilla chips are seasoned with Brussels sprouts—and I ate the whole bag at once
April 25, 2019 at 07:53AM by CWC It wasn’t so long ago that I wanted nothing to do with Brussels sprouts. After learning how to properly spice and cook them, however, they’re slowly becoming one of my favorite veggies. (If MySpace was still a thing, I think they’d even make my top 8.) When I saw Trader Joe’s new Brussels sprout chips (tortilla chips seasoned with Brussels sprouts, garlic, onion, and parsley, to be precise), I didn’t hesitate to throw a few bags in my cart. I’d like to think I’m something of a tortilla chip aficionado, but these were not what I was expecting. They’re made with a base of white corn flour, with hints of garlic, onion, and parsley. The real star of the show, though, is the most unexpected addition to the ingredients list—powdered freeze-dried Brussels sprouts. Photo: Trader Joe’s Before taking a bite into the crispy goodness, I really didn’t expect anything our of the ordinary. While you can definitely taste the garlic and onion, the Brussels sprouts really add a little something extra. It’s not an in-your-face flavor, but the faint nuttiness from the vegetable led me to finish most of the bag in one sitting (without any guac or salsa, though they’re perfect for dipping). I like to think eating a bag of Brussels sprouts chips is a healthier choice than your standard bag. At $2.69, you’d better act fast because the healthy grocer’s Brussels sprout chips are only available for a limited time.
The Well+Good Cookbook is officially here!
April 24, 2019 at 06:30PM by CWC After a year of vision-boarding, taste-testing, and tapping into the Well+Good community of healthy foodies, experts, and luminaries for their culinary know-how, it’s official: The Well+Good Cookbook is finally here! The goal? We wanted to find out what wellness gurus actually make on a regular weeknight—or day-time lunch, or rushed pre-office morning. The result is an eye-opening peek into the kitchens and recipe faves of some of the smartest people in wellness, with serious ease (and healthy benefits) at the center of every genius recipe. The Well+Good Cookbook is filled with go-to meals you can whip up in a pinch (like celeb nutritionist Kelly Leveque’s flaxseed chicken tenders), or roll out for a show-stopping Netflix night with friends (just throw an egg on Lea Michele’s shaved radicchio, Parmesan, and truffle pizza). And because there’s no better way to kick off a cookbook launch than with a cocktail party, we did just that on April 16, bringing together cookbook contributors over a few of the book’s standout recipes. Scroll down for a peek at some of the wellness luminaries and recipes you’ll find in the The Well+Good Cookbook. We took over Williamsburg’s Egg Shop (executive chef Nick Korbee’s Whitefish Niçoise Salad was selected for the book cover!) for an evening of drinks, Photobooth sessions, and taste testing of some of the book’s party-friendly apps. Speaking of party-friendly apps, Well+Good Council member McKel Hill’s Sweet Onion Dip was a hit. Well+Good co-founders Alexia Brue and
Brandless drops $8 eye gel that will send eye bags packing
April 24, 2019 at 05:00AM by CWC Google “eye gels” right this minute and you’ll get 490 million search results. An array of products to swipe under your lashes will set you back anywhere from a few dollars to no-way-in-hell-am-I-paying-that-much. But bargain brand Brandless—known for its inexpensive food and beauty items—just released $8 eye gel to rival similar products at every price point. While the company has dabbled in paycheck-friendly skin care since 2017, today’s the day the company extends its beauty line into the realm of vegan makeup brushes, facial wipes, rose water facial toner spray, and eye gel. The Brandless eye gel formula consists of a super-blend of green tea, pomegranate, and caffeine to give you that bright-eyed and bushy-tailed lewk. Every last product in the line is cruelty-free (not tested on Peter Cottontail) and without 400 harmful ingredients like sulfates, parabens, phthalates, polypropylene, and synthetic fragrances. Kind of makes you want to click “add to cart” to the whole line of new products, right? You might as well; it’ll only set you back $33. While you’re shopping, you might as well scope out the site’s other under-the-radar steals, er, “deals.” Cheers to skin care that costs less than a sandwich. While we’re on the topic of bargain beauty, you have to check out Costco and Walmart. Continue Reading… Author Kells McPhillips | Well and Good Selected by iversue
It’s finally strawberry season, so here are 6 healthy reasons why you should stock up while they’re ripe
April 24, 2019 at 03:00AM by CWC As a kid growing up in the South, field trips to the local strawberry fields were a yearly tradition. My classmates and I would run through the fields with our plastic buckets, trying to fill them up with as many ripe berries as we could. (Although admittedly, more made it into our mouths than our buckets, because who could resist a fresh strawberry?) Then I grew up and kind of forgot about strawberries. Other fruits like papaya and kiwi seemed like more exciting choices. And the fact that they were always on the Dirty Dozen list freaked me out too. But right now it’s peak strawberry season and they keep calling my name at every farmer’s market…making me want to reconsider my relationship with the fruit. According to registered dietitian Mascha Davis, RD, not eating strawberries would mean missing out on a whole lot of nutritional benefits. “They’re loaded with great benefits like vitamin C, antioxidants, and fiber,” she says. And if you buy organic, you significantly lower your risk of pesticide exposure. Win-win. Here are all the reasons why you should def be making the most of strawberry season. Strawberry shortcake, anyone? 6 strawberry benefits that make them worth adding to your cart 1. They’re good for your immune system. As Davis points out, strawberries are high in vitamin C (just a half cup of the fruit gets you to half your recommended daily intake!) which is always good news for your
8 health benefits of edamame that prove it’s more than just a pre-sushi app
April 23, 2019 at 02:00PM by CWC Despite being one of the most popular crops in the world, there’s a lot of mystery around edamame—immature soybeans cooked and served inside their pods. Is it an awesome plant-based protein source? Or will it completely mess with your hormones? Can you cook with it, or do you just eat it the way they serve it in those little bowls at sushi restaurants? Consider this your edamame primer because all your burning questions are about to be answered. “Edamame is an excellent source of many nutrients and antioxidants and is a great food to include in your diet,” says registered dietitian Mascha Davis, RD. Here’s why you should consider it the next time you’re looking for a plant-based protein to mix things up. What are the most important edamame benefits for your bod? 1. It’s a good source of protein. One cup of edamame has a whopping 14 grams of protein, making it an excellent energy source—especially for vegans. “It’s higher in protein than chickpeas, lentils, or black beans,” Davis says. 2. It has all the essential amino acids. Leucine, lysine, threonine, tryptophan…gang’s all here! “Edamame has all nine essential amino acids,” Davis says. This makes it a complete protein source, versus sources like grains, nuts, and seeds. 3. Edamame is a good source of fiber. This is another reason why Davis is into edamame. One cup has six grams of fiber, which is a fourth of your recommended daily intake. 4. It supports healthy weight
Yes, you can be keto AND eat chocolate cookies with this extremely easy recipe
April 23, 2019 at 08:06AM by CWC Photo: Fair Winds Two words that traditionally don’t go together: “keto” and “dessert.” Given the fact that just one serving of some fruits (although not all; TY, apricots!) can put a person over their daily carb count, it seems natural to assume that the strict eating plan isn’t exactly dessert-friendly. Wrong. The Keto For One Cookbook author Dana Carpender is here to tell you that being keto doesn’t mean saying bye to your sweet tooth. It just means doing a little experimentation. “Once you’re clear on the ingredients that work, it’s a matter of balancing something a little too high in carbs and low in fat, like cocoa powder, with something very low in carbs and high in fat, like coconut,” she says. As for adding sugary sweetness (you know, without actual sugar), Carpender says she turns to natural low-sugar sweeteners. “I keep stevia extract on hand, plain, of course, but also in a wide array of flavors: chocolate, vanilla, English toffee, lemon, orange, and hazelnut,” she says. For baking, she also likes erythritol-monk fruit blends, which she says add a bit of a sugar-like texture along with sweetness (but with no actual sugar or carbs). One recipe to try right now: Carpender’s chocolate peanut-butter no-bake cookies. They only have six ingredients, take just a few minutes to whip up, and are full of healthy fats. Get the recipe below. Chocolate peanut-butter no-bake cookies Ingredients: 2 Tbsp natural peanut butter, chunky or smooth 2
You only have to make this easy Mediterranean breakfast once to enjoy it all week
April 22, 2019 at 10:25AM by CWC It doesn’t matter whether you’re a morning person or a hit-snooze-10-times person, there just never seems to be enough time in the to accomplish what you want to get done before your time is no longer yours. (That goes double if you have kids.) Having the time to power up the stove, crack some eggs, and whip up a nourishing meal? Forget it. Which is exactly why when you come across a healthy breakfast recipe that you only have to make once but will feed you for days, it’s worth bookmarking. Which is where this Spanish tortilla recipe from The Mediterranean Dish comes in. Not only will it feed you all week, but it has the perfect balance of veggies, protein, carbs, and healthy fats. Every single ingredient in this recipe is bursting with health benefits; there isn’t any part of it that isn’t benefitting the body in some way. A rundown: eggs, salt, paprika, oregano, extra virgin olive oil, russet potatoes, yellow onion, and scallions. (Pro tip: be generous with the paprika and oregano to really turn up the flavor.) For added fiber, recipe developer Suzy Karadsheh enjoys a Spanish tortilla with a side of spinach arugula salad (which takes just three minutes to make). A focus on vegetables is a major component of the Mediterranean diet, so if you have other vegetables in your crisper about to go bad, work them into this recipe. Almost everything pairs well with eggs, so
We surveyed 2,600 of our readers about their biggest hair-care concerns—here’s what they said
April 21, 2019 at 06:30PM by CWC From breakage to thin tresses to major shedding, we’ve all got our hair-care struggles. And even though it might not actually fix the bad-hair-day situation on your head, knowing other gals are dealing with the same things makes the struggle a teeny bit easier (solidarity, am I right?). So if you’ve ever felt panicked after seeing clumps of hair in the shower drain or on a brush and frantically Googled “how to prevent thinning hair” for help, don’t worry—you’re def not alone. More than 40 percent of respondents reported feeling like they lose hair at an above-average rate. In fact, over 2,600 other Well+Good readers (who responded to the survey we put together with Thicker Fuller Hair®—a 100 percent vegan, ingredient-conscious hair-care regimen that helps boost scalp health while strengthening hair) have had similar mane-related mini dramas. Check this out: More than 40 percent of respondents reported feeling like they lose hair at an above-average rate—i.e. there are a lot of people Googling the same questions you are. Keep reading to see what thousands of women have to say about thinning hair. Here’s what the numbers said In the survey, nearly 80 percent of respondents (over 2,000 people) said they believe non-age-related hair loss among women is common or very common, and it shows by how they classify their hair. More than half of respondents described their hair as average, thin, and really thin, while only a third would describe their tresses as thick
7 Mediterranean diet recipes you’ll love to make with your Instant Pot
April 21, 2019 at 04:00AM by CWC In the current moment, the Mediterranean diet and the Instant Pot dominate in conversations about food. Unlike some other wellness “trends,” these two stand the test of time. Pair them up for a match made in heaven. With an Instant Pot and the right ingredients, healthy and inventive dinners have never been easier. The secret to mastering Mediterranean diet cooking is having a go-to protein, a crisper full of veggies, and an arsenal of anti-inflammatory spices. Once you’ve crossed off your shopping list, these Instant Pot Mediterranean diet recipes are the perfect way to get started. 7 delicious Instant Pot Mediterranean diet recipes you can make in a flash Photo: Wholesome Delicious 1. Lemon pepper salmon It wouldn’t be a Mediterranean diet recipe roundup without salmon, right? This recipe is about as easy as weeknight dinners get. Besides water and salmon, all you need is ghee, a handful of spices, and three of your favorite vegetables. Five minutes of prep, 10 minutes in the Instant Pot, and dinner is served. Photo: From The Grapevine 2. Mediterranean spiced chicken Inspired by cuisine from Morocco, this meal is flavor packed. Cumin, coriander, garlic, and za’atar (red pepper flakes) blend together to bring the heat while red peppers, roma tomatoes, and chickpeas round out the taste, giving balance. Served over a bed of couscous, this 15-minute meal might just make it into your regular healthy meal rotation. Photo: Little Bits Of 3. Chicken shawarma Not only