November 13, 2019 at 09:00PM by CWC It’s safe to say that the wellness world is having a major love affair with Trader Joe’s cauliflower gnocchi. It’s all anyone can talk about. We want to see it in our IG feeds (and freezers) all the time, and eat it every night for dinner. But as with all romances, the honeymoon phase inevitably wears off. After a certain point, air-fried cauliflower gnocchi or cauli gnocchi with marinara sauce just won’t spark the same joy that they did when the relationship was fresh. But that doesn’t mean your love affair with the TJ’s staple needs to end—it’s just time to start thinking outside the box (or in this case, frozen bag). Here, three healthy food bloggers and recipe creators share creative ways to cook with TJ’s cauliflower gnocchi that you definitely haven’t tried before. You’ll find that spark again in no time. Scroll down for 3 next-level Trader Joe’s cauliflower gnocchi recipes. Photo: Kaylie Johnson 1. Cauliflower gnocchi breakfast casserole In this recipe, Paleo Gluten-Free Eats blogger Kayle Johnson uses cauliflower gnocchi as the starring ingredient for a casserole that works as a breakfast *or* dinner dish. “I love creating new recipes that I haven’t seen before and I love warming casseroles, so I thought this would be a great way to make an easy family [meal] in one dish with an ingredient I knew I already loved—cauliflower gnocchi,” she says. Along with the gnocchi, the dish features broccoli, eggs, and chicken sausage.
Tag: Paleo
Eat like a caveman at these 5 Paleo-friendly restaurants in NYC
November 12, 2019 at 01:00AM by CWC The Paleo diet has a lot of pros in its favor. It’s high in protein and healthy fats (always a good thing), it can help fight off inflammation, and many doctors love it. However, its very particular rules can make ordering Seamless or meeting up with friends for happy hour a bit complicated; the eating plan prohibits all grains, legumes, dairy, and processed foods for the sake of truly eating “like a caveman.” Meaning that the strictest of Paleo followers will have to ask even about what cooking oil the restaurant uses to make sure their entire meal is compliant. Living Paleo, of course, isn’t impossible. Heather Mangieri, RDN and author of the book Fueling Young Athletes, emphasizes that the Paleo diet’s “message is not that different from what other nutrition experts have been shouting for years—less sugar, more fruits and vegetables, less processed foods.” As with any eating plan that proposes wholesale eliminations, she says it’s cruicial to ensure you get your nutrients from other sources. “The diet forbids all dairy foods, which can make it hard to meet the recommendations for calcium and vitamin D,” Mangieri says as an example. (Some people make exceptions for grass-fed butter or ghee.) That’s why she suggests folks on Paleo consider supplementing their calcium and vitamin D to ensure they meet their daily nutritional requirements. Want to bone up on your Paleo diet know-how? Here’s the lowdown from an expert: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGvJ61nBFBo] The eating plan
The meditative act of baking bread
November 10, 2019 at 08:00PM by CWC When I was traveling in India ten years ago, I learned a lot about meditation. More than could inform a lifetime, I had thought. But while so many of those lessons, lectures, and hours I spent in contemplative pursuits have slipped away, something that English meditation teacher Christopher Titmuss said has stuck, coloring, even, my days on the faraway coast of Maine. “If you want to know about your life,” he told a crowd of seekers gathered in a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, “simply watch your hands.” What you value, how you spend your time, your habits, your kindness, creativity, or agitation are so easily—and almost unnervingly so—revealed through what your hands do all day. Do they help or hurt? Do they bring happiness into your life? Over the years, I’ve used his technique as a diagnostic tool whenever things have felt out of balance, asking myself, “Well, to start with, what are my hands doing?” Training my mindfulness on this physical expression of my life, for the most part, I’ve seen that the issue at hand is a matter of too much texting, typing, or driving, and not enough of the good stuff. At my most happy and serene, however, my hands knead bread. Baking at home is one of the pleasures I’ve found in choosing a quieter life in Maine, one outside of my old city job as a fashion editor and its high-intensity lifestyle. Baking from scratch is a
Brunch is served in just 20 minutes with these delicious ‘sheet pan pancakes’
November 09, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC I’ve never met a pancake I didn’t like. If I could skip the whole process of waiting for them to cook flipping them with a spatula, however, I would in a heartbeat. That’s where sheet pan pancakes come in. All an at-home chef has to do is spread normal pancake batter onto a sheet pan and pop it in the preheated oven. Brunch is served 20 minutes later. Although the exact (genius) inventor of sheet pan pancakes remains unknown, I first caught wind of the dish from vegan blogger Nisha Vora of Rainbow Plant Life. Even though she prepares her breakfast confections with zero animal products, there’s a pancake to fit every eating style and diet. So grab a sheet pan because your griddle gets the weekend off. How to make sheet pan pancakes vegetarian: WHOLE WHEAT GINGERBREAD PANCAKES Gingerbread season usually gets reserved for the end of the year, but if you ask me, the flavor really deserves to be eaten year round. The molasses in these pancakes give them a heartier consistency that’s made for breakfast in bed. Ketogenic Diet: BERRY, BERRY PANCAKES Although carbohydrates mostly get booted from the keto diet, you can still experience that fluffy, starch-like feel in the morning. This recipe uses sour cream, almond, and coconut flour to make dense sheet pan pancakes you can freeze and eat all week. Mediterranean diet: GREEK YOGURT PANCAKES Get all the protein greek yogurt has to offer in a
How to make healthier everything bagels with your air fryer
November 09, 2019 at 01:00AM by CWC You already know your air fryer turns vegetables into crispy perfection, but did you know you can also use it to bake up a batch of soft and fluffy everything bagels? Air fryer bagels topped with an ungodly amount of avocado? Sign me up. Kaila Proulx, the health coach and food blogger behind the blog Healthy Helper, came up with a wholesome vegan and gluten-free air fryer bagel that takes just minutes to make at home. “I’ve discovered some pretty cool uses for air fryers that you won’t find in any manual or recipe book. Namely… bagels,” she writes. “After seeing a few people attempt to make bagels in their air fryers on social media, I thought it was time to try my hand at the experiment.” View this post on Instagram Looks like it's turning into a bread filled week #ontheblog! First dinner rolls on and now we're onto #BAGELS! But not just any bagels…ones made in the #AIRFRYER. Yup that's right! ** Today I am sharing my Everything Air Fryer Bagels made with @so_delicious coconut yogurt. Your favorite salty n' savory Everything bagels gone #vegan and #glutenfree! Made in the Air Fryer, these healthy, whole grain bagels are high low-fat, high-protein, oil-free, and require no boiling/baking. Easy to make and SO delicious with your favorite vegan cream cheese spread! ** Post: https://buff.ly/2m6LvMf ** #linkinbio #nothingcompares #sodeliciousyogurt #veganfood #veganrecipes #healthyfood #healthyrecipes #healthyeating #cleaneating #plantbased #plantbasedfood #glutenfreefood #glutenfreerecipes #oilfree #dairyfree #noaddesugar #TODAYfood #wholefoods #realfood
Restrictive eating plans continue to dominate the healthy food landscape—where does that leave eating disorder survivors?
November 08, 2019 at 01:00AM by CWC Plant-based eating has never been more popular, as people have slowly become more aware of the negative health and environmental impacts of meat and dairy products. But for Melissa Stanger, LCSW, a love of animals and the planet was not the primary reason why she decided to go vegan in college. She did it, she says, because she was grappling with an eating disorder. “[Going vegan] was a way to control what kinds of foods I allowed myself. It was not a healthy way of doing things,” she says. She became extremely rigid about her exercise routine and eating patterns, and was ultimately diagnosed with anorexia. After she recovered, she earned her masters in clinical social work with a focus on eating disorders. She’s now 30, and works as a psychotherapist in New York City. This is not to say that becoming vegan is inherently going to lead to an eating disorder. But as the healthy eating space continues to be dominated by restrictive eating plans like the ketogenic diet, Paleo, Whole30, and intermittent fasting (IF)—all of which require people to cut out certain food groups or limit what and when a person is “allowed” to eat—experts warn that the continued trend is dicey for anyone with a history with disordered eating. The link between eating disorders and diets The DSM-5, the manual psychologists and psychiatrists use to diagnose patients, identifies three eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. While
8 ways to cook with cauliflower this Thanksgiving that go way beyond cauli mash
November 05, 2019 at 01:00PM by CWC This year has definitely been the year of the cauliflower. The humble veggie was virtually overlooked until healthy food geniuses found ways to transform it into everything from pizza crust to gnocchi. Here’s what’s so amazing about cauliflower: it’s a blank slate that can change textures and pick up the flavors of whatever you pair it with—including holiday favorites. Thanksgiving is the Olympics of meals; everyone comes to the table craving their favorite dishes and the stakes are high. But this is the day cauliflower has been training for. From stuffing to alt-bread to dessert (yes, really), there’s no shortage of ways to incorporate the year’s most popular veggie onto the Thanksgiving table. Scroll down for 8 healthy cauliflower side dishes perfect for any Thanksgiving feast Photo: Golubka Kitchen 1. Mushroom and onion cauliflower bake This creamy, vegan soufflé from Golubka Kitchen is full of fall flavor thanks to caramelized onions, shiitake mushrooms, fresh thyme, and Swiss chard. The cauliflower is pureed with nuts, olive oil, nutritional yeast, and sea salt creating a thick, “cheesy,” topping. Even with all the amazing fillings inside, the cauliflower is what really makes the dish. Photo: The Healthy Maven 2. Cauliflower rice stuffing The Paleo and keto eaters at your Thanksgiving table will appreciate that they can dig into the turkey and the stuffing with this low-carb version courtesy of The Healthy Maven. The use of traditional ingredients like pecans, sage, celery, and yellow onion keep the
7 healthy muffin tin breakfast recipes for people who like to sleep in
November 01, 2019 at 08:00PM by CWC Baking a week’s worth of breakfasts in one day is a great way to do yourself a big favor. And while fluffy blueberry baked goods certainly fit the bill, muffin tins don’t get enough credit for their versatility. Whatever your eating plan, there’s a muffin tin breakfast recipe that’s right for you. Just one hour in the kitchen will yield a whole week (or more!) of protein-rich, fiber-full breakfasts that will keep you full until lunch. Let’s eat. 7 muffin tin breakfast recipes for every single diet Photo: My Keto Kitchen keto: chocolate Breakfast muffins Keto-eaters, I’ve granted your wish: to eat chocolate for breakfast. Almond flour, butter, and cocoa powder come together in a recipe that’s, um, basically morning dessert. Mediterranean diet: EGG MUFFINS With bell pepper, kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, and olive oil, this recipe combines the best ingredients of the Blue Zones for five-bite egg muffins. These also happen to be gluten-free and loaded with protein to give you that up-and-at-’em morning attitude. Curious about the Med diet? Here’s what a dietitian thinks: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGnyqti9wsw] Low-fodmap: GREEK EGG MUFFINS In a similar style as the Mediterranean breakfast, you’ll just sprinkle feta and tomato in the bed of each muffin hole, pour egg over top, and bake. It literally couldn’t be easier. Photo: Getty Images/yipengge Vegetarian: BAKED OATMEAL CUPS I kid you not: you can bake oatmeal (and ICYMI, you can also toast it). Blogger Amanda Finks behind The Wholesome Dish
The Paleo diet is an inflammation-fighting super star—but it comes with some downsides
October 29, 2019 at 10:30PM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGvJ61nBFBo] Bone up on your Paleo diet know-how with this video. While the first person who turned cauliflower into pizza crust deserves major accolades, other food “innovations,” like packaged foods loaded with sugars and additives, are ultimately a detriment health-wise. That’s why so many healthy eaters have adapted the Paleo way of life, eating only foods that were likely on the menu for our hunter-gatherer ancestors and nixing more “modern” foods like dairy, grains, and legumes. Surely a back-to-basics eating plan is the best way to eat, right? That question is the crux of the latest episode of You Versus Food. Host and registered dietitian Tracy Lockwood Beckerman, RD, gives the pros and cons of following the Paleo diet, along with her verdict on if it’s worth the commitment. (It’s a life without cheese; you want to be sure.) One of the major pros of Paleo, Beckerman says, is that it can lower inflammation. “Because you’re cutting out foods that have sugar, alcohol, and gluten, Paleo could potentially reduce inflammation in the body, which could mitigate the symptoms of chronic illness,” Beckerman says. Another benefit: eating whole foods (as one does on the Paleo diet) can keep blood sugar levels stable, which better regulates energy and mood. In other words, this is one eating plan that won’t leave you needing a nap later. While it has some major pros, Beckerman says there are some downsides most people don’t fully understand. “The major
A functional medicine doctor’s favorite healthy dinner recipe for easy weeknight eating
October 22, 2019 at 12:00PM by CWC Photo: Little Brown Spark Functional medicine practitioner Mark Hyman, MD, has become the go-to doc for demystifying what it means to eat healthy. His plant-forward food philosophy, which he dubbed pegan, isn’t anything complicated. At its core, it’s a combination of Paleo and vegan eating: “A pegan diet is low-glycemic, high in plant foods, low in sugar, and includes adequate protein for appetite control and muscle synthesis,” Dr. Hyman previously told Well+Good. With his new book, Food: What the Heck Should I Cook? ($23), Dr. Hyman aims to make healthy eating a bit easier (and less intimidating). Out today, the book has science-backed tips on how to eat—and cook—to reduce inflammation, and dozens of recipes for every meal, including snacks and dessert. When it comes to grocery shopping, Dr. Hyman says his first stop is the produce section. “Every single time I’m at the market I’m grabbing veggies,” he says. “I always recommend making 75 percent of your plate colorful non-starchy veggies, and this is the way I eat myself. I like to see what’s in season and what looks fresh, but some of my favorites right now are red kale, arugula, fennel, and wild mushrooms. This is a great time of year to get a variety of tasty winter squash and pomegranate, too, which I’ve really been enjoying.” Once he gets cooking, Dr. Hyman says extra-virgin olive oil, avocado oil, sea salt, and all sorts of herbs are his most-used pantry items.