Healthy Recipes

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The Checkup: The Brilliant Way to Eat an Underripe Avocado

• Sure, you could be a patient human who does things like waits for their avocados to be perfectly ripe before digging in and never […]

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MAKE: No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Protein Bites

I know: These chocolate-peanut butter bites look unappealing. I probably wouldn’t make them for anything the teensiest bit elegant, i.e. baby shower, bridal shower, or brunch. What can […]

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10 Healthier Holiday Dessert Recipes to Try This Season

The holidays are right around the corner, which means sugar-topped, filled, and covered confections will be popping up around kitchen tables all over the country right […]

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Recipe: The 130-Calorie Make-Ahead Salad to Keep in Your Fridge at All Times

I’m all for big salads that hold up in your fridge for days. Why? Well, because if your desire for wholesome, fast food eclipses your […]

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The Lazy Cook’s Dinnertime Cheat Sheet 

I don’t know about you, but some days (okay, fine, MOST days), the thought of going home and putting effort into keeping myself alive with a […]

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Cook Like a Pro: Philly Chefs Share Their Favorite Healthy Recipes

Let’s face facts: We can’t all be born veggie-transforming culinary wizards like Vedge’s Rich Landau and Honeygrow’s David Katz — but we can learn a […]

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The Only Fall Quinoa Recipe You Need

Raise your hand if you’ve been known to make the same quinoa recipe week after week after week? Same. Mine usually involves eggplant, zucchini and mushrooms, […]

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The Checkup: The Common Post-Workout Mistakes You Need to Stop Making Now

• It’s not just what you do during your workouts that counts when it comes to crushing your fitness goals — what you do after […]

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Bake These: Chocolate-Chia-Cherry Granola Bars

Ah, bars. They call to me. Last week I had a protein bar and a bowl of ice cream for dinner. I’d been cooking all […]

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10 Nutritional Yeast Recipes to Try Now (Plus Why You Should Be Eating It)

It’s yellow, savory, and works great as a pasta topping — and nope, it’s not cheese. Still stumped? Well, believe it or not, we’re talking […]

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The Checkup: The Protein-Packed Pumpkin Pie Bars You Need to Make

• ‘Tis the season for pumpkin pie — but it doesn’t have to a super sugar-filled guilty pleasure. These vegan, gluten-free pumpkin pie bars (hellooo, […]

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The Checkup: The German Lunch Habit You Should Take Up Today

• If you can already taste your sad, miserable desk lunch, we’re here to intervene with a suggestion: Take up the German lunch ritual of […]

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Your New Favorite Breakfast: Cinnamon Apple Overnight Oats

I never skip breakfast. This is not to say that my breakfasts are always Insta-worthy, though. In fact, the concoctions are getting weirder and weirder […]

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The Checkup: The Unexpected Item Every Fitness Addict Needs

• After spending a good three years reading up on everything fitness just about every day, there is little advice I haven’t read before. But […]

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Move Over, Avocado Toast: 10 Sweet Potato Toast Recipes You Need to Try Now

Breakups can be hard, there’s no doubt about it. But if you don’t let go of the old, you’ll never know how great something new […]