Annie, you are amazing! 

I’m comforted and inspired! What a journey you have taken me on!

Cassandra S.

Hartford, CT

Your help has been immeasurable.

I’m enormously grateful for your gentle wisdom and good humor.

Pam M.

New York City, NY

Life-changing, eye-opening, hope-giving.

Mary C.

Framingham, MA

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Egg ‘Poached’ over Wild Mushrooms & Sweet Potato Recipe

Egg ‘Poached’ over Wild Mushrooms & Sweet Potato Recipe

A chef from Kripalu taught me the egg over veggies trick. It's quick, easy and satisfying. You can substitute any vegetable for the mushrooms and sweet potatoes in this easy breakfast recipe- try spinach, onions, tomatoes or your favorite blend of vegetables. Let's...

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Lemon Violet Chia Pudding

Lemon Violet Chia Pudding

Updated:  6/10/2024 So easy. So tasty. So healthy. Make this lovely Lemon Violet Chia Pudding for a spring breakfast or not-too-sweet dessert right now. If you have violets in your yard, here's a whole new way to enjoy them. Violets are filled with antioxidants, so...

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Cherry Turmeric Spicy Shot Recipe

Cherry Turmeric Spicy Shot Recipe

Spicy shots! I love 'em.   A couple of years ago Free Fire Cider, based on a folk recipe, popularized by herbalist Rosemary Gladstar, and trademarked, with great controversy in the herbal world, but a group in WMA, had its moment in the sun. Here's my fire cider...

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Asian Slaw Recipe

Asian Slaw Recipe

Everyone should have a vegetable-based recipe or two that takes (snap!) that long, that serves as a quick meal or snack. This raw Asian slaw recipe has been a mainstay of my 3pm-give-me-carbs attack for years. It works. The heart of the recipe is savoy cabbage and...

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Wild Mustard Asparagus Soup Recipe

Wild Mustard Asparagus Soup Recipe

Please resist the temptation to spray weed-killer on your lawn as it is filled with nutrition free for the taking. Eat your "weeds" instead! Wild garlic mustard, for example, is considered an invasive weed but is also a nutrient-dense green with a spicy garlic flavor....

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Tahini Dressing Recipe

Tahini Dressing Recipe

Most commercial salad dressings, I am sorry to say, are filled with chemicals. Choose them carefully, and consider making your own. It's easier than you think. Dressings and sauces are an opportunity to perfect and balance vegetables with nutrient-dense oils,...

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Elderberry Ginger Cider Recipe

Elderberry Ginger Cider Recipe

Updated 11/30/2023 Elderberry Ginger Cider Recipe My boon of elderberry enabled me to, in addition to making tons of elderberry syrup, make elderberry ginger cider - a variation of fire cider. For this one, I relied on ginger and honey as a base and kept it simple yet...

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Roasted Vegetables – Healthy or Not Healthy?

Roasted Vegetables – Healthy or Not Healthy?

Roasting vegetables - baking them with a drizzle of olive oil until they have a toasty color and flavor - is a mainstay of my fall and winter kitchen. I give my tomatoes and onions a light roast before pureeing them into soups and sauces and love the sweet roast...

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Deliciously Easy Lentils Recipe

Deliciously Easy Lentils Recipe

If you have high cholesterol and don't want to go on medication, beans are your friends. Studies have shown that eating beans a few times weekly can help lower LDL (the blood cholesterol most closely associated with heart disease). Actually, if you want to control...

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Potato Cauliflower Mash Recipe

Potato Cauliflower Mash Recipe

Potato head? Me too. Will work for mashed potatoes. While I think white potatoes have been much maligned in the era of glycemic (the degree to which foods act like sugar) awareness, many of us will overdo them left to our own devices. Enter cauliflower, that healthy...

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Annie, you are amazing! 

I’m comforted and inspired! What a journey you have taken me on!

Cassandra S.

Hartford, CT

Your help has been immeasurable.

I’m enormously grateful for your gentle wisdom and good humor.

Pam M.

New York City, NY

Life-changing, eye-opening, hope-giving.

Mary C.

Framingham, MA