My Favorite Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe

My Favorite Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe

Few beverages are as deep-rooted in the culture of Americans’ collective childhood quite like hot chocolate. This drink reminds me of rainy days, skiing, sledding, or even a quiet day watching the snow fall. It’s thick, silky, toasty, and usually smothered in whipped...
The Benefits of Green Tea

The Benefits of Green Tea

Want to know what all the fuss about green tea is? Apart from being a refreshing, soothing beverage – served hot or cold – it’s an easy metabolism booster and packed with antioxidants that help burn fat. Green tea and weight loss Research shows that green tea can...
Health Benefits of Warming Winter Spices

Health Benefits of Warming Winter Spices

With Winter here, we want to find as many ways as possible to take care of our health and be preventative. Sure, it’s fun to spend your days indoors, cuddled up by the fire, drinking your gingerbread latte and watching movies with your family, but you also want to...
My Favorite Gourd

My Favorite Gourd

Fall is here and the bounty of summer vegetable gardens is coming to an end. But I’ve had an abundant amount of zucchini this year (my tomatoes were not as prolific…) so I wanted to share a bit about the heath and nutritional benefits of this delicious member of the...
The Benefits of Fermented Foods

The Benefits of Fermented Foods

Humans have been fermenting food as a means of preserving it for centuries. Today, we can enjoy the fermented delicacies that originated in many countries: miso from Japan, Chinese kombucha, Korean kimchi, Labneh –  the thick, tangy Middle Eastern yogurt cheese,...