Healthy Recipes

There used to be a tiny gastropub on the corner of 7th and Elm called The Gilded Fork that made these candied bacon sweet potato … Read more

The church potluck was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their signature dishes — Margaret’s legendary mac and cheese, … Read more

Maria, the woman who runs the community garden plot next to mine, watched me wrestling with a tangled hose for a good five minutes before … Read more

Jen wasn’t making a big deal of it. I’d stopped by her place to grab a book I’d lent her months ago—the kind of quick … Read more

Last Tuesday, my neighbor across the hall knocked on my door holding a loaf pan wrapped in a slightly stained kitchen towel. She’d seen me … Read more

I was supposed to be making a roasted chicken. The whole thing — brined, trussed, the works. I had the carrots out for the mirepoix, … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my plumber, but there I was, standing in my kitchen with a leaky faucet, listening to him describe exactly … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just swap half the sugar for mashed sweet potato. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. Honestly? … Read more

My neighbor, a quiet woman named Rosemary who keeps to herself mostly, watched me struggling to haul a too-heavy bag of winter squash from my … Read more

This was supposed to be roasted vegetables. A whole tray of them—carrots, sweet potatoes, a lone butternut squash that had been sitting on my counter … Read more