Aquafaba is a miraculous ingredient. The liquid from a can of chickpeas that you normally dump down the drain can be whipped into meringues, baked into cookies, and frozen into ice cream. What’s normally thought of a waste product is actually one of the greatest egg substitutes that’s ever been discovered and it seems that […]
Healthy Snacks
How to Make One of Nature’s Finest Post-Run Foods Taste Amazing
I don’t like watermelon. There’s something about its weirdly sweet flavor which is just, well, so watery. But my kids love it. They beg for it. They would eat nothing but watermelon for dinner if I let them. So every summer, I buy watermelon, cut it up for the kids and I eat none of […]
Quick Holiday Recipe: Spiced Candied Nuts
How did Christmas sneak up on me so fast? It’s almost here! With the temperature in Asheville rising into the 50s and 60s, it’s hard to remember that it’s the holidays. I’m not a fan of the cold, so I am loving the mild weather. But there are presents to wrap and delicacies to be […]
Simple Cereal Bars
To improve at a sport that requires little more than a decent pair of shoes, runners tend to find a way to complicate things. From $600 multi-data-point watches, to scientific socks that squeeze the blood out of your calves, to space-age food that could be straight out of an episode of the Jetsons, there is […]
Chocolate Hummus
For my kids who have a year-round calendar, it’s already back to school. So that means the struggle to make healthy, tasty, nut-free lunches is on. One kid likes sandwiches, the other doesn’t. One kid loves avocados, the other hates them. One will eat last night’s leftovers, the other won’t touch them. It’s almost enough […]
Urban Foraging: The Delicious Serviceberry
On my long run a couple days ago, I noticed the serviceberry trees in town were loaded with ripe fruit. I stopped and snacked on a handful (okay a few handfuls!) and plotted out my return to come harvest as many as possible. I had never heard of serviceberry before coming to Asheville. Apparently, not […]