Even though it's the holidays and nearly Christmas, all this candy-making and cookie-baking has us craving cabbage soup and simple, natural meals to balance out the sweetness. It sounds like reader Claire feels the same way, because she is looking for more health food blogs to read.
I love to get recipe ideas from food blogs and websites, but there's a certain category I'm looking for but haven't been able to find. I'm looking for a blog about health food, specifically the happy hippie-type health food you can find here in California that emphasizes whole grains, yummy veggies and not too strict a stance towards dairy.
She continues: I'm a big fan of the foodie sites, but sometimes I want to read about food that combines a love of the gourmet with reverence for tofu. Maybe Kitchn readers can help me find some good online health food resources.
Claire, there are a few sites that quickly come to mind. First of all, we can't help toot our own horn for a moment: yes, we're omnivorous here at The Kitchn, but we have a lot of healthy cooking in our archives. Search for tofu, whole grains, and grain salads, and check out our archive of vegetarian and vegan dishes.
Secondly, have you looked at Heidi Swanson's Mighty Foods? Heidi is best known for 101 Cookbooks, one of the early food blogs that quickly became very popular. Mighty Foods is a guide to all natural foods, and a great resource.
• Mighty Foods
Also, check out these blogs, starting with the home of that gorgeous photo up top:
• Notes from My Food Diary
• Fatfree Vegan Kitchen
• Kalyn's Kitchen
• The Sustainable Table
• The Organic Food Blog
Readers - what are your favorite natural food blogs?
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Not a blog but you might want to try here.
http://www.cleaneatingmag.com/minisite/ce_index.htm
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101 Cookbooks is a good one too.
http://www.101cookbooks.com/index.html
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I second 101 Cookbooks! Heidi is the best.
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#3 for 101cookbooks
Veganyumyum
smittenkitchen
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I also like http://www.cuisineenlocale.com/2008/11/ryming-for-reason.html http://www.latartinegourmande.com/ and http://www.foodonthefood.com/food_on_the_food/
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Thanks for answering my question! I've made about 5 recipes off 101 Cookbooks now...love it! Can't wait to look at the others, too.
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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/mighty-appetite/
http://justhungry.com
and http://cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com/
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Enlightened cooking, a lovely site with some wonderful recipes for adults and children.
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I too echo 101cookbooks - wonderful, healthy recipes~ another good site is http://www.danispies.com
She is a dietitian who has some good recipes for a variety of healthy ingredients.
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Dani Spies' website is good, but she's not a dietitian. "Dietitian" has a specific legal/medical meaning. Dietitians (typically) have a BS in nutritional science or dietetics, complete a 1200 hr internship, and have RD and/or LD after their names.
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everybody likes sandwiches has a good collection of recipes:
http://everybodylikessandwiches.blogspot.com/
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everything i've made from 101cookbooks has been fabulous, most recently that mushroom casserole (i added kale). although it can be annoying at times b/c it's SF based and she has access to what seems like amazing farmers markets year-round that you might not, generally people in the comments have good ideas for substitutions.
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FoodieTots is a great resource for anyone who prefers to cook with organic, locally sourced ingredients. The recipes and photos are amazing! www.foodietots.com.
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I look at tons of food blogs, but without a doubt my favorites are 101 Cookbooks and Herbivoracious.
www.herbivoracious.com
Also, I, too made the mushroom casserole from 101 Cookbooks and it was a huge, huge hit with me and my friends.
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http://bread-and-honey.blogspot.com/
28cooks.blogspot.com
http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/
http://veganvisitor.wordpress.com/
http://tofufortwo.net/
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Post Punk Kitchen - http://theppk.com/
Vegan cooking show, recipe archive, tips on stuff like Vegan Baking, tofu dishes, cookbooks, and lots of other great features
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Favoirtes:
101 Cookbooks http://www.101cookbooks.com/index.html
We Heart Food
http://www.weheartfood.com/
Herbivoracious
www.herbivoracious.com
GreenLiteBites
http://greenlitebites.com/
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vegsource.com is one I use a bit
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What the Hell Does a Vegan Eat Anyway: gourmet vegan recipes, including some raw food
http://veganmenu.blogspot.com/
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