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What's Your Weakness? Foods We Can't Resist

We've been bringing new nourishing ingredients into our kitchens and talking about fresh, light foods all month long. Now that we're winding down, we've got to ask: what's your weakness? What food can...

On Drinking a Pile of Vegetables for Dinner

It's still January, Eating Light month at The Kitchn, and I'm still going to talk about ways to eat light without mentioning salads or losing weight, which is what it feels most culinary publications ...

Try This! Spaghetti Squash Instead of Pasta

Whether you're making an effort to eat lighter this month or just want something a little different for dinner, you've got to try this. We're not sure why it took us so long to discover this buttery, ...

Warm and Restorative: Favorite Soup Recipes

For a meal that's both light and comforting, what's better than a lovely bowl of soup? Especially on a cold and gloomy day, a bowl of hot soup is perfectly filling, even with just a handful of ingre...

Eating Quietly

Maxwell and I just returned from our third ten-day Vipassana meditation course up in a chilly corner of Massachusetts. We returned to NYC this weekend, greeted by bright light, loud noises and for me,...

8 Soups to Fill You Up Without Weighing You Down

These days we're looking for something hearty to fill us up and warm us at the end of a long day that ends deep into the dark. What we want is something simple and satisfying, a nice warm soup that...

Eating Light: Inspiration and Recipes from Food Network

If you're like us, you might spend some time watching Food Network on weekends. It can be relaxing, and of course a great source of recipe ideas. Here are a few episodes coming up this weekend that fe...

January 2010: Eating Light (and Refreshing Your Kitchen)

In January almost every food publication on the face of the earth focuses on eating light. Get back into healthy habits and routines after the splurge of the holidays! Clean the caramel off your stove...

Eating Light: 10 Ways to Use Frozen Broccoli

Frozen vegetables are one of our secret weapons for eating light during the winter. Broccoli has been in heavy rotation lately – we take a bag out of the freezer, pop it in the microwave for a few m...

Recipe Source: Vegetarian Times Newsletters

We recently subscribed to several of Vegetarian Times' weekly recipe newsletters, and since then, they've been piling up on our to-cook list. With general vegetarian, low-fat, gluten-free and dairy-...

Good Question: Healthy Chip Substitute?

Just in time to round out Eating Light month, and just in time for the Super Bowl, too, here's a question from Lindsey on chips and salsa: I love eating chips and salsa, although chips aren't really...

Recipe: Florida Butter Beans with Caramelized Onions and Bacon

We have one last recipe for you from the Rancho Gordo cookbook, Heirloom Beans (reviewed here). This one didn't have an accompanying photo in the book, and we really wanted to try it ourselves. So we ...

Recipe: No-Guilt Bean Dip

A happy accident with a pot of very overcooked beans a few years back resulted in this bean dip. It's now become one of our favorite healthy snacks and we always keep a few containers in our freezer f...

Eating Light: Frozen Edamame for Quick Snack

We couldn't let a month of Eating Light and beans go by without a mention of edamame! Lately, steamed edamame has been one of our favorite snacks. ...

More Online Resources for Heirloom Beans

We've talked a lot about Rancho Gordo and their heirloom beans this month, and we're not finished yet -- there's one more recipe from Heirloom Beans coming up this afternoon, and we've saved the best ...

Recipe Review: Zucchini Muffins from Simply Recipes

We mentioned this recipe a couple weeks ago in our roundup, but we just made these muffins again and we had to report back on how easy, fast, and good these are. ...

Eating Light: Homemade Popcorn with Olive Oil

We grew up in a popcorn-eating family. Every movie night, every game day, and every holiday evening, there was popcorn on the coffee table. We rarely ate microwave popcorn, so the smell of hot canola ...

Light Eating: Braised Chicken with Shallots

This photo, and everything about the accompanying recipe, too, makes our mouths water. Eating light doesn't mean avoiding meat entirely; protein is still essential, and chicken thighs are a frugal, ta...

Eating Light: Turkey Bacon, Surprisingly Good

Bacon is one of our favorite foods. Really, can anything top that smoky, juicy taste? We use it sparingly to add crackly goodness to soups and pasta, and to make our morning eggs even more delicious. ...

Trader Joe's Pantry: Greenwheat Freekeh

Freekeh? Freaky? We're not quite sure how this word is pronounced, but regardless, we're fans. Trader Joe's recently started carrying these packets of cooked freekeh, and we think they're a great addi...

Eating Light: Smart Portion Prep and Pack Tray

Eating light, for us, simply means eating less. American portion sizes have grown and grown, and we believe that many of us have no idea what a normal portion size should be. Sometimes it's useful to ...

What Are Your Best Tips on Eating Light?

This month we're trying to eat light. That means we're looking for ways to pare down our meals (and our food budget), eating more vegetables and whole grains, and using less meat. It's good to get bac...

Try This! Baked Tofu

We're newly obsessed with baked tofu at our house! These little squares of chewy goodness are perfect for salads or even a quick snack when we're trying to eat light. Plus, heads up dorm-dwellers - yo...

Recipe Recommendation: Spicy Parsnip Soup

Yesterday, we talked about experimenting with spices and winter vegetables. Today, we've found a recipe that does exactly that. It's a spicy parsnip soup from a blog that's all about, well, spice! ...

Light Eating: Giant Chipotle White Beans

Beans are the star this month, as we focus on Eating Light in January -- but without losing the comfort of hot, creamy winter foods. And these beans have been whispering to us since we first saw them ...

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