Why on earth would I post a recipe for hummus when there are already 808,000 recipes online? Because I have made a crucial modification to the universal hummus recipe that I haven’t seen anywhere else: I add protein powder. The reason for this strange tweak is...
Move over, chicken salad — there’s a new kid in town! I dreamed up this lightly curried tofu salad recipe to help my daughter, who recently decided to shift to a vegetarian diet, get enough protein into her diet. Thankfully she’s still eating eggs...
As a teenager growing up in Brussels, Belgium, with its large North African and Middle Eastern population, shawarma (a.k.a. shwarma, gyro, or doner kebab) was my favorite fast food. During a year spent on an Israeli kibbutz, it became an obsession! If you enjoy it as...
One of the simplest things you can do to “Mediterraneanize” your diet is to keep a tub of this salad in your fridge at all times — especially during the warmer months. Also known as “Israeli salad” this is a staple in many Mediterranean...
Variety is the spice of life — in cooking as in society. If you’ve ever attended one of my nutrition workshops, you’ll know I’m a tireless advocate of dietary diversity; that’s because research shows that eating a wide variety of...
