Healthy Recipes
If you think raw food is the daunting domain of spiralizers and dehydrators, this blog will shift your thinking. Gena Hamshaw's recipes make raw cooking accessible, easy, and downright delicious—and she includes cooked meals too. Check out her cashew queso sauce or cacao truffles. As a certified nutritionist, Hamshaw brings lots of nutritional wisdom to the kitchen. She is also candid about being in recovery from an eating disorder and uses her site as a hub to draw together a community of men and women using a plant-based diet to heal their broken relationship. So come for the chia pudding and stay for the nutritional empowerment.
The grande dame of food blogs, Apartment Therapy's cooking site The Kitchn continues to lead the pack. If you're stumped on any home cooking subject, they've got you covered, whether that's creating a smoothie drawer, what to do with all that tahini you bought to makehummus, or how to tell if chicken is cooked through. It's like having a chef BFF you can text at all hours. And recipes aside, this site broke new ground when it published a series of articles discussing what it means to be a foodie concerned with weight loss, opening a conversation that was long overdue.
Raw banana bread balls, salted caramel tahini cups, no-bake pumpkin pie tarts—workout fuel has never looked so delish. Written by an avid triathlete and certified trainer, this blog covers nutritionally dense foods and fitness in a relatable way. Best of all, the author's healthy eating philosophy is an open door: "There's no right or wrong way to eat healthy... We're all different with different nutritional requirements; however we all need to eat whole, nutritious foods. Start there." We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
Some food blogs make healthy eating overwhelming with specialized ingredients (spirulina powder?) and pricy equipment (centrifugal juice extractors?). It's enough to make you throw your hands up and order a pizza. If you're feeling the pressure, let this blog talk you off the stuffed-crust ledge. Hospital dietitian Nicole Morrissey has a no-fuss attitude toward food that's homey and recognizable, whether it's honey mustard chicken or French onion soup. It's a doable approach to health anyone can master.
In some ways, Oh She Glows is like the ultimate love letter. Blogger Angela Liddon reclaimed her health by creating vegan recipes that are free of gluten and soy, but her creations also had to appeal to her husband, who at the time was "a devout fast-food lover" that "drank pop like water." Her efforts—recipes like no-bake almond joy granola bars and sweet potato casserole—not only swayed her man, but a massive following of readers. It helps that the dishes are photographed so beautifully that we want to swan-dive directly into every plate.
Certain Paleo circles can be overrun with CrossFit dudes making terrible puns about "snatches," so Juli Bauer's decidedly feminine take comes as a breath of fresh air. Bauer raves about fashion finds as much as deadlift technique, proving this girl can beast with the best of them. But clothing and workouts aside, one of this blog's biggest draws is the simple, straightforward Paleo recipes, likepulled pork frittatas and bison burgers. And unlike some Paleo peeps, Bauer isn't opposed to a little dessert, whether that's almond butter blondies or coffee cake.
This blog resembles the pages of a glossy food magazine with a fleet of food stylists making sure every bite looks impossibly scrumptious. But behind the scenes, it's just the work of one couple, Sara and Hugh Forte. Their division of labor is simple: She cooks and blogs, he photographs. The result elevates whole food ingredients to poetic proportions. Pumpkin bread with walnut-cinnamon swirl,buttermilk berry crumb cake, and vegetarian Asian nuggets with tahini sauce have won several fans including Saveurmagazine, which named Sprouted Kitchen one of the best blogs.
All kinds of gorgeous plant-based dishes, including bircher muesli, almond butter cups, or cauliflower crust pizza, are turned out in Ella Woodward's sunny U.K. kitchen. But not everything here is sunbeams and smoothies: This blog is the result of the author's struggle with postural tachycardia syndrome, a rare and devastating disease that prompted her to revamp her diet and ditch processed foods. Part of her recovery is to embrace a self-care philosophy, whether that's enjoying sweet potato brownies, doing yoga, or scribbling in a gratitude journal. It's this holistic look at health that makes for a truly great read.
From snacks (healthy chocolate peanut butter muffins, anyone?) to one-pot meals (three-bean turkey chili, please), this blog has our food cravings covered. Lee Hersh is a fellow workout aficionado and yogi instructor who develops recipes with nutritionally sound (and mostly gluten-free) ingredients. And her enthusiasm is infectious. Just read her post on DIY almond butter where she gushes about the specks of vanilla bean in the spread and ends with a rousing, "Real food rules." Amen, sister.
Unlike many food bloggers, Michelle Tam doesn't post dolled-up selfies with every recipe. Instead, her pigtailed avatar appears all over the site giving helpful tips in speech bubbles, comic-book style. It's a little aesthetic clue that Tam marches to the beat of her own Paleo drum. Another major difference is her degree in nutrition and food science, which, paired with her serious foodie know-how, have made her the Paleo point-person for various gourmand publications including Saveur, America's Test Kitchen, Serious Eats, and The Kitchn. But credentials aside, all it takes in one look at her recipe for porkitos(a.k.a. cripsy prosciutto chips) to know you're in good hands.
The name says it all: This blog is all about real food prepared with heart and soul. Vegan chef Jenné Claiborne's recipes look so indulgent and appetizing, we believe her when she calls one cookie recipe "life-changing." And video tutorials for dishes like buttermilk waffles will take the worry out of vegan tricks like subbingflaxseeds for eggs. Recipes aside, Claiborne does an amazing job covering all the ways her revamped diet has improved her life—from better digestion to thick, healthy hair—carrying the banner forward for plant-powered peeps.
Blogger Gina Homolka outlines a simple formula on her site: "Exercise + a well balanced diet + good sleep = a happy life." And really, why complicate that? Her recipes for lasagna soup and gluten-free s’mores tartlets prove that eating a rainbow of whole foods is appealing to the eye, the palate, and the rest of your body too. Plus Homolka has a sense of humor and isn't above trying recipes from the 50 Shades of Chicken cookbook.
After her father had a heart attack, Erin Alderson (her initials are E.L.L.A.) broke up with fast food and all processed meat stuff, turning to fresh, seasonal vegetarian food. But despite ditching Big Macs, Alderson doesn't believe in being obsessive or counting calories. Her philosophy is simply to exercise and eat well. Given the result—beautifully photographed whole foods we want to gobble up immediately (cheesy BBQ loaded baked potatoes, we're looking at you!)—it's easy to see why her approach works.
Sure, the pictures are stunning and recipes look amazing (hello, ricotta pancakes with maple bourbon whipped cream). But what we actually love most about Domesticate Me is that the brains behind the bites, Serena Wolf, is just like us. The adventurous, food-loving, 20-something graduated college unsure of what to do next. After an airplane jump here and yoga stint there, Wolf landed at Le Cordon Bleu—humbly the No. 1 culinary school in the country. Since then, she’s been creating healthy, gourmet-yet-doable recipes (like this Caprese quinoa bake), and we can’t get enough. Oh, and she’s insanely funny too.
Few things are more disappointing than finding what seems like the perfect recipe only to click and learn that it has more than 20 ingredients, several of which you’ve never heard of. Minimalist Baker keeps it real by sticking to 10 ingredients or less and limiting cook time to 30 minutes tops (hence the minimalist title). But trust us: Their recipes are far from boring! From baked falafel burgers tochocolate chip oatmeal cookie pancakes to chipotle tofu chilaquiles, the culinary duo (John and Kate) really know how to pack tons of flavor into simple and oh-so-delicious dishes.
Whether you eat Paleo, gluten-free, vegetarian, or none of the above, the recipes on this site will meet your dietary needs—and most definitely satisfy your palate. Taste aside, blogger Julia Mueller is also passionate about nutrition, which comes as no surprise when looking at her creations with a health-conscious microscope. And her photography is pretty impressive too! Broccoli salad and cauliflower fried rice has never looked (or tasted) so damn good.
It can be difficult to make vegan versions of classic creations like mac and cheese and pizza, but that doesn’t mean we should throw in the towel and stick to the likes of roasted veggies and salads (though both are delicious vegan meal options). Blogger and author Kathy Patalskyagrees, which is why she’s created hundreds of beautiful and nutritious vegan recipes that taste like a million bucks (and not like chewy or chalky meat- and cheese-free vegan nightmares). Though some of her dishes can be a bit more complicated to make, there are plenty of options that even the most novice chef can master. We’re huge fans of her sweet mango avocado toast, creamy Alfredo pasta (which is arguably easier than boxed mac and cheese), and veganchocolate taco shake—and those don’t even scratch the surface of what she’s capable of!
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