Cookies and Cream

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These oatmeal cookies are thin and chewy. Sandwiching a scoop of ice cream between them makes for a crumbly mess. But trust me, you won’t mind. Use whatever flavor ice cream (or frozen yogurt) you choose . . . with the more virtuous versions, this dessert still comes in at under 200 calories.

Pick Your Treats

Halloween’s a-coming (along with goodie bags and baskets full of leftover treats). Here, help for warding off those wicked pounds that often appear between now and the new year.

Curried Mussels

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Need to get a tasty, healthy dinner on the table? This curried mussels recipe is ready in under 30 minutes. As bonus, it features a sustainable seafood.

Turn Scraps into Soup

As the seasons change I feel the desire to find abundance in frugality; joy in what we already have. One way to do both, I’ve discovered, is to create a variety of economical stocks from scraps that then become the base for soups all winter long.

Mushroom, White Bean and Sage Soup

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If you have mushroom stems stashed away, make this with homemade Mushroom Stock. This vegan, gluten-free soup is hearty enough to make a meal with nothing more than a hunk of good bread.

Mushroom Stock

This mushroom stock has stunning rich flavor for stellar soups and fantastic risotto.

Harvest Time

For some reason, I have a tough time each year letting go of summer and welcoming fall—much as I love both seasons. When the sun takes on a lackadaisical slant and the earth smells wet, it makes my chest swell with a sort of nostalgiancholy. So I thought I’d take a cue from one of Noemi’s alphabet books and spell out how harvest feels to me.

Harvest Pasta

There are so many things I love about this pasta. For one, it’s packed with loads of my favorite vegetables. For another, its incredible flavor is the perfect illustration of just how delicious healthy can be. But it also, to me, captures the essence of the change of season: summer’s bounty exuding a homey scent as it roasts in the oven, a portent of the many braises to come. What can I say? This dish truly nourishes me body and soul.