Healthy Hedonism Holidays: Thanksgiving Recipes

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

No better time to practice Healthy Hedonism (aka, the #pkway) than during the holidays during a pandemic. Grab my free cookbook and please give generously to Feeding America to help make a happier holiday for our hungry neighbors. I’m delighted to provide this book free to all who want it. But it will mean so much more if it can…

Mini Pumpkin Pies aka Pumpkin Tarts (Recipe)

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Leftover pumpkin pie filling and graham cracker crumbs lead to a follow-up batch of tartlets, making post-Thanksgiving meals even yummier. Question: What happens when you have leftover pumpkin pie filling and a quarter box of graham cracker crumbs remaining? Answer: Individual-sized pumpkin pie tarts that are just as luscious as the real thing. (Well, almost. I didn’t go all out…

How to Eat: Plant-Based Recipes (Download Free E-book from Dr. P.K. Newby)

Friday, April 24, 2020

Need a little help getting back to “real life” eating during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic? Please download my free e-book full of plant-based recipes for some cooking inspiration! *may include chocolate stout cake. And watermelon margaritas. Also, strawberry rhubarb pie. —– These are super weird times, the apocalypse and all. And I wanted to find a way to serve. The…

Out of This World Chocolate Stout Cake: It’s Not Just for St. Patrick’s Day (Recipe)

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

You need chocolate stout cake with whiskey-laced ganache and sea salt in your life now more than ever. Especially if it’s St. Patrick’s Day. Or the apocalypse. But also if it’s not. Whether you’re looking for an at-home cooking project with your kids during the covid-19 pandemic (#staythefuckhome), need a show-stopping recipe to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, or just have…

The Best Diet Advice? Get Out of the Goop & Get Your Science On

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

With so much bogus diet advice, it’s no wonder people are confused about nutrition. But the truth about what we eat and why it matters is out there, if you ask science.   Do you feel like nutritionists are always changing their minds? Do you want science-based information about diet but don’t know who to believe? Do you wonder which…

Hot Cereal. Oatmeal. Porridge. Whatever You Call It. (Recipe)

Sunday, December 22, 2019

Easy-as-can-be hot cereal comes with many names—porridge, oatmeal, other things. Whatever it’s called, it’s stove to table in less than 5 minutes, and oh-so-healthy. I’ve written about oatmeal so many times, but not recently. And I was inspired to do so again given the chilly weather here in New England. (Though I eat oatmeal year round, truth be told.) I…

Show-Stopping Pumpkin Pie, the P.K. Way (Recipe)

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Pumpkin pie gets an over-the-top treatment when adorned with a pile of toasted maple walnuts and mountain of whipped cream. Sure, it’s no longer Thanksgiving. On the bright side, I’m all set to share my sublime dessert for next year’s holiday. But who says pumpkin is only for autumn, anyway? I say, bring on the squash, all season long. Plus,…

Comparing the Real Ingredients of Beyond, Impossible, and Beef Burgers

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Think “100% beef” is superior to plant-based options because of the ingredients? It’s time to take a closer look at how that cow became your burger. A Facebook friend recently posted the ingredients of Beyond, Impossible, and Beef burgers. The list for the plant-based patties were the same as I have below; you can see them on any food package…

Lemony Pesto Pasta Sauce: No Need for Cheese! (Vegan Recipe)

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Like so many vegan recipes, you won’t miss the dairy in this mix of garlicky herbaceous goodness that will make your pasta sing. The key to delicious: Make it your own! I am fairly obsessed with pesto, perhaps because I didn’t grow up eating it and am making up for lost time. Pesto Genovese with basil and pine nuts is…

Why I Love Beyond Burgers (Video)

Monday, June 24, 2019

Today’s veggie burgers look and taste nothing like the bland patties of yore: Find one you love and make a better choice for your health and our planet. The plant-based movement is taking off, with many amazing new foods sprouting up in supermarkets to tantalize your taste buds. Enter Beyond Meat and its many variants, burgers to sausage. In this…

Dr. P.K. Newby is a nutrition scientist, speaker, and author with expertise in all things food, farm to fork, whether preventing obesity and other chronic diseases through diet or teaching planet-conscious eating. As a health expert and food personality, she brings together her passions for food, cooking, science, and sustainability to educate and inspire, helping people eat their way towards better health, one delectable bite at a time. Healthy Hedonism (TM) is her philosophy: Because healthy food shouldn’t suck.

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