Are you positively stumped when it comes to nutrition and how to make sense of it all? Visit my friend’s newly designed site, Alphabites NYC (The ABC’s of Healthy Living for Real People).

I’m addicted to chili, earthy, sweet, smoked, and burning hot. I love them all. A reader recently asked me what a peppadew is: If you haven’t tasted this sweet little hottie – you are in for a treat!

Tired of eating the same thing for breakfast? In my latest post on AOL’s Slashfood, I feature two ways to incorporate super foods quinoa and flax into your morning meal, whether you like it hot or cold…

When these red bananas first caught my eye yesterday, I thought they were purple. Purple bananas? Well, there are purple beans, purple tomatoes, purple cauliflower – so why not purple bananas? That’s what led me to create a “Red Banana Coffee Shake”…

Meatloaf is one of those blue-plate specials that is still on my list as a comforting, satisfying meal that’s perfect for winter weeknights. I like to shake up the flavor by adding new ingredients, or even stuffing it with something surprising, like gooey mozzarella and fresh baby spinach.

As I entered the kitchen, he filled a tall glass with a rich egg-colored custard the color of lemon cheesecake. Baking a smooth, crack-free cheesecake with thick, cakey or creamy texture isn’t as hard as you might thinkm and here are easy, fun tips the next time you want to indulge someone you admire…

Like primary colors to a painter, fat, salt and acid are the essential ingredients chefs use to flavor their masterpiece meals. Many home cooks know how to use fat (either oil or butter) and salt of course, but they skip on the acid, things like vinegar for example.

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, four days from now! If you’re still on the search for great recipes for sumptious desserts, then look no further! In this video clip, Jennifer highlights healthy sweets made with fresh beet, along with other dessert ideas…

Already thinking ahead to planting your garden for spring? Burpee has come out with a tempting new website, the “Cook’s Garden”, with heirloom offerings like “Patty’s Yellow Striped Beefsteak Tomatoes” and “Yugoslavian Red Lettuce”…

Yesterday, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette ran “Healthy Spreads for Superbowl Sunday”, an article featuring two of my recipes from the upcoming “Secrets of a Skinny Chef”.

The holiday season is a wonderful opportunity to connect with friends and family, and to celebrate and share the big and small events of the year. If you love entertaining, but wonder how to pull it off smoothly, download my latest digital booklet on Healthy Holiday Entertaining with how-to tips and recipes for five holiday cookies...