by Melanie Albert | Sep 21, 2020 | Eat Local Seasonal: CSA, Farm-to-Table, Intuitive Cooking, Recipes, Vegetables
Looking for a “healthy” Sweet Potato with Broccoli and a Cheesy Sauce? Based on a request for a “healthy” sweet potato and broccoli dish, I’m happy to share with you a Roasted Veggies Sweet Potato Bowl with Hemp Seed Cream. Local Farmers Veggies. In...
by Melanie Albert | Sep 20, 2020 | Cooking Classes & Events, Farm-to-Table
I am excited to share the incredible Feed Phoenix project with Local First Arizona as part of the City of Phoenix COVID-19 Emergency Food Assistance Funding. The project is designed to provide nutritious lunches incorporating locally grown produce to organizations in...
by Melanie Albert | Aug 25, 2020 | A New View of Healthy Eating, Intuitive Cooking
To eat well, cook simple meals, and be healthy it is important to stock your kitchen with a few basic food staples, along with fresh veggies and fruit. The plant-based shopping list is inspired by the anti-inflammatory way of eating, the Mediterranean Diet, and the...
by Melanie Albert | Aug 22, 2020 | Farm-to-Table, Intuitive Cooking, Recipes, Salads
Eat What Grows! A simple way to think about eating locally and eating with the season, is to eat what your local farmers are growing, or what’s growing in your garden. What Grows Together Goes Together A simple way to think about how to create a dish with your local...
by Melanie Albert | Aug 18, 2020 | Farm-to-Table, Raw Culinary, Recipes
During the summer our local Arizona farmers and many across the USA are growing lots of hydrating veggies, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, and all kinds of melons. Click to see the Top 10 Hydrating Foods As always, thanks so much to our local Arizona farmers for growing...
by Melanie Albert | Jun 17, 2020 | Cooking Videos, Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market, Eat Local Seasonal: CSA, Farm-to-Table, Recipes
It’s tomato season in Arizona! And I love it. Over the years I’ve noticed that at the beginning of the season, our farmers are growing a few handfuls, then a few pounds, then a few hundred pounds of tomatoes each week. It’s actually quite amazing that our local...
by Melanie Albert | Jun 11, 2020 | A New View of Healthy Eating, Cooking Videos, Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market, Eat Local Seasonal: CSA, Farm-to-Table, Intuitive Cooking
Thanks so much to the Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market for the opportunity to share a few beautiful summer salads with our local Arizona farmers early summer produce. Having shopped the market for 15 years and leading cooking demos at the market for 4 years, I am...
by Melanie Albert | May 28, 2020 | Get Creative with Nuts & Seeds
Create your own hummus! Once you’ve made your own home-made hummus the first time, you’ll be inspired to make it all the time. The basic ingredients for hummus are beans, nuts or seeds, citrus, and salt. The typical ingredients are garbanzo beans, tahini (sesame seed...
by Melanie Albert | May 16, 2020 | Eat Local Seasonal: CSA, Farm-to-Table, Fruit, Intuitive Cooking
What an honor to intuitively create recipes with the beautiful produce grown by hard-working, passionate farmer Billy Anthony at the Soil & Seed Garden at The Farm at South Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona. This is the final CSA recipe of the season, Recipe #54, and...
by Melanie Albert | May 14, 2020 | Cooking Videos, Coronavirus Stay at Home, Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market, Farm-to-Table, Intuitive Cooking
Thanks so much to the Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market for requesting a recipe for a “Beet Burger.” I honestly love your market all these years and our beautiful entrepreneurial community at the market. Thank you so much for all the hard work, dedication, and...
by Melanie Albert | May 10, 2020 | Eat Local Seasonal: CSA, Farm-to-Table, Fruit, Recipes
As always, it is my honor to create recipes with the produce grown for the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) by passionate farmer Billy Anthony at the Soil & Seed Garden, at The Farm at South Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona. It is especially touching this week,...
by Melanie Albert | May 7, 2020 | A New View of Healthy Eating, Cooking Videos, Coronavirus Stay at Home, Eat Local Seasonal: CSA, Experience Nutrition Tips, Farm-to-Table, Intuitive Cooking, Raw Culinary
It is again such an honor to create recipe articles for the Natural Awakenings Magazine, Phoenix and Northern Arizona during the last few years. And, I am humbled to contribute to the important May 2020 issue during the Coronavirus Pandemic, to bring a little joy to...
by Melanie Albert | May 3, 2020 | A New View of Healthy Eating, Cooking Videos, Coronavirus Stay at Home, Desserts, Experience Nutrition Tips, Intuitive Cooking, Raw Culinary, Raw Food
It is my pleasure to share with you another one of my favorite “healthy” desserts: Raw Carrot Cake. Berries. Edible Flowers. The Raw Carrot Cake recipe is adapted from my cookbook, “A New View of Healthy Eating: Simple Intuitive Cooking with Real Whole Foods.” Carrot...
by Melanie Albert | May 2, 2020 | Cooking Videos, Coronavirus Stay at Home, Eat Local Seasonal: CSA, Experience Nutrition Tips, Farm-to-Table, Raw Culinary, Raw Food, Recipes, Vegetables, Videos
Again this week, I’d like to honor our local farmers and farmers’ markets in Phoenix, Arizona who are continuing to bring our “essential” beautiful food to us during the Coronavirus Pandemic. We truly appreciate you. As always, I am so honored to create recipes for...
by Melanie Albert | Apr 29, 2020 | Coronavirus Stay at Home, Experience Nutrition Tips, Farm-to-Table, Gardening, Stay at Home Tips
So many people are gardening now with the Coronavirus pandemic. I hope you are inspired to plant and enjoy your own garden this year. Then enjoy the harvesting and cooking of the beautiful food you grow with and for your family and friends. Happy to share with you the...
by Melanie Albert | Apr 28, 2020 | Cooking Videos, Coronavirus Stay at Home, In the News, Media, Recipes
So honored to create plant-based recipe articles during the last several years for the Natural Awakenings Magazine, Phoenix and Northern Arizona. This month, May 2020, I am especially humbled to contribute to the magazine while we are all together during the...
by Melanie Albert | Apr 25, 2020 | Cooking Videos, Coronavirus Stay at Home, Eat Local Seasonal: CSA, Experience Nutrition Tips, Farm-to-Table, Intuitive Cooking, Raw Culinary, Raw Food, Recipes
Honored and happy to create the Recipe #51 for the CSA at The Farm at South Mountain, right here in my neighborhood. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to create new recipes for the CSA members, with ideas on how to prepare the veggies, fruit, and herbs in their...
by Melanie Albert | Apr 22, 2020 | Coronavirus Stay at Home, Experience Nutrition Tips, Gardening, Self Care
Happy Earth Day 2020. Synchronicity. Celebrating our 50th Earth Day with Gardening. Of course! Now during our Coronavirus “stay-at-home” across the USA, gardening has become more meaningful. So many people around the world are getting back to the basics with more home...
by Melanie Albert | Apr 21, 2020 | A New View of Healthy Eating, Cooking Videos, Coronavirus Stay at Home, Eat Local Seasonal: CSA, Experience Nutrition Tips, Farm-to-Table, Raw Culinary, Recipes
During our coronavirus stay-at-home, a simple to prepare lunch, breakfast or snack, is an “avocado tartare.” You might call it avocado salsa with a few extra veggies. I hope this avocado recipe guide inspires you to create your own beautiful, delicious avocado tartare...
by Melanie Albert | Apr 19, 2020 | Cooking Videos, Coronavirus Stay at Home, Desserts, Experience Nutrition Tips
Since so many people are buying many bananas during our Coronavirus stay-at-home, I decided and am excited to share an incredible banana recipe with you. Enjoy this incredible vegan, gluten-free banana bread with walnuts, dehydrated citrus, and edible flowers. This...
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