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“Healthyish” Wellness with Amanda Shapiro

March 26, 2019 by Maia Welbel Leave a Comment

In early 2017, Bon Appétit Magazine launched a new site to celebrate food that is both delicious and makes you feel good. The name that stuck was Healthyish. Now editor Amanda Shapiro is using the platform to transform how we inhabit and engage with the confusing world of “wellness”—from what we put in our pantries to what we put on our skin.

We wanted to know more about how Amanda is reframing the wellness conversation and what sustainable food means to her.

How do you describe what Healthyish encompasses?

Healthyish is a site about wellness through the lens of food. We are the little sister of Bon Appétit Magazine, so we work out of the Bon Appétit offices and our recipes come out of the test kitchen. But our lens is really outward—Bon Appétit serves the home cook, and we aim to do that too, but we also look beyond healthy eating into healthy living and wellness.

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Winter Slaw with Creamy Tahini Dressing

March 14, 2019 by hawnuh lee 8 Comments

Homemade tahini is one of life’s simple pleasures. Toasted sesame seeds pulsed on high until smooth. Pinch of salt, a little quality olive oil, and you’ve got creamy, dreamy goodness. After I discovered bulk sesame seeds I’ve been making tahini at home on the regular – it’s good on just about everything (and I do mean everything.) You can avoid all the excess packaging and plastic film of conventionally packaged tahini with this quick DIY recipe. Then, with a spoonful of tahini, splash of olive oil, and red wine vinegar you’ve got an easy, everyday dressing that gives life to all veggies.

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Use-It-Up Roasted Buddha Bowl

February 18, 2019 by hawnuh lee 12 Comments

Y’all, I’m about colorful winter produce. Finding those bright root vegetables makes for an inspired meal. As the grey has covered Portland in a blanket of meh, it’s important to search for mood-lifting hues. I found some seasonal shades in the form of carrots, sweet potatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, and purple cabbage in the bottom of my crisper drawer. Quell surprise! I love shopping by color but that somewhat spontaneous urge can leave me with produce I don’t know what to do with quite yet. Eventually, the guilt from an unused cabbage will spur me to action and everything gets chopped. This awesome Use-It-Up Roasted Buddha Bowl is full of delicious vegetables on the brink, hearty brown rice, and flavorful black beans from scratch. (Or sub these Tender Lovin’ Chickpeas! Or any bean to your liking, really. Go wild.)

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Roasted Broccoli Stalk Side with Toasted Hazelnuts + Lemon

February 3, 2019 by hawnuh lee Leave a Comment

I say roasted broccoli stalk “side” but I ate this entire pan for dinner and it was perfect. There’s no judgement here when broccoli is involved. It’s one of my favorite vegetables and I will never turn down an opportunity to make a meal out of this crunchy cruciferous. I’ve also hinted towards my love of hazelnuts in this parsnip + meyer lemon loaf cake with toasted hazelnuts (which if you haven’t tried I might question your dessert loaf choices.) This simple brocc recipe is just as full of PNW locally sourced, toasty hazelnuts! The nutty crunch is a lovely accent to the subtle root flavor. It’s an awesome dish on the side of any meal, great as a salad topper, or enjoyable just on it’s own.

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The Best Package-free Granola Bars

January 31, 2019 by hawnuh lee Leave a Comment

Y’all these might be the best snack I’ve ever made. Actually. When the babe bit into these I got a, “Wow.” True praise. Also they are in fact flippin delicious and I’ll be making them by the container-ful once a week. You know you’ve got a successful dish when it enters the weekly rotation. Woo! Move over basic granola, I’ve got you in travel ready form now. Package-free granola bars that you don’t have to feel guilty about! These bars are a zero-waste / low-impact adaptation of the 5 ingredient bars from Minimalist Baker but totally souped up, without using any parchment paper and lots of seedy goodness.

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How do you describe what Healthyish encompasses?

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