Out with
heavy winter food and in with lighter meals inspired by the season's most delicious and nutritious fruits and vegetables.
It looks like cole slaw, but this shredded salad of root veggies — carrots, radishes, parsnips and celery root — is an excellent accompaniment to
heavier winter foods.
If you're like me and need a break from all
the heavy winter foods, this salad will be satisfying.
Not exact matches
We've had the occasional cold snap — and soup has been on the menu pretty consistently since October — but I can't say I'm quite ready for the
heavy, squashy, saucy comfort
food dishes that fill our
winter meals.
After the
heavier comfort
foods of
winter, it feels great to eat lighter fresh
foods.
I realised a few weeks ago that I was feeling very
heavy from eating such sturdy
winter foods (especially Scottish
food, you can imagine...) and so I promptly made a salad.
I kid.But it does mean that my juicer starts getting used much more and I love all the fresh recipes my body starts craving after ask the carb -
heavy, comfort
food things that came along with
winter.
I love great Asian
food all year long but there's something about the lightness that is perfect after
heavier fall and
winter meals.
Every Grain of Rice — authentic Chinese home - cooking Breakfast for Dinner — sweet and savory breakfast combinations re-purposed for dinnertime The Little Paris Kitchen — classic French cooking made simple enough for every day by TV star Rachel Khoo Sicilia in Cucina — gorgeous, dual - language cookbook focused on the regional flavors of Sicily Venezia in Cucina — sister book to Sicilia in Cucina, but focused on Venice Vegetable Literacy — highly informative vegetable cookbook / encyclopedia, a great resource for enthusiastic kitchen gardeners The Chef's Collaborative — creative recipes from a number of chefs celebrating local, seasonal produce Home Made Summer — a sequel to Home Made and Home Made
Winter, packed with simple, summery recipes that make the most of the season's bounty Try This At Home — a fun introduction to molecular gastronomy techniques through the ever creative eyes of Top - Chef Winner Richard Blais Cooking with Flowers — full of sweet recipes that can be made from the flowers in your neighborhood, like lilacs, marigolds, and daylilies Vegetarian Everyday — healthy, creative recipes from the couple behind Green Kitchen Stories The Southern Vegetarian — favorite Southern comfort
food classics turned vegetarian by the folks at The Chubby Vegetarian Le Pain Quotidien — simple soups, salads, breads, and desserts from the well - loved Belgian chain Live Fire — ambitious live - fire cooking projects that range from roasting an entire lamb on an iron cross to stuffing burgers with blue cheese to throw on your grill True Brews — a great, accessible introduction to brewing your own soda, kombucha, kefir, cider, beer, mead, sake, and fruit wine Le Petit Paris — a cute little book of classic sweet and savory French dishes, miniaturized for your next cocktail party Wild Rosemary & Lemon Cake — regional Italian cookbook focused on the flavors of the Amalfi coast Vedge — creative, playful vegan recipes from Philadelphia's popular restaurant of the same Full of Flavor — a whimsical cookbook that builds intense flavor around 18 key ingredients Le Pigeon — ambitious but amazing recipes for cooking meat of all sorts, from lamb tongue to eel to bison Pickles, Pigs, and Whiskey — a journey through Southern
food in many forms, from home pickling and meat curing to making a perfect gumbo Jenny McCoy's Desserts for Every Season — gorgeous, unique desserts that make the most of each season's best fruits, nuts, and vegetables
Winter Cocktails — warm toddies, creamy eggnogs, festive punches, and everything else you need to get you through the colder months Bountiful — produce -
heavy, garden - inspired recipe from Diane and Todd of White on Rice Couple Melt — macaroni and cheese taken to extremes you would never have thought of, in the best way possible The Craft Beer Cookbook — all your favorite comfort
food recipes infused with the flavors of craft beers, from beer expert Jackie of The Beeroness
With all of the
heavier, comfort
food meals that usually accompany fall and
winter — it's nice to have a fresh salad that's lean, clean and green but also delicious and filling in a good way — not a
heavy way if you know what I mean.
You'll have a chance to link up your favorite
Winter Comfort
Food recipes that include beans for a chance to win a pretty nice giveaway (that may or may not include a big and pretty
heavy pot).
I love soup in the
winter time because it's a great way to warm up in the freezing weather, and a delicious, healthy thing to eat after all the
heavy food from the holidays.
You might think of risotto as a
winter food — and it can indeed be
heavy.
Just like Clean
Food, her latest cookbook Clean Start is divided into summer /
winter / spring / fall chapters (I'm already drooling over the fresh summer salads) with a
heavy emphasis on whole grains, fruit and veggies.
I love the way you think... might as well eat all this rich,
heavy, yummy
winter food now... because really, it will be spring... someday... (soon!)
There's something about the short, cold days of
winter, the long hours spent indoors and the daily diet of
heavier foods over the
winter months that inspires us to make changes as we begin to move toward longer days and the anticipation of warmer weather.
Come
winter, though, and we opt for
heavier foods.
Many of us associate salads with spring and summer, but after eating so many
heavy foods in the
winter, a warm salad may be just what you're craving.
After a long
winter of craving carb -
heavy comfort
foods and sugar - laden goodies, it's sometimes nice to dedicate a period of time to eating «clean.»
Chances are throughout
winter you stocked up on cold - weather
foods that are too
heavy for spring and summertime.
The principle of making
heavier foods lighter to reduce excess heaviness in the body isn't just a
winter thing - it can be applied at any time of the year.
After a long
winter of
heavy foods like soups and stews, it is wonderful to have fresh...
Pulses and legumes (eg mung daal, red lentils, adzuki beans, puy lentils) and root vegetables are the perfect
winter foods because they are sweet and filling but still light in comparison to the
heavy foods listed above.
The
heavy, warm and moist
foods of the Fall and
Winter help us to combat the dryness of the cold and to build up our immune system.
Good thing, after we have all been potentially over-indulging in
heavy and rich
foods during the
winter time!
In the
winter you naturally consume
heavier foods and remain more sedentary.
The local produce that's available this time of year in the Northeast is in stark contrast to the
heavy, warming
foods of
winter.
«In the spring the qualities of
heavy, dense, damp and cool are in the environment, and because of seasonal effects, we as humans start to accumulate some of those same qualities in our bodies, especially after the wintertime when we've been eating warm,
heavier foods that mitigate the cold and dry qualities of
winter,» explains Erin Casperson, an Ayurveda Health Counselor and Yoga Journal LIVE!
Don't we all crave
heavier foods in
winter and lighter
foods in the summer?
Unfortunately, these
heavier foods can also lead to poor digestion and to an accumulation of toxins over the
winter, which could lead to allergies in the spring.
I kid.But it does mean that my juicer starts getting used much more and I love all the fresh recipes my body starts craving after ask the carb -
heavy, comfort
food things that came along with
winter.
I'm inside almost all the time with my new
winter environment and while I've never been a snacker, I am eating
heavier foods because of the cold and also feeling kind of sluggish — which could be the lack of exercise.
It's no coincidence that traditional fall and
winter dishes are usually
heavier than those you'd find in the spring & summer months — warm, rich
foods are perfect for cooler temperatures and snuggly nights in.
Even if you don't have SAD, being in better spirits in warm weather means you probably don't have crazy cravings for the
heavy, fatty
foods you crave hard in the
winter, says Lakatos.
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For many dogs, it is likely that they, too, are a bit
heavier after the
winter season due to increases in
food intake and decreases in activity.