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Whether you call them Grain Bowls, Nourish Bowls, Buddha Bowls, or Power Bowls, build-your-own bowl meals are a fun, easy, nutritious, and versatile way to get dinner on your family's table. The secret to bowl-meal success is to offer a variety of wholesome, flavorful ingredients and to let everyone pick and choose the ingredients that please their personal palates (like this Wild Rice Grain Bowl). Vegetables and fruit (avocados are a fruit!) are always the star ingredients in bowl meals ...
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New Ways to Turn Your Farmers’ Market Haul in Yummy Vegetable Side Dishs
Every Saturday this summer, Chef Greg from the Corner Table on Nantucket will be taking small groups of hungry foodies to Sustainable Nantucket's Farmers' and Artisans Market to meet local farmers, buy fresh produce, and then cook up a storm ...
Rainbow Veggie & Beef Fried Rice
This family pleasing recipe for Rainbow Veggie & Beef Fried Rice is easy, delicious, and nutrient-rich. It's made simply with lean ground beef and boil-in-a-bag brown rice, plus it's filled with colorful carrots, red bell pepper, snow peas, and green ...
Hummus Shakshuka Snack Bowl with Veggies and Sweet Potato Chips
I'm always on the lookout for snacks and appetizers that please my family and a (small) crowd, and this Hummus Shakshuka Snack Bowl recipe delivers ... big time. It's made with hummus—which I buy pre-made for convenience—canned petite diced tomatoes, ...
Arugula Salad with Green Mix-ins and Sautéed Shrimp
April showers bring May flowers (and here in New England, there's even a bit of snow mixed in), but spring time also brings lots of green fruits and vegetables to the market and to our tables. Green is great, because ...
Mediterranean Chicken Meatball Power Bowls
This semester, Jordan Ball, a nutrition graduate student at Boston University, is interning with me. What follows is part three of her three-part blog series on Meal Planning 101 and Meal Prepping for Beginners, where she is sharing her recipe ...
Meal Prepping for Beginners: It’s Easy, Saves Time, and Makes Good Nutrition Doable and Delicious
This semester, Jordan Ball, a nutrition graduate student at Boston University, is interning with me. What follows is part two of her three-part blog series on meal planning and meal prepping. I’m back as promised with part two of a ...
Meal Planning 101: A Nutrition Student Shares Her Best Tips and Tricks
This semester, Jordan Ball, a nutrition graduate student at Boston University, is interning with me. What follows is part one of her three-part blog series on meal planning and meal prepping. I started meal planning for myself shortly after I ...
Garden Green Smoothie | An (Hopefully) Easy Way to Introduce More Green Foods Into Your Kids’ Diets
For kids who are skeptical about trying spinach, broccoli, zucchini, or anything green, serve up a green smoothie instead. My green smoothie "formula" is the perfect combination of 100% orange juice, Greek yogurt, baby spinach, mint, cucumber, frozen mango, and ...
I’m Liz Weiss, a registered dietitian nutritionist, mom of two, and cookbook author.
I’m passionate about making healthy family food that’s fun for everyone, so I welcome you to explore my blog for recipes, nutrition insights, and mealtime inspiration.
