Recipes
Farmer’s Market Feast with Local Doula Jodi Silberstein
When making meals for postpartum families, I try to keep two concepts in mind: nostalgia and food as medicine. Recipes should not only be comforting and evoke a sense of familiar warmth, but also fresh, whole, and packed with earth’s bounty of vitamins...
Sea Salt + Honey’s Chipotle Chicken Salad
Come summertime, there’s nothing easier to make for dinner than grilled chicken. This recipe for Chipotle Chicken is so simple (yet delicious) that it can be used on anything! From Tex-Mex salads (like the outrageous one below) or as the main ingredient in fajitas, it’s a quick, versatile way to make chicken for an outstanding weeknight meal.
Red, White, and Blue Smoothie
A yummy summer smoothie that’s easy to make in the morning from Therese Bonanni, R.D. of Navesink Wellness
Easy Turkey Taco-Stuffed Pepper Recipe From Whole30 CEO Melissa Hartwig Urban
Anyone else feel like they’re constantly working to find easy recipes that the whole family will not only eat, but love? Taco Tuesday is always a crowd pleaser, even in Melissa Hartwig Urban’s house. We spoke to the Whole30 CEO about her favorite spin on turkey...
A Healthy and Delicious Coconut Dessert
Among the what should I eat for my body hype that we’re exposed to, there has been quite the buzz about coconut, and sometimes it’s hard to see through the haze. Yes, coconut is high in fat and nearly 90 percent of that is saturated. And...
Navesink Nutrition’s Broccoli Bisque
We are always looking for ways to make dinner fun and healthy for the kids! In lieu of the traditional corn beef and cabbage for St. Patty's Day, try feeding them this delicious Broccoli Bisque by Therese Bonanni, from the Navesink Wellness Center. Instead of telling...
Immunity-Boosting Carrot Turmeric Soup
Anyone else feel like cold and flu season is never going away? Whether your house has been hit hard this winter or you feel like you’re fighting it off because everyone around you is sick, considering taking to the kitchen to boost your family’s immunity, starting...
Acorn Squash Fondue from Food Network’s Melissa d’Arabian
Looking for an easy, last-minute recipe—something you can spruce up your Sunday supper with? Try this healthy twist on fondue, from Melissa d’Arabian, star of Food Network’s It’s Tuesday Night Somewhere and The Picky Eaters Project on FoodNetwork.com. This veggie-rich dish can be prepared as a first course or appetizer, and Melissa suggests pairing it with steak. YUM!
Cupid Crunch!!!
Therese Bonanni is a local mom and Registered Dietician for Navesink Wellness. She has perfected the ability of bringing healthy yet delicious recipes to families all over Monmouth County. She's knows all too well the constant juggling act us moms have to endure, so...
Whole30: An Interview with CEO Melissa Hartwig Urban
You might not know the name Melissa Hartwig Urban, but you have undoubtedly heard of Whole30, aka the diet everyone and their sister has raved about over the last few years. Melissa is the co-founder and CEO of Whole30, and currently has two books on the New York...









