In Chemo
So you’re on chemo. Been told you can’t eat raw foods? Need something easy to digest? Favorite foods taste strange? Crave sweet, or even spicy foods? I know from experience this can be tough to deal with. Here are our recipe picks to get you through the long months of treatment.
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Pea Couscous with Poached Eggs
When you’re feeling tired, this dish makes for a super quick, super nutritious and super easy lunch or supper. You can...
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Meg’s Kale with Apples
Sweet apples and bitter kale are delicious together, a match, if not made in heaven, then in Meg’s kitchen, which is...
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Spinach Lasagna
This lasagna is easy to make, light to eat, and totally yummy. And it’s good for you. It’s also another great...
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Artichoke & Brown Rice Baked Risotto
This is a family favorite of mine. Instead of the traditional Arborio rice, this risotto recipe uses brown rice, making a...
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Spring Ramp Risotto with Peas
Risotto is one of my all time favorite comfort foods, and this combination of sweet green peas with the tender young ramps that...
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Pea Puree
I love peas, and I’m sad about the bad rap they have in the US. When I lived in Paris, one of my favorite lunches at this...
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Soupy Rice with Vegetables
This is really an unstirred risotto. It is wonderfully soothing when you’re feeling sick, or are on a bland diet....
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Mushroom Broth with Tofu & Pea Shoots
This nourishing Japanese style clear soup is wonderfully light and yet completely satisfying. It is the perfect thing to sip on...
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Watercress & Seaweed Soup
My Chinese herbalist said I should eat seaweed during chemo, a ‘cool’ food for my body to act as an antidote to the...
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Wilted Chard Salad with Walnuts
Chard is one of my favorite vegetables. It is lovely to look at and delightfully quick to cook. In its red and rainbow forms,...
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White Bean & Dill Salad
I first ate this classic Mediterranean summer salad in Greece. It is as simple as it is delicious. I like to make it with the...
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Green Bean & Potato Salad with Walnut Pesto
This hearty salad is a great addition to any table. Green beans, potatoes and rich walnut pesto make a wonderfully robust...
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Swiss Chard Frittata
This is a thin crepe like frittata that doesn't need baking. You can also use beet greens, spinach or kale etc. Just cook them...
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Strawberry Biscuits
These are a wonderful breakfast treat. If you are new to baking, these tasty biscuits are a perfect place to start with almost...
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Apple Quinoa Muffins
These subtly sweet little muffins are so moist and tasty it’s hard to believe they’re actually good for you. If,...
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Almond Avocado Pudding
This lovely pale green pudding is what I’d call real comfort food. The rich taste and smooth texture make this high-fat,...
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Chocolate Soy Raspberry Cake
This soft and pudding-y vegan chocolate cake is not only wonderfully rich, but incredibly easy to make. It is a simple dessert...
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Apple Upside-Down Cake
This is a wonderful dessert cake to showcase fall apples. It is quick to prepare and pretty much foolproof to make -- the trick...
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Strawberry Compote Smoothie
When I was a girl in the UK, a friend of my mother’s used to make an oat dessert with summer fruits. I loved it. It was...
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Apple Pie Smoothie
The sweet spices in this smoothie really do make it taste like apple pie, and the thick, rich Greek yogurt makes it feel very...
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Zucchini, Cheddar & Quinoa Muffin
Sometimes when I bite into an oversweet breakfast muffin, I often find myself wishing for a savory version instead. Thanks to...
get cookin'!Basics, Sauces & Dressings
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Miso Sesame Dressing
White miso is the sweetest and lightest tasting of all the miso pastes. It adds really great flavor to sauces and dressings....
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Apple Chutney
The sharp mix of sweet and sour tastes was a boon when my sense of taste got wrecked during chemo. This simple homemade chutney...
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Pickled Red Onion
I learned this great way of preparing onions from the wonderful Latina chefs who work with us on our programs in Spanish. This...
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Toshikoshi Year-End Soba Noodles
A bowl of hot soba noodles is a traditional evening New Year’s Eve dish in Japan. Loosely translated, toshikoshi soba,...
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Molasses Cranberry Cake
Not your Grandma’s fruitcake, this rich, dark confection is absolutely delicious. It makes a wonderful, lighter textured...
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Pot Roasted Lemon Chicken & Potatoes
This is easy and quite delicious. This dish is good accompanied by simple dark greens like Steamed Swiss Chard or Sauteed...
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