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Everybody Loves the Sunshine Citrus Salad

Hello beautiful!That is what my breakfast said this morning. No, I am not crazy, maybe just a little starved for some fresh-food attention. I really had trouble coming up with a post this week because we are in such a time of change! Is it…

Black Quinoa Corn Muffins

Sometimes it’s so easy. Writing a recipe, that is.I started meditating on cornbread months ago back in California, where I mowed down on my fair share of the golden goodness. Lucky enough to be in a place where people don’t believe in gluten, the goat…

The My New Roots Library: No Membership Required

I sure love me some books. After many delightful emails from you curious readers asking me about my favorite reads on nutrition, cooking, healthy living and the like, I have finally decided to begin a library catalogue! For now, it’s a relatively small collection of…

Meatless Mondays with Martha Stewart – Best Lentil Salad, Ever

If you’re a new friend of My New Roots, or you just haven’t made the Best Lentil Salad, Ever yet…oh, it’s time. Check out my post over at Whole Living! In health, Sarah B. Copyright 2012 My New Roots at mynewroots.blogspot.com

Wild Mushrooms on Toast

Wild Mushrooms on Toast

Despite the fact that I spend five days a week cooking in a restaurant, and my thoughts around 8 pm on Friday night certainly turn towards the non-culinary, the most likely place you’ll find me on Saturday morning? At home in my kitchen. And I…

Rustic Black Bean and Sweet Potato Soup + How to Cook Beans

Rustic Black Bean and Sweet Potato Soup + How to Cook Beans

Who needs a solid warm-up? Yup, right here. It’s still winter. To combat the never-ending chilly-ness, I have been living on soups. Easy-to-make, filling, nourishing, warming, and inexpensive – a big pot of hot lovin’ is the ideal way to make it through these last…

Bonjour! My New Roots en Français

Well, here’s another cat out the bag…My New Roots is now bilingual! How magnifique is that?!My totally amazing-fantabulous translator, Laurine Heinrich and I have been hard at work building up the My New Roots blog in French and today is the big reveal! I am…

Chocolate Fudge and Self Love

Okay, I’ll admit it: I’m not so down with the big V-day (did you notice I flat-out ignored it the last two years here on the blog?) It’s not that I am anti-romance in any way – I love getting flowers. Yea, bring ‘em on!…