
4 Recipes You Can Make in a Hotel Room, and Other Healthy Travel Hacks
Cooking in a small kitchen with limited tools can be tricky—but it’s not impossible! Whether you’re on the road for a business…

What Are Hearts of Palm?
Hearts of palm are the delicate white stalks harvested from the inner cores of palm trees. The tender veggies have been consumed…

Sea Vegetables 101: A Quick-Start Guide to Cooking with Seaweed
Sea vegetables, or edible seaweed, have been a staple ingredient in Japan, Korea, and China for millennia. Read on to learn more…

What Is Jicama? How to Enjoy the Refreshing, Juicy Root Vegetable
Jicama—also called Chinese yam, yam bean root, Mexican potato, fon goot, or sicama—is a root vegetable native to Mexico and Central America….

A Cook’s Guide to 6 Types of Onions and How to Use Them
It’s hard to imagine a world without onions. The pungent members of the allium family (which also includes shallots, leeks, garlic, and…

8 Simple Hacks for Smoother, Tastier, More Interesting Hummus
As healthy foods go, hummus is in a league all its own. Kids love it. Adults crave it. (Ever found yourself eating…

Fonio: the Ancient West-African Grain That’s Healthy, Sustainable, and Quick-Cooking
If you haven’t heard of fonio until recently (or now), you’re not alone. For decades, the tiny seeds cultivated in West Africa…

How to Encourage Loved Ones to Go Plant-Based: 7 Dos and Don’ts
After Forks Over Knives reader Gwen Jahnke saw her dad suffer two strokes, she spent more than a year encouraging her parents…

Everything You Need to Know About Chia Seeds
Tiny but mighty, neutral-tasting chia seeds boast a long culinary history, an impressive nutritional profile, and a host of uses in plant-based…

The 4 Easiest Herbs to Grow at Home, According to a Garden Expert
Growing your own herbs saves money, avoids plastic packaging, and reduces food waste, since you only cut what you need. We asked…

What Is Freekeh?
A staple grain in the Mediterranean basin, Middle East, and parts of Africa, freekeh is a type of wheat harvested when it’s…

What Are Collard Greens, and How Do You Cook Them?
Collard greens, or collards, are a leafy green vegetable like lettuce, Swiss chard, and spinach. Along with mustard greens, turnips, and cabbage,…