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As a trained chef, author and health expert, Jennifer Iserloh has created thousands of delicious AND healthy recipes featured on The Today Show, Living Well With Montel, SELF, Prevention, In Style,...
Latest Food Blogs from Skinny Chef

Some Like it Really Hot: Habanero
Are you a bona fide chili freak like me? Then habaneros surely rank high on your list of favorite foods. Check out this post to learn how to pick, chop and enjoy habaneros.

June 2013 Newsletter
Summer is a great time to get cooking outdoors, and enjoying good times with friends, reconnecting with extended families and making great summer memories. Check out the June newsletter for great information on barbequing, local farmer's markets and more...

5 Fun Ways to Enjoy Blueberries
Do you remember your parents telling you to eat your spinach for muscles like Popeye or munching on carrots will help your eyesight? Well, ?blueberries help your memory? is absolutely true and here are five clever ways to get more blueberries into your diet!

How to Pick and Store Produce
cking produce isn?t an art, it?s a science! Once you learn theses simple tips, you?ll be a pro around the produce isle. The best place to get the freshest produce is always your local farmer?s market, where it?s simple to eat seasonally.

5 Cool Things To Do With Goji Berries
Goji berries have 20 times the antioxidant power of prunes (that already rank extremely high in antioxidants) and contain over 3 times more than blueberries.... but do you know what you could do with gojis?

Kale and Oxalates
"I have just been told that kale is extremely high in oxalates and that they can be very dangerous to one's health if one's body doesn't have the healthy gut flora which break oxalates down for elimination. Any info on this topic?"

5 Delicious Ways to Use Cherries
Dark sweet cherries and tart red cherries are two of my favorite fruits because of their intense flavor, aroma, and tang. Both fresh and frozen cherries are easy to cook with, but here a five fast no-cook options to get more cherries into your diet.

Why We Like the Foods We Like
A new article in the Smithsonian Magazine discusses recent research and experiments that might explain why we love certain foods and why we hate others. Listen in to Leonard Lopate sitting down with journalist Tom Vanderbilt discussing anything from pickles, eggplants, coffee, and spinach to chocolate...

Fun with Fitness and Food for Summer
Summer is the perfect time to get healthier and become more active! Most people have more time, thanks to summer Fridays and more energy because we have longer days and warmer nights. So here are some fun ways to get outside, get some fresh air, and energize your summer.

Father?s Day Dinner
Cooking for dad is not only the fastest way to his heart, it's also a father's day gift that he'll be sure to love! The key to cooking him something special is to plan ahead with a simple menu of foods that he already loves. Check out these easy, healthy recipes along with foolproof cooking tips, videos, and do-ahead ideas.
