Author: Alissa Glenn

  • Pasta with Roasted Squash, Kielbasa and Apple Cider Reduction

    Pasta with Roasted Squash, Kielbasa and Apple Cider Reduction

    Pasta with Roasted Squash and Apple Cider Reduction Celebrate fall with this slightly sweet and beautiful Pasta with Roasted Squash, Kielbasa and Apple Cider Reduction. This dish has everything you need for a one-dish meal, including tons of veggies, whole grain pasta, and a little savory sausage. The apple and roasted butternut squash are delightfully […]

  • Eat Happy: The Book is Almost Ready!

    Eat Happy: The Book is Almost Ready!

    I’m so excited to share the cover from my upcoming book – Eat Happy: Transform Your Health with Foods You Love!  This is my first book; part-cookbook and part-health tips that will transform your health in a delicious way. The book is written and in the final round of edits, and I just got some […]

  • This Week’s Eat Happy Meal Plan Menu

    This Week’s Eat Happy Meal Plan Menu

    Meal Plan Menu Sept 28, 2014 It’s officially Fall, and time for heartier foods that build inner warmth and strength.  One of my favorite meals is this week’s Charbonnade of Beef: it’s a very traditional recipe, originally from James Beard.  Beef is sliced thin and cooked slowly with onions and beer in the oven until incredibly […]

  • Pumpkin Muffins, Yay Fall!

    Pumpkin Muffins, Yay Fall!

    Pumpkin muffins, mini size It’s time for all things pumpkin, and one of my favorite ways to use this wonderful ingredient is in these Pumpkin Muffins.  They’re moist, warmly spiced, and super cute when you make them in the mini-muffin tins with some mini chocolate chips. Unlike some nasty pumpkin-flavored products, making your own pumpkin […]

  • New Babies and Chocolate Banana Bread

    New Babies and Chocolate Banana Bread

    Chocolate banana bread Welcome to the world little Larson Alexander Glenn!  I just had my 3rd sweet little baby and he’s adorable.  I have been enjoying more of a break from cooking in the week since his birth, but since I’m nursing I have been HUNGRY.  Like, really really hungry.  And oddly after having a […]

  • Meal Plan Menu Week of September 7-13, 2014

    Meal Plan Menu Week of September 7-13, 2014

    Meal Plan Menu Sept 7-13 I had to post this particular meal plan menu, because it’s a celebration of something I love: traditional Italian tomato sauce!  I didn’t always love tomato sauce, but when I started making it myself (and especially when my Italian husband started to make it in large batches) I really began […]

  • Eat Happy Book Sneak Peak Recipe: Homemade Granola

    Eat Happy Book Sneak Peak Recipe: Homemade Granola

    Homemade Granola My new book (available this Fall), Eat Happy: Transform Your Health with Food You Love features my all-time favorite recipes, including this homemade granola.  Starting your day with a delicious and nutrient-dense meal is so do-able with this homemade granola!   It takes just 10 minutes to toss together the ingredients, 15-20 minutes […]

  • Pizza vs. Real Food, Round 1

    Pizza vs. Real Food, Round 1

    Summer veggies saute Let me set the stage: it’s 4pm and I”m madly rushing to finish chapters on the manuscript of my first book, which I’m so excited about.  If I get it done in the next week I’ll have an awesome opportunity to present and advertise my book at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition Conference […]

  • Fresh Blueberry Cobbler with Cornmeal Crust

    Blueberry Cobbler with Cornmeal Crust What better way to celebrate the weekend and the end of blueberry season than with this Fresh Blueberry Cobbler with Cornmeal Crust?  It’s really delicious, and tastes like summer. I took the girls blueberry picking a couple of weeks ago and it was so fun.  It was the most hands-off […]

  • Meal Plan Menu for Week of August 10, 2014

    Meal Plan Menu for Week of August 10, 2014

    Eat Happy Meal Plan Menu and Shopping List Week of Aug 10, 2014 When I don’t follow my meal plan menus, I’m as lost as anyone else when it comes to dinner.  I end up making the same old thing, deciding last-minute, and ending up with something less tasty after a more stressful process.  Not […]