Articles by Carlene Thomas

  Start your morning with multigrain hot cereal featuring fruit, seeds and a smooth dollop of siggi’s yogurt. This sponsored recipe is brought by siggi’s as part of Food & Nutrition‘s Recipe Roundup program. Click for more

Crab drizzled with a dressing made with siggi’s yogurt over a bed of arugula topped with fennel, green apple and pine nuts. This sponsored recipe is brought by siggi’s as part of Food & Nutrition‘s

A tasty cornbread with a whole-wheat bonus is topped with siggi’s yogurt and a molasses pine nut brittle. This sponsored recipe is brought by siggi’s as part of Food & Nutrition‘s Recipe Roundup program. Click for

Smooth raspberry, cardamom and rosewater flavored frozen yogurt is topped with fresh raspberries and crunchy almonds. This sponsored recipe is brought by siggi’s as part of Food & Nutrition‘s Recipe Roundup program. Click for more recipes.

A flavorful frittata filled with caramelized onions and topped with peppery arugula and feta cheese is a perfect one-pan meal. This sponsored recipe is brought by siggi’s as part of Food & Nutrition‘s Recipe Roundup

Airy meringues are topped with siggi’s yogurt, fresh raspberries, lime zest and white chocolate. This sponsored recipe is brought by siggi’s as part of Food & Nutrition‘s Recipe Roundup program. Click for more recipes. Raspberry Meringues

Sumptuous broiled brown sugar peaches are topped with creamy siggi’s yogurt and a fig sherry reduction. This sponsored recipe is brought by siggi’s as part of Food & Nutrition‘s Recipe Roundup program. Click for more recipes.

Hearty whole-grain bread is topped with thick siggi’s yogurt, fresh fruit and almonds for a balanced breakfast. This sponsored recipe is brought by siggi’s as part of Food & Nutrition‘s Recipe Roundup program. Click for more

If you're outside — or even driving with the windows down — in Northern Virginia, you can probably smell the honeysuckle. Despite its status as an invasive species (which is obvious, since you see it everywhere … but

Some girls are happy to get flowers — I get psyched about a good watermelon. If I have my druthers, it's a sugar baby watermelon, but I'm not trying to be high maintenance here. There

FNCE® is just around the corner! The Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo™ (taking place this year in Nashville, Oct. 2 to 6) is the annual meeting of dietitians, and it's kind of taking over

Product Reviewed: Tovolo Baking Mat Have you ever lovingly and carefully cooked something only to have the final product ruined by the digging and scraping it takes to remove it from the pan? Think of

I always feel like I'm playing a little bit of a game when I have random things in my kitchen I need to use, but don't want to go to the grocery just yet…and am

We are all missing the bright berries of summer, but I always look forward to the tart cranberries of fall and winter. Although many Americans recognize cranberries only in their canned, jellied form for Thanksgiving,

Product Reviewed Rösle Digital Kitchen Scale I spend a lot of time in the kitchen developing and testing recipes, but when I’m cooking for fun, I cook based on instinct: a handful of this and

‏Berry is a flavor that seems to be universally liked. Luckily the flavor profile makes it very easy to mix and match accompanying aromas and tastes. In these quick and easy berry‪-‬packed pops, mint makes

‏Deviled eggs are one of my favorite party appetizer foods, but it’s something I never make for myself. And perhaps that’s what makes them seem so special to me. Since eggs are the epitome of

Cherries are one of my favorite fruits, but I'll be honest … it's rare that I ever cook with them! In an effort to explore the culinary abilities of this gorgeous pitted fruit, I committed