When you’re thinking about going out to watch the game, you probably aren’t thinking about going to Whole Foods. However, if you’re a craft beer lover, you might want to change your tune. Brews from Mikkeller, Dragoon, Mother Road, Dogfish Head, and more make the ever changing tap list, so you’ll likely love exploring the […]
Health in Phoenix
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Since 2004, owner Carol Phillips has been satisfying breakfast, lunch and take-home bread needs in the Tempe branch of AZ Bread Company. The menu includes healthy options for the morning and afternoon crowds such as eggs, waffles, sandwiches, wraps, soups, and salads. And of course there is the wide selection of artisan breads, with 20+ […]
Forget impressions from heart-rending TV pleas about Ethiopia — Tempe’s Blue Nile shows that food is one of the finest things about the African nation. Vegetables and legumes abound, made luscious with slow simmering into spicy stews. Chicken, beef and shrimp shine, too, wrapped burrito-like in tangy, homemade injera bread.
The folks behind Bombay Spice Grill & Wine call their fare “redefined Indian food. Indeed, it’s a welcome change, especially if you go for healthful instead of heavy. Nothing’s fried. Dishes are prepared with olive oil instead of butter and heavy cream. There’s no cheese, either, but a few items contain non-fat yogurt. And best […]
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Stick to shared plates like lamb meatballs or the Calistro flatbread – topped with tomatoes, mozzarella, and pesto – at this “farm to table” bistro at north Scottdale’s DC Ranch Crossing.
Opening December 2014.
You’ll find the brightly lit juice bar and kitchen adjacent to the infamous Amy’s Baking Company, in a shopping center located on the northwest corner of 74th Street and Shea Boulevard. Grabbagreen’s menu offers plenty of choices, as well as the option to create your own meal in nearly every category. Juices come in a […]
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Vegetarian food never looked or tasted so good. This tiny place serves a tantalizing array of salads (some with seafood) as well as honey lemonade and a blue corn-veggie tamale smothered in guacamole; it makes healthful eating look like unbridled hedonism. There is no indoor dining — grab a table or shady bench in the […]
Sure, you could be virtuous and make a smoothie at home, but washing strawberry seeds out of the blender jar is a pain. Most people are more likely to head to one of the Phoenix outposts of Jamba Juice, a chain 750 locations strong that’s got smoothie-making down to a science (or is it an […]
Regardless of how healthy you’re interested in being, you certainly don’t want to be sick. Lucky for you, Kaleidoscope Juice offers a juice elixir called the flu shot. $5 gets you the small, but potent combo of oil of oregano, garlic, tumeric, ginger, cayenne, lemon and green apple for flavor that will surely knock the […]
Designer pizza? Oh, yeah. Ingredients are primo – sourdough crust fermented overnight, organic produce delivered daily from the Valley’s Victory Farms, homemade sausage, and exotic combinations like goat cheese, roasted corn, tomato, and fresh basil leaves.
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Luci’s Healthy Marketplace specializes in organic and natural foods – sort of like a pint-sized Sprouts, minus the produce department. It’s bright and airy inside, with a stylish retro-modern theme, a coffee bar, and a Viking Test Kitchen, where they offer cooking demonstrations. For a neighborhood market, Luci’s is pretty unique. Read our review.
