THE TFC BLOG

Do you ever read food blogs or cookbooks and drool over the gorgeous meals and decadent treats inside? Ever wish you could recreate the same delicious looking dish without all the carbs and sugar? Well, now you can! I’m so excited to share my new cooking series called “Nealy’s Flexible Food”, which is live on FMTV.com! […]

I have a love affair with cauliflower. Yes, seriously! It’s such a flexible vegetable that can be jazzed up in so many different ways. I regularly whip up my cauliflower pizza steaks and cauliflower fried rice, but I’m currently salivating over these Buffalo Wing Cauliflower Bites by my new friend Caroline, a certified nutritionist, health […]

And the countdown to Purim begins! With just a few days until celebration time, my family and I are preparing our playlist, busting out the crazy costumes, and gathering ingredients to whip up a batch of delicious hamentashen cookies. In case you aren’t familiar, hamentashen are pastries that are filled and then folded into the […]

Have you ever had a bad day at work, attended an under-stimulating class, or sat through a snore-worthy meeting and thought to yourself: Will this ever end? I’ve been there before. I recently pushed myself through a grueling yoga class where my mind couldn’t stop racing. There was no music, little inspiration, and very little instruction, which left me looking up at the […]

As I read this post (which is an oldie, but a goodie), I can’t believe I wrote it two whole years ago. My husband and I recently celebrated our 19 year anniversary and it’s these very secrets that help keep us going so strong. Through the dips and peaks of any relationship, it’s great to […]

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was all dressed up for a formal dinner with friends. The waitress handed out menus and my eyes darted left to right, up and down. I was inspecting each dinner option in great detail. Cheese? How about no? Pasta? Pass. Steak? Cross that off the list too. […]

You may have heard me refer to flexibility as the key ingredient to thriving in life. But here’s something that might surprise you: being adaptable and able to “wing it” takes the exact opposite. Yup, meticulous organization is the backbone of flexibility. I’d be a frazzled mess without my lists, notes, and laid out schedules. Here are […]

In 1983, a longtime food reporter for The New York Times, Marian Burros, wrote about the plum torte. Since then, it went on to become the most requested NYT recipe in history. I had the pleasure of tasting a gluten-free version of this popular torte when my friend Susi Dokken shared her yummy twist with […]

Yesterday, I woke up next to a pile of tissues, 3 mugs of hot water, and empty NyQuil capsules from the previous night. I knew it was going to be a long day. I wouldn’t call what I had a “severe” cold. It was the kind that started off as a sore throat and just enough […]