Flavor-Forward Solutions From a Celebrity Health Coach

You know you want to be eating more healthfully. But when it comes down to it, pizza night is tempting and easy. So is burger night. It’s hard to make positive change in your eating habits. We’ve wished in the past that a nutritionist could hold our hand as we cook, providing a magical dusting of seasonings to make things taste delicious—while guiding us in a health-forward direction.

Enter fairy godmother Kelly LeVeque. The holistic nutritionist, wellness expert, celebrity health coach, and best-selling author of Body Love and Body Love Every Day counts Emmy Rossum, Jessica Alba and Jessica Garner among her fans. She’s developed a flavor-forward program showcasing what she calls Fab Four®, which espouses reaching for protein, fat, fiber, and leafy greens or veggies deep in color at every meal. (Along with eating intuitively, it’s a way to help your brain recognize when you’re full.) And it can be so delicious.

That’s why we’re thrilled to announce a new partnership with Kelly. We’re introducing three incredible spice blends that are as health-centric as they are fantastic. Kelly says, “I created these very versatile rubs to be rich in functional foods that have a protected, anti-inflammatory and beneficial effect and that are loaded with organic dehydrated vegetables or super-nutrients.” Our test kitchen cooks sing their praises, and have concocted three recipes to showcase the 100% organic blends free from fillers or industrial seed oils. Read on for our recipes, plus links to Kelly’s own ideas, plus why each blend is so great.

Who knew eating healthfully could taste so good? (Answer: Kelly did!)

1. Be Well by Kelly Sweet Seasoning

Imagine having a spice mix that you could just as easily use in a warming coconut milk latte as you could in an autumnal bread pudding or Kelly’s carrot cake smoothie. Turmeric brings its anti-inflammatory prowess into play in this warming mix. It plays beautifully with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and cardamom. Kelly recommends it for your #fab4smoothie, oatmeal or baked goods. 

2. Be Well By Kelly Savory Seasoning

Sometimes you need a way to sneak vegetables and spices into something (say a cauliflower pizza crust?) without spending a ton of time roasting, chopping and blending. Enter: Kelly’s genius Be Savory rub. Use this umami-rich blend on baked chicken, on roasted vegetables or in homemade salad dressing. A mix of spinach, kale, garlic, onion, basil and black pepper, it’s an excellent way to add a shot of healthful ingredients even to a cheesy, decadent dish. (It takes particularly kindly to Italian food, says Kelly!)

3. Be Well By Kelly Spicy Seasoning

Get your go-to chili or Mexican dish ready for an infusion of new flavors: Kelly’s spicy seasoning is just the thing to elevate an old favorite. It’s wonderfully suited to the pepitas dip our test kitchen dreamt up pictured above, and contains dehydrated beet, which as Kelly notes is “rich in folate, vitamin C and iron.” It’s also packing tasty organic chile peppers, smoked paprika, garlic, cumin, red pepper, and oregano. This is Kelly’s go-to blend for any taco recipe, but it also sings when used to “rub ribs, cauliflower steaks, or on blackened fish.”

As is true of all of these rubs, the ingredients are 100% organic. Because you deserve it.

Shop Kelly’s brand-new spice collection and hit cookbook now!