healthy eating

The powder, piled high in a small ceramic bowl, was circulated to the crowd that had packed the back of a Lower East Side Italian restaurant. “Take a spoon and place it on your tongue,” said the middle-aged man leading the gathering. “It won’t take long to kick in.” Hipster coke den this was not. But something much most interesting. 

With the arrival of the New Year comes the hope of improving our dietary choices. Some of us will follow through with strategized plans to lose weight. But for most of us this sliver of optimism will last just until the first slider is consumed at your Super Bowl party. Regardless, we have rounded up some of the most extreme diets for you to chew on. Well, chewing may be optional in some of these cases.

Baba ganoush and hummus are pretty much like brothers who could agree on everything except chicks. Well, chickpeas. If you switch out hummus' chickpeas with eggplant, the result is a silky, tangy spread you'll be enjoying by the spoonful. Like hummus and tzatziki, baba ghanoush works as a dip, spread and even just straight up as a healthy side.