In Issue #26

Last Updated May 15, 2018

Departments, Features, Recipes & More from the Fall 2017 Issue.

The Fall, 2017 Issue of edible Indy.

Edible Indy Creates a Nonprofit Organization to Connect Indiana Youth with Real Food

After four years of telling the real stories of our food community, my husband and I are excited to introduce our new nonprofit...

Digging in the Dirt Helps Kids Develop Healthy Habits

Big Green Indianapolis, formerly The Kitchen Community, is on a mission to strengthen communities by accelerating the real-food movement....

Lasting Lunch Lady Impressions

I’ve never been a fan of lunch―mostly (although I’m sure there are other reasons) because of the lunch lady who ran the kitchen in my...

Goodness in a Glass: Healthy Smoothies

3 healthy smoothie recipes courtesy of the former owners of Natural Born Juicers.

The School Lunch Tray

2018 Eddy Award Finalist for Best Social Issue Story The American school lunch … it’s been riddled with stigma since inception. Does anyone...

Locally Sourced School Lunches

School lunches have a bad reputation. Just ask my teenage sons. The meat looks suspicious, the vegetables are overcooked and even the “...

H2O: One Thing We Can't Live Without

Water. We cannot survive without it. Humans need it. Animals need it. Plants need it. Our planet needs it. Water comprises 55 to 75 percent...

Nutrition and the Young Athlete

Everyone eats. And we are what we eat—or so the saying goes. Of course not literally. I mean I know people who love bananas, but I have yet...

Here’s a simple, quick-to-fix option as breakfast, an afternoon treat, or even before a demanding workout or practice. Dikos suggests baking sweet potatoes in advance and storing in the refrigerator...

Bison Taco Hand Pies with Cilantro Cream

What we would call a savory pop tart - perfect for kids or adults alike.

Tomato Basil Soup

Not many foods appeal equally to people from 12 to 97 years old. Our granddaughters want this Tomato Basil Soup as part of our Christmas Eve dinner; it is a favorite of their paternal grandfather; our...

Harvesting Knowledge

“This is amazing! We need this and we have to figure out how to get it!” were the words Ben Carter, director of career and technical education for Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) first uttered...