Vegetable Love Affair

Christina Pirello shares healthy, fresh Italian and Mediterranean recipes as well as her brassy, insightful approach to liver, kidney and heart health and diabetes prevention. Diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1983, Christina turned to a macrobiotic diet of whole grains and vegetables to aid in her recovery, launching the 20-plus year run of her Emmy Award-winning series Christina Cooks.

Season 6 Episode 607 | 26m 45s | CC

We struggle with vegetables. Marketing, ads, and even cartoons condition us to believe that vegetables are, well…gross, unappealing and unsatisfying. I’m here to tell you it just ain’t so. And with only 1 in 10 Americans eating their recommended number of servings, I know I have my work cut out for me. It’s time to fall in love with veggies and live our healthiest lives.

Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board