Life Alive

February 11, 2016  By: Lisa Danca 

Are your new year healthy eating habits falling off the list of priorities? Need help putting things into motion? Don’t wander farther. There is a restaurant in Downtown Salem, free of anything artificial, that debunks the whole bland and boring health myth and will actually  have you craving a plate full of veggies!

Life Alive is a vegetarian eatery that uses only the purest and cleanest ingredients. In 2014, it was named one of North Shore Magazine’s “Best Of North Shore.”

I ordered the Sufi Poet Salad- red lentil humus, cranberries, raw cashews, cucumbers, granny apples, shredded carrots, sun-sprouts, spring greens, and Balsamic Vinaigrette.

What I love about smoothies is they're cool and refreshing whilst being a meal in itself. Photographed above is the Lust Alive Smoothie- strawberries, bananas, candied ginger, cinnamon, raw cacao, ice cream, and rice milk.

The start of the new year is always a love-hate. On the hand, there’s that feeling of re-set and the chance to turn over a new leaf. At the same time, the holidays are over and the weather in New England is cold and rough-and-tumble. But the organic food at Live Alive will not only leave you feeling like you’ve got a new body, but less overwhelmed when hit with the semester’s stresses.

Life Alive 281 Essex Street Salem, MA 01970 #978-594-4644

Contributor’s Note: Lisa Danca’s favorite healthy snacks are apples and humus with veggies.