We all love Thai food in our house. Unfortunately, when you order it in a restaurant it typically contains soy sauce, which contains wheat, and in turn makes most of my family break out in a rash. So, when we get the craving for Thai, we make it ourselves. This recipe is one of our favorite fairly simple meals. To make it simple, I used a jar pre-made Thai curry paste.… Continue reading
Food
All Natural Super Fruit Milk
The other day we were at story time at our local library and one of the kids had a sippy bottle full of strawberry milk. It had the distinctive bright pink color of the Strawberry Quik I drank as a child. I found myself surprised that stuff was still being sold (I thought it went the way of Tang – is that still around too?).… Continue reading
Healthy Snack: Cucumbers with Soft Goat Cheese (Chevre)
This week’s healthy snack of choice is Sliced Cucumbers with Soft Goat Cheese. The goat cheese is loaded with healthy fats, as well as giving a nice tangy taste and creamy feel to the snack (For information on the health benefits of goat cheese, please see HERE). The cucumber is crunchy, juicy, and wonderfully refreshing. Together, these make a great combination, and the rounds are simple and quick to prepare.… Continue reading
Greens Cake: A Mixed Greens Side Dish
We’ve been eating a lot of braised greens lately (Garlic Braised Greens (recipe HERE), Braised Greens with Cranberries (recipe HERE), Eggs over Braised Greens (recipe HERE), and so on). So I was looking for another way to prepare them to add a little bit of variety into our greens consumption. As I was thinking about this, I remembered seeing this recipe on Elana’s Pantry years ago.… Continue reading
Making an Edible Fruit Flag for the 4th of July
While discussing the significance of the 4th of July in American history, my 6-year-old had the idea of making an edible flag entirely out of fruit to eat during our celebration. He loves fruit, so he was excited to be in charge of preparing a big tray of “yummy treats.”
His preparations for this undertaking gave us the opportunity to talk a bit about the American flag, what it looks like now, and how it has changed over the course of our country’s 239 year history.… Continue reading
Healthy Chocolate Nut Fudge Bars
I try to keep a supply of easy to grab healthy snacks in our refrigerator. We all, adults and kids included, do better when there’s something we like to eat that we can grab quickly when we need a snack. This week, I decided to make a chocolate variation on the Carob Fudge (recipe HERE) we often make. This version has a distinct dark chocolate flavor, but still contains a healthy assortment of raw nuts and seeds.… Continue reading
Fruit-Sweetened Banana Cardamom Ice Cream
Another hot afternoon means another round of ice cream at our house. We’re all enjoying having a cool, healthy treat on these hot summer afternoons. Today’s flavor of choice? Banana Cardamom. The bananas provide the sweetener, and the nut butter adds a richer mouth feel (as well as some healthy fats) that you wouldn’t otherwise get without adding cream. Here’s how I made it:
Banana Cardamom Ice Cream Recipe
2.5 cups Milk of choice (coconut milk works excellently for this, but dairy or almond milk would also work)
4 Bananas
½ cup Almond Butter (peanut butter would also work, but adds a distinctive peanut taste)
2 teaspoons ground vanilla beans (read about them HERE)
2 teaspoons ground Cardamom
¼ teaspoon Salt
Process Bananas and spices in a food processor or blender until thoroughly combined.… Continue reading
The Health Benefits of Avocados
I love avocados. They are easily one of my very favorite foods. When I can find good ones, I consume them almost daily. I reach for avocados because they taste wonderful. Their rich buttery texture and distinctive taste pare wonderfully with an assortment of other foods.
In our family we consume them in a wide variety of ways. We eat avocados plain or with a sprinkle of salt.… Continue reading
Sautéed Mushrooms
Mushrooms are a wonderfully healthy, earthy delight. They have complex flavors. They can be prepared to have a variety of textures. And they adapt well to a variety of dishes. One of our favorite ways to prepare mushrooms is actually one of the simplest: we sauté them in coconut oil and season them with salt and pepper. This simple preparation yields a delightful side dish that easily accompanies eggs, tops a burger, or graces a salad.… Continue reading
Coconut Kale Curry
We all love greens in our house, so I’m always on the lookout for new and flavorful ways to prepare them. When I stumbled across THIS recipe, I knew I wanted to try it. The words in the title alone made my mouth water, and when I read through the ingredients, I knew it would be a hit.
As always, I modified the original recipe a bit.… Continue reading