Have you had enough of plain hard-boiled eggs? Here’s an easy way to transform your hard-boiled eggs into a simple egg salad. It’s great for making sandwiches, adding a scoop to a lettuce salad for a protein boost, using as a dip for sliced raw vegetables, or simply eating plain with a spoon. Egg salad makes a great lunch at home or on the go.… Continue reading
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Healthy Snack: Apple with Peanut Butter
My 6-year-old was looking for a treat this afternoon. We had too much going on to tackle a big baking project, so I decided to pull out this old standby. It’s simple, nutritious, tastes great, is full of fiber, and it has a nice balance between fats and sugars. Best of all, both of my boys though it was a wonderful treat.… Continue reading
Potato-free Shepherd’s Pie
Several months ago, we had a bunch of leftover pureed cauliflower “mashed potatoes” (recipe HERE). On a whim, I decided to make a shepherd’s pie using the cauliflower as a topping. Everyone loved it, and it’s now become a regular part of our dinner rotation. For this reason, I’ll steam and puree 3-4 heads of cauliflower at a time – so we have enough for our first dinner as well as enough to top our shepherd’s pie with leftovers.… Continue reading
Grain-Free Spiced Breakfast Bread
After my recent success with an ultra-simple Grain-Free Bread (recipe HERE), when I stumbled upon an old bookmark for this Breakfast Bread recipe, I decided to combine the two and make a very simple spiced breakfast bread.
If you haven’t mixed up the Chai Spice Mix, than cinnamon (or any combination of the spices in the mix) would work in its place. … Continue reading
Simple Spring Salad
As the days get longer and warmer, I find myself desiring more fresh raw greens in my diet. Perhaps it’s something primal; my body instinctively knows that this is the time of year when fresh greens start to become available, and that it needs them to help clean things out after a winter spent in relative hibernation. But whatever it is, recently I’ve found myself craving more salads.… Continue reading
Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream
We’ve had several warm days in a row. When our local dairy cow-share had an unexpected supply of cream, my 6-year-old immediately asked if we could use it to make chocolate ice cream.
I wanted to fulfill his desire without serving up a bowl of typical, sugar-laden ice cream. So I made our own ice cream that I sweetened with bananas.… Continue reading
Grain-Free Bread
The other day we read a book that involved sandwiches. Since we don’t eat grains, we don’t regularly have bread in our house. As a result, my kids have never had a traditional sandwich. They’ve certainly had their share of roll-ups, but not a regular two-piece-of-bread-with-filling-in-the-middle sandwich. After reading the book, my 6-year-old really wanted to try a sandwich.
While I’m very careful about the food that I feed to my kids, both for health and food allergy reasons, I also try hard to make sure that they don’t feel deprived on our diet.… Continue reading
Homemade Elderberry Syrup
Elderberry syrup is a great, traditional way to boost immunity. Our naturopath recommends taking some at the first sign of a cold or flu. Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to find high-quality organic elderberry syrup that doesn’t contain vegetable glycerin.
We try to avoid foods containing vegetable glycerin as a preservative because glycerin can coat your teeth and thereby prevent the natural tooth remineralization process.… Continue reading
Pureed Cauliflower “Mashed Potatoes”
If you’re looking for a way to incorporate more vegetables into your diet, or simply looking to lower the glycemic index of the foods that you’re consuming, this recipe is a great comfort-food inspired way to do both.
While it doesn’t taste exactly like mashed potatoes (it is, after all cauliflower), I’ve surprised many people by telling them that they were eating cauliflower.… Continue reading
Grain-Free Biscuits
With all of the cold, snowy weather we’ve had recently, I’ve felt the strong desire for comfort foods. For me, warm baked goods definitely fulfill that desire. These biscuits are a modification of a recipe I found on Elana’s Pantry.
Grain-Free Biscuits Recipe
2.5 cups almond flour, plus about ¼ cup for dusting the dough
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup coconut oil
2 eggs
Blend together coconut oil, eggs and salt.… Continue reading