We love cold, milkshake-style smoothies on a hot afternoon. We haven’t made one all winter, and when my 6-year-old asked for one as a treat this afternoon, it sounded fantastic.
So we pulled out my on-its-last-legs high-powered blender, tossed in a bunch of ingredients, and then enjoyed our smoothies outside on the deck in the afternoon sunshine. This could also be a great breakfast smoothie, though I may add an egg or some nut butter to the mix for a bit more protein.… Continue reading
What do you do when your kids are asking for spur of the moment ice cream? Find a way to make it with whatever you have on hand, of course. We had no cream in the house, so this is more of an Ice Milk recipe, but we call anything that’s a frozen ice-cream-like dessert ice cream in our house.
I try to keep our sugar consumption low, so this ice cream is entirely sweetened with fruit.… Continue reading
Today is the Kentucky Derby. As my horse-loving friend was preparing for the big race, we were discussing big fancy hats, Mint Juleps, and all things traditionally Derbyish. My 6-year-old was present for the discussion, and asked if I could make him a Mint Julep. I’m not big on giving kids (or myself!) lots of sugar, and I’m definitely not giving them Bourbon, but I did make us all a delicious, refreshing Sparkling Mint Drink using the mint in our garden (the one thing that reliably comes back for us year after year), sparkling water, and a bit of sweetener.… Continue reading
My 6-year-old has never had pizza, but he really wanted to try it. So I made one using the Broccoli Breadsticks recipe I posted last week. Now this pizza does not have your standard pizza crust, but a standard pizza crust is full of grains and it certainly can’t boast that it contains an entire head of broccoli. So given this disclaimer, we all enjoyed sharing a pizza dinner.… Continue reading
My 6-year-old takes a class once a week at a local art studio. The class lasts three hours, and the kids all bring a snack to eat when they take a little break part way through class. The one caveat to this snack is that the art studio is a Nut-Free Zone (neither peanuts nor tree nuts are allowed), so many of our staples can’t be eaten in that space.… Continue reading
Are you looking for a refreshing drink on for a hot summer day? One of our favorite summer time beverages, which works just as well on a sunny spring day, is sun tea. Sun tea takes no fossil fuels to make it; instead it’s made by pure sun power. It also tastes great, and is a zero- or low-calorie healthy drink (depending on if and how you decide to sweeten it).… Continue reading
The other day I wanted something chocolatey. Really chocolatey. A friend of mine had told me that she makes avocado pudding as a healthy sweet fix. I didn’t have her recipe, but decided to go ahead and make up one of my own.
I put the fruit from two large avocados into my food processor, decided to sweeten the mixture with dates, and then added other the ingredients until it seemed about right (to be read: extreme chocolate taste).… Continue reading
While I was searching for something new to try in our kitchen, I stumbled across this recipe for Broccoli Breadsticks. We could eat all the ingredients in the recipe, and I happened to have all the ingredients except fresh basil on hand. So I modified it slightly and we decided to give it a try.
I’m not sure what I was expecting when I made this recipe, but the breadsticks didn’t turn out how I imagined they would (perhaps I focused too much on the word “bread” in breadsticks).… Continue reading
We had the opportunity to get some more cream from our local dairy; in addition, we had friends coming over to visit. This combination seemed the perfect reason to make another batch of homemade ice cream (last time we made chocolate ice cream, see HERE).
This time, my 6-year-old requested that we make vanilla ice cream, but not the banana kind (I often use bananas to sweeten my ice cream.).… Continue reading
This week’s snack obsession in our house is raw goat cheese. It’s nutritious, delicious, and couldn’t be easier to prepare. Well, unless you’re making it yourself from scratch – we buy our cheese pre-made.
Raw Goat Cheese is high in protein and healthy, raw fats. It’s also good source of calcium, vitamin A, vitamin K, phosphorus, niacin, thiamin, and medium-chain fatty acids.… Continue reading