Here’s my recipe for kifli cookies because kiflis are my absolute favorite cookie recipe. (Pronounced keeflee) A pound of butter. A pound of walnuts (use the code STEWARDSHIP for 10% off at that site!). A whole Tablespoon of almond extract. Some recipes are just made for the elitism of the once-a-year Christmas cookie. Favorite Christmas […]
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With a name like “fruit pizza,” you’d think you were making a healthy dessert that might actually have some nourishment for your kids. But…Every recipe I’ve ever seen for fruit pizza uses sugar cookie dough as the base. Usually they call for pre-packaged, trans-fat and white-sugar laden monstrosities, and super sugary frosting too. That bums me
It’s no secret how much I love my Instant Pot. I mean, I even made it all 5 of my New Year’s Resolutions, for goodness sake. But if you asked me to name my favorite thing to make in the Instant Pot, I think I would have a hard time narrowing that down. I love making
Calling all red food! (ahem) Calling all naturally red food! (ahem) Calling all naturally red food not chock full of sugar and junk! I am planning a kids’ Valentine’s Day party at school again this year, and I am determined to plan fun games and food that don’t include sugar, artificial food dyes, and trans
With summer in full swing it’s nice to be able to give the kids a cold treat without loading them up on sugar. Not to mention it’s way more fun to be playing outside then spending a bunch of time inside the kitchen preparing food! These frozen banana bites are fun to make and fun
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Looking for a real food version of frosting? Made with healthy fats, this chocolate or almond frosting tastes great, is easy to make and pipes easily. You can even color it naturally for fun cake decorations. My husband was always the kind of person who ate the cake out from under the frosting at weddings,
When is a cake not a cake? I don’t know the real answer to what surely sounds like an 8-year-old boy’s favorite joke, but my answer is this: When it doesn’t have any flour or sugar. Flour and sugar – often more sugar than flour – define the art of baking a cake. As much
10 Alternative First Birthday Cakes {Pumpkin Fudge Recipe} Read More »
Christmas is filled with traditions. Each family creates their own and passes them on to the next generation. One of the traditions that my mom passed on to me is baking Christmas treats. I could sit and watch her bake for hours. I was fascinated by it (and now thirty years later write about my
Gluten Free Chocolate Peppermint Twist Cookie Recipe Read More »
I’ve never been that crazy about Halloween. Don’t get me wrong, getting dressed up is fun. Spending time with friends is great. Of course as a kid the candy is the real star of the show. An adult perspective. But on the whole it’s more of a hassle than anything, especially as a parent. Scrambling
All summer long you are in control of what your kids eat and when they eat. There is an abundance of fresh fruit to serve IF they need a little snack (not when snack time is a mandatory part of their day). Breakfasts don’t have to be made AND consumed in ten minutes in order to
One of the greatest joys of my kitchen is watching my kids devour and truly enjoy real, nourishing food, especially when it’s not particularly kid-friendly in most people’s eyes. I’m proud of them for being counter-cultural. The second best kitchen moments in the Kitchen Stewardship® household? Successfully making fun food that looks like other kids’
Homemade Gelatin and Gummy Recipe Round-Up: Healthy Snacks for Kids Read More »
A huge welcome to our newest writer and my local colleague, Mary Voogt of Just Take A Bite! I’m thrilled to have Mary on the KS team. She brings her knowledge of food allergies (her kids have a plethora of them, with coconut being the newest – even on the skin!), getting creative in
Sometimes I don’t even read the ingredients. That’s right, you heard me. I love ice cream soooo much, that it’s one of the few things I don’t even care about when it comes to eating real food. That’s not to say that I don’t appreciate ice cream with proper ingredients more than junky stuff, but
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Hi. My name is Debra, and I like chocolate. I realized as I was putting this together this is my third contributing post here in a row at Kitchen Stewardship® about chocolate. There were the double chocolate chip cookies, then the chocolate gingerbread truffles, and now these. These are a bit of a different tune
Salted Raspberry Honey Candy Recipe (with Step By Step Photos) Read More »
A Family Full of Christmas Traditions Growing up, December was crammed full of Christmas traditions. We had so many it was crazy. Part of it was having so many people, there were 10 of us and we all had the things that were important to us. We would rarely finish off the leftover Thanksgiving Turkey
Chocolate Gingerbread Truffles Recipe (Dairy-free, Gluten-free) Read More »
The holidays are a time where everyone seems to let loose a little with their dietary guidelines. You’ll see even the strictest of eaters sneaking a cookie or two, like these gluten free jam thumbprints and pepperminty freezer fudge during Christmas dinner. Then there are those of us who like to stuff our faces with
Homemade Healthier Chocolate Bars – Naturally Sweetened Read More »
Fall is here and so are pumpkins! I love stuffing these nutritious veggies into cookies and more. This sugar-free gluten-free pumpkin cookie recipe is a big hit in the Kimball household. What’s 10 tablespoons divided by (7×12) cookies? Got your Math brain on? I’m running on even less sleep than usual since the arrival of
Cookies and I… we have a bit of love/hate relationship. I mean, they’re cookies. Yum! But they are also (usually) chock full of sugar that makes me feel blah and my crew of kids go a wee bit wild. Blah! But, it is so fun seeing my family’s faces when I make them cookies. Yeah!
Healthier Double Chocolate Nut Butter Cookies Recipe (GF, DF, egg-free) Read More »
I’ve struggled with how to introduce this fantastic fruit custard dish. At first, I thought I would wax eloquent about how wonderfully flexible this recipe is, allowing you to butcher experiment with the ingredients, sub out virtually EVERYTHING based on dietary needs or what’s left in the fridge, and still have a delicious creation. Then
If you’ve read my blog at all you’ll know my little family is obsessed with ice cream. Whether it’s the classic mint chocolate chip with homemade chocolate chips, or vanilla drizzled with honey sweetened caramel and raw hot fudge sauce, we can’t get enough. And even though I’ll admit to succumbing to the occasional store
Two-Ingredient Berry Cheesecake Pops Recipe (+ Homemade Cream Cheese!) Read More »
