Many young adults are excited about their first taste of alcohol. It feels like a very grown-up thing. I think I’m the oddball. There was never alcohol in my house growing up, so I didn’t really think much of it. No anticipation. No desire. But when I went on a trip to Europe for a […]
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It’s not often that I am able to go on a one-on-one date with any of my kids. Life is just so busy! So when my youngest daughter and I had the opportunity to go see my oldest daughter’s theatre performance, we made the most of it by going out for dinner before the show.
Homemade chocolate chip peanut butter cookies – they are so so good, and not too hard to make a little healthier! I love dessert, and I love chocolate and peanut butter anything (like this homemade freezer treat!). I also love real food. So we make this delicious chocolate chip peanut butter cookie with whole grains
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“I don’t like muffins!” That is a common phrase heard coming from my youngest daughter (almost eight). Of all my kids she is the only one that I would have ever labeled “picky.” I prefer the term “selective.” To be fair, she does have good reason. She had a lot of feeding challenges and trauma
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“Mom, I’ve had a lot of muscle twitches lately. Why is that?” My kids ask me a lot of health-related questions. Being a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, my kids have come to believe that I know everything about health and that I can instantly come up with the solution for any symptom (while flattering, it’s not
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It’s Christmas! Let the Christmas cookie baking begin! Listen, even before I was trying to make our food a little healthier, I loved baking homemade Christmas cookies. I grew up on sugar cookies (that we later tweaked to make with more real food). Nothing beats homemade Christmas cookies over the holidays. Dairy-Free Thumbprint Cookies Today
It’s the holiday baking season! Literally my favorite food of the year. I’ve been cooking real food holiday dishes for over a decade now, and I can honestly say that the food is better than ever. Today, I want to show you how we make our favorite Sweet Potato Casserole with maple syrup instead of
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How many servings of vegetables do your kids eat on a regular basis? Two? Three on a good day? Do you ever wish you could get your kids to eat more veggies? It seems to be a constant struggle for most parents these days. #pickyeaterclub But have you ever attempted to serve veggies for breakfast?!
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Do you love banana bread? It’s one of those desserts/breakfasts/snacks/whatever that tastes exactly like my childhood. We always made banana bread. Not only was it perfect for our tight budget (no food waste here!), but it was a tasty treat for me and my brothers and sisters. As we grew up, we learned how to
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Question: Do you like chocolate cake? What about healthy chocolate cake? I know some of us are all about making real food desserts that taste indulgent. And some of us would rather we not mess with their classic chocolate cake. But what if you need someone to mess with your dessert? When my boys were
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Christmas morning is often a flurry of excitement, giggles, and presents. But what about those hungry bellies? Shouldn’t the morning excitement include good food? Shouldn’t your kids have a special holiday breakfast to start the day? A few years back we had quite an unusual Christmas. We woke up to a house without power. The
Living on an 80-tree apple orchard, we eat a lot of apples! Thankfully my kids are on board with my love of keeping Real Food as simple as possible. They are content to eat the apples right off the tree. It really doesn’t get any easier! But a couple of years ago I thought it
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Need a nourishing, budget-friendly, real food breakfast for school mornings? Or do you just hate flipping pancakes? We got you covered in this recipe. First, let’s acknowledge how amazing pancakes are. When you transition from processed food to real food, you might have to say goodbye to a lot of food that was in your
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Maple syrup has been a healthy sweetener for centuries. Find out how maple syrup is made, maple syrup nutrition, and how to use maple syrup. I once put my pure Michigan maple syrup right next to my in-laws’ sugar-free (taste-free?) maple “syrup” in the fridge and reflected on how people try so very, very hard
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Does sugar cause inflammation? What is the link between inflammation and sugar? White sugar has plenty of reasons to be on the “bad for you” list, and today we’re with Dr. Madiha Saeed, MD digging into the issue of white sugar and inflammation. That’s right – all those sweets don’t just mess with your gut
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Finding a healthier pumpkin pie with the perfect texture has been my mission. Making sugar free pumpkin pie with maple syrup has been my secret ingredient. Here’s my healthy pumpkin pie recipe. It’s time for the KS test kitchen to get some action again! Today we’re testing a few different ways to make healthy pumpkin
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School is under way. That means two things. That doesn’t mean throw in the towel, buy boxes of cereal and say a prayer your child stays healthy. No way! That means it’s time to get smart and start the day with a nutrient boost that supports the immune system and provides critical vitamins and minerals
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I’ve always been someone who wants to have a signature dish. You know, the kind you become famous for – and maybe even have people beg you to make it for them. My mom has several signature dishes (oriental lemon chicken being among them). And while they taste DELICIOUS, they are also a labor of love
I get a little cynical when it comes to single-serve cups of “food” that I see in kids’ school lunches. If you read the ingredients, almost none of them are things I have in my kitchen – except sugar. Which I only use sparingly. I’m not a big meanie and averse to all fun foods,
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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
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