Trying keto, Whole30, or Paleo for the first time? Ditching grains isn’t easy because something like rice is always a quick side dish to add to the meal. I mean, what do you put under shredded BBQ chicken (my Instant Pot keto recipe here!) or pulled beef barbecue or curry chicken? Cauli rice is simple […]
Spicy, crispy, and HOT, in all imaginable ways. I created these homemade buffalo potato wedges when my husband was on a restrictive diet – no grains, legumes, dairy or sweeteners – but still wanted to have a little “fun food” for a Super Bowl party. He loves spicy stuff and went completely head over heels
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Usually, I’d rather save even my healthy eating goals (beyond the daily ones) for Lent, but this I’ve decided to set a new goal to use citrus daily. Citrus I’m gearing up for my goal and I’m going to start buying lemons or limes every week. What am I going to do with them? That’s exactly
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It’s hard to believe that this photo was from a whole year ago, last night: Our Gabe is truly overflowing with joy, with more smiles that you can imagine every single day. Just yesterday he climbed right into the lap of a stranger at Bible study and snuggled into her shoulder for 5 minutes, ready
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I’m posting this recipe for my son today. He’s going to try his hand at making fresh salsa tonight for dinner as all of my kids attempt to make a meal without me completely. (Cue silent hopeful cheering – they’ve learned a lot of skills as I’ve taught them the lessons in the Kids Cook
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Want to use up all of those apples but sick of making applesauce? Fermenting apples is an easy place to try fermentation for the first time. A salsa apple ferment is a crowd pleaser. This is a guest post from Jo at Nourishing Time. Ferments are an area I feel I’ve been lacking in here
Ten years ago, I told one of my third graders that she couldn’t possibly be allergic to food coloring. It was March 2nd, Dr. Seuss’s birthday, and I had gotten eggs in green shells from a hobby farmer and thought it would be hilarious to add green food coloring and play it up like the
Green Veggie Pancakes for St. Patrick’s Day (no food coloring allowed!) Read More »
I know parents aren’t supposed to serve a food and expect the children won’t like it, but I totally had this one pegged as an “adult only” meal and had a backup plan for breakfast for the kids. We’re eating grain-free right now for a Whole30 and cavity-healing diet, which can mean having a LOT
Popeye would be so proud. Not that I’d ever serve canned spinach (have you ever tried it? Central to the only meal I’ve ever thrown out 100% before eating without managing to save a morsel by re-making into something better) but I respect the guy for making greens seem so cool. He should be my
Cheesy Spinach Bake with Crumb Topping Recipe (Get Those Kids to Eat their Spinach!) Read More »
After a disastrous eggplant recipe that featured the new-to-me vegetable in a slow cooker lasagna – one of the few meals in the history of our marriage that my husband reminded me we simply did not eat and even gave away the leftovers – I avoided eggplant like the plague for years. We got a
I’m pretty sure you could put anything you like in these muffins for a portable side dish, lunchtime option, or silly addition to an all-muffin meal. “Two cups of stuff” doesn’t make for a very good recipe, though, so I nailed down an exact structure for you to follow, then some recommendations to adapt to
All those myriad gluten-free flours freaked me out for about two years after our family went “low gluten.” Discovering a gluten sensitivity threw off all my baking routines. I had just figured out how to avoid commercially produced bread, tortillas, and crackers, all by making my own. With whole wheat flour, of course, soaked or
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Need an easy dinner idea for those days when you just can’t?! This Veggie Fried Rice dish will help you waste less food and spend less time in the kitchen. Use up random leftovers, including rice cooked in homemade chicken bone broth, for a really frugal and quick dish. C.O.R.N. Everything-but-the-kitchen-sink. Leftovers night. “I’m-afraid-of-what-I’ll-find-when-I-get-to-the-back…” Call
I’m lying in the title. The soup I’m sharing today is really one of those “framework recipes” to help you craft a soup that is just exactly how you like it. We’ve enjoyed a simple, creamy butternut squash soup that’s a little spicy, and we’ve also tried the roasted garlic base, which of course becomes
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Inspired by the deep red of the jarred tomatoes from Jovial Foods and their boast on the label of the “perfect tomato,” I decided to let them be the center of attention in the Einkorn pasta recipe I set out to make. I was going to shoot for this recipe with sausage and greens at
Who knew you’d need so much courage just to accomplish things in the kitchen? Forget worrying about whether you’re measuring flour correctly or cutting the cucumbers straight, we’re talking real danger here. If we real foodies were on America’s Got Talent, the judges would be saying we bring an element of danger they’ve never seen
Eat Well, Spend Less by Fermenting Your Own Vegetables (& a Kimchi Recipe) Read More »
I’m happiest at the bottom of a salad bowl. You know how when you get to the end, you’ve run out of lettuce, but there’s a bunch of little things that fell through sitting on the bottom of the bowl? The red onion, feta cheese, sunflower seeds, and lately, sprouted lentils. Mixed up with the
Just cornmeal! That’s all you need for perfectly moist gluten-free cornbread – no additional flours to juggle! It is so easy my kids can make it. Don’t forget to top it with lots of real fat, like butter (read more about the margarine vs butter debate here). Trying an elimination diet meal planner can be
Recipe Connection: Gluten-Free Cornbread (with no fancy flours) Read More »
I’ve been ready to try this recipe ever since my August trip to Minnesota, when my friend made me delicious Brussels sprouts and I tried fennel for the first time with my salmon. She showed me this winter veggie recipe with fennel in the same book as the sprouts and was even kind enough to
My homemade canned salsa recipe has been a huge hit in our house. I figured out how to make my homemade salsa taste like the restaurant. I hope your family also enjoys my recipe for canned salsa. Is it conceited if I say we’re kind of salsa connoisseurs around here? I suppose it’s not even
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