I looked for a dairy-free, healthy zucchini bread muffin for years. The internet is full of baked goods that you can stuff with grated zucchini, but I specifically wanted a muffin recipe that worked for my family: dairy-free, whole grain, naturally sweetened, and easy to make, with no weird ingredients. Here it is. Easy Dairy-Free […]
One thing we’ve tried really hard to do as a family is making plant-based, plant-forward recipes that we all love. A recent discovery is this easy Instant Pot vegetable soup recipe. Not only is it loaded with vegetables, but it’s super flavorful and family-friendly. My kids have been learning about Plant Points from Katie’s teachings
Zucchini is an amazing vegetable, but you have to know what to do with it. Maybe you’ve tried zoodles and need more zucchini ideas? Should you hide zucchini? Dehydrate it? What’s the best way to make zucchini? How do you prep zucchini? How to Use Zucchini Oh zucchini, how I love thee! There are so many
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What’s the deal with zoodles? If you’ve tried zucchini recipes before and thought it was a mushy mess, you may be a little worried about making spaghetti out of them. Spiralizing is used on many vegetables, especially when people are attempting a gut-healing or grain-free elimination diet, BUT zucchini noodles, “zoodles,” are by far the
Your guests will never guess the secret ingredient on this one! I’m a big fan of beans for both frugality and nutrition, and in spite of some eating plans that eschew their phytates, lectins or starches, we still incorporate them into meals often. You can nail many of the anti-nutrients with a long, warm soak
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No longer will I bake meatballs for 20-30 minutes and then wash nasty cookie sheets for 15 minutes. Nope, thanks to my favorite soup book, Ladled by Kimberly Harris (of The Nourishing Gourmet), I learned that I can cook meatballs IN MY SOUP in 5 minutes with no drippy, baked-on meaty pan messes. Woo hoo!
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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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Would you serve a main dish of muffins with a side of muffins, followed by muffins and with muffins, of course, as the bread – and muffins for dessert? I did. My family thinks I’m goofy, but that’s kind of the point. We’re having fun with food this week. If you enjoyed my silly pancake
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Q: “Mom, what’s for dinner?” A: “Pancakes.” “What else?” “A side of pancakes. Oh, and we’re starting with pancakes. Did I mention there will be pancakes for dessert?” Every so often, we have a meal of pancakes. With pancakes as the side. And pancakes for dessert. It may sound like this is a “compromise meal”
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This recipe combines the best of all strategies to help kids eat healthy foods – even straws! You can make the soup with truly any green veggie and watch them devour it, but only if you follow the parent rules about not only what to put in the recipe, but HOW to serve it. This
This Latke recipe (also called potato pancakes) is written in my own hand from 1988, when I would have been in third grade. Food has always been a part of my history, and this traditional dish from my Polish heritage is a perennial favorite. When I first served them to my husband, he was incredibly
It’s just as easy to dehydrate vegetables as it is to make steamed vegetables or roast veggies. Read on to find out how I make sure to use all of my dehydrated vegetables. Dehydrating Vegetables This is hardly even worth a blog post. Dehydrating veggies, at least the ones I’ve attempted, is so simple: Wash
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It’s a bean-y week at Kitchen Stewardship®! We lo-oove Mexican at the KS household. It’s the kind of place where we say, “Mild salsa? Never heard of it!” I usually have 5-10 jars of canned salsa on hand in the basement. One of my favorite meatless, bean-filled meals is this veggie bean burrito that I
Is everyone still drowning in zucchini out there? If you’re looking for a keto, low-carb (no-carb?), filled with veggies, use-up-your-zucchini meal that fills tummies and pleases tastebuds, you’re at the right post. This may well be our favorite summer meal, and I love it because it’s so healthy and easy to make. I also have
Our family was so healthy this winter, I just praise God for all the sicknesses we missed out on as friends and family around us were struck with this bug or that one. The first time I even felt a tickle in my throat was in March, and I had been talking with a friend
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