Seems like I never have hamburger buns when I want to make a quick meal of burgers for dinner, which everyone here loves. Also, it’s not easy finding buns without trans fats, chemical preservatives, or high fructose corn syrup, so I started just making my own homemade dinner rolls and homemade buns (or cinnamon rolls!), and it’s really not a big deal, believe it or not…
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Homemade Granola Cereal with Soaked Grains
I’ve figured out a recipe for the healthiest cereal you could give your family, it’s perfect for a cold breakfast cereal or after-school snack… It’s delicious with each bite being a little different. If you get a dried cranberry there’s a burst of sweet. If you get some oats you get a hearty crunch. If you get a pecan, you get a light crunch of buttery melt-in-your-mouth heaven…
Read More...Healthy Breakfast Casserole for a Fast Morning Meal (2 Recipe Options)
Here are a couple breakfast casseroles for quick, easy morning meals. One is good to make-ahead for busy mornings, and the other one is grain-free, and leftovers can be individually wrapped for fast heat-and-go food when you’re running out the door. Both are tasty!
Read More...Meatless-Vegetarian-Lenten Meal Ideas
Is it time to start planning and gather some meatless-vegetarian-lenten meal ideas? There are more choices than you think, check these out and add your ideas to the comments!
Read More...Super Bowl Party Food Ideas
The Super Bowl will be here soon, and I’m sharing some Super Bowl party food ideas with you so you’ll hopefully be able to avoid the junky snacks from the store! Healthy snacks really are delicious, and don’t worry, that doesn’t mean recipes with things like tofu or flax seed, you won’t see that stuff around here. Nope, just real butter and cream (to mention a couple of my favorite real food ingredients), and other traditional foods in recipes that will make your mouth water…
Read More...The BEST Healthy Cranberry Gelatin Recipe — Good for You AND Addictive!
I am seriously addicted to this stuff. Yes it’s a healthy cranberry gelatin recipe, good for you because of the gelatin from grass-fed cows, all the antioxidant-rich cranberries, and real maple syrup is a healthy natural sweetener and all, but it’s still sugar, so be careful! I can’t keep cranberries around or I’ll make it too often and eat too much. It’s also a great make-ahead dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any time of the year…
Read More...Our Family’s Diet is too “Needy” (Yet Simple and Weightless Meal Planning IS Possible)
I’ve told you how much I love Real Plans for meal planning help, because it’s so easy to use (there’s even an app!) and super customizable, but today I wanted to share a perspective from a family with all sorts of food “issues”. So you’ll see that YOU can get weightless meal planning help too, even if there are loved ones in your family with food allergies, someone on the GAPS healing diet, or anything in between…
Read More...Will the REAL Cinnamon Please Stand Up? Why and Where to Get Fresh Cinnamon
Where to get fresh cinnamon and do you know why you should even care? Especially if you’re sensitive to grains you need to know this. Did you know that U.S. food regulations allow ground nut husk to be scented with cinnamon bark oil and sold as ground cinnamon? It also allows the addition of flour to prevent this “cinnamon” from caking…
Read More...Easy Cheesy Potatoes {Can be Made Ahead, Also Grain-Free Option}
If you need a make-ahead (or not) cheesy potatoes recipe, you’ll love this one as it’s simple and delicious. Yes, these easy cheesy potatoes are pretty carb-heavy if you have blood sugar issues, but remember, the healthy fats in the recipe help to lower their glycemic index!
Read More...A Dream Come True for Our Son, The Power of Introverts, 7 Menopausal Dwarfs, and More in Today’s Monday Morning Mix-Up 11/11/2013
Why my hubs rocks, disgusting barbecue sauce, working on my resources page, how the FDA now says trans-fats aren’t safe (about time!) – and more today, too!
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