Recipes

Blueberry Muffins | Roots & Boots

Blueberry Muffins (gluten and dairy-free)

Made with nutritious almond flour and free of refined sugar, these blueberry muffins will be a big hit at your house!

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Sauteed Baby Mushrooms

Sauteed Baby Mushrooms, Del Frisco’s Style

Mr. Native Texan loves a good steak.  Unfortunately, he’s been unable to find one that lives up to his standards here on the east coast. Back in Texas, good steaks practically grew on trees!  Del Frisco’s, located in the heart of downtown Fort Worth, was one of our favorite fancy steak houses. They also have…

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Pack a Plastic-Free Lunch with LunchBots Stainless Steel Containers

Pack a Plastic-Free Lunch with LunchBots Stainless Steel Containers

Remember the stainless steel, divided lunch containers I mentioned in My Ongoing Household Detox Resolution, Phase Three: Kitchenware?  In my efforts to pack a plastic-free lunch, we invested in a set of LunchBots containers.  We’ve been using them for several months years now, so I thought I’d do a little review… The verdict: We really like…

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Real Food Q&A: Should Raw Cheese be Organic?

This is the part of the program where Kathleen answers a reader’s question about Real Food… “Just because it’s raw doesn’t mean it’s organic?  The label should have both raw and organic?  I have been pondering this so I thought I’d ask since you posted about cheese.”   ~Teresa

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Sauteed Spinach with Bacon

Sauteed Spinach with Bacon

Did you catch yesterday’s post Project: Eat More Veggies?   This spinach recipe is on our new list… We love it with fish or chicken, or any meat really.  The boys will even eat it willingly if I chop it up and mix it with brown rice, and they’ve begun to choose this spinach as…

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Project: Eat More Veggies

Project Eat More Veggies

I recently decided that I’m tired of eating the same three or four vegetables in our family dinners. The boys would only (happily) eat peas, corn, carrots, sweet potatoes, and (not so happily) green beans. Technically, peas and corn don’t even count as vegetables!  They’re more like starches.  So are carrots and sweet potatoes, I guess,…

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GF pizza with goat cheese and local sausage

Gluten Free Pizza

In this post I will review our recent gluten-free experience at a local pizza joint (in Leesburg/Loudoun County, VA), as well as provide instructions for ordering an awesome GF crust online at a reasonable price.

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Paleo Hamburger Soup with Beef & Veggies | Roots & Boots

Paleo Hamburger Soup with Beef and Veggies

This Hamburger Soup recipe is a staple at my house.  Here’s what I love about it: Paleo Hamburger Soup with Beef and Veggies It’s the perfect way to use up homemade beef bone broth. Aside from simmer time, this soup is quick to assemble. I can “sneak” in plenty of veggies my kids might not…

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Homemade Ketchup

Homemade Crockpot Ketchup

This ketchup is one of the ingredients in Last Minute Meatballs, a new favorite around the Yankee Homestead. We actually went without ketchup for many months, using guacamole, hummus and mustards when we needed a condiment for dipping or spreading.  When I came across this recipe, I just had to try it!

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Green Beans Almondine

Green Beans Almondine with OJ

Green Beans Almondine With Fresh Orange Juice This recipe was inspired by the delicious green beans we enjoyed at The Café on 26 in Ocean View (Bethany Beach), Delaware.  [We highly recommend The Café on 26 if you ever need a great gluten-free restaurant in the Bethany Beach area.]

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