Recipes
Fudgy Popsicles {gluten & sugar free}
These fudgy popsicles are one of my favorite real food, kid approved treats. Adults love them, too! So good, and so easy to make!
How to Keep Homemade Salad Dressing from Separating
Check out How to Get Kids to Eat Salad for a list of my favorite salad ingredients and an inexpensive tool that has revolutionized my salad game. Easy {and delicious} Homemade Dressing For a while now, I’ve been making my own salad dressing from quality olive oil and my favorite balsamic vinegar. Sometimes I add…
Stovetop Popcorn with Coconut Oil {Easy!}
If you read this post–Are You a Wellness Junkie?–then you may suspect that I’m sort of on the fence about corn. While that may be true (Is corn the next gluten? Why are so many allergic to it?), we’ve discovered a new favorite–and easy!–snack that directly involves corn. Yep, popcorn.
No Bake Chocolate Truffles
These truffles are my new favorite treat–easy to make and good for you, too. And what could be better than an easy summer treat that doesn’t require the use of an oven?
Almond Coconut Cookies (Awesome Shortcake Substitute) {gluten, dairy & egg-free}
Hang around the Real Food World long enough, and sooner or later you’ll hear about the Weston A. Price Foundation and its president, Sally Fallon. You may recall that my relationship with this famous Real Foodie (Sally Fallon) is a complicated one. 🙂 Nourishing Traditions is of course the Sally Fallon Bible of Cooking, and…
Make Your Own “Crispy” Trail Mix
We often snack on crispy nuts at our house. One day, after loading up the boys’ reusable snack bags with several kinds of crispy nuts, it occurred to me that I could save a bit of time by storing the nuts–and a few other ingredients–premixed and ready to go into the snack bags at a…
Almond Flour Biscuits (gluten and dairy free)
These gluten-free, dairy-free almond flour biscuits are packed with nutrition and simple to make.
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!
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…
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…