After my mom was diagnosed with cancer in 2007, I quit sugar cold turkey. I went six months without eating much sugar at all, unless it came from fruit. During that time my palate changed and I stopped craving it. It's amazing how our bodies work that way. Then I got pregnant and all bets were ...
Recipes
Dairy-Free Carob Pudding
Would you believe me if I told you there was a way to make a delicious, creamy, chocolate-y pudding without any dairy or refined sugar? I wouldn't lead you astray. You definitely can. I've been making a "chocolate pudding" recipe from Gena's Choosing Raw for Meghan since she was about 20 ...
Creamy Orange Miso Dressing
Top Four Reason You Need to be Making Your Own Dressing 4. It only takes a few minutes. Every recipe for homemade dressing that I use is literally as simple as mixing the ingredients and serving. 3. Homemade dressing tastes better. Fresh ingredients with no preservatives? Yes, it tastes much ...
Family Chicken with Leeks and Lentils
If you read my blog at all, you know that I don't post meat recipes very often. The reason is I have a lot more veggie recipes to choose from. My food philosophy is simple: more plants, less meat. This means we are eating vegan/vegetarian meals 6 days a week and meals that include meat only once ...
Peanut Butter Chocolate Spread Recipe (Healthy snack idea!)
This Peanut Butter-Chocolate Spread takes minutes to mix together and yields a sweet treat that is healthy and delicious! Is there a better flavor combination out there than peanut butter + chocolate? Really--is there? Peanut butter and chocolate just go together, but you don't really think of ...
Focaccia with Fig Spread, Goat Cheese, and Arugula
I hoped to be bringing you a recipe for herbed focaccia bread tonight. Whole grain bread baking has been on my list of things I want to get good at--I even took a bread baking class last fall that was supposed to focus on whole grain breads. In reality, the class featured recipes that split white ...
Breakfast Quinoa
It's easy to get into a breakfast rut. For Meghan and Tim, it's smoothies. For me, it's oatmeal. Both are great breakfast choices, but if you eat anything 7 days a week you're bound to get sick of it eventually. This recipe was my attempt to shake up our breakfasts. {The chocolate waffles were ...
Baked Home Fries Plus
If you have someone in your life whose vegetable of choice is the white potato and thinks by eating it he's getting all the vegetables he needs, this is the recipe for you. It has all the deliciousness that white potato lovers come to expect, with a little added umph of nutrition by the addition of ...
Ingredient Spotlight: Coconut Flour (and a Brownie Bite recipe)
Healthy white flour alternatives don't have to be limited to whole wheat. If you are looking for a healthy, non-wheat flour, you should look to coconut flour. What is it? Coconut flour is is defatted, dried coconut that is milled into a flour. The texture is similar to whole wheat flour. ...
Girls’ Night Roasted Garlic Hummus
I prefer not to use the word "terrible" when describing my daughter, as that might give the wrong impression. Someone might think I don't adore her like I do or love her more than I realized was possible. But now that I am officially a mom of a two-year-old, I can relate to the tired mom who ...
Whole Wheat Chocolate Waffles with Strawberry Sauce
This is what I like to call a healthy indulgence. Is this an indulgent breakfast? Yes. Can an indulgence still be healthy? Of course! Just wait until you see the ingredient list--no one will ever guess the nutrition these waffles pack in. If you haven't noticed, I've been on a bit of a ...
Sweet Potato Enchiladas with Chipotle and Spinach Sauce
A lot of food blogs have something called "Meal Plan Monday" where they post their meal plans for the week. There's a reason I don't do this. Putting my meal plan out there is too much of a commitment. I'm sorry if I sound like the flaky guy you dated in your early twenties, but I would feel like ...
