When my older daughter was on an anti-Candida diet several years ago to clear up some health problems, I needed to get creative to find foods she could take to school to eat and that she was willing to eat. To improve her health she was temporarily avoiding wheat, corn, dairy, ham, beef, white sugar, [...]
On cold days I sometimes have homemade oatmeal for breakfast. If I wanted to take the time to make it in the healthiest way, I would cook slow cooking oats in a pot on the stove. Usually I want it quickly, so I pour boiling hot water over quick oats. Technically those are supposed to [...]
An easy, healthy and creamy frozen treat that we like is a frozen banana.
Peel bananas that are yellow but not yet spotted
Break or cut the bananas in half
Stick a popsicle stick or chopstick into the broken half and push it into the banana
Wrap the bananas with plastic wrap
Put several bananas in plastic bags with the [...]
Homemade corn chips
Lately we’ve been making homemade corn chips when we have guests for dinner. They are a bit time-consuming, but so yummy when they are warm. They are also healthier than store-bought as most store-bought tortilla chips are deep-fried.
Use a pastry brush to brush olive oil on both sides of corn tortillas
Place tortillas [...]
Kamut Vegetable Salad
I love bringing this salad to gatherings of friends and family because most people like it and it is not very expensive to make large quantities of it. I cook the kamut a day or two before I make the salad. The kamut makes a chewier salad than a rice salad.
1 cup [...]
This is a healthier version of traditional gingerbread cookies. You can either cut them into squares to make them quickly or use cookie cutters to make them into fun shapes.
1 cup blackstrap molasses
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup margarine or butter
1/2 cup olive oil
1 egg (organic preferred)
5 cups spelt flour or whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 [...]
Pizza with asparagus, zucchini and ham on a whole wheat crust
Here is a suggestion for when you’re craving pizza but want it to be healthier than the usual delivery kind. I buy from Flying Wedge pizza when I don’t feel like making my own. I love their multi-grain crust, their vegetables on the pizzas [...]