Healthy Recipes from a Busy Kitchen
Banana Bites – a healthy snack recipe Snacks. They are the bane of every Mom’s existence. You want them to be easy, accessible, and most of all healthy. It helps if they’re interesting to the kids too. These little banana bites fit the bill perfectly. They’re simple to put together and are full of vitamins [...]
Get Well Green Smoothie Recipe Both of my children have been fighting off runny noses and coughs for a few weeks now, and last week I finally gave in and got sick too. My head was totally stopped up, my throat hurt, and I went through a full box of tissues on my own. No [...]
Sweet potatoes are so much more than just a side dish. Their texture and sweetly earthy flavor makes them perfect for baking. If you love baking with pumpkin then you’ll really love baking with sweet potatoes. These blondies are the perfect example. They’re soft and moist, with that warm, familiar cinnamon flavor. They really do [...]
It’s not often that you come across the perfect homemade Halloween treat that is healthy, gluten, free, refined sugar free, and can be made dairy free. So when I saw this recipe for candy coated popcorn I stopped in my tracks. I already have a recipe posted for caramel corn that I made last year [...]
I get a lot of requests for snack ideas. Around here we eat a lot of no-cook foods for snacks like fruit, cheese, yogurt, raisins, and nuts. Sophie loves toast with jelly for a sweet treat, while Max would eat applesauce all day if I let him. You can’t beat the convenience of snacks like [...]
Homemade Granola — Granola is so simple to make yourself, and since you can control the ingredients you can easily make it irresistible to your family. I’m pretty sure you could add anything to this and it would still be delicious, so play around until you get it just perfect. It’s wonderful as cereal for [...]
I love it when kids get in the kitchen and cook. I encourage Sophie every chance I get to help out. She loves measuring the ingredients but stirring is her favorite cooking activity. Whenever there’s a batter or sauce to stir together she’s instructed me to let her know. Cooking is a wonderful activity for [...]
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