“Contains 90% Peanuts”…

By On May 12, 2012 · 2 Comments

brags the label of a popular “natural” peanut butter “spread.”    This spread is from the maker of what was my favorite brand when I used to buy my peanut butter.  Then, when my husband and I decided to start eating as much natural or minimally processed food as we could, peanut butter, along with store-bought [...]

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Roasted Chicken Sausage, Sweet Potatoes, Red Onions, & Apples

By On May 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Almost 11 years ago, I got married to a man who is a modern day “Mikey” from the Life Cereal commercials of my childhood. Do you remember Mikey? One kids passes his bowl of cereal to another and says “I’m not gonna eat it. You eat it.” That kid passes the cereal back to the [...]

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Easy One Pan Ground Turkey & Rice or Pasta Bowl

By On April 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Nothing like just getting the kitchen cleaned up from breakfast and the dishwasher running to motivate one to use as few pans/dishes as possible to make lunch!  I looked in my fridge and found a package of 97% fat free ground turkey, a little leftover brown rice, some leftover whole wheat pasta, some leftover green [...]

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Gingersnap Cookie Dough Bites (GF)

By On April 26, 2012 · 2 Comments

Deeeelicious!  This proclaims my daughter after helping me make (and eat) some of these yummy, healthy, raw cookie dough treats (they are gluten free)!

(Sorry for the poor photo quality)

She also went on to do her own special “Delicious! Nutritious! It makes me feel ambitious!” dance.   She [...]

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Fruit Salad Pops

By On April 18, 2012 · 1 Comment

It’s starting to get warm down here in Florida.  We’ve already been swimming in our pool for about a month now.  Yesterday, we actually turned on the a/c at night when it was 84 in the house.   One way we are cooling ourselves off is with delicious Fruit Salad Pops.  I got this recipe from [...]

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Green Smoothie using MagmaPlus

By On March 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Drinking a green smoothie in the morning is a great way to start your day and get in a few servings of fruits and vegetables. In this post, I told you how we drink a “Green Drink” every morning. Some days I take it a step further and turn our drink into a smoothie [...]

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Quinoa Apple Walnut Bread

By On March 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

As I admitted in my last post about Heavenly Banana Bread, I LOVE bread.  I do, in fact, eat other foods, but I really love making bread.  This time, I made a bread with a different twist–using quinoa.

If you have never heard of quinoa (pronounced “keen-wah”), it is a delicious, healthy, [...]

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Fresh from the oven

Heavenly Healthy Banana Bread

By On February 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I LOVE bread…I am ADDICTED to bread.  There, I said it.  As soon as I finish this post, I’m going to google “Bread Eaters Anonymous” to find a support group!

My mom says that the doctor told her we (our family) are “carbohydrate sensitive” and I believe that is true as carbs…even “good” carbs…make my [...]

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Green Drink

By On February 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Boring, non-descriptive title, I know but that is what my daughter and I call our daily morning drink.  Only four ingredients, but it really helps to get us going in the morning and, I believe, has helped to keep us healthy through the cold/flu season.  We drink this about 20-30 minutes before we have breakfast [...]

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Millet & Flax Cinnamon Pita Chips

By On February 1, 2012 · 4 Comments

I have found my new favorite snack.   My daughter and I were out for a walk the other day and stopped at a little shop that sells fruits & veggies.  While there, I perused the snack isle and the words Cinnamon Pita Chips caught my eye.   I decided to check out the ingredients:  Millet Flour, [...]

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