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The Absolute Best Whole Grain Pancakes
OMG, I have to share this pancake recipe! It’s amazing! It’s life changing! I will never eat any other pancakes again. They are so soft and fluffy and do not taste like whole grain at all. My mouth is watering just thinking about them. I wish I could get on board with the whole gluten-free thing. I know it’s probably healthier and in some cases it tastes okay, but I JUST CAN’T DO IT. I see the looks on neighbor kids faces when they eat my gluten-free snacks, and it ain’t good. They can tell something is off, but don’t know exactly what. That is not the look I’m going…
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Healthy Whole Grain Blueberry Muffins
I love a good muffin. They are one of my favorite breakfast foods of all time. But the store bought kind are loaded with sugar, bleached flour, refined oils, and all kinds of other terrible things. Not to mention the fact that they are usually too dry for my liking. This recipe is made with no refined sugar or oil, 100% whole grain, and they are super moist and delicious. So you can eat them totally guilt-free! Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease or line 12 muffin cups. I like to put the frozen blueberries on top of the oven while it preheats. It thaws them just the right amount. …
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Slow Cooker Mexican Lasagna
Is it just me or does your brain not work as well at 5 pm? Five o’clock always seems to be the time when I realize my kids need to do their homework, the dishwasher needs unloading and someone starts whining that they are hungry. That’s why I love slow cooker meals! When the dreaded hour of 5 pm rolls around, I’m totally prepared. This meal is soooo simple and so delicious it has become a regular in our household. You can make it vegetarian or with meat. You can load it up with extra veggies to make it healthier or omit some to please even the pickiest of eaters. The possibilities are endless…
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Heathy Mac and Cheese
I am all about making things healthy but still delicious. I would love to get on board with those vegan mac and cheese recipes that use cashews or tofu but I just can’t. Most of them taste gross and nothing like real macaroni and cheese. The sauce is made by mixing half regular cheese sauce and half blended carrots. The carrots give the sauce that bright orange color that you get from the powdered cheese sauces, but it’s so much healthier. But since it’s half real cheese sauce, it’s still delicious. It will fool even the pickiest kid…and grown up. I’ve never met a kid who didn’t love Mac and Cheese. So if…
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Maple Roasted Chickpeas with Bacon & Pecans
I love having healthy home-made snacks that I can grab and take in the car. Fruits and veggies are great and all, but sometimes I just don’t have time to wash and chop apples before I rush out the door to after school activities. This snack is the perfect solution. My kids will eat the entire batch if I let them. And I totally understand why, it is that good! The chickpeas take a little while to get dry and crispy in the oven (over an hour) but they can bake without needing much attention, making this a really simple recipe. My absolute favorite veggie bacon to use in this recipe is…
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Red Chard with Cashew Sauce
Remember in Elf when Will Farrell puts maple syrup on spaghetti? I’ve been there, putting maple syrup on almost anything to get my kids to eat it. It works too, although it’s not my preferred method. This sauce is one idea I’ve come up with to get my kids to eat healthy veggies without using maple syrup. The raw cashews make a delicious sweet sauce with just the right amount of salt that masks the flavor of chard really well. I have so many tricks to get my kids to eat leafy greens. I blend them up in smoothies and eggs, I hide them in spaghetti sauce, I chop them…
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Butternut Squash Risotto (with brown rice)
Risotto is traditionally made with arborio rice, an Italian short grain rice that gets creamy but stays firm when its cooked, making it perfect for risotto. It is delicious, but not a whole grain. When we switched to a whole food lifestyle I thought I had to say goodbye to risotto. Well, I was wrong! When a relative from Italy came for a visit a few years ago, she offered to make risotto. I was so excited because I knew I was in for one amazing meal, but all I had was short grain brown rice :(. I was shocked when she said brown rice would work just fine. It was some…
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Whole Grain Banana Bread
If you are like me, you always have bananas that have passed their prime. Once they have brown spots, no one in my house will eat them anymore. So this is the perfect recipe – it uses up all my over-ripe bananas and makes them into a delicious baked good that is healthy and my kids love. This recipe uses a combination of coconut oil, applesauce, and banana to make it super-moist. I usually double the recipe and make one loaf with walnuts for me and one with chocolate chips for my kiddos and husband. Ripe bananas are so naturally sweet that I only add 1/4 cup of maple syrup and…
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Healthy Tuna Salad (mayo free)
I consider myself a vegetarian, but I do, on occasion, eat fish. When I do, this is my favorite way to prepare it. My kids love tuna and so does my husband so I’ve had a lot of practice getting this recipe just right. This recipe also works well with hard-boiled eggs. Using avocado instead of mayo is a genius way to cut the amount of fat and calories in half plus it’s the “healthy” kind of fat! And my little trick is to add pickle juice to the mashed avocado. The pickle juice adds the vinegar, salt, and some bonus garlic flavor all in one easy step and it very closely…
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Egg and Banana Pancakes
My family and I are obsessed with these pancakes right now. My son asks for them almost everyday. They are soft, moist, and, super healthy. I’m not gonna lie, they don’t taste exactly like pancakes. They are so much better!! Like the soft inside of french toast. Everyone that’s tried them, loves them, even picky kids! There are lots of recipes out there for pancakes made with eggs and bananas, usually referred to as two ingredient pancakes. But the small additions in this recipe make the absolute best egg and banana pancakes you will ever have! And what I love most is that they are super easy to make.…
