If 2012 doesn't finish with the world ending, my hope is that over the year my whole family will be healthier from eating more raw foods, organic and all natural than we have been. If you've followed my blog over the last year, you have seen my journey as I've explored cooking healthier and gluten free; first because I HAD to because Ben lost his job so we couldn't eat out as much AND for Bear … [Read more...]
I love quinoa- it is amazing. The cool thing about quinoa is that it's like oatmeal. You can make it with sugar; raisins & milk or cook it like rice and put in in a salad... or you can be like me and make a sort of quinoa pilaf. Pilaf meaning a grain cooked in a broth or seasoning. This is my favorite way to cook it because it re-heats so well and is actually pretty good cold. I like to use … [Read more...]
Sometimes when I cook I think Martha Stewart should come knocking on my door. I twirl around my kitchen, making deliciousness magically, pouring pre-measured bowls of ingredients like a pro and singing to the forest animals gathered at my windows.... Then other days my snotty-nosed, molar cutting 16-month-old clings to my leg, making walking impossible. I throw my Sunbutter into the … [Read more...]
Out with the old way of eating sweet potatoes! In with the new! First of all, I love sweet potatoes. They are healthy and Dr. Oz approved. They have beta-carotenes in them, which I have no idea what they are but I know they are good for you. In my ever-continuing quest of eating better, sweet potatoes have been an obvious choice. One of the first things I gave Bug when I started to feed him baby … [Read more...]
