Hooray, summer! Time to break out the (homemade, dairy-free) ice creams, popsicles, and other frozen treats. *laughs* Who am I kidding? I have been pretending it is popsicle season for a few months, ever since we were able to sit outside in only a light jacket, and barely shiver, while eating them. No matter what the season, you could probably always use more healthy lunch ideas for kids, too. We make healthy lunches fun with our favorite bento lunch box. Dairy-free smoothies are … [Read more...]
Cheaper Cheater “Sun-Dried” Tomato Spread Recipe
I have had a bag of sun-dried tomatoes sitting in my pantry for two months. While just about anything else I did not buy in bulk has rotated through there, on the shelf it sits. It's not that I don't have ideas for how to use it. I have tons... it's just... I want to save it for an extra special time. I've loved sun-dried tomatoes for years, ever since that creamy sun-dried tomato paste my mom used to make. They're just not exactly on the cheap side. So, when I had a few extra dollars, for … [Read more...]
Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Having a Child with Special Dietary Needs
We found out our daughter could not have corn, and it rocked our world. It was everywhere. Even in our corn syrup free household we found many instances of it. It was in our vanilla, baking powder, canned tomatoes, mustards, balsamic vinegar, toothpaste... That was three years ago. Three very full years. Ones with hard lessons learned, tears shed, and now 24 foods added to her no-no list plus another daughter born who also has allergies. I know I am not the only one on this path, so I … [Read more...]
Tex-Mex White Bean Dip Recipe {GAPS Legal}
Beans, beans, they're good for your... Budget. Oh, I bet you thought I was going to say "heart" like in that infamous childhood song. Well, I thought about it, but I am far too mature for it now. Especially while writing a post about about adult topics like budgets, vegetables, and being smart with your time. All while setting a good mature example about what songs to sing of course. "Old McDonald had a farm..." But, I digress. Back to the beans and this magical … [Read more...]
5 Things I Learned From Feeding My Family Real Food On The Road
Once upon a time my husband and I flew from Missouri to Maryland to look for houses for a week, followed shortly by taking our family on road trip down to Colorado, followed almost immediately by us moving halfway cross country. Out of four weeks, we were on the road (or plane) for a total of 6 days, and otherwise away from our house for about three weeks. We needed to eat a lot of food on the road. Not just any food. While we were doing this we were eating allergy-friendly real food, … [Read more...]
Five Things that Make Cooking Stressful For Me
This post was written by KS Contributing Writer Debra Worth of Worth Cooking I love cooking, about 90% of the time. The other 10% is usually in the midst of complete and utter burn out and cooking sounds about as doable to me as outrunning a hoard of wild boars. I get stressed easily and when I do my insomnia flares up, which means I get beyond tired, which means I get stressed even easier. I guess it is a con to being a very passionate person. More often then not, the place that breeds … [Read more...]
Salted Raspberry Honey Candy Recipe (with Step By Step Photos)
Hi. My name is Debra, and I like chocolate. I realized as I was putting this together this is my third contributing post here in a row at Kitchen Stewardship® about chocolate. There were the double chocolate chip cookies, then the chocolate gingerbread truffles, and now these. These are a bit of a different tune than my usual recipes. I am usually all about nourishing and no-fuss foods. While I definitely would not say these are hard to make, they are a labor of love. Also, while the … [Read more...]
Chocolate Gingerbread Truffles Recipe (Dairy-free, Gluten-free)
A Family Full of Christmas Traditions Growing up, December was crammed full of Christmas traditions. We had so many it was crazy. Part of it was having so many people, there were 10 of us and we all had the things that were important to us. We would rarely finish off the leftover Thanksgiving Turkey before they started. There was reading Jotham's Journey, an advent story. Then there was the blasting Christmas music, hot cocoa, and tree/house decorating anywhere from a few weeks to a few days … [Read more...]
Healthier Double Chocolate Nut Butter Cookies Recipe (GF, DF, egg-free)
. Cookies and I... we have a bit of love/hate relationship. I mean, they're cookies. Yum! But they are also (usually) chock full of sugar that makes me feel blah and my crew of kids go a wee bit wild. Blah! But, it is so fun seeing my family's faces when I make them cookies. Yeah! But, they can be a pain to make for my gluten, dairy, corn, soy, egg, etc. free daughter. Boo! I do not know how many batches of cookies, or other treats, have failed over the last year as I try and figure out … [Read more...]
Involving Young Kids in the Kitchen (Beyond Stirring)
My children, at the young ages of 5, 3, and 1, are little mirrors of the passion I have for cooking. They jump at any chance to do it, and cling to every word as I talk about seasoning, cooking technique, and fresh nourishing foods. I appreciate this as I want these children to grow up knowing how to cook real, healthy foods. As I involve them in the kitchen I am teaching them how to cook, and it always amazes me how quickly they learn. Even my one year old catches on to what big sister and … [Read more...]
Supercharge Your Smoothies
It is official, everyone in our household is a smoothie drinker. Our 14 month old just recently began drinking them (with minimal help). An important milestone indeed. Ok, so maybe not that important. But, smoothies are a big deal around here. While I have always had, and enjoyed, smoothies, last summer when I needed to cut out nuts, eggs, and dairy in pretty quick succession, I appreciated the humble smoothie all the more. I reached for them for easy sources of protein (beyond the meat … [Read more...]
Creative Ways to Add Vegetables to Breakfast
Whenever you're looking for healthy breakfast ideas for your meal planning, focus on vegetables - they're the hardest to incorporate at the first meal of the day, but so important! Here are some creative ways to get veggies in right away, at breakfast. I learned a long time ago that I felt much better when I had loads of vegetables in our diet. That means far more to me than any research paper, or dietary guidelines. So, I wanted to eat more, and enjoy them, of course. Thus began a journey I … [Read more...]
