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Your Freezer Doesn’t Need Bar Codes to be Fun for Summer! 50+ Dairy-free Frozen Treats You Should Make and Not Buy

May 25, 2018 (UPDATED: July 20, 2020) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) 6 Comments

Your Freezer Doesn't Need Bar Codes to be Fun for Summer! 50+ Dairy-free Frozen Treats You Should Make and Not Buy

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...]

Filed Under: Real Food Recipes, Real Food Roadmap, Save Money, Special Diets Tagged With: dairy-free, desserts, evergreen, healthy snack ideas, ice cream, popsicles, Real Food Recipes, snacks

Cheaper Cheater “Sun-Dried” Tomato Spread Recipe

September 30, 2015 (UPDATED: July 20, 2020) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) 9 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Real Food Recipes, Save Money Tagged With: condiments, contributing writer, lunch, sandwiches, tomato paste, wraps

Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Having a Child with Special Dietary Needs

August 19, 2015 (UPDATED: July 6, 2018) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) 25 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Little Foodies (Kids and Babies), Real Food Roadmap, Special Diets Tagged With: allergies, contributing writer, food allergies, kids, parenting, tips

Tex-Mex White Bean Dip Recipe {GAPS Legal}

July 22, 2015 (UPDATED: May 11, 2020) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) 4 Comments

Tex-Mex White Bean Dip Recipe (GAPS legal). Make allergy-friendly eating easy with this delicious white bean dip recipe - even kids will eat up their veggies with this fun new take on beans!

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...]

Filed Under: Real Food Recipes, Special Diets Tagged With: appetizer, beans, contributing writer, dairy-free, extra virgin olive oil, GAPS, GAPS Diet, gluten free, grain free, kid-friendly, nut-free, nutritional yeast, snacks, traditional foods

5 Things I Learned From Feeding My Family Real Food On The Road

June 17, 2015 (UPDATED: June 4, 2019) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) 10 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Little Foodies (Kids and Babies), Planning Makes Perfect, Real Food Roadmap, Save Time Tagged With: contributing writer, family, food allergies, kid-friendly meals, Plan to Eat, real food, Squooshi, summer foods, travel meals

Five Things that Make Cooking Stressful For Me

February 25, 2015 (UPDATED: June 13, 2019) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) 8 Comments

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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...]

Filed Under: Kitchen Tips, Organization, Planning Makes Perfect, Real Food Roadmap, Save Time Tagged With: contributing writer, organization, real food, tips

Salted Raspberry Honey Candy Recipe (with Step By Step Photos)

January 28, 2015 (UPDATED: June 17, 2020) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) Leave a Comment

Salted Raspberry Honey Candy. Bitter chocolate, crunchy salt, tart dried raspberries, and a surprising filling of honey. Naturally beautiful and delicious. Perfect gift for your loved ones. Can even be made dairy-free.

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...]

Filed Under: Real Food Recipes Tagged With: candy, chocolate, cocoa, contributing writer, dairy-free, dark chocolate, desserts, holidays, honey, raw honey, Real Food Recipes, Valentine's Day

Chocolate Gingerbread Truffles Recipe (Dairy-free, Gluten-free)

December 10, 2014 (UPDATED: January 3, 2021) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) 12 Comments

Chocolate Gingerbread Truffles- These easy dairy free and gluten free treats are prefect to make with young kids, while being loved by kids and adults alike. The chewy chocolate texture and spices pair wonderfully together.

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...]

Filed Under: Real Food Recipes Tagged With: chocolate, Christmas, cinnamon, coconut, contributing writer, dairy-free, dates, desserts, ginger, gluten free, holidays, kid-friendly, nuts, palm shortening, pecans, Real Food Recipes, snacks, vanilla

Healthier Double Chocolate Nut Butter Cookies Recipe (GF, DF, egg-free)

November 5, 2014 (UPDATED: May 10, 2020) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) 6 Comments

Double Chocolate Nut Butter Cookies. A healthier take on cookies, these have nut butter for protein, are mostly date sweetened, and are free of gluten, dairy, and eggs.

. 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...]

Filed Under: Real Food Recipes Tagged With: chocolate, contributing writer, cookies, dairy-free, dates, desserts, egg-free, gluten free, peanut butter, Real Food Recipes

Involving Young Kids in the Kitchen (Beyond Stirring)

October 1, 2014 (UPDATED: May 3, 2020) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) 27 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Kids in the Kitchen, Little Foodies (Kids and Babies) Tagged With: contributing writer, kid-friendly meals, kids, Kids in the Kitchen, nopostad, teaching kids about real food, vegetables

Supercharge Your Smoothies

September 23, 2014 (UPDATED: August 2, 2020) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) 5 Comments

Looking for creative ways to create yummy smoothies? Don't miss these tips on ways to sneak veggies into smoothies and supercharge your health.

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...]

Filed Under: Real Food Geeks, Real Food Recipes, Understanding Your Food Tagged With: bananas, beans, breakfast, contributing writer, egg, fruit, green smoothies, honey, nuts, protein, smoothies, spinach, Squooshi, tips, vegetables

Creative Ways to Add Vegetables to Breakfast

August 27, 2014 (UPDATED: November 29, 2020) by Debra Worth (Contributing Writer) 15 Comments

Creative Ways to Add Vegetables to Breakfast (Both Savory and Sweet Ideas!). Get tips, ideas, and recipes to help you add vegetables to breakfast and start the day off right.

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kitchen Tips, Real Food Roadmap Tagged With: avocado, breakfast, contributing writer, egg, green smoothies, healthy breakfast, potatoes, pumpkin, quinoa, smoothies, squash, sweet potatoes, tips, vegetables

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