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Kids Love Veggie Smoothies!
–By Suzanne (“Nana”) As you’ve probably inferred, I’m obsessed with vegetables, especially green vegetables. Getting toddlers to eat veggies can be challenging—in particular, bitter greens and vegetables with rugged textures will often be rejected. A Smooth Way to Include Veggies in Kids’ Diets To get dark, leafy vegetables into my two grandsons, I often blend […]
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In Search of Organic French Fries (and a Recipe!)
French fries are Felix’s favorite food. I consider our diet to be pretty good, but it’s alarming how often my son has a mound of salty, greasy potatoes in front of him. Even my favorite vegan restaurant, Candle Cafe, offers French fries, and whenever we dine out with friends, someone inevitably orders a big pile. […]
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Kale Chips: Greens for Picky Kids!
By Suzanne (“Nana”) Convincing my grandson Felix to eat green vegetables can be tricky, although my other grandson, Theo, eats just about anything we offer him. A few months back I blogged about the importance of greens and posted a recipe for a yummy kale salad. Obviously, Felix wanted no part of the salad when […]
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Veganism: Is Soy Better Than Dairy? (Plus My Fave Tofu Recipe)
Because I was raised on a mostly vegetarian diet, I don’t like red meat or pork, although I do eat some chicken and fish. When I’m cooking, many of our meals consist of vegetables, beans, and grains, but we also eat tons of dairy (and Daylon cooks a lot of meat, too). Since Daylon, Felix, […]
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Kale with Chocolate Sauce (Slash Kale Salad)
-By Suzanne (“Nana”) Happy 2012, everyone! I have always had an interest in health, nutrition, and healing, and enjoy sharing this knowledge with my friends and family (and learning from them as well!). The kitchen has always been my medicine cabinet. Not only do I prepare food for health but I have also been known to […]
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These Delicious Brownies Just Happen to Be Gluten-Free
-By Suzanne (“Nana”) What is it about cool weather and falling snow (!) that brings up cravings for warm cookies or brownies? In honor of the winter weather that’s arrived in the Northeast before Halloween, I am making a batch of carob brownies…again. Since a bunch of you requested the recipe, I’ll provide it below. […]
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Rediscovering Carob
-By Suzanne (“Nana”) Ah, the joys of chocolate. I indulge more frequently now that chocolate (the dark kind, of course) has risen to health-food status. When I first discovered healthy eating (more than 35 years ago), chocolate was a major no-no, and carob was the chosen food for baking desserts. While carob and chocolate have […]
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Sprouted Carrot Cake with Lemon Maple Icing
The trick to this cake is tons and tons of cream cheese icing. Sprouted flour can be a bit dry, and the thick and tart icing is the perfect pairing. It is even better when topped with a large scoop of homemade ice cream!
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Essential Eating in Action
I enjoy the process of these new health kicks, but often find my motivation waning after a week or so and want to just eat whatever! Generally, I’m really strict for a time and then slowly come to a place of moderation, incorporating some important aspects of the new diet and abandoning those aspects that feel too restrictive.
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Muffins Without the Muffin Top
Over my many years of dietary permutations, I discovered through experimentation that bread and flour products were compromising my health and my waistline, especially once I reached middle age. So imagine my excitement when—a few years ago—I discovered a new food movement called Essential Eating.