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Heavenly Oatmeal Bars
Hey y’all! I have been dying to share this recipe that is bound to satisfy your sweet tooth, but still skips a lot of the unhealthy calories from inhaling a box of white powdered donuts (replace this with your favorite unhealthy treat, powdered donuts just happen to be my particular weakness). I make a big batch of this at the beginning of the week and keep them in a glass container in the fridge for easy access. The kids gobble them down, Derrek eats a few, and my mom (who typically doesn’t really love healthy eating) said they were delicious! They are so easy to make, and you can change…
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Chipotle Chicken Sweet Potato Boats
GROCERY LIST: All organic ingredients -medium sweet potatoes (I made two per person) -3/4 pound (about 2 small) boneless skinless chicken breast -1/4 cup coconut oil -fresh juice from one lime -1 teaspoon granulated garlic -1 teaspoon dried oregano -1 teaspoon cumin -2 teaspoons chili powder -sea salt and cracked pepper -2 cups spinach -greek yogurt, for serving INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Wash your sweet potatoes under water to remove dirt then prick all over with a fork. Place potatoes in the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes or until fork tender. 3. Put raw chicken in a glass baking dish and rub with a…
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Two Ingredient Pancakes and Raspberry Chia Seed Jam
When Nolan started eating actual foods, I was so excited! He could suck down a food pouch in no time! We researched about baby-led weaning and started introducing thicker foods a month or so after purees, and he loved that, too. He started out just holding things like broccoli florets and scrubbing his gums with them and evolved into avocado fingers and banana splits. Introducing him to foods this way has led us to notice a significant difference in him and other children his age who just ate purees. He is not a picky eater and is willing to eat more healthy options than not. Don’t get me wrong, if…
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Oh kale yes!
Shopping list: I use all organic ingredients. 2 cups quinoa 2 handfuls of kale, stemmed and chopped into smaller pieces 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 1 sweet onion, finely chopped 1 of each red, orange and yellow bell peppers, coarsely chopped 1 turkey sausage, split length wise and chopped into coarse chunks 1 tablespoon coconut oil Sea salt and pepper to taste Quinoa Recipe: 1- Put uncooked quinoa in a strainer over the sink and rinse with water for 2 minutes. Allow the quinoa to drain. 2- Heat saucepan over medium-high and add 1 tablespoon of coconut oil per cup of quinoa and heat. Toast the quinoa in the oil,…
