Archives for Healthy Gluten-Free

Cultured Sauerkraut Video

Join me and two of our sons in the kitchen as we show you the step-by-step process to make sauerkraut. Real sauerkraut is made by the same lacto-fermentation process we described in our Making Cultured Veggies Video.  The process is the same but the method is slightly different.  We explain it all in detail in [...]

Peanut Butter Cookies GF/SF

This is my healthy version of the great American classic peanut butter cookie.  The consensus from our family is that these are WAY BETTER than the “regular” white flour, white sugar version.  These have quickly risen to the top of my fav cookie list!  They’re not just healthy, they are down-right delicious! They are so [...]

2 Easy Eggplant Casserole GF

This is a gluten-free, naturally low-carb eggplant casserole recipe I recently created.  As the old saying goes, “necessity is the mother of  invention” and that’s sort of how this recipe came about; I’m a mother and it was necessary that we eat so I invented this casserole.  Sort of.  Actually, we got an eggstra large [...]

Chia Gel Egg Replacement or Thickener (Vegan)

If you are following a Vegan diet (either long-term or temporarily for a cleanse or detox) or are just out of eggs you can make a quick and easy (and healthy!) replacement for your recipe. First of all you will need to have Chia Seeds.  Yes, the little bitty seeds that grow “hair” on a [...]

Almond Flour Banana Bread/Muffins (GF/SF)

My picture here shows lovely freckled bananas that the rest of the fruit world would call “past their prime” but, in fact, they are perfect for making some sweet banana bread or muffins!  In my upper 40′s I appreciate that concept much more than I used to! If you see bananas on sale at your [...]

G/F, S/F Chocolate Chip Cookies

* This recipe is a lower glycemic version of another recipe – see below Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees Line baking sheet with parchment paper Dry Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups blanched almond flour 1/4 teaspoon sea salt (like Real Salt or Celtic Sea Salt, etc.) 1/4 teaspoon baking soda Wet Ingredients: 10 tablespoons butter, melted [...]