This is a simple, kid-friendly recipe. It’s GAPS friendly, has no added sugar or sweeteners, is a great side dish (especially for pork) and a base for both of these grain free muffins and pancakes. For a sweet treat, enjoy these apples warm or cold, and even try topped with fresh, homemade, maple-sweetened whipped cream.
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A Guide to Choosing Healthy Fruit
A Guide to Choosing Healthy Fruits Fruits should be organically or sustainably grown, and choose locally grown whenever possible. Fresh and frozen fruits should always be chosen before canned fruit. Canned fruit should generally be avoided. Dried fruit can be purchased or made yourself in a dehydrator. When you purchase dried fruit (like raisins, cherries,
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A Guide to Choosing Healthy Sweeteners
A Guide to Choosing Healthy Sweeteners In place of regular white, refined sugar, opt for natural sugars like Sucanat or Rapadura (dehydrated sugar cane), pure maple syrup (Grade B is sweeter and you can use less), or locally produced raw honey. Fruit can also be used to sweeten recipes- dates/date sugar, dried fruit (unsulphured) or
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Easy Chocolate Pudding (gluten-free, dairy-free option)
Easy Chocolate Pudding by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health Ingredients 1/2 cup sucanat or other natural sugar 3 heaping tablespoons unsweetened high cocoa content cocoa powder 1/4 cup arrowroot powder (or non-GMO cornstarch or tapioca starch) 1/8 teaspoon unrefined sea salt 2 3/4 cups organic milk or cream (raw from grass fed cows preferred)
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Over 50 Varieties of Chocolate Truffles
We decided yesterday, rather unexpectedly, and rather innocently I might add, to try out a truffle recipe. At first, I was planning on using the traditional roll-ins- some coconut, some cocoa powder, and maybe a few different types of nuts. Somewhere along the way, however, my creative nature took over and somewhere between mixing Indian
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Harvest Cookies (gluten-free!)
These cookies are a delicious grain free (and gluten-free) treat! Starting with a base of our grain-free chocolate chip cookies, we then add in pistachios, cranberries and coconut for a trail-mix inspired cookie that is sure to please. Harvest Cookies (grain-free) by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health 1 c organic butter (from grassfed cows
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Grain-Free, Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies are gluten free, grain free and contain only real food ingredients…and they ROCK! Grain Free, Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health 1 c organic butter (from grassfed cows preferred), softened 1/2 cup organic sucanat (or other natural sugar) 2 pasture-raised eggs, beaten 1 TBL organic high-quality vanilla
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Coconut Milk EggNog – dairy free, nutrient-dense
Eggnog is a nutrient-dense superfood that need not be relegated to holiday times only. It’s an ideal breakfast, snack or even a little sweet treat that’s not too sweet. Typically, I make mine with raw milk and cream, but this coconut milk version offers amazing taste and nutrition and it’s a dairy free option too!
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Grain Free Ginger Snaps
These are excellent and so easy- I had them in the oven in just over 5 minutes and they baked just 15 minutes. Warm, spicy, slightly chewy and subtly sweet, these are now a welcome addition to my recipe collection. Grain Free Ginger Snaps Makes about 24 cookies 1/2 cup grassfed butter, softened 1/2 cup sucanat or