There are plenty of real food snack options out there, but if you supercharge your snack time by eating foods that provide a probiotic boost, you’ll be ahead of the game. Probiotics are healthy bacteria that do a world of good for our bodies, primarily in the role of supporting a healthy gut. They can
Real Food Diet
How To Make Bacon Wrapped Scallops
These delightful bites are perfect for parties, game day, snack time or served alongside a nice grassfed steak for a special surf and turf meal. Bacon Wrapped Scallops by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health Ingredients: 12 large “dry” sea scallops (see notes below) Unrefined sea salt Freshly ground black pepper 12 pieces of uncured,
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Cultured Foods & Condiments
How to Make a Simple Gremolata
This delightful little mixture is perfect sprinkled over soups, stews, braised dishes, grilled meats or sauteed veggies. It livens things up and adds a refreshing zing that dances in your mouth. This recipe takes just seconds to whip up and uses ingredients you probably often have on hand. Simple Gremolata by Amy Love, Real Food
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Main Dishes & Entrees
A Real Food Recipe for Jambalaya
Growing up in Texas, we had many opportunities to savor the Cajun and Creole cuisines of our Louisiana neighbors. Gumbo, boudin and jambalaya made regular appearances on our table and crawfish boils were an annual event. Many people now use packaged jambalaya mixes or shortcuts to make this delicious and generously spiced dish. Unfortunately, those
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Main Dishes & Entrees
Real Food Sloppy Joes Recipe (Gluten Free)
There’s just something nostalgic about sloppy joes. Hello, elementary school- I’m lookin’ at you. Matt’s family actually made sloppy joes every year on Halloween before heading out to trick or treat and it’s a fun memory for him. While these aren’t something we make very often around here, when you want a sloppy joe, there
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Desserts, Sweets & Treats
Gluten Free Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies
These little beauties are light, delicate and just slightly sweet. The combination of lemon and lavender is sublime! Gluten Free Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health Ingredients: 1 stick (8 TBL, ½ cup) organic grassfed butter, at room temperature ¼ cup organic powdered sugar Zest (grated peel) of 1 organic
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Over 45 Real Food Salad Dressing Recipes
Salad dressings are great! They enhance the vegetables, meats and add-ins on our favorite salads and often entice kiddos to eat their greens. I love Ranch dressing on carrot sticks, raw broccoli, snap peas and cauliflower! Salad dressings also add valuable nutrition to our diets, especially when they include healthy fats. We need fats in
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Salads & Salad Dressings
Easy Asian Inspired Salad Dressing
This dressing/dip is delightful! We have used this on a variety of salads, as a dip for chicken satay and on our asian lettuce wraps. Feel free to play with the ratios of ingredients to spice to your liking. Easy Asian Inspired Salad Dressing by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health Ingredients: 2 TBL+ organic
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Beverages
Over 20 Natural Cocktail Recipes- A Real Food New Year’s Eve Celebration
Looking for a little something sparkly or full of cheer to celebrate this New Year’s Eve? Skip the artificially flavored and colored, overly sweet corn syrup laden mixers and shake up a natural cocktail instead. Here are 20 ideas from some of our friends around the blogosphere! The Perfect Cosmopolitan from Our Nourishing Roots Mojito