Easy Creamed Spinach by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health Ingredients: About 2 pounds of fresh spinach, washed, stems removed 1 TBL butter (organic from grassfed cows) 1 shallot, chopped fine 2 cloves garlic, peeled, smashed and chopped Unrefined sea salt, freshly ground black pepper Nutmeg, to taste ½ cup cream (raw from grassfed cows)
Main Dishes & Entrees
Quick Indian Spiced Chicken
This is a super simple nutritious meal that the whole family will love. It takes just minutes to prepare and can be served along sauteed veggies (with butter!), with rice or lentils, on naan or wrapped in lettuce for Indian Chicken Wraps. Quick Indian Spiced Chicken by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health 2 lbs. boneless, skinless
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How to Make Coconut Milk
I love coconut milk! Don’t you? It’s so tasty and an excellent, nutrient-dense addition to your diet. Rich in vitamins, minerals and a fantastic source of lauric acid (a nourishing fat found in breastmilk), coconut milk is indeed a superfood. But, until recently, I’d only purchased organic coconut milk in BPA-free cans (Native Forest and
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"Fab Real Foodie Finds" Reviews
Fab {Real} Foodie Finds presents Teeny Tiny Spice Co. (and a recipe!)
Here at the Real Food Whole Health kitchen, we are lucky enough to try all kinds of real food culinary delights so we can then share them with you. Recently we discovered the fantastic family-run Teeny Tiny Spice Co. of Vermont. We were thrilled to have the opportunity to sample their line of twelve incredible, organic spices. Now, by
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Real Food Recipes
Amy’s Favorite Chicken Salad (simple, fresh, gluten free)
This is my all-time favorite chicken salad. There are SO many variations of chicken salad and many of them are very good. I’ve tried all different kinds of nuts- pecans, walnuts, slivered almonds- included fruit, both fresh and dried- apples, pears, peaches, cranberries, cherries, orange, mandarin, grapes- and tried a variety of herbs and dressing
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Real Food Recipes
Caldo de Pollo (Mexican Chicken Soup) Gluten Free
Just like American chicken soup, Caldo de Pollo is a traditional family recipe (and thus has many variations), is a treasured comfort food and is definitely a nutrient-dense meal with healing properties. Unlike American chicken soup, however, this soup is a little spicy and packed with delicious vegetables. This is not tortilla soup, but a true chicken
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Amy’s Perfect Roast Chicken with Lemon Thyme Reduction
This is how we prepare our roasted chicken every Friday night. It’s so delicious and we eat the leg/thigh for dinner that night and then over the weekend have breast meat for soups (like Chicken with Wild Rice, Caldo de Pollo or Avgolemono), homemade pecan chicken salad (made with lemony mayo), soft tacos, or whatever we want
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Greek Lemon-Chicken-Egg Soup (Avgolemono) Gluten Free
This soup is a delicious and very nutrient-dense food. Healthy, savory homemade chicken stock is brightened with fresh lemon zest and juice, made silky smooth by the addition of pastured eggs and enriched with fragrant basmati rice and roasted chicken. Perfect for any day and very nourishing and uplifting when you are under the weather. Greek Chicken, Lemon
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Homemade Mayonnaise
When I first thought about making mayo from scratch, I was really intimidated. But I shouldn’t have been- it’s so ridiculously super easy and tastes amazing. The first few recipes I found either used vegetable oils (like soy, cottonseed, canola, etc and they are a big no-no) or all olive oil, which I find to be a