Category: LEAP friendly ingredients
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Creamy Sweet Potato Soup
This recipe is a product of lunchtime innovation — we had plenty of leftover sweet potatoes and not much time for preparing anything else. I was (and still am) on a ginger kick — my favorite winter spice! This was the perfect soup to warm our tummies! This creamy soup is dairy free with just…
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Cranberry Apple Crisp
When my Farmer and I were first married I tasted a traditional dish on his family’s Thanksgiving buffet that took cranberries to new heights! I had only ever eaten cranberries in the form of a quivering cylindrical mass that provided moisture to an overly-dry turkey slice. This was different! I have done some tweaking through…
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Homemade Almond Milk
Making your own non-dairy milk doesn’t have to be a long or complicated process. In fact, my almond milk recipe takes only 3 minutes to prepare with 3 simple ingredients that you can customize to fit your LEAP diet. One taste and you may never buy store-bought nut-milk again! As my youngest Little Farmer likes…
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Grain Free Chocolate Chip Blondies
Today I share with you a guest post and recipe from one of the Vanderbilt Dietetic Interns who is training with me, Brooke Capritto. It is always a pleasure to work with the bright and enthusiastic dietetic interns at my alma mater! I was a little skeptical about the ingredients of this recipe, but when…
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Tropical Papaya Sauce
Last week I was doing a happy dance in the produce aisle. I found non-GMO papaya and my Little Farmers begged me to buy it. The only other papaya I have ever tried has been canned — terrible stuff! Having never tried papaya, I likely peeled this one while it was still a tad green.…
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Caramelized Pecans
These tasty treats pack a sweet nutritional punch! They are quick to make and are perfect for snacking or garnishing your favorite salad or cooked breakfast cereal! Sweet Success! My family and I have all started our personalized anti-inflammatory (LEAP) diet in the past few months and have been amazed by how quickly we have…
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Strawberry Slushie
Until about 3 weeks ago I never thought that I would be on the hunt for tasty, dairy-free treats! Since them, we have made some eye-opening discoveries that changed the menu forever for our milk-chugging, cheese-loving family! A few weeks ago we found out that our youngest Little Farmer has severe food sensitivity to corn…