Category: Recipes
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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…
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Maple Pecan & Mixed Berry Yogurt Parfaits
Wish your immune system a “Merry Christmas” and a “Wholesome New Year” with friendly cultures from yogurt and antioxidant-rich berries! Naturally Sweet! I prefer to sweeten yogurt with natural sweeteners instead of purchasing artificially flavored and heavily sweetened yogurt. I swirl Organic Grade A Dark Robust Maple Syrup (purchased from Azure Standard) and a little of my handcrafted Madagascar…
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Homemade Applesauce
In the last few years I have discovered the joy of homemade applesauce. All my life I never knew what I was missing! Last year I froze quite a few gallons of homemade applesauce. We just finished the last quart bag a few weeks ago. (To my joy, I found it buried in the freezer!)…
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Chocolate Covered Raisin Truffles
We commenced our third year of Thomson Academy this August and are enjoying all of our new books! After a laid back approach to learning this summer, we were ready to jump in to a more formal phase of education. It seems, for many people whom I meet, that the beginning of the school year…