Cilantro Lime Brown Rice is a versatile whole grain side dish. Enjoy it with beans, with chili ladled on top, chicken carnitas, in burritos, or stirred into black bean soup. My boys love Chipotle Mexican Grill. It’s a restaurant chain that serves semi-fast Mexican food made largely with sustainable ingredients. They try to source antibiotic…
Easy Tomato Paste Pasta Sauce Recipe
Tomato Paste Pasta Sauce is a quick and easy dish that comes together in less than 15 minutes. Perfect for nights when you don’t know what to make for dinner. I’ve been making this simple pasta for more than a decade. It is made with literally three ingredients ~ extra virgin olive oil, tomato paste and garlic….
Apple Buttermilk Spelt Coffee Cake Recipe
This Apple Buttermilk Spelt Coffee Cake is perfect for Fall. Made with whole grain spelt flour, it’s a healthy treat for breakfast or a snack. I look forward to Fall when all sorts of apples pop up at our local farmer’s market. There are so many more varieties available these days. My favorites are the Honey Crisp apples,…
Gluten-Free Apple Oatmeal Crisp Recipe
One of my kids’ favorite desserts when the weather gets cooler is apple crisp. This season, I’ve played around with a few gluten-free apple crisp toppings since one of my kids is on a gluten-free diet. I’ve made a few variations the past several weeks, and finally came up with a gluten-free topping for apple…
Whole Grain Pumpkin Streusel Muffins Recipe
Whole Grain Pumpkin Streusel Muffins are a healthy breakfast or snack idea. Now that school is back in full swing and fall is in the air, whole grain muffins have made their way back into my boys’ breakfasts, as has hot oatmeal. Along with a fruit smoothie, these whole grain choices provide a quick and…
Anzac Cookies {Secret Recipe Club}
This month, I joined the Secret Recipe Club, created by Amanda of Amanda’s Cookin’. This month there are over 40 food bloggers participating in the Secret Recipe Club. The idea behind this club is to give bloggers the chance to try each other’s recipes without the other bloggers knowing it until everyone posts their results. I love…
Gluten/Oat/Casein/Soy Free “Clif” Granola Bars
I’ve been looking for a healthy protein/granola bar in the local supermarkets that is free of gluten, casein, soy, and oats. This has proven to be quite a challenge. Most granola bars contain oats, and protein bars often contain casein or soy. Recently, my allergic child was wishfully dreaming of eating a Clif Bar, one…
Easy Vegetable Minestrone Soup
Easy Vegetable Minestrone Soup with Whole Wheat Pasta and Lots of Vegetables Today is the last in a series of soup classes I’ve been teaching at our local community center. It’s been a tremendous experience, sharing some home cooking with a group of seniors in the hope of encouraging them to get back into the…
How To Cook Brown Rice – Vegetable Fried Rice and Kimchi Fried Rice Recipes
Kimchi Fried Rice served with bean sprout salad What you will learn: How to Cook Brown Rice on the Stovetop How to Make Chinese Vegetable Fried Rice How to Make Kimchi Fried Rice One of the easiest whole grains to introduce into daily meals is brown rice. Brown rice comes in three basic varieties –…