Category: food

We love breakfast foods around our house and one of our favorites is swedish pancakes. They are similar to crepes. I think what makes the swedish pancakes so delicious is adding the lingonberry jam on top-which is very common in Swedish cuisine. I think lingonberries taste a bit like cranberries but sweeter.  Swedish Pancakes  recipe…

Recently, we have been trying to incorporate even more micronutrient foods in to our diet, so we have been trying some new recipes. These homemade granola bars are so good. So much better than store bought ones! I think it’s partially mental, just knowing that they are fresh and made with all natural ingredients. Homemade…

Just the other day,  WholePort  sent me these adorable heart cupcake liners… so that meant I had to make some cupcakes, yay! My husband and I are keeping to our juicing and micronutrient diet as mentioned  here … but I decided to splurge just this once 🙂 The problem is (and this is a side…

I am always on the lookout for a good chocolate chip cookie recipe. I love the big cookies that are sold in stores and as much as I wish I could eat Tom’s Mom’s Cookies everyday… I live a bit too far away, so I am left just trying to recreate their delicious cookies. One…

I love making soup this time of year when it’s cold outside. In the fall we bought  a lot of fresh corn when it was in season and so I cut it off the cob and put it in some freezer bags. So I had 5 or 6 gallon sized bags of frozen corn. I…

With the leftover apples after making my applesauce, I decided to make a couple pies to freeze. Here is the recipe I used to make the pie filling: In a gallon sized ziplock bag, add: 1 cup sugar 1/4 c flour 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp salt 1/8 tsp nutmeg Shake it up until it…

Cranberry salad is my favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal. I love to make it even when it’s not Thanksgiving. I got this recipe from a friend of mine, she made it a few years ago and ever since then I’ve been hooked.Cranberry Jello Salad:One large pkg Raspberry Jello (I added the hot water like requested then…

The other night we had some people over for dinner and I really wanted to make a pumpkin pie. {my husband’s dessert of choice} I thought it would be cute to serve individual pies instead of just a slice of pie. So I bought some pre-made mini pie crusts and mixed up some pumpkin pie. I added…