Real Food Fourth of July BBQ Ideas

Tamara MannellyAll Articles, Beverages, Desserts, Dressings, sauces and dips, Entrees, Ferments, Recipes, Salads, Side Dishes, Snacks and Appetizers2 Comments

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What are you doing for the Fourth of July this summer?  Going to a barbecue?  Want to change it up this year and bring a dish with REAL ingredients?  I have put together a round up of great real food Fourth of July BBQ ideas from some of my favorite bloggers!   Drinks Strawberry Basil Lemonade from The Organic Kitchen Homemade Flavored … Read More

How to Make Healthy Homemade Jello

Tamara MannellyAll Articles, Desserts, Recipes, Snacks and Appetizers10 Comments

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I loved jello as a kid!  Particularly cherry jello.  A big bowl of cherry jello with Cool Whip on top.  Now that I know better, that doesn’t sound like the perfect dessert at all! Check out the ingredients of Cherry Jello: Sugar, gelatin, adipic acid (for tartness), artificial flavor, disodium phosphate, sodium citrate, fumaric acid, Red 40, Blue 1. Yuck! … Read More

Homemade Frosting

Kelly ListonAll Articles, Desserts, Recipes5 Comments

In our home, we celebrate birthdays with a fun tradition – cupcakes in bed.  We greet the kids in the morning (hopefully we wake them up!) with a cupcake and a candle and presents!  It seems a bit silly to start the day with a treat like a cupcake, but on one day a year – I don’t care.  The … Read More

30+ Deliciously Healthy Green Drink Recipes

Tamara MannellyAll Articles, Beverages, Breakfast, Desserts, Healthy Lifestyle, Real Food, Recipes2 Comments

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As you know, I have made the commitment to drink a green drink every day this month!  Are you joining me? There are myriad recipes out there for green smoothies and green juices.  The sky really is the limit with the combinations that can be made. Right now, my favorite are the following two recipes for fresh juice: Spicy Vegetable … Read More

Chocolate: Health Food for the Soul – 40 Real Food Chocolate Recipes

Tamara MannellyAll Articles, Beverages, Desserts, Dressings, sauces and dips, Recipes, Snacks and Appetizers1 Comment

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Chocolate is the only ingredient that is its very own food group. Well not really—but it seems as if it should be. Powerfully comforting, creamy, delicious—many people eat chocolate at least several times a week. Which begs the question… Is Chocolate Good for You? The answer is both yes and no. There are many health benefits of chocolate.  Chocolate has … Read More

Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows

Tamara MannellyAll Articles, Beverages, Desserts, Real Food, Recipes2 Comments

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My daughter loves marshmallows!  We usually only break them out for smores and hot cocoa, but boy does she get excited when we do!  I, too, love watching the marshmallow melt into a cloud on my hot chocolate.   So delicious! I feel terrible, however, giving her (and myself) a ‘treat’ with such crummy ingredients.  A typical store bought marshmallow … Read More

Homemade Pecan Pie

Kelly ListonAll Articles, Desserts, Recipes5 Comments

My family always seems to serve the same things every Thanksgiving.  You know, the usuals.  Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, stuffing, are most likely the “usuals” for most American families.  Then there is the pie.  My most favorite Thanksgiving pie is Pecan Pie.  I think I may be in the minority, though, because every Thanksgiving the person … Read More

What’s the Deal with Winter Squash? and a bunch of delicious recipes!

Tamara MannellyAll Articles, Beverages, Desserts, Entrees, Real Food, Recipes, Side Dishes, Snacks and Appetizers, Soups2 Comments

Fall and winter bring the onset of winter squash. At my grocery store, I am starting to see all sorts of weird, bumpy squashes for sale. My CSA has been full of them too! I have 3 acorn squash and one spaghetti squash sitting on my kitchen counter. The great thing about winter squash, however, is that they last a … Read More

Lacto-fermented Berries Recipe

Tamara MannellyAll Articles, Breakfast, Desserts, Dressings, sauces and dips, Fermenting, Ferments, Recipes90 Comments

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Adding fermented foods to your diet has many benefits.  Fermented foods have increased vitamins and enzymes, are easier to digest, increase the amount of good bacteria in your gut and can help your immune system.  What a great way to keep healthy this winter!!! Culturing your own fruits and vegetables at home is a very cost effective way of getting … Read More

Homemade Gummy Worms – Perfect for Halloween!

Tamara MannellyAll Articles, Desserts, Recipes48 Comments

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Halloween is fast approaching! Are your kids excited? I love Halloween but I do not like the overload of GMO laden, artificially colored and flavored, chemical filled, heavily processed candy that takes over the holiday. Gummy worms are always a favorite candy and these delicious and nourishing candies look very realistic. Perfect for your Halloween party or haunted house! A … Read More