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Posted by on Oct 10, 2013 in Nutritarian Recipes, Salads, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Apple Pecan Salad

Apple Pecan Salad

Salads in our house usually come together with whatever we have on hand and each persons salad looks a little different. Some salads are simply lettuce, some are lettuce and dressing and then some contain a few more textures and ingredients. With the kids we just keep building upon flavors and textures that they have become a custom to. This one is a favourite of nearly everyone in the house and goes well with either our Perfectly Pomegranate or Poppy Seed Dressing. Print Apple Pecan Salad From: Mommy Kristi   A wonderfully sweet & savoury salad topped with a healthy and whole foods no oil added Pomegranate dressing. If your kids are not fans of the red onions, then try the sweet wala wala to get them accustom to onion flavours. Ingredients Romaine (cut or torn) or Mixed Baby Greens Lettuce Apple such as Gala, Honey Crisp or Golden Delicious (sliced thin) Red or Sweet Wala Wala Onion (sliced thin) Pecans (light toasted or not) Raisins or Dried Cranberries (optional)...

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Posted by on Oct 10, 2013 in Dressings, Nutritarian Recipes | 0 comments

Perfectly Pomegranate Dressing

Perfectly Pomegranate Dressing

Ok so you know you’ve created a keeper when your child literally drinks a whole jar of dressing when your not looking right after she just finished 3 bowls of salad. No Joke! Let’s just say we’ve taken new measures to prevent such an incident from happening again, lol. The 3 bowls of salad previous however, were indeed big drops in my happy bucket that day. This no added oil dressing (aside from what’s in cashews of course) is again one of our favourites. If you’ve ever had an Apple Pecan Salad from Wendy’s with the Pomegranate dressing from there…then I think you will be pleasantly surprised with this one as it was my inspiration for a healthier alternative. Apple Pecan Salad is one of our favourites. A few tips: 1) You can use fresh squeezed orange juice from the same orange that you get your orange zest or you can just use orange juice from the fridge if you are really in a hurry 2) You can use...

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Posted by on Sep 18, 2013 in Breakfast Recipes, Nutritarian Recipes | 2 comments

Whole Grain Blender Pancakes

Whole Grain Blender Pancakes

My daughter has this thing for pancakes. It doesn’t matter what time of day, thats what she wants to eat. I took an old family favourite that my sister Deb shared a number of years back, changed a few things and created a new family favourite that I feel completely comfortable feeding to my little flapjack girl! Although this picture does not show it, adding blueberries or any other small fruit like black berries or raspberries is a welcomed addition straight into the mix. If you prefer it to be vegan you can substitute the egg with a flax or chia egg no problem. Simply mix 1 tablespoon of flax or chia with 3 TB of water about 5 minutes prior to making and it will gel up. Then substitute this into the recipe in place of the egg at the time the recipe calls for it. Just make sure your blender is strong enough to blend wheat kernels to a smooth consistency. The blendtec can do this no...

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Posted by on Sep 18, 2013 in Nutritarian Recipes, Sauces & Dips | 0 comments

Apple Sauce

Apple Sauce

If you are looking for a yummy sweet dip idea for kids, I don’t think it gets any easier than making your own homemade apple sauce. It is so versatile that we use it in multiple ways. Our latest favourite is as a dip for whole grain blender pancakes instead of your conventional breakfast syrup. We try our best to make sure that when the kids are eating anything sweet, it is complimented by something high in fibre as well to help regulate the glucose (sugar). Apple sauce is great because it contains the sweetness kids love with all the fibre from the apples as well. Combined with our favourite blender pancake recipe it makes for a great & hearty meal. Some other ways to use apple sauce are to replace oil in baking recipes such as muffins, dehydrated into fruit roll ups, as a dip for crackers or vegetables such as celery & lettuce, as a spread for “lightly” toasted bread, in peanut butter and apple sandwiches or...

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Posted by on Sep 17, 2013 in Dinner Dishes, Nutritarian Recipes | 0 comments

Thai Peanut Curry & Brown Rice Bear

Thai Peanut Curry & Brown Rice Bear

I would have to say that Thai food is one of my very favourites and my little family enjoys it as well. I’m not sure if it’s just their personalities or if it’s because I ate a lot of spicy foods when pregnant and nursing that my kids like spicy, but they REALLY do. Even at two and three years old they were loving it. This dish has a little bit of spice but not so much that you can’t enjoy the wonderful & colourful flavours. If you really like spice you could add more curry but I would try it as is first. Obviously it’s not a recipe for those with peanut allergies but a great & hardy meal to satisfy any Thai food cravings. If you’ve never had curry before, this would be a great way to enjoy it’s flavour for the very first time. You could also swap other veggies such as sweet potato for squash and perhaps add some mushrooms, depending on what you have...

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Posted by on Aug 24, 2013 in Desserts, Sauces & Dips | 0 comments

Chocolate Dip

Chocolate Dip

Not only did we sort of fall into this recipe but we also fell in love with it rather quickly. I had purchased some fresh figs from the market and knew if I didn’t get them all used right away, they would be going bad soon. So we started to have fig everything…fig salads, fig smoothies and fig desserts. This is a delicious chocolate dip, pudding, spread or what ever you want to call it. All I know is that I hardly got it out of the blender before it was all gone once the kids discovered it. It is great for a fondue party: dipping fresh fruit like strawberries, apples & banana’s or as a healthier alternative to spreads like Nutella… and sometime it’s just a great pudding on it’s own. We also use it to make our version of Chocolate Haystack Cookies. We like it with fresh figs but they are not always available so dried figs work as well. You can also replace all the dates with...

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