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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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Posted by on Jun 12, 2013 in Desserts, Nutritarian Recipes, Salads | 0 comments

Fruit Salad Surprise

Fruit Salad Surprise

We love, love, love this simple twist on plain fruit salad. The flavours are so clean & fresh and stepped up just a notch by the orange juice, lime and subtle bits of mint. This is a great recipe for introducing fresh herbs to your kids as it’s flavor is very nonthreatening and even if the kids aren’t totally convinced, they’ll most likely overlook it because of the sweet, inviting taste of the fruit. In addition, I’m always looking for new and great ways to incorporate the herbs from our herb garden. There are all sorts of mint plants you can grow. We happen to have 2 varieties, one apple and one orange mint plant in our garden, both of which I love.  Of course, you could always leave the mint out, but I would encourage you to try it at least once as it may just get you growing your own  on a sunny window sill. That way you can make this salad at a moments notice and...

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Posted by on Jun 9, 2013 in Desserts, Nutritarian Recipes | 0 comments

Kiwi Strawberry Pie

Kiwi Strawberry Pie

It’s always interesting when we have guests come for a visit because food seems to be central to a lot of our get togethers. Thus the dilemma of what to feed them really is just that, “a dilemma”. We love to share good food, but our idea of what good food is has really changed over time. In the past I usually made some sort of compromise because my idea of good food was what ever tasted good to our guests. I thought I would be content because I gave them what they wanted, but in actuality, I think I felt worse because I knew in the back of my mind that what I was giving them was not good for their bodies and if this is something I didn’t want to be feeding my children, then why would I feed it to theirs? What kind of message was I sending? Well this is a recipe that everyone can feel good about and completely disappeared at both of our...

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Posted by on Jun 8, 2013 in Desserts, Nutritarian Recipes, Snacks | 0 comments

Poly(nesian) Popcorn

Poly(nesian) Popcorn

It only makes sense that two of our most favourite foods: Popcorn & Coconut combined, would have the synergy necessary to take family movie night to a whole new level! We love this combination so much, when we think popcorn, we no longer think “butter”…instead it’s always “coconut, Coconut, COCONUT!” haha. Although this is not the ideal nutritarian snack, I have no problem feeding it two my kids as we consider it a great treat on occasion and a much healthier alternative to butter and heavily salted popcorn. Not to mention that the kids love it so much that the switch from the conventional took place without even a blink. In fact, there must be little hungry ghosts in our kitchen because before we actually start the movie, usually about half the popcorn is already gone. Hmmmm….   We also love popping our popcorn in a simple brown paper bag in the microwave. It takes less than two minutes and requires no additional kitchen appliances. Even my husband who seems...

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