Nutritarian Recipes
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Banana Dunkaroo (with Sprinkles)
Ok so it may not be your typical dunkaroo cookie, but dippin’ and dunkin’ banana’s is just as fun with this simple, healthy snack idea that’s packed full of nutrients. Especially if you’ve got some fun dipping bento picks to go with it buuuut….a fork, toothpicks or little sticky fingers work just fine too. Print Banana Dunkaroo (with Sprinkles) From: Mommy Kristi Prep time: 3 mins Total time: 3 mins Serves: 1 Quick, healthy snack that's fun to eat and great for lunches! Ingredients 1 Banana 1 TB Peanut Butter...
Cheese Please Sauce
I never thought i’d see the day when we could go without dairy cheese in our home but surprisingly that day actually came. We still love those cheesy flavours but we satisfy them in different ways these days. This is a great cheesy sauce that is as versatile as cheese itself. We use it poured on all sorts of vegetables especially broccoli and kale, in mac-n-cheese, on baked potatoes, or as a nacho cheese dip. If you are not a fan of spicy then just leave out the jalapeño...
Getcha Ketchup
It might surprise you to know that it really isn’t hard to make your own ketchup and one that tastes good too. When you are converting your kids to healthier whole food eating, this may be a good transitional recipe for you to try….if you have to go as far as putting it in a traditional ketchup bottle then do it….whatever it takes. When I first introduced my kids to this ketchup, I had to secretly put it on their plates so they wouldn’t notice that it came from...
Poppy Seed Dressing
Poppy seed dressing is our kids favourite dressing by far so you can understand why it was on my list of dressings to recreate. Well I have to give the hubby props for this one because I was having a bit of trouble getting it right without needing too many ingredients. He was able to make a few small adjustments while keeping it rather simple. You will probably begin to notice cashews in a lot of our dressings. The reason for this is because we typically don’t add isolated...
