I’ve seen quite a few homemade Pop Tart recipes on the internet. They look delicious and fun, but for me they were still made with white flour, and well – I wanted to find a way to bring them even further Out of the Box. These homemade Pop Tarts are chock full of whole grain wheat, flax meal, and fresh fruit – Making them a win in both taste and nutrition. (more…)
Family, friends, fireworks and food – It’s 4th of July week and for many of us, that means BBQ’s and Potlucks. So what are we bringing? This week we’re digging into our archives to offer some of our all-time favorite seasonal family-friendly dishes to brighten any BBQ or Potluck.
Happy 4th!
Giveaway series continues this week with another decadently delicious, yet equally nutritious recipe. Last week my son chose to develop a recipe for Chocolate Cake. Adapting King Arthur Flour’s, Chocolate Zucchini Cake from their Whole Grain Baking cookbook was fun and rewarding when we discovered we could up the nutrition ante and the kids would STILL want to lick the spoon.
This week I let my other son choose the recipe. His choice? Brownies.
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Homemade Dark Chocolate Sauce – A delicious way to top some of your favorite summer desserts. (more…)
A few nights ago we took our boys to see the holiday light displays on “Candy Cane Lane”. As we rolled our minivan slowly through the streets behind the rest of Los Angeles, we spotted a neighbor selling hot cocoa to benefit the Eagle Scouts. What’s more festive than a cup of hot cocoa, brightly colored light displays and holiday music on the radio, right? We bought each of the boys a cup and as they sat cozy in the back, sipping the warm drink and slurping the marshmallows out one-by-one, I realized that it was probably time to take a deconstructed look at instant hot cocoa. I was pretty sure those drink packets weren’t as innocent and idyllic as they seemed. Turns out I was right.
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Last week I mentioned that we’d delve into a couple of well-known holiday marshmallow traditions. Rice Crispy Treats are definitely up there on the list of the go-to recipes for cookie exchanges, school holiday parties, and as a treat for Santa after he’s made it down a few chimneys. But I’d bet that if Santa knew those treats contained a chemical banned in eleven countries and an additive suspected to cause abnormalities in the brain, hyperactivity in children and cancer, he’d probably pass. Just a hunch. (more…)