Grains

3 December, 2014

The Best Healthy Gingerbread Cake

Tis the season and I wanted to try to make a healthy version of gingerbread.  I tried one recipe that was a total failure and then I realized that I probably had a good recipe all along.  I simply modified...

17 November, 2014

Crock Pot Apple Pie Amaranth Porridge

Before you pass over this recipe because amaranth sounds foreign to you, I ask you to hang in here with me for a minute.  You can easily change out the amaranth for rolled oats, quinoa, farro, or any grain or...

24 October, 2014

Pumpkin Blondies (Made Healthy)

I have been obsessed lately with baking with unconventional ingredients.  Anyone can bake with flour, but how about baking with oats or lentils instead?  Using ingredients like these are less processed then traditional flour, naturally gluten free, and add more...

22 October, 2014

Eat Your (Sea) Vegetables: Veggie Quinoa Sushi

Did your mother ever tell you to eat your vegetables?  Well what about your SEA vegetables?  If you thought that vegetables only grew in your garden or on a farm then you are mistaken.  Sea vegetables are underappreciated in the American...

28 August, 2014

Greek Millet: Millet Is The New Quinoa

Millet is my new quinoa.  It is such a great grain (technically a seed).  Did you know that millet is often found as the main ingredient in bird seed…but I assure you it is not just healthy for birds.  Just...