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‘Crocodile’ Nuggets

June 23, 2011 by KerryAnn 17 Comments

It’s been a crazy two days. My kids are restless and can’t stay focused. It’s hot out and rainy. They’re trapped in the house instead of being able to go out and play.

They have been running amok. In my house. Specifically, they’ve been chasing each other in a loop through my living room, dining room and kitchen while squealing like only elementary kids can. They won’t even sit still to watch Nat Geo on Netflix, which is my normal fall-back that’s assured to get them to stay put. The beloved special on crocodiles that DS asks to watch daily isn’t working. Nope, not happening. Fifteen minutes into the program, they’re doing laps through my workspace at the top of their lungs. Again.

Today is normally my kitchen day, the day I spend baking, doing cooking projects and the like. I also needed to clean out my fridge. I’ve got vanilla pudding and yogurt going, two different things in the oven and I’m juggling a third.

They’re crazy. They’ve pushed me into crazy. For lunch today I decided to pull out all of the stops I could come up with.

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Hidden Veggies: Pumpkin Bean Fudge!

June 7, 2011 by KerryAnn 8 Comments

After I posted yesterday about Adrienne’s Silky Smooth Bean Fudge at Whole New Mom, I started thinking about my long lost love. Pumpkin fudge. I haven’t had it since going GFCF in 2006. Every year, we’d get a small slice at the State Fair in Raleigh and enjoy it. It is a dearly missed treat. Every Fall around the time we have our local County Fair, I start craving some.

So I got in the kitchen and started working. 15 minutes later, here’s the results.

This year, I’ll be prepared when those Fall cravings hit and in a most healthy way, too!

Bean Fudge

June 6, 2011 by KerryAnn 3 Comments

If you’re a fan of our Facebook page, you might have seen our post last week about a recipe we had found. Adrienne at Whole New Mom has a recipe for Silky Smooth Bean Fudge that has proven to be a hit here!

The results are great! I’m now sprouting some black beans to use them for another round of this fudge. My kids loved licking it off the spoon as much as they liked it cold from the fridge. I used cocoa powder instead of carob, NuNaturals stevia and an extra 1/4 cup melted coconut oil to get it all to come together since I had to use a blender instead of a food processor. The extra coconut oil wasn’t a detriment at all. [Read more…] about Bean Fudge

Four Sneaky Ways to Add Probiotics to Your Kid’s Diet

April 5, 2011 by KerryAnn 7 Comments

Probiotic intake is one of the cornerstones of traditional foods, but many kids balk at the zip and tang most probiotics have. As a mom, I’ve found many creative ways to get large and small amounts of probiotics into my kids. This was critical while we were all going through gut healing and we continue with consuming probiotics daily now that we have healed. While some of these ideas don’t represent a large amount of probiotics at one time, little bits here and there definitely add up. Here are some easy ways to get probiotics into kids while disguising the zing. [Read more…] about Four Sneaky Ways to Add Probiotics to Your Kid’s Diet

Fermentation Friday: Sourdough Pancakes

March 11, 2011 by KerryAnn Leave a Comment

Between these Sourdough Pancakes and the Soaked and Veggied Blender Waffles, my kids are totally in love with breakfast again! I haven’t heard a request for cold cereal in ages, and I couldn’t be happier.

Baby Steps- Transitioning to Traditional Foods in Feburary

February 2, 2011 by KerryAnn Leave a Comment

Last year on the forum, we started a Baby Steps section to help people new to traditional foods. Each month, I will be posting those baby steps to the blog in case you’re wanting to start your own Traditional Foods journey.

February continues with the basic steps.

Add vegetable intake via sneaky veggies where it is possible.
Change breakfast to being healthier but in a form that is still acceptable to your family. Move from cold cereal to oatmeal, scrambled eggs, soaked pancakes or waffles and the like.
Change to sea salt if you have not already. Sea salt contains many trace minerals that iodized salt does not.
Start taking cod liver oil.
If you’ve already changed salt and started CLO, consider a trace mineral supplement if you feel you might be deficient.

If you would like to discuss these steps with other traditional foodists, you can do so on our forum.

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KerryAnn Foster runs Cooking Traditional Foods, the longest running Traditional Foods Menu Mailer on the internet. KerryAnn has over nine years of traditional foods experience and is a former Weston A. Price Foundation chapter leader. Founded in 2005, CTF helps you feed your family nourishing foods they will love. Each mailer contains one soup, five dinners, one breakfast, on dessert and extras. You can learn more about our Menu Mailers at the CTF website. For a free sample Menu Mailer, join our mailing list. You can also join our forum to chat with other traditional foodists and learn more.