Purple Berry Pie Smoothie
If you love the taste of summer berries encased in buttery crust, this smoothie may be for you. While there isn’t any butter or sugar involved, this sweet treat makes a great breakfast smoothie or a snack–and it tastes like your favorite pie. Yum! Many people claim you need an expensive, high-speed blender for successful smoothies. I’ve found THIS ONE to be affordable and works quite well! Print Purple Berry Pie Smoothie Author: HealthfulMama.com Recipe type: Beverage Prep time: 1 min Cook time: 1 min Total time: 2 mins ...
Read MoreGet Your Kids to Eat Their Vegetables (It’s Simple.)
Okay, anything involving children is rarely simple, but I happened upon this little tactic that worked for us to get our suddenly-picky eater to imbibe some vegetables. It was simple for us. Maybe it will work for you. Step One: Talk about making an Awesome Crocodile Smoothie It doesn’t have to be a crocodile. Whatever your kid is into might work well (some people call green smoothies “Monster Smoothies”). My kid just happens to like crocodiles, dinosaurs, and frogs, so it worked out well that all of those things are green. You’ll see what I mean in a second. So,...
Read MoreTropical Suntan Smoothie
Consuming colorful vegetables isn’t just good for your insides; it’s a surefire way to improve the look, and, yes, color of your skin. Brightly colored veggies, like carrots, contain carotene, which allows the skin to reflect a different tone. Carotene also carries the benefit of absorbing UV rays, so the smoothie recipe below will do double-duty in your quest for the sun. Drink this smoothie daily and you will surely start to glow! *A note about blenders. You’ll probably come across numerous bloggers and smoothie-fanatics telling you that a $400 blender is a must-have for...
Read MoreCoconut-Curry Zucchini Muffins
Zucchini is not hard to come by this time of the year and I’m always looking for new ways to use it. I came across a recipe that used zucchini, carrots (of which I had a 5 lb bag that needed to be used), and coconut, and thought about how yummy a bit of curry would taste in contrast to the sweetness of the carrots and blend nicely with the coconut. Then I jazzed it up with some add-ins. A little sweet, a little savory, all-around yummy. I served them to Bear with some peanut butter (his request) for a wholesome, kid-friendly snack. Enjoy! Please pin this recipe Print...
Read MoreSeriously Perfect Pancakes
I acknowledge that these pancakes aren’t particularly “healthy” by my standards (in that they’re made of wheat flour and have a bit of sugar in them), but they’re homemade and easy to accomplish on a weekend morning when you want a treat for breakfast (or lunch or dinner ). Feel free to substitute the sugar with an alternative sweetener, if you like. Just add it to the milk instead of to the flour. Please pin this recipe! Print Seriously Perfect Pancakes Author: Healthful Mama Recipe type: Breakfast Prep time: 5 mins Cook...
Read MoreZing! An Alternative to Common Caffeine
I had always liked coffee. But when I became a teacher I SWORE that I’d never be the teacher with the stale coffee breath (how many of us had one of those?) and I had never been a morning coffee addict, anyway. But with teaching came late nights of grading papers and early mornings full of grumpy teenagers. I needed something. Having just started my foray into natural health at that time, I was interested in the possibilities of teas as a better source of alertness. So, there I stood, in front of my class, after having downed a large travel mug worth of a tea entitled...
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