Recipes

Carrot Ginger Soup When I was a kid, Mom's homemade soups were their own form of nurture flying from her fingertips. I love soups! But because Mountain Man exceeded his soup threshold as a teen, I limit its welcome at our table to once a week. This nourishing soup packed with beta carotene comes together in less than 30 minutes. Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter 1 large white onion, chopped 3 cups vegetable broth or chicken broth 1 lb peeled baby carrots or 1 lb large unpeeled carrots scrubbed 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger 1/2 can coconut milk or coconut cream...

How do you even explain what's so comforting about the texture of warm steel cut oats on a crisp morning? And since Mountain Man brought home a rice cooker for me 25 years ago, I've never burned a batch of hot cereal or grain since. Into a rice cooker add: 1/2 cup steel cut oats per desired serving add twice as much water as grain add 1/4 tsp salt Cover with lid, press Cook and in 20 minutes, wahla. Breakfast is ready. Serve with fresh seasonal berries and almond milk or thick coconut cream. Sprinkle powdered stevia or monkfruit to...

About Hot Whole Grain Cereals Before you live another day stirring the hot cereal in a saucepan to keep it from burning, please. Get yourself a rice cooker. Toss in twice as much water as grain, salt lightly, and in about 20 minutes breakfast is ready and will keep itself warm without burning. It’s almost like having another mother in the kitchen ;) I get the cereal going, set out bowls, spoons, honey and almond milk, and take off for my morning run. Kids self serve as they're ready and I’m back in time to feed the last one out...

Kale and Sweet Potato Scramble What's for breakfast? Try this low carb, low inflammation combo to energize your morning and keep your head clear all day. 1 tsp oil (coconut, avocado or olive) 2 cups (or a giant handful of chopped kale) 4 eggs, scrambled with a whisk Roasted Sweet Potato chunks (bake a few peeled, diced sweet potatoes at 350' for 20 mins) 1 yellow onion, sliced into rings 1 green onion chopped salt and pepper to taste Instructions This is breakfast with no fuss. And if you keep a supply of roasted sweet potatoes on hand in the...