Guest post by Pritikin Longevity Center
Here’s a healthy version of an all around favorite!
Ingredients for Breakfast Quesadilla
by Minette Riordan
I don’t know about you but the Holidays always inspire me to bake and I love giving homemade gifts from my kitchen. I especially love gifts that my kids can help make. Along with the homemade gifts I enjoy using whatever I’ve got in the craft closet to make creative gift tags or containers. Here are 5 recipes for easy, affordable gifts that you and your kids can make to share this holiday season.
by Minette Riordan
This recipe for mini chocolate chip zucchini muffins is one my dad’s favorite gluten free websites. My dad made one change that seemed to work better – either use mini-chocolate chips or chop the larger chips into smaller pieces. These muffins definitely need to be made in a mini-muffin pan and the larger chips overwhelmed the muffins. These are tiny morsels of sheer deliciousness, especially warm out of the oven with the softened chocolate bits melting in your mouth. Enjoy!
Moms know that kids’ lunch boxes need to be packed with yummy and interesting foods to avoid the temptation of greasy cafeteria pizza! A great way to make kids the food they love and introduce their young palates to organic and gluten-free foods is to serve them tofu. As versatile as sour cream, mayonnaise, or cream cheese, tofu adds a healthier component to many favorite recipes.
No kids can resist is a bowl of macaroni and cheese! House Foods has created the Tofu Mac’ n Cheese by adding their creamy tofu to this kid staple.
In her newest cookbook, Pies and Tarts with Heart, popular blogger Dynise Balcavage provides readers with the definitive guide to more than 60 homemade vegan pies. Here’s a great recipe for North African Inspired Kale Pie.
Millet is a wonderful crust base not only because it’s nutritious but also because it’s malleable and plays nicely with a variety of flavors and textures. In fact, if you are afraid of making pie crusts, I recommend that you start with this recipe. Here, I’ve paired the millet crust with a garlicky helping of the vegetable darling of the vegan world—kale —along with some raisins, walnuts, warming spices, and a dash of harissa for a North African–inspired savory pie.
