Makes 16 oz smoothie Sometimes, especially in the cold of winter, it’s fun to use your imagination and pretend you’re on vacation. Use tropical fruits like mango and pineapple to make a “vacation smoothie” like this one. Then put on your bathing suit and sunglasses...
Makes about 24 balls One of our favorite activities is picking fruit from our local “u-pick” farm. When cherries are ripe, we always pick lots and lots of them because it’s fun to climb trees and it’s nice and shady picking. We pit them, freeze them, and use them all...
Makes 6 cups of granola Having changed what you eat, you probably miss cereal from time to time. We’re not going to lie: we miss cereal, too. Granola has always been a favorite, but with the traditional variety containing oats, we have to pass it up at the store. The...
Makes 24 cookies A certain blue-furred monster has been known to say that cookies are a “sometimes” food. Normally that’s absolutely true, except in our house we make cookies entirely out of healthy foods and eat them anytime! They remind us of a flavorful shortbread...
Makes 12 servings CHERRY NECTARINE • 4 ripe nectarines • 2 C cherries, pitted • ¾ C water • 1 Tbsp almond extract You probably love fruit snacks. I know we did. Fruit snacks were one of the things we were very sad to find out wasn’t really a food a dinosaur would eat,...
Makes 1 cup Our boys love black olives. They like them sliced into dishes and salads, they like them plain for putting on their finger tips and popping off with their mouths, and they love them in this tapenade, an olive-based dip. Since olives are a wonderfully...
MAKES 16 BARS Ingredients Filling • 8 ounces dried Turkish or Calimyrna Figs, stemmed and quartered • 2 cups apple cider • 1 pinch salt • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice Crust • ¾ cup almond flour • ½ cup coconut flour • ½ teaspoon baking powder • ¼ teaspoon salt • 6...
MAKES 24 SQUARES Ingredients • 1½ cups almond flour • 1¾ cups sliced almonds • ⅔ cup + 1 tablespoon palm sugar • 1 pinch salt • 12 tablespoons coconut oil, cut into 12 pieces and softened • 1½ pounds strawberries • ½ cup strawberry jam (see Fruit Jam recipe, page 221)...
MAKES 24 SQUARES Ingredients • 1½ cups almond flour • 1¾ cups sliced almonds • ⅔ cup palm sugar + 1 tablespoon palm sugar • 1 pinch salt • 6 tablespoons coconut oil, cut into 12 pieces and softened • 1 pound dried apricots • ½ cup apricot jam (see Fruit Jam recipe,...
MAKES 24 SQUARES Ingredients • 1½ cups almond flour • 1¾ cups sliced almonds • ⅔ cup palm sugar + 1 tablespoon palm sugar • 1 pinch salt • 6 tablespoons coconut oil, cut into 12 pieces and softened • 1½ pounds frozen peaches, thawed and drained • ½ cup peach jam (see...
