Makes a cup of mayonnaise If you’re the type of person that is always whipping out the Miracle Whip or heaping on the Hellmann’s, this is for you. Rather than buying sugary mayonnaise made with unhealthy oils, why not make your own? It’s pretty easy to do and, once…
Makes 8 cups Broth is an ingredient often found in recipes. Although you can buy it in the store, making it at home offers a nutrient-dense way to get in calcium, magnesium, and other essential vitamins and minerals. The nutrients are easily and readily absorbed by…
Serves 6 We sometimes call this recipe “Cole’s slaw” because it was Cole’s idea to add apples and bacon to the coleslaw we used to make. And what an excellent choice it was! This is perfect for eating with barbeque chicken or pork. Coleslaw is a salad of cabbage and…
Serves 4-6 Butternut squash is an interesting vegetable that’s shaped like a bell and is light orange on the inside. We get so excited when we start to see this funny-shaped squash arrive in the farmers’ market. It’s super-easy to grow in your garden, too. Every year…
Serves 4 We don’t know why sweet potatoes aren’t even more loved than white potatoes. They are so much cooler! First, they taste better. Second, they’re bright orange! Who doesn’t love orange food? We eat orange foods like sweet potatoes, carrots, and pumpkins because…
Serves 4 Popeye may eat spinach from a can, but we think you’ll prefer fresh spinach! You may have had spinach in a salad, but it’s really neat to cook spinach because it shrinks in the pan! We also think you’ll like spinach better with bacon. Lots of bacon! We eat…
Serves 4 If you’re like our boys, you probably see the world as being full of weapons. Any stick becomes a sword or a gun and any string becomes a whip. Well, it shouldn’t be a shock, then, that the first time we had asparagus they were immediately used as spears….
Serves 4 One of our favorite restaurants serves food from a country called Vietnam. If you’ve never tried this kind of food, you should give it a shot! Most Vietnamese restaurants are full of healthy choices for you, and their herbs and spices taste so fresh! Just…
Serves 6 When we were growing up, Brussels sprouts, or as we like to call them, little cabbages, were famous in movies and TV shows for being yucky to kids. Our boys are lucky they give everything a chance though, because these Brussels sprouts are some of our very…
Serves 4 What are latkes you ask? Well, I know them as little potato pancakes that I like to eat with applesauce. Since we missed them we thought these fun and surprising little green cakes would be a good substitute. They’re even better, actually! They’re slightly…
Serves 8 We checked out a book from a library once about a bunny that loved carrots. The book was pretty silly, because the bunny rabbit was always getting in trouble with a farmer for sneaking into his garden and eating his carrots. At the end was a recipe for carrot…
Serves 4 If you find really big and thick carrots, this is a perfect way to cut and serve them. If not, this will work with whole baby carrots just as well. Carrots are one of our favorite vegetables; it’s a sweet root vegetable that is high in beta-carotene, a…