Serves 4 One cool fall morning we woke up and decided we needed a warm drink to get us through the day. Cole came up with the idea to make his very own version of a winter drink using some pumpkin and apple juice. The boys loved pretending they were drinking coffee,...
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 (1440 ml) 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...
Makes 6 cups (1440 ml) 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...
Makes 24 cookies Since our boys sometimes missed sandwiches, we thought it’d be fun to make a “cookie” that was similar to a graham cracker AND bread! We love filling these with sunflower seed butter, honey, and banana slices for delicious sandwiches. We also love...
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 (35°F) cherries, pitted • ¾ C water • 1 Tbsp (15 ml) 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...
Makes a quart of apple tidbits This recipe is just like our Apple Rings, only it adds cinnamon and makes the apple pieces into little tidbits, perfect for munching on and adding to trail mixes. With the addition of cinnamon, these are deliciously tasty. We like this...
Makes about 50 rings You know what’s more delicious than an apple? Apples that don’t have a core or ever get bruised. We make these apple rings so we can snack on apples without getting sticky all the time. Put them in your lunch or keep some in the car for the next...
Makes 3 cups (720 ml) of kale chips Kale is a “super food” that has dark green, crinkly edges that remind us of ribbons. It’s really delicious, especially if you roast it in the oven like this. It turns into crispy chips! When we made this, Cole said, “We made our own...
Makes about ¾ pound of jerky Whenever we used to eat fast food, we’d get honey barbeque sauce to dip our meat. It was sweet and tangy—perfect! With this recipe you get to enjoy the flavor of dipping meat without the mess. This slightly sweet, slightly spicy jerky is a...
Makes about 1 pound (454 g) of jerky When you don’t eat tortillas, you have to get pretty inventive with how you choose to eat tacos. Since we love beef jerky so much, we decided it’d be fun to have a version for tacos on the go. The dehydrator makes the tomatoes...