Monday, May 30, 2011

quick, healthy recipes

Here are a few more recipes that are so delicious, quick, and healthy!
My kids love sauces and strong flavored foods, and I don't really buy dressings and sauces. So things have been getting kind of boring. We needed a flavor change! This is a flavorful, delicious home made tomato sauce recipe from my sister Sarah Nagar:
Half a container of colorful heirloom tomatoes, half container of juicy cherry tomatoes, four large, regular tomatoes, one onion, fresh basil, parsley, oregano, onion  and garlic powder.
Chop up tomatoes and onion, saute all the ingredients with some olive oil until soft and mushy. Blend up in food processor or immersion blender. And there you have it...sweet, tangy, colorful, home made tomato sauce with the taste and freshness you won't find in any store bought bottle!

2. Kale chips...
Take a bunch of kale, pick the leaves off the stems. Lay them out on a baking tray, sprinkle with coconut oil and sea salt. Bake for about 10-12 minutes. Enjoy a very healthy, crunchy, flavorful snack!
(Kale is a dark, green leafy veggie, packed with vitamin A and C, calcium, iron and can do great things for the respiratory and circulatory systems. More on leafy greens later.) 

3. "Ice cream" popsicles.
Mix some coconut milk (canned, without preservatives or additives) with a bag of frozen berries, add a little raw honey and pour into an ice cube tray. My kids had this for snack and dinner for a few days when it was so hot out and their appetites weren't as strong as usual.

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