Every Christmas Eve, my son and I bake cookies. We bake gingerbread men, or cinnamon molasses cookies, or mint chocolate cookies. This year we baked sprouted spelt cookies shaped Read More →
Honey-sweetened White Chocolate Cranberry Bark
December 3, 2012 | by | 34 Comments
White Chocolate Cranberry Bark, sweetened with honey and spiked with vanilla bean and orange zest, will fill the little holiday boxes we give to neighbors and friends this time of Read More →
Maple Vanilla Pecan Pie with Sprouted Spelt Crust
November 20, 2012 | by | 23 Comments
Maple Pecan Pie is, perhaps, my favorite of the classic Thanksgiving pies. Pecan pie has always been a favorite (though I'm fond of pumpkin custard, too). Growing up, my Read More →
Election Cake: A Touch of American Culinary History
November 2, 2012 | by | 27 Comments
Election Cake, like a bite from American history, makes its rounds every November. I make it every year, but only once a year – just before the election. Preparing Election Cake Read More →
Spooky Honey Caramel Apples for Halloween
October 30, 2012 | by | 18 Comments
Honey caramel apples are a treat I make only occasionally. Despite the mountain of real food dessert recipes I post on Nourished Kitchen (sweet things are always so beloved), we Read More →
Chai-spiced Molasses Custard
October 25, 2012 | by | 31 Comments
Chai custard sings of spice - of cardamom and cinnamon, cloves and ginger, peppercorns and rose. When the weather turns cold, as it did this week, I crave sweet and warming Read More →
A Story of Recovery, and a Recipe for Simple Pear Sauce
September 13, 2012 | by | 25 Comments
I've been a nutritionist and chiropractor for over 20 years. In that time I've tried many dietary approaches with the goal of improving health conditions. The conclusion I've drawn Read More →
Preserving the Harvest: Peach Butter with Cinnamon, Ginger and Clove
September 3, 2012 | by | 26 Comments
Peach butter lines a full and very wide and deep shelf in my cupboard where it will sit all tucked away and half-forgotten until January arrives and, in that coldest and whitest Read More →
A Story of Recovery (and a Recipe for Grain-free Carrot Cupcakes with Honey Cream Cheese Frosting)
April 22, 2012 | by | 60 Comments
If you had two girls under the age of two, and your husband, a fighter pilot, was flying cover during a war in Iraq, would you be thinking about converting your diet to organic, Read More →
Blueberry Almond Crumb Muffins
January 25, 2012 | by | 40 Comments
The Thing About Blueberries . . . is that they don't grind their Harleys over the hot desert tarmac, or throw eight-course dinner parties at Monet's garden in Giverny, or eat Read More →
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