Reviving Traditional Foods
It’s the time of year health-minded parents across the nation dread: Halloween. While I love and cherish celebrating holidays and the changing of the seasons, I loathe the trappings of Halloween - and Christmas, too, for that matter. What once we honored with care, storytelling and feasts from a local harvest we now celebrate with [...]
Preparing healthy treats for kids can be a challenge. Picky palates seem to prefer junk over wholesome, natural and healthy treats, but even the pickiest kids may find a treat among this list of healthy treats for kids that suits their liking. Many of these are stand-by healthy treats for my family: figs [...]
Zaletti are a mildly sweet Venetian cookie studded with rum-soaked currants. Mildly sweet and perfectly crumbly, zaletti are a pleasant dolci reminiscent of shortbread. I first stumbled across these charming Italian cookies while reading In Late Winter We Ate Pears by Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber – a charming memoir that follows two [...]
Citrus Coconut Madeleines are one of our favorite treats: slightly sweet and flavored with lemon, orange and vanilla. In keeping with my recent post on why you should go grain-free, I’m sharing a tried-and-true, never-fail and cherished recipe: citrus coconut madeleines. I first fell in love with madeleines in a high school French [...]
Quickly becoming a staple on our wintertime table, this gingerbread is a nice treat especially served warm with a generous amount of butter. It’s heavy on the spices, but that makes it all the better. The flour is soaked overnight to reduce antinutrients. For this recipe you’ll need the following: 1 Cup Buttermilk [...]
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Jenny McGruther is a wife, mother and cooking instructor specializing in real and traditional foods. Her work has been featured on CNN, the Globe & Mail, the Atlantic, the Christian Science Monitor, Denver Post and WebMD. Click here to learn more.
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