A new employee of mine, Casey, recently made the crazy decision to volunteer to make a gingerbread house with my kids. So on Friday evening, Casey came over, along with a couple of our other friends, a couple bottles of red wine, and big plans of making a healthy and delicious gingerbread house. The video below shows the highlights of the experience, which lasted all of one evening and then the
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Healthy Fruit Popsicle Guide
After staying with us for nearly a month this July, my grandkids left me three reminders of their visit: fingerprints smudged on the glass of my deck doors, jars of (dead) lightening bugs on the picnic table, and half-full boxes of popsicles in my freezer! That pretty well sums up the summertime, doesn't it?! Popsicles are a must-have on hot afternoons, and last month, Maia and I set out to
Healthy Store-Bought Cookie Guide
1. Rickaroons / 2. Simple Mills / 3. Jovial / 4. Cappello's / 5. Butterfly Bakery of Vermont I like to bake cookies with high-quality, natural ingredients, so writing this guide was a challenge! I know that Maia and many of you are busy moms who don’t have time to bake, but still like to offer your kids cookies from time to time. Who doesn’t love a cookie-and-milk or cookie-and-tea
Healthy(ish) Homemade Ice Cream Cake
Some of you asked for the recipe for our homemade ice cream cake that I mentioned in the newsletter. Here are the details! For my son's seventh birthday, he requested an ice cream cake with candy on top. We live near a candy shop, and we let him choose the aquatic-themed gummies that went on top of the cake (nothing about this candy was remotely Good Stuff, besides the joy it brought him and
Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Cookies
If you're like me, you haven't finished your Christmas baking yet! It's not too late to make some delicious and healthful gingerbread men with your kids or grandkids. Below is my own recipe, which I adapted from one in Real Simple. Good Stuff: Blackstrap Molasses Organic, unsulphured, blackstrap molasses is the healthiest molasses, which is why I use it in this recipe! Blackstrap is much more
How to Manage Your “Creamy” Cravings (with Hugs & Tapioca!)
I work a lot with clients on getting a handle on their cravings, whether they are cravings for sweets, alcohol, salty, crunchy, or creamy foods, to name a few. The Wisdom of Cravings I learned in my training as a holistic health coach to honor our cravings and think of them as a critical piece of information that can help us understand what our bodies needs. The body is smart. It tells you when
A Cure for Fruit-Averse Kids: Picking Wild or Locally Grown Fruit
If you are looking for an activity to do with children on a summer weekend, picking fresh fruit is a wonderful choice! Even picky eaters usually eat fruit, but for those who won’t, this is a fun activity nonetheless and may encourage your picky eater to try some of the antioxidant-filled, vitamin-rich Good Stuff! The best part is that going to pick fruit connects children to where their food
3 Desserts for a Healthy Gut
This post will soon appear as a guest blog for Crohns.net. Desserts are challenging for anyone who is concerned about their health, and especially for someone with gut issues! That said, dessert at the end of the meal can be a lovely ritual for a holiday or special occasion, and add a feeling of completeness to a meal. What’s Wrong with Dessert? For people with digestive problems, sugar can
Zucchini Oatmeal Chip Cookies with Sprouted Flour
My CSA delivered another boatload of zucchini this week, so I had to come up with a way to get my kids to eat them. Here’s what did the trick, and it included no white sugar and some sprouted flour to boot! This recipe will make a bunch of cookies (50ish). I took half the batter, wrapped it in non-toxic wax paper, and put it in the freezer. Then, any day we want cookies, I just slice some
Wolfie Turns 2: Good Stuff Strawberry Ice Cream Recipe
If you’ve been following this blog for a few years, you’ve heard about a lot of birthdays for my boys, and have been given recipes for several healthy cakes! (Here’s one made with sprouted flour and a cream cheese lemon icing and here is a Paleo coconut carrot cake). Last week, Wolfie turned two while my husband was in Stockholm for work, and after being a single mom all week, my motivation to