Are you getting bored with making dinner? Sometimes I just need something new and exciting to spice up the weekly meals. Enter: creamed spinach and artichoke hearts. Seriously, you will never look at spinach the same again. Whenever I try creamed spinach, I tend to have higher expectations than I should. There always seems to be
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Hot Punch: A Mulled Pomegranate Drink For The Holidays
I remember the smell of mulling spices wafting through our house at Christmas time. I would stand in the kitchen, just breathing in the warmth and festivity. So when I called my mom to get her recipes for hot punch, I was a bit surprised to learn that the ‘classic’ recipes in her box were
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How To Make Salted Caramels With Real Food Ingredients
As I kid I loved Swedish fish and Starburst, but now I like to pretend that my tastes are more refined. I prefer more complex and sultry desserts – liked anything with salted caramel. The problem with most recipes for sweets treats is that they typically contain highly-processed junk. I’ve been on a mission to
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Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe
I just LOVE the holidays. There are so many festive, nutrient dense foods to share – like this pumpkin ice cream! I know it is customary to forget all about pumpkins immediately after the empty pumpkin pie tin leaves the Thanksgiving table, but pumpkin ice cream is a wonderful holiday party showstopper far beyond the
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Homemade Bath Salts With Lemongrass
The holidays are coming! The holidays are coming! Yikes and yaaay! While this recipe for luxurious homemade bath salts will guide you to create lovely homemade, health-promoting gifts, it will also soothe you when you need it most…the holidays. I am an avid devotee of unrefined sea salt, and you may choose to use a lovely
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Butter Rub: How To Make A Moist Turkey Every Time
[Holistic Squid note: I don’t know about you, but I’m not a fan of a dry bird on my holiday table. So let’s learn how to make a moist turkey! This butter rub is a nearly fool-proof method…] I absolutely adore having family and friends over for a holiday grounded in gratitude and sharing good
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Homemade Kombucha Scoby Jerky
Do you brew kombucha? Do you have homemade Kombucha SCOBY cultures coming out of your ears? Ever wonder what else you might do with these beautiful, powerful things? Me too! (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, learn how to make kombucha here. Otherwise, read on…) One day my friend Hannah (founder of Kombucha
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Elderberry Syrup Recipe For Cold And Flu Prevention
This elderberry syrup recipe is a great way to keep your family healthy and happy while saving pennies too! Elderberries (also know as sambucus or sambucol) have long been used in folk medicine to prevent and treat the symptoms of the common cold and flu. These tiny purple-blue berries are rich in anti-oxidant flavinoids and
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Gluten Free Gravy
[Holistic Squid note: Whether you are planning your holiday meals or just a weekday family dinner, this gluten free gravy is a real food staple. My favorite? Leftover gravy over scrambled eggs – Don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it!] Being a chef in Los Angeles, I am the lucky recipient of so many fun
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Perfect Asian Meatballs Recipe
Have you been following our series on meatballs? Well, if you haven’t, you’ll enjoy checking back to our previous recipe posts on one of my favorite on-the-go nutrient dense foods: Classic Meatballs and Greek Meatballs. In just a couple of weeks, many of my Real food friends and I will be trekking up to Northern California for the
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Cilantro Pecan Chicken Recipe
There is nothing like turning a classic cuisine staple into a pretty little, nutrient dense show stopper like this Cilantro Pecan Chicken. I’m a sucker for that kind of magic. Nutrient dense dishes are particularly conducive to these slick transformations because they allow for and revel in rich ingredients. I adore biting into a fancy
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Easy Homemade BBQ Sauce With A Secret Superfood Ingredient
When I was first introduced to real food and it’s seductive healing powers, I immediately fell madly in love. But, as in many relationships, after the honeymoon phase began to give way to a lovely and healthy day to day routine, I admit I missed a few of the convenient and wild indulgences of my
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