Cranberry sauce is a staple in our house on Thanksgiving. I tried many recipes, looking for the perfect blend of sweet and sour, without tons of added sugar. This recipe seems to do just that: by mixing the tartness of the cranberries with the sweetness of cooked apples, it achieves a fine balance that seems to work. With the health benefits of cranberries, it may be just the relish we need this year.
I’m just learning to pickle vegetables, and when we got a bunch of beets from our wonderful CSA, I decided to give it a try.
I got this delicious recipe from Fiber-Fueled, although I have altered it a bit after making it a few times and using what I had. This recipe is super quick and super tasty.
They store well for at least a week in the fridge, although we usually devour them in just a few days.
They really enhance salads, wraps, sandwiches, veggie burgers, soups, or any dish you add them to.
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I first had a variation of this salad at the Food as Medicine Conference, hosted by Karen’s Healing Kitchen in New Jersey. As I love sweet potatoes, combining it with the flavors of a fajita salad seemed like a win-win dish. It was so delicious, and it tasted like a real comfort salad (did you ever think you’d hear of such a thing???) I came home and created my own recipe, making it as anti-inflammatory and as healing as possible. It makes for a tasty addition to a big salad, or a great vegetable side dish. Enjoy!
Purple potatoes are a simple and extremely nutritious meal that our whole family enjoy! We made these for Thanksgiving dinner, and they were the first thing to go!
In addition to being so delicious, purple potatoes pack a powerful punch against cancer cells. In this amazing study out of Penn State, they found purple potatoes to suppress the spread of colon cancer stem cells while actually increasing their deaths! This is a remarkable finding, as stem cells are one reason cancer is so hard to treat. But these purple potatoes actually uproot them!
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These baked beans remind me of every barbecue or picnic I’ve ever attended as a kid, and they instantly bring me back to those moments! They really are sweet and smoky, and make for a wonderful and satisfying comfort dish. I like to make a big batch and share whenever I get a chance. And you can bet, I bring them to my barbecues and camping adventures all summer long!
Original recipe inspired by DrFurhman.com, but we spiced it up a bit!
