Ice Cream Blizzard

They sell Dairy Queen Blizzards at my son’s school sometimes so I promised him I would make him one.  He was not disappointed. He loves Lacey’s Macadamia and Milk Chocolate wafers from our Whole Foods (near the bakery section). They’re like toffee wafers. SO good!   3 cups of vanilla ice cream (we use 365 […]

Apple Carrot Orange Juice

3 carrots 1 apple (I peel; depends on your juicer) 1 orange Alternate adding each fruit or veggie into your juicer. Granny Smith’s are the healthiest apples to use but we sometimes use Fuji. I always try to buy organic apples. My kids really like this one. It’s very sweet. We use an Omega juicer […]

Apple Grape Juice

2 apples (I peel; depends on your juicer) 2 cups of seedless grapes This was my 6-year old’s idea. We didn’t measure. He just threw in some of each but I found this recipe above in the juicing book below. It turned out good. You could also add some kiwi for variation.  Green Granny Smith […]

Apple Kiwi Juice

2 apples (I peel; depends on your juicer.) 3 kiwis (peeled) Alternate adding each fruit to a juicer. It’s best to use green Granny Smith apples. They are the healthiest and  Granny Smith’s have the lowest amount of salicylates among all the apple varieties. Some kids do well with Granny Smith apples but not with […]

Strawberry Citrus Juice

2 oranges 1 grapefruit 8 strawberries (or 16 raspberries) 1 to 2 kale leaves (optional) Peel the orange and grapefruit. Remove the tops of the strawberries. Alternate adding each fruit into a juicer.  This is our favorite juice by far! It’s best to drink fresh juice first thing in the morning before eating anything else. […]

Whoopee Pies

I used a Namaste GFCF chocolate cake mix (needs eggs) to make the chocolate heart cakes, but here is a recipe for chocolate cake that can be used for the whoopee pies. This is from the Feingold Blue Book. 3 cups of flour (I use King Arthur but any is fine) 1 1/2 cups of […]

Italian Soup

1 cup dried pinto beans (not in a can) 8 cups of water ½ cup canola or olive oil (I use organic) 2 carrots, sliced 2 celery stalks, minced 4 cloves of garlic, chopped 8 oz tomato sauce 2 tsp salt (I use sea salt) ½ tsp oregano ¼ tsp pepper 1 cup elbow noodles […]

Chocolate Covered Potato Chips – Feingold Stage 1

1 cup of chocolate chips (Ghiradelli or Enjoy Life for dairy free) 1 TB of shortening (Spectrum or we  use Tropical Traditions Palm Oil shortening – order online) Combine the above ingredients in a sauce pan.  Heat just until melted.  Let cool slightly. Dip the chips in the chocolate.  We use Ruffles, or you could […]