A collection of our favorite healthy family recipes that are low in sugar and low in processed ingredients. Find healthy eating ideas that our kids love, filled with natural ingredients!
This homemade bread with all it’s spices packs a powerful punch of nutrients and smells heavenly when it’s done. The amaranth in the recipe includes among it’s benefits the amino acids lysine and methionine, elements largely absent in most other flours. High in fiber and rich in iron, it contains Read more…
These dark chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are my family’s favorite cookies. Warm, chocolately, easy to make, and no huge sugar crash because of the more natural sweetener. Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies Video: from Bella’s Kitchen We use sucanat sweetener in all of our chocolate recipes. Though, it has been hard Read more…
This is a very sweet and light cornbread–a great complement to a bowl of chili! I got this recipe from an amazing couple who did our marriage counseling over in Germany. She would host dinner events all the time, and I grabbed more than one of her recipes! Thank you, Read more…
Thanksgiving and Christmas are, by far, my dad’s favorite holidays of the year. While I was growing up at home, it became a family tradition that my dad would become the pie-making king. He loves to bake pies–and he does it well!
So, this apple pie recipe comes directly from my dad. He always used the pre-made refrigerated pie crusts for his recipes, but (more…)
What kid doesn’t like chocolate and strawberries? This is quick and easy just using a blender and pan for the oven. It ends up being more chocolatey than it is sweet, and the strawberries are a great complement. Bella’s Kitchen: Making Dutch Baby [youtube id=”UVozPsq8bIg” width=”600″ height=”350″]
Risotto is an authentic Italian rice dish that comes out smooth, creamy and full of flavor (when made right). We have made risotto many ways, and this is one of our favorite for the fall. This dish is made with a special type of Italian rice called Arborio rice. You Read more…
Having lived in southern Italy for three years, we got super spoiled by their delicious hand-tossed pizzas. The Italians make everything from scratch–the sauce, the dough, and yes, even the mozzarella cheese in many places. Once I learned that I could make the sauce and dough from just a few Read more…
My kids really enjoy the typical American breakfast foods–waffles, pancakes, french toast. Unfortunately, these can typically run high in simple carbohydrates and low in nutritional value. Not so with these babies! When I first made these, I could not believe how yummy they were just by themselves. We gobbled them Read more…
A great cold-weather or rainy-day meal, this yummy chicken black bean chili is mild in it’s bite but full of flavor. My best friend’s mom gave us this idea, and then we added a few things of our own.
I found this recipe one winter because I was looking for a healthier version of lasagna–one that incorporated vegetables successfully. Though I had to learn how to prepare a butternut squash for the first time, the final product tasted so amazing that I have made this a repeat recipe in Read more…