Can you have dessert on a SOS Free food plan? (SOS Free stands for salt, oil & sugar free.) Yes you can! Fruit is so amazing and yes we do enjoy it plain and simple right from Mother Nature. However, sometimes you just want something that feels and looks more like a traditional dessert. We…
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Sweet Pea’s – Mini Jammies!
I love making healthy little snacks that our toddler Granddaughter Sweet Pea will eat. These oat and jam mini muffins that we call Jammies are toddler friendly and mother and grandmother approved! Let’s be truthful here – even the grown ups like these. There is something extra appealing about food made into miniature serving sizes….
Sweet Potatoes Air Fried in the Breville Smart Oven Air
We follow a starch based food plan which means we get to eat a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes. That is why I am frequently experimenting with different ways to eat sweet potatoes. My favorites are Japanese Sweet Potatoes and Hannah Yams. Today I am excited to share a couple different ways we enjoy…
Balsamic Cherries & Peaches
Simple and sweet. That is how I would describe this little recipe. Fruit is nature’s candy and it is perfectly lovely all on it’s own but, sometimes I like to dress it up a little especially if I am serving it to company. There is something so comforting about serving warm fruit. It seems to…
Zesty Quinoa Black Bean Salad
Bright, fresh, and bursting with flavor, this Zesty Quinoa Bean Salad is a vibrant celebration of wholesome ingredients. With fluffy quinoa, hearty black beans, sweet bell peppers, crisp red onion, juicy corn, and a tangy lime dressing, it’s the perfect dish to bring to potlucks, workplace gatherings, or to prep ahead for your weekly meals….
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Reflections on 2018 – Out with the old and in with the new!
What words would you use to describe your life in 2018? Personally my words cross a whole host of mixed emotions. Exciting, hopeful, scary, worrisome, tiring, jubilation, blessed, grateful, prayerful, faith, anxiety, relief, joy and happiness. Not in any particular order – emotions around here were all over the place – quite often all in…
Smashed Potatoes- Smart Oven Air Fryer Magic
We are quite fond of potatoes in the Nutmeg Notebook kitchen. As it often happens I created this method out of necessity in order to use up some cooked Yukon Gold Potatoes that were still in the fridge from the prior weeks batch cooking. They were too small to cut into fries so I came…
Joanie’s Pumpkin Black Bean Soup
Back in 2018, I had a group of vegan friends over for a salad potluck. Everyone was to bring a favorite salad to share. The day before our gathering my friend Joanie sent a message asking if she could bring a pot of soup instead – of course I said yes. She showed up with…
My Favorite Things!
I get asked all the time about what my favorite kitchen tools and small appliances are so I thought it was time to turn that into a blog post. I must admit that I do love kitchen gadgets and small kitchen appliances. They can make cooking easier and a lot more fun. Perhaps you have…