Healthy food recipes, natural foods from the garden

Creative Healthy Recipes that Feed Your Body and Soul

I create recipes that incorporate what we grow and the native plants and herbs from our property. Also, I’m always looking for fun and innovative ways to create yummy recipes that utilize natural sugars instead of processed ones and healthier alternatives to processed foods of any kind. I’ll be sharing my recipes here – many of which are made from our garden or things we grow here.

  • Carrot Pecan Energy Bites — A Naturally Sweet, High-Fiber Snack

    As I’ve been working on increasing the amount of fiber I eat while keeping saturated fat low, I’ve been experimenting with simple recipes made from whole foods—things I can throw together quickly that actually taste good. These Carrot Pecan Energy Bites were one of those experiments, and they turned out delicious! They’re naturally sweet from…

  • My Easy Strawberry Greek Yogurt Smoothie

    Lately, I’ve been making a conscious shift toward a high-protein, high-fiber, low-saturated-fat lifestyle. One thing I’m discovering is that eating this way doesn’t have to mean complicated meal planning or food that feels like “health food.” In fact, I’ve been having fun making up recipes that check three important boxes for me: This simple strawberry…

  • Lentil Barley Vegetable Soup: High Fiber, High Protein & Low Saturated Fat

    I’ve been making some changes in the way I eat lately, focusing on a high-fiber, high-protein, low-saturated-fat lifestyle. Rather than thinking about it as a restrictive diet, I’ve been experimenting with foods and recipes that naturally give me more of the things I want—especially fiber and protein—while keeping saturated fat low. And, of course, they…

  • What I’m Doing Differently at 60: My High-Protein, High-Fiber, Low-Saturated-Fat Experiment

    Turning 60 has caused me to rethink some things about the way I eat and exercise. For most of my adult life, if I gained a few pounds, I knew what to do. Exercise more. Eat a little less. Get moving. Then menopause apparently decided those rules were negotiable. I began putting weight on in…

  • Healthy, Delicious Cran Apple Crisp

    I love to create healthy dessert recipes that use fresh fruit and have no processed sugar added. We bought a half-bushel of Granny Smith Apples in Elijah, Georgia a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately, they are a bit on the bland side. Whenever I’ve cooked them, they haven’t tasted that great. They just aren’t flavorful or…

  • Apple-Butternut Breakfast Stir-fry Recipe

    I am developing some recipes that are anti-inflammatory and low-calorie in an effort to release some weight and to be healthier. This morning I made this breakfast stir-fry of butternut from our garden, apples, and a dash of salt sautéed in a tiny bit of coconut oil and water to steam it. I stirred in…