How to Make Water Kefir

photo by Floridecires We all know that yogurt is good for you because of the beneficial bacteria.  Well, kefir has even more!  It has all different kinds of beneficial bacteria and good-guy yeasts.  You can buy it in milk, but for those of us that can’t do...

Great Grain-Free Granola

This is my favorite cereal ever.  It crunchy and sweet and salty.  It never gets soggy in milk.  I could eat bowls and bowls of it.  And I have. Ivory’s Favorite Grain Free Granola 1 cup salted sunflower seed kernels 1 cup raisins 1 cup frozen blueberries 1 cup...

Grain-free Zucchini Noodles

Zucchini makes a good twirl-able noodle.  However, it’s all about the gadget you use, not the process or recipe.  I’ve used a vegetable peeler in the past, but the product wasn’t a convincing noodle. Now I use the above Titan Julienne peeler that I...

Sunflower-Pumpkin Seed Pancakes

Some things grind in a coffee grinder better than others.  Seeds, for instance do much better than nuts.  I don’t know why.  I think it’s the size and the fact that they’re a drier product.  Anyway, here’s another set of grain free pancakes. ...

Cajun Chicken Soup

This is one of those recipes born of having a bunch of odds and ends and not wanting to go to the store.  But YUM! Cajun Chicken Soup 2 T olive oil 1 onion, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped clove garlic, pressed 3-5 andouille chicken sausage links (any andouille will...

Grain-Free Porridge

This is one of those I-haven’t-had-grain-in-so-log-I’m-dying recipes.  It’s NOT something you’d eat if you could have real oatmeal.  It’s gritty and sticks in weird places in your mouth, but if you’re missing hot cereal as much as I...