Looking for a nutritious summer treat for the kiddos? Make ‘em grape juice popsicles! These refreshing fruit pops use whole grapes rather than filtering out the pulp and skin. They retain resveratrol and other phytonutrients.
Read MoreRather than throwing away old grapes, you can make them into homemade raisins. This is a great way to engage your kids around healthy food in the kitchen, by giving them something fun to make.
Read MoreCraving a healthy and nutritious Passover snack? Try this popped quinoa chocolate crisp. Just pop the quinoa on a dry skillet, then mix with coconut oil, honey, cacao powder and some vanilla extract.
Read MoreBefore I learned this recipe, my granola was always store-bought. Not anymore. This scrumptious granola recipe is cane sugar–free, getting all of its sweetness from pure maple syrup.
Read MoreFrench fries are one of those perennial snacks that you can use for kids lunches, as a side dish at dinner – and even on Passover. Making French fries in the oven is a lot healthier than frying them. However, you will need to take a few extra steps to ensure that they get crispy.
Read MoreTu B’Shvat, the "birthday of the trees," celebrates the trees and fruits with which the Land of Israel is blessed. Celebrate this quirky holiday by making a homemade vegan charcuterie board.
Read MorePlain popcorn is a very healthy snack. But pre-popped popcorn is a different matter, often filled with sodium, fat, additives and preservatives . Luckily, you can make your own healthy popcorn snack with Parma! vegan parmesan cheese.
Read MoreHomemade almond butter is a tasty, healthy snack to make for the kids. It takes just three simple steps. Homemade almond butter doesn’t have added sugar, preservatives, flavors or fillers.
Read MoreHere's a tasty frittata recipe. It is made from torpedo onions, leeks and chard. This is the perfect summer side dish. It can be eaten cold, in a lunch while at work or at school.
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When I was a kid, my siblings and I didn’t eat junk food very often. But we did occasionally take a bag of Pringles or Doritos to school. I have to admit, they were tasty!
While store-bought potato chips are convenient, they are also full of empty calories, tons of salt and rancid oils.
Why not spend some time on a Sunday afternoon making homemade potato chips for the kids? All it takes is a mandolin or the slicing blade on a Cuisinart or KitchenAid food processor.
These delicious chips are very simple and nutritious, and you can mix and match your favorite varieties of potatoes. In this batch, we used Russet potatoes, Garnet sweet potatoes, Hannah sweet potatoes and Stokes Purple sweet potatoes. We also added olive oil, Himalayan salt and some onion powder.
We made ours in a dehydrator at 145°F for 2-3 hours, which meant that we placed the raw chips on a dehydrator rack.
But you could bake them in an oven as well, using a baking rack and some parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 400°F and bake for 20 minutes or until crispy, turning them over about halfway through.
While there are several healthy store-bought options, (Boulder® Canyon Kettle Cooked Potato Chips made with Avocado Oil is one option), the best and most fun option of all is to make your own.
Tell us how yours come out!
Kosher food can be both tasty and nutritious. It need not be filled with cheap refined carbs, sugar, salt, preservatives or filler. The purpose of Consciously Kosher is to teach people how to eat a kosher diet rich in nutritious, predominantly unprocessed whole foods. The recipes and meal hacks are simple and quick, to accommodate parents juggling careers and multiple kids.
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