Breakfast

Grain Free Banana Bread

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I’ve made my fair share of banana bread recipes since going grain and dairy free, and, honestly, none of them have been anywhere close to as good as my grandmother’s old recipe using wheat flour. In fact most of them have been either soggy and dense or dry and bland. Since winter has me indoors [...]

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Easy (Grain Free) Root Vegetable Pancakes

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I am a simple cook. Before I got sick, I almost never cooked at all. As an overworked Washington, D.C. career woman, I subsisted for over a decade on a steady diet of skim milk lattés,  Mr. Chen’s organic Chinese takeout and Annie’s organic, boxed macaroni and cheese mixed with a can of dolphin-safe tuna [...]

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Coconut Water Kefir and Cultured Coconut Pudding

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Young coconut water is best fermented by adding either water kefir grains or a prepared kefir powder to it. Kefir is a unique combination of probiotic bacteria and healthy yeast which consume the sugars in the coconut water, making the drink bubbly and delicious.

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High-Energy Raw Breakfast Bowl

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We like a hearty, high-protein breakfast after working out and doing morning chores, but lately, perhaps due to the change of season, I haven’t wanted to make or eat anything too elaborate. One recent morning, torn between an empty fridge and an empty belly, out of sheer necessity, I stumbled on a new way of making [...]

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Homemade Coconut Milk Yogurt

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Coconut milk yogurt is a great choice for people allergic to or avoiding yogurt made from cow’s milk or soy. Here’s how to make it at home.

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Crunchy Raw Buckwheat Granola

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Boxed cereals (even organic, “whole-grain” ones) are heavily-processed, nutritionally bankrupt foods that have to be sprayed with chemical vitamins to be remotely healthy. For this reason, and because we are allergic to the wheat, corn, rice and soy common to nearly all packaged cereals, I prefer to make this raw buckwheat granola for quick breakfasts [...]

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