Kelly, Author at The Nourishing Home

Meal Plan Monday: June 11–24

One of my favorite ministries is serving as the Meal Planning Contributor for The Better Mom, where I share my bi-weekly real food meal plans as a way to help inspire and encourage others. Each bi-weekly meal plan includes what’s on the menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as links to more than 40 of the delicious real food recipes featured.

SPECIAL NOTE: This week’s meal plan features a healthy & delicious menu perfect for celebrating Father’s Day, including this special easy-to-make main course …

Grilled Skirt Steak w/Balsamic-Apricot Marinade

And here’s what’s on the full menu for the next two weeks at The Nourishing Home. To view the recipe links for the bi-weekly meal plan, please pop on over to The Better Mom.

If you’d like to learn more about meal planning, please check out “Mastering Meal Planning.”

Joyfully Serving Him, Kelly

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Cherry-Almond Muffins (GF, DF)

By Kelly · 10 Comments

If you enjoy sweet ripe cherries and the nutty flavor of almond, you’re going to love these scrumptious grain-free muffins!

This muffin recipe can also be altered to create delicious Apple Crisp and Peach Crisp Muffins too! (See notes in recipe below.)

Cherry-Almond Muffins (GF, DF)

Yield: 10 muffins

Cherry-Almond Muffins (GF, DF)

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups blanched almond flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt
3 large eggs
1/4 cup pure honey (I prefer sage honey due to its mild flavor)
3 tbsp coconut oil, melted
1 tsp pure almond extract

Cherry-Almond Topping:

14 pitted, quartered fresh organic cherries
1/4 cup of sliced almonds
1 tbsp rapadura (or sucanat)
1/8 tsp pure almond extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a muffin tin with 10 baking cups.
In a small bowl, mix almond flour, baking soda and salt.
In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, honey, coconut oil and almond extract until well blended.
Add dry ingredients to wet and whisk until well combined.
In another small bowl, mix together the cherry-almond topping.
Add one large spoonful of batter to prepared muffins cups. Lift muffin pan with both hands and evenly tap bottom of the pan on the counter to flatten batter.
Then add a spoonful of the cherry-almond mixture.
Top with another large spoonful of batter, tap pan to flatten batter.
Top with remaining cherry-almond mixture.
Bake 25-28 minutes, until muffins are slightly golden and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool five minutes in muffin pan before serving.

Notes

You can also make Apple Crisp Muffins or Peach Crisp Muffins by slightly altering the recipe as follows:

For the batter, substitute pure vanilla extract, instead of almond extract.

For the topping, substitute the cherries with either 3/4 cup finely diced organic apple or 3/4 cup finely diced fresh organic peaches. Substitute the sliced almonds with 1/4 cup walnut or pecan pieces. Use the same amount of rapadura (or sucanat) and substitute pure vanilla extract for the almond extract. Also, be sure to add 1/8 tsp of ground cinnamon to the topping; mixing well. Then, add the topping to the muffin batter, following the steps outlined above. Enjoy!

https://thenourishinghome.com/2012/06/cherry-almond-muffins-gf-df/

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Don’t let FB come between us :)

By Kelly · 15 Comments

Hi, friends! Incase you haven’t heard, it looks like Facebook is at it again … this time, it’s changing our newsfeeds. So if you’ve been missing me on Facebook, please know I’ve really been missing YOU too!

Thankfully, there’s a simple solution to ensure that you don’t miss out on the latest updates from The Nourishing Home. By following these few easy steps, you can make sure you not only see my posts, but the posts of your other favorite pages as well.

1. Simply visit The Nourishing Home FB page and hover over the LIKED button. As shown above, you’ll see an option to create a “New List.” Once you click on +New List, you will see The Nourishing Home added to your list, as shown below.

2. If you’d like to add more of your favorite pages, just click on “Pages,” and continue adding your favorite pages to your new list. When done, click the NEXT button at the bottom of the page.

3. It’s now time to name your new list. You can also opt to make your list public and share it with friends, or opt to keep it private. When you’re finished, click the DONE button at the bottom of the page.

4. Now, here’s the best part … once you have your list set up, you can click on the little pencil icon on the left of your list name and select “Add to Favorites.” As shown below, this will move your FAVORITE PAGES list (or whatever you decide to call it) right to the top of your FAVORITES, for quick and easy access.

5. From now on, you can click on your new list and be able to see ALL of the recent posts for all of the pages in your list, as shown above! Woo Hoo! No more missing out on the posts of your favorite pages!

BTW, my friend Christy at Grocery Geek has a great video that she posted that walks you through this process step-by-step, if you’d like to see how quick and easy it is via a live demo – thanks, Christy!

Why did I write this post? Because I really do miss YOU … so I hope you’ll take a quick minute to make sure The Nourishing Home is part of your FAVORITE PAGES newsfeed. (P.S. You can also find me on Pinterest – Kelly @ The Nourishing Home! Hope we can be pin-pals too!)

Thanks, friends! Blessings to you, Kelly

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