Join us if you know a little or a lot about holistic living or just want to learn more.

Our Open House is Wed. April 8th, 2009 at 6:30 PM.  See the flyer below for details  or contact Juli for more info.  You can also visit the national website for the Holistic Moms to learn more.

Click here for the Open House Flyer

The March 2009 issue of South Shore Living Magazine featured Juli’s business (and the kids!).

The.Natural.Choice.March.2009

(The article is fairly large so it may take a minute to open the pdf version on your computer.  Be patient- it is worth the wait for the recipes!)

I’d like to offer a special thanks to my good friend (and a wonderful cook!), Fabiana Esteves, for the great salad dressing recipe that appears in the article as well as the time she spent experimenting with me on getting the Coconut Corn muffins worked out!  My thanks to her didn’t make it into the magazine but I am so grateful for her friendship and ongoing support of my cooking endeavors!

Sweetheart Parfait (serves 2)

1 cup plain organic yogurt
2 tbsp agave (more or less to your taste)
1 tsp natural vanilla extract
Frozen and Fresh Organic Strawberries
Homemade Granola (see the archives for the recipe)

Mix the agave (or you can use honey or maple syrup) and the vanilla into the plain yogurt to make your own vanilla yogurt.

Blend some of the frozen (thawed) strawberries to make a strawberry “syrup”.  Mix the strawberry syrup with the yogurt to make pink yogurt.  Layer in glass parfait dishes with granola and fresh strawberries.

Note- my kids sometimes find the granola pieces are too big so you can always give the granola a quick spin in the blender to crunch it up finer.

Winter time play just asks for Hot Chocolate when you come in the
door, doesn’t it?

Here is our recipe.

Hot Chocolate (makes 2 cups)

2 cups milk
2 tbsp cocoa powder (We use alkaline-free, not dutch processed)
2 tbsp agave nectar
1/2 tsp sea salt (We use REAL Salt)

Whisk it altogether in a pan over medium heat and serve at whatever temperature you like.

Don’t you just love lentils?  They are so….cute.  And you can do just about anything with them…quickly.

So here it is, by popular demand, the super easy turkey lentil chili recipe.

Lentil Turkey Chili (takes about 20 minutes to whip this up)

Ingredients:

1 lb Ground Turkey

4 cups of cooked lentils*

1 medium onion, diced

2-3 cloves of garlic, minced or use a garlic press

2-3 tbsp olive oil

Cumin (I never measure- maybe 1/2 -1 tsp)

1 Quart of Chicken Broth (I like Pacific Free Range Organic)

Maple Syrup (again, no measuring, maybe about a couple tbsps)

-Heat about 1 tbsp of the oil in a big pot and brown the turkey.  Remove turkey and set aside.

-Heat about 2tbsp of the oil in the same pot (you can deglaze the pot before this if you need to with a little splash of white wine).  Saute the garlic for about a minute and then add the onions.  Cook until onions are almost browned.

-Add the turkey back in, add the lentils and the cumin, stir.

-Add the chicken broth and the maple syrup.  Stir again.

-Simmer over medium heat for a little while until it is heated through.

-Enjoy!

*(Trader Joe’s has steamed lentils that you can just open up and throw in or you can just cook up about 1 1/2 cups of dry lentils earlier in the day.  If you don’t know how to cook lentils, click here.)