Real Food Recipes

Recipes to nourish your family in body & soul

Pantry Staples

This simple, scrumptious chimichurri sauce made mostly of parsley, garlic, and olive oil tastes amazingly fresh and pairs with red meat, fish, and chicken oh-so-beautifully!
Scrumptious Chimichurri Sauce
Making gorgeous, delicious bone broth that gels when it cools and soothes when you sip is easier than you think. In this post, we delve into the differences between stock and broth, the benefits of bone broth, AND show you how to make bone broth three different ways: on the stovetop, the slow cooker, and the Instant Pot.
How to Make Bone Broth
Making this restaurant-style salsa is super-simple and absolutely delicious. And even better, you can enjoy it right away or can it for long-term storage, since it's safe for canning!
Perfect Restaurant-Style Salsa
This basic and SUPER-simple stir fry sauce can be used for anything from chow mein to egg roll dipping sauce - it's very versatile! And even better, you just mix everything up in a jar and you're good to go for months.
Basic All-Purpose Chinese Stir-Fry Sauce
Making perfect lemon curd isn't difficult - and we show you how.
How to Make Perfect Lemon Curd
Make your own healthy DIY popcorn oil for delicious popcorn!
Homemade Movie-Style Popcorn Oil
Use our simple method to make thick, sweet, luscious homemade applesauce and apple butter. You won't regret it!
Homemade Applesauce & Homemade Apple Butter (and why organic apples matter)
Homemade garam masala is the spice crown jewel of East Indian cuisine and absolutely makes curries SING. This spice blend uses easy-to-find ingredients & mixes up in less than 5 minutes.
Homemade Garam Masala
Make your own additive-free homemade cake mix! Whip up cakes and cupcakes in minutes, just like a boxed mix.
DIY Yellow Cake Mix
Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar
Homemade Oreos - our secret ingredient makes all the difference!
Homemade Oreos – the right way
THE BEST (and I don't say that lightly) Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix with Homemade Mini-Marshmallows to boot :)
DIY Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix + Homemade Mini-Marshmallows
Homemade Mulling Spices - scent your holiday with the warmth of the season
Homemade Mulling Spices
Make homemade evaporated milk and homemade sweetened condensed milk - the easy way!
How to Make Homemade Evaporated Milk and Sweetened Condensed Milk (the Easy Way)
What's Thanksgiving without Green Bean Casserole topped with crispy French Fried Onions? Our simple homemade recipe has got you covered.
Homemade French Fried Onions
Making your own simple homemade cream of mushroom soup to have on hand for casseroles and cravings will help you avoid food additives and save money.
Homemade Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice | NourishingJoy.com
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice
Use jam, preserves, or fresh fruit to create nutritious, delicious homemade yogurt cups!
Homemade Fruit-on-the-Bottom Yogurt Cups
Fig Newton Butter - a delightful way to enjoy summer in the dead of winter
Probiotic Fig Newton Butter
Homemade String Cheese
Homemade String Cheese
Homemade Velveeta & Homemade Cheez Whiz - with all real food ingredients!
Real Food Homemade Cheez Whiz & Homemade Velveeta (gasp!)
Creamy Peanut Stir Fry Sauce - use cashew or almonds instead, if you want!
Creamy Peanut Stir-Fry Sauce
Easy 5-Minute Homemade Pudding Cups - perfect for snacks, school lunches, and breakfasts on-the-go! | NourishingJoy.com
Easy 5-Minute Homemade Pudding Cups
Rhubarb Salsa - a scrumptious use for that prolific seasonal fruit!
Rhubarb Salsa
Perfect Homemade Granola Bars with a peanut butter version | NourishingJoy.com
Perfect Homemade Granola Bars
Super Creamy Peanut Butter
Gourmet Asian Cooking Sauce and Marinade
Homemade Cheerios
How to Make Your Own Brown Sugar
Homemade Bouillon Cubes
There's cranberry sauce, and then there's *Cranberry Sauce.* Try one of these scrumptious, nourishing cranberry sauces that feature all-natural sweeteners.
Stunning and Nourishing Cranberry Sauces
Homemade Fish Sauce
How to Eat More Raw Egg Yolks
Making your own homemade food coloring is easier than you think!
Homemade Food Coloring: How to Make Natural Food Dyes
Did you know it's totally possible to make your favorite store-bought favorites at home for a fraction of the price and using only wholesome ingredients! Here's how I do it (and I've written two books and counting full of homemade pantry staple recipes!)
How to Reverse Engineer Your Favorite Processed Foods to Make Them Healthier
How to Make Goat Milk Sour Cream
A Recipe Collection: 100+ Healthy Holiday Recipes
How to Make Shrimp Stock
Restock your pantry with easy, wholesome, homemade condiments to nourish your family with the best you can give them!
Healthy, Kid-Tested Barbecue & Picnic Condiments
Dukkah: A Snack Your Kids (and You) Will Love
Chicken Nuggets and Probiotic Barbecue Sauce
Sourdough Pretzel Bites with Probiotic Honey Mustard
The Reuben Sandwich: The Best Sandwich Ever!
Simple Demi-Glace
Soft & Fluffy Homemade Flour Tortillas | NourishingJoy.com
Homemade Flour Tortillas
Kombucha Vinaigrette with Fresh Herbs
Primavera Potato Salad
How to Make Tomato Sauce (and Tomato Paste)

Fermented & Cultured Foods

Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar
Eat real food this St. Patrick's Day!
Real Food Favorites for St. Patrick's Day
These SWEET chickpea-based dips will not only provide excellent protein and minerals, but will delight the tastebuds of pretty much anyone
3 Irresistible Healthy Holiday Dips for Kids of All Ages
EASY Ways to Pack a Healthier School Lunch!
10 Easy Ways to Pack More Fermented Foods in Your Child’s Lunch
Use jam, preserves, or fresh fruit to create nutritious, delicious homemade yogurt cups!
Homemade Fruit-on-the-Bottom Yogurt Cups
Dosas: Grain-free lentil wraps that should be eaten at least once in your life (or every week!)
Dosas: Scrumptious Lentil Wraps
Fig Newton Butter - a delightful way to enjoy summer in the dead of winter
Probiotic Fig Newton Butter
Homemade String Cheese
Homemade String Cheese
Crisp & Crunchy Lacto-Fermented Pickled Asparagus
Sourdough Stollen (Christmas Bread)
Sourdough Santa Lucia Buns
There's cranberry sauce, and then there's *Cranberry Sauce.* Try one of these scrumptious, nourishing cranberry sauces that feature all-natural sweeteners.
Stunning and Nourishing Cranberry Sauces
101 Fabulous Fermented Foods
Homemade Fish Sauce
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sourdough Pancakes
Kombucha Cosmopolitan: The Ultimate Kombucha Cocktail
Sourdough English Muffins
How to Make Lox
Sourdough Reuben Picnic Buns
Corned Beef Tongue: the most delicious way to eat tongue (or other muscle meats) you've ever tried
Corned Beef Tongue and Horseradish Cream Sauce
Sourdough Carrot Cake
Oliebollen: Dutch New Year's Doughnuts - a real food treat!
Sourdough Oliebollen: Dutch New Year's Doughnuts
How to Make Goat Milk Sour Cream
A Recipe Collection: 100+ Healthy Holiday Recipes
Whole Grain Crepes | NourishingJoy.com
Whole Grain Crepes
Restock your pantry with easy, wholesome, homemade condiments to nourish your family with the best you can give them!
Healthy, Kid-Tested Barbecue & Picnic Condiments
Chicken Nuggets and Probiotic Barbecue Sauce
Chai Kombucha
Sourdough Pretzel Bites with Probiotic Honey Mustard
Sourdough Rye Bread
The Reuben Sandwich: The Best Sandwich Ever!
Homemade Traditional Corned Beef
Sourdough Black Forest Cake
Kombucha Vinaigrette with Fresh Herbs
How to Make Yogurt

Breakfasts

Whether you're feeding just your family or feeding a crowd on Christmas morning, make it cheery, hearty, and nourishing with these favorite Christmas breakfast recipes.
25 Christmas Morning Breakfast Recipes
Making perfect lemon curd isn't difficult - and we show you how.
How to Make Perfect Lemon Curd
Orange Tropical Turmeric Smoothie
Orange Tropical Turmeric Smoothie
These SWEET chickpea-based dips will not only provide excellent protein and minerals, but will delight the tastebuds of pretty much anyone
3 Irresistible Healthy Holiday Dips for Kids of All Ages
Pumpkin Pie Panna Cotta: The 5-Minute, No-Bake Thanksgiving Dessert! | Traditional Cooking School by GNOWFGLINS
Pumpkin Pie Panna Cotta: The Elegant, 5-Minute, No-Bake Thanksgiving Dessert
Use jam, preserves, or fresh fruit to create nutritious, delicious homemade yogurt cups!
Homemade Fruit-on-the-Bottom Yogurt Cups
Fig Newton Butter - a delightful way to enjoy summer in the dead of winter
Probiotic Fig Newton Butter
Classic Cherry Clafoutis | NourishingJoy.com
Classic Cherry Clafoutis
Easy 5-Minute Homemade Pudding Cups - perfect for snacks, school lunches, and breakfasts on-the-go! | NourishingJoy.com
Easy 5-Minute Homemade Pudding Cups
Panna Cotta: The simplest & most perfect dessert in pretty much every way!
Panna Cotta: The Perfect, Elegant 5-Minute Dessert
Fresh Herb Frittata from The Nourished Kitchen
Caramelized Apple Slow Cooker Oatmeal - a fantastic solution for school mornings, lazy mornings, holiday mornings - pretty much anytime! | NourishingJoy.com
Caramelized Apple Slow Cooker Oatmeal
Bacon, Brussels Sprouts, and Apple Quiche
Homemade Cheerios
Slow Cooker Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole with Leeks, Mushrooms, and Bacon
Sourdough Stollen (Christmas Bread)
Sourdough Santa Lucia Buns
Cranberry Coffee Cake
How to Eat More Raw Egg Yolks
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sourdough Pancakes
Bread Pudding in the slow cooker! It's perfect for lazy days and rushed mornings.
Sunday Morning Slow Cooker Bread Pudding
Sourdough English Muffins
Lox Pizza
How to Make Lox
A Recipe Collection: 100+ Healthy Holiday Recipes
Pumpkin Pie Pancakes - yummy yummy yummy!
Pumpkin Pie Pancakes
Whole Grain Crepes | NourishingJoy.com
Whole Grain Crepes
Delectably soft, sweet buns for Easter, Mother's Day, and other special mornings
Sourdough Hot Cross Buns
Cranberry-Orange Sourdough Muffins
Cranberry Orange Cinnamon Rolls
Sour Milk Biscuits
Making your own bagels isn't difficult - and it yields absolutely satisfying, mouth-watering results.
The Pleasure of Homemade Bagels

Snacks & Lunches

Fruit salad cups that kids can make themselves! What a great way to get them involved at snacktime, breakfast time, or dessert time!
Super-Fun Fruit Salad Cups Kids Can Make Themselves
Use our simple method to make thick, sweet, luscious homemade applesauce and apple butter. You won't regret it!
Homemade Applesauce & Homemade Apple Butter (and why organic apples matter)
Homemade Caramel Corn - with all-natural ingredients and WITHOUT any of the junk :)
Homemade Caramel Corn
Healthy homemade lunchables make lunch packing SIMPLE, whether you or your child is doing the packing! There's also a TON of printable info in this post to help your kids be able to pack their own healthy lunch, including a handy-dandy printable. (I hang mine on the inside of the lunch supplies cupboard.) :)
How to Teach Your Child to Pack Their Own Healthy Lunch + Healthy Homemade Lunchables
These SWEET chickpea-based dips will not only provide excellent protein and minerals, but will delight the tastebuds of pretty much anyone
3 Irresistible Healthy Holiday Dips for Kids of All Ages
EASY Ways to Pack a Healthier School Lunch!
10 Easy Ways to Pack More Fermented Foods in Your Child’s Lunch
Use jam, preserves, or fresh fruit to create nutritious, delicious homemade yogurt cups!
Homemade Fruit-on-the-Bottom Yogurt Cups
Fig Newton Butter - a delightful way to enjoy summer in the dead of winter
Probiotic Fig Newton Butter
Homemade String Cheese
Homemade String Cheese
Homemade Velveeta & Homemade Cheez Whiz - with all real food ingredients!
Real Food Homemade Cheez Whiz & Homemade Velveeta (gasp!)
Easy 5-Minute Homemade Pudding Cups - perfect for snacks, school lunches, and breakfasts on-the-go! | NourishingJoy.com
Easy 5-Minute Homemade Pudding Cups
Real Food Pigs in a Blanket - serve your favorite hot dog treat guilt-free!
Real Food Makeover: Pigs in a Blanket
Rhubarb Salsa - a scrumptious use for that prolific seasonal fruit!
Rhubarb Salsa
Perfect Homemade Granola Bars with a peanut butter version | NourishingJoy.com
Perfect Homemade Granola Bars
Super Creamy Peanut Butter
Fresh Herb Frittata from The Nourished Kitchen
Bacon, Brussels Sprouts, and Apple Quiche
Homemade Cheerios
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sourdough Pancakes
Easy, Delicious Hummus
Lox Pizza
Matcha Shortbread
A Recipe Collection: 100+ Healthy Holiday Recipes
Nourishing Foods for Labor and Childbirth (+ a recipe for Groaning Cake)
Honey Caramel Apple Cider | a nourishing, comforting treat on cold autumn nights!
Honey Caramel Apple Cider
Pumpkin Pie Pancakes - yummy yummy yummy!
Pumpkin Pie Pancakes
Kids in the Kitchen from Classeslave.com
Apple & Oatmeal Crumble Bars
Whole Grain Crepes | NourishingJoy.com
Whole Grain Crepes
Fluffy Rose & Rhubarb Honey-Sweetened Marshmallows | NourishingJoy.com
Fluffy Rose & Rhubarb Honey-Sweetened Marshmallows
Dukkah: A Snack Your Kids (and You) Will Love
Chicken Nuggets and Probiotic Barbecue Sauce
Sourdough Pretzel Bites with Probiotic Honey Mustard
This simple sesame seed candy is a simple, healthy Easter-time treat. However, it's a naturally-sweetened, calcium and fiber rich treat you can enjoy ANY time of year.
Spiced Sesame Seed Candy
The Reuben Sandwich: The Best Sandwich Ever!
Hamentaschen: The Purim cookie that's addictive anytime of year - in school lunches, on a Christmas buffet, or even during childbirth!
Hamentaschen
Soft & Fluffy Homemade Flour Tortillas | NourishingJoy.com
Homemade Flour Tortillas
Three Pates to Satisfy ANY Palate - even picky eaters! Each of my kids likes a different one and they GOBBLE them down. :)
Three Pâtés to Satisfy Every Palate

Holiday

Christmas pudding is a delectable part of the holiday tradition - and this simple, delectable version gets its quickness and perfect texture from being steamed in the Instant Pot!
Steamed Cranberry Pudding: EASY Christmas Pudding in the Instant Pot
These 1-hour dinner rolls are both fluffy and big on flavor. Whether you need a quick dinner roll for Thanksgiving or you want a perfect accompaniment to pulled pork, this recipe is sure to please.
1-Hour Dinner Rolls
This classic cranberry sauce is sweet, tart, and delicious - and this is the simplest, quickest method in which to make it. It's super-simple!
Classic Cranberry Sauce: The Quickest, Easiest Method
Make creamy, fluffy, perfect mashed potatoes easily by using the Instant Pot!
Perfect Mashed Potatoes in the Instant Pot
Cooking a turkey is far less stressful than it sounds - and with this simple technique, you can use ANY recipe and have the bird turn out beautifully: moist, succulent, and gorgeous.
The Simple Technique for a Perfect, Foolproof Roast Turkey
Whether you're feeding just your family or feeding a crowd on Christmas morning, make it cheery, hearty, and nourishing with these favorite Christmas breakfast recipes.
25 Christmas Morning Breakfast Recipes
Santa Lucia saffron buns are soft and sweet - the perfect treat on Santa Lucia Day!
Santa Lucia Sweet Saffron Buns
When you're staring down a completely frozen turkey on Thanksgiving or Christmas morning and you're wondering how on earth you're going to cook it in time for your feast, here's your simple guide to getting a beautiful, fully cooked bird to the table without breaking a sweat.
How to Cook a Completely Frozen Turkey
Use our simple method to make thick, sweet, luscious homemade applesauce and apple butter. You won't regret it!
Homemade Applesauce & Homemade Apple Butter (and why organic apples matter)
Homemade Caramel Corn - with all-natural ingredients and WITHOUT any of the junk :)
Homemade Caramel Corn
S'mores made from all real food ingredients - finally, a treat you can feel good about!
Real Food S'mores
This classic coleslaw is the real food version of the traditional American recipe, and goes beautifully with any barbecue, fried chicken, or pulled pork. :)
Perfect Coleslaw
Eat real food this St. Patrick's Day!
Real Food Favorites for St. Patrick's Day
What could be better than dining on deeply nourishing food while nourishing your most important love relationships?
Real Food Recipes for Romance
Persian Love Cake: A grain-free, rose-scented Pistachio Honey Cake
Rose-Scented Pistachio Honey Cake (grain-free)
Making your own chocolate bars takes mere minutes!
Homemade Fair Trade Chocolate Bars
Homemade Oreos - our secret ingredient makes all the difference!
Homemade Oreos – the right way
THE BEST (and I don't say that lightly) Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix with Homemade Mini-Marshmallows to boot :)
DIY Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix + Homemade Mini-Marshmallows
Swedish Meatballs: simple decadence at its best!
Swedish Meatballs with Lingonberry Sauce
Homemade Mulling Spices - scent your holiday with the warmth of the season
Homemade Mulling Spices
Make homemade evaporated milk and homemade sweetened condensed milk - the easy way!
How to Make Homemade Evaporated Milk and Sweetened Condensed Milk (the Easy Way)
Slow Cooker Stuffing for Thanksgiving (or anytime!)
Thanksgiving Stuffing in the Slow Cooker
These SWEET chickpea-based dips will not only provide excellent protein and minerals, but will delight the tastebuds of pretty much anyone
3 Irresistible Healthy Holiday Dips for Kids of All Ages
Pumpkin Pie Panna Cotta: The 5-Minute, No-Bake Thanksgiving Dessert! | Traditional Cooking School by GNOWFGLINS
Pumpkin Pie Panna Cotta: The Elegant, 5-Minute, No-Bake Thanksgiving Dessert
What's Thanksgiving without Green Bean Casserole topped with crispy French Fried Onions? Our simple homemade recipe has got you covered.
Homemade French Fried Onions
Making your own simple homemade cream of mushroom soup to have on hand for casseroles and cravings will help you avoid food additives and save money.
Homemade Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice | NourishingJoy.com
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice
These rustic caramal apples made with honey caramel are a real food indulgence worth savoring at least one this season!
Rustic Honey Caramel Apples
Fig Newton Butter - a delightful way to enjoy summer in the dead of winter
Probiotic Fig Newton Butter
Classic Cherry Clafoutis | NourishingJoy.com
Classic Cherry Clafoutis
Panna Cotta: The simplest & most perfect dessert in pretty much every way!
Panna Cotta: The Perfect, Elegant 5-Minute Dessert
Whether you want to slow-roast your ham or blast it to have a super-short cook time ham is versatile - and here's a simple chart with proper cook times.
Honey-Glazed Ham (Viking Style)
Asparagus Leek Bisque
Caramelized Apple Slow Cooker Oatmeal - a fantastic solution for school mornings, lazy mornings, holiday mornings - pretty much anytime! | NourishingJoy.com
Caramelized Apple Slow Cooker Oatmeal
White Chocolate Lobster Bisque - because there are some meals you never forget...
White Chocolate Lobster Bisque
Slow Cooker Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole with Leeks, Mushrooms, and Bacon
Old Fashioned Eggnog
Sourdough Stollen (Christmas Bread)
A Victorian Christmas: Using Seasonal and Preserved Foods at Christmas
Sourdough Santa Lucia Buns
Cranberry Orange Christmas Potpourri - the scent of heaven :)
Cranberry & Orange Christmas Potpourri: A Soul Warming Gift
There's cranberry sauce, and then there's *Cranberry Sauce.* Try one of these scrumptious, nourishing cranberry sauces that feature all-natural sweeteners.
Stunning and Nourishing Cranberry Sauces
Real Food Green Bean Casserole
Chai Ice Cream - a treat for summertime, autumn, or winter!
Chai Ice Cream
Quick and Easy Hamburger and Hot Dog Buns
Bread Pudding in the slow cooker! It's perfect for lazy days and rushed mornings.
Sunday Morning Slow Cooker Bread Pudding
Lox Pizza
Sourdough Reuben Picnic Buns
Matcha Shortbread
Corned Beef Tongue: the most delicious way to eat tongue (or other muscle meats) you've ever tried
Corned Beef Tongue and Horseradish Cream Sauce
Sourdough Carrot Cake
Oliebollen: Dutch New Year's Doughnuts - a real food treat!
Sourdough Oliebollen: Dutch New Year's Doughnuts
Glögg: Swedish Mulled Wine
How to Make Almond Paste (oh, I swoon!) | NourishingJoy.com
How to Make Almond Paste
A Recipe Collection: 100+ Healthy Holiday Recipes
Honey Caramel Apple Cider | a nourishing, comforting treat on cold autumn nights!
Honey Caramel Apple Cider
Whole Grain Crepes | NourishingJoy.com
Whole Grain Crepes
Delectably soft, sweet buns for Easter, Mother's Day, and other special mornings
Sourdough Hot Cross Buns
This simple sesame seed candy is a simple, healthy Easter-time treat. However, it's a naturally-sweetened, calcium and fiber rich treat you can enjoy ANY time of year.
Spiced Sesame Seed Candy
The Reuben Sandwich: The Best Sandwich Ever!
Hamentaschen: The Purim cookie that's addictive anytime of year - in school lunches, on a Christmas buffet, or even during childbirth!
Hamentaschen
Homemade Traditional Corned Beef
Borscht: An Easy & Delightful Way to "Beet" the Doldrums of Winter
Borscht: Enjoying Summer in the Dead of Winter
Cranberry-Orange Sourdough Muffins
Maple Roasted Yams with Cranberries and Orange

Appetizers

Swedish Meatballs: simple decadence at its best!
Swedish Meatballs with Lingonberry Sauce
These SWEET chickpea-based dips will not only provide excellent protein and minerals, but will delight the tastebuds of pretty much anyone
3 Irresistible Healthy Holiday Dips for Kids of All Ages