Homemade Applebutter

It is apple season and I was able to get a huge bag of free apples from a neighbor of a friend of mine! Yay! Apple butter is delicious, it is great to put on some toast or pancakes.

The first step is to make homemade applesauce:

- 8 large apples or a bunch of small ones

- juice of one to two lemons

- 1 teaspoon cinnamon 

- 1 teaspoon vanilla

- 2 Tablespoons sucannat or raw honey

- 3/4 cup water

1. Skin, cut and core the apples

Fried Oatmeal

Sometimes I never know how much oatmeal to make in the mornings. Some days I don't make enough and other days I make way to much. I don't like to waste food, so for those days when I make too much I like to make the boys fried oatmeal. It is easy and a unique tasty way to eat left over oatmeal. This makes a great snack. I happened to have some leftover buckwheat oatmeal that I used to fry up.

Here is what you are going to need:

- leftover oatmeal

- coconut oil or butter

Homemade Sauerkraut

Making sauerkraut is easy and it is a great way to add some probiotics into your diet. If you are wanting to add more lacto-fermented veggies in your diet I think cabbage is the easiest one to start with to make at home. Fermenting the cabbage not only makes it more digestible but it also adds in more nutrients and probiotics. This sauerkraut tastes like pickles and my boys will all eat it, which is a win for me!  This recipe is from the Nourishing Traditions cookbook by Sally Fallon Morrel.

Here is what you are going to need:

- 1 head of cabbage

- 2 tablespoons of salt ( a little less if you have sauerkraut juice)
- 2 tablespoons of caraway seeds (optional)

-  4 tablespoons of sauerkraut juice from a previous batch (if you have it)

- glass jars

Sourdough "Grape Nut" Cereal

One of my favorite foods growing up was cereal.  I used to have it for breakfast and snacks and I ate it a lot during college. A couple of years ago I gave up cereal because most all of the cereals at the grocery store are highly processed, filled with sugar and hard to digest.  Here is a recipe for a healthier cereal option to fill those cereal cravings.

Here is what you are going to need:

- about 2 cups of liquid (i use water but you could use milk)

- 1/2 c sourdough starter
- 3 cups of flour (I use freshly ground whole wheat)
- 1 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt