Side Dish Recipes

My favorite healthy, real food side dishes & recipes for busy families can be found below. All recipes are grain-free, dairy optional and kid-approved. Need help meal planning? Check out my meal planning service!

  • Coconut Cream Concentrate Recipe

    Coconut Cream Concentrate Recipe

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    Coconut cream concentrate (also sometimes called coconut butter) is an incredibly tasty and filling way to get in your healthy fats from coconut! In essence, coconut cream concentrate or coconut…

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  • Healthy Onion Rings Recipe

    Healthy Onion Rings Recipe

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    Often a healthy diet and fried foods seem incompatible, but this doesn’t have to be the case. When using quality ingredients and oils that are safe to use at high…

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  • Easy Eggplant Parmesan Recipe

    Easy Eggplant Parmesan Recipe

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    Since my husband is Italian, I’m always looking for healthy versions of Italian dishes that he likes. Some favorites so far have been one-pan spaghetti over cabbage noodles, zucchini lasagna…

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  • Rice Free Sushi Recipe

    Rice Free Sushi Recipe

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    I’d been wanting sushi for a while, but hadn’t yet found a way to get it without rice. As I’ve found with many things, if you want a healthy option,…

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  • Caprese Salad Recipe

    Caprese Salad Recipe

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    This is one of my favorite simple salad recipes. My husband is Italian, and therefore likes all food that comes from “The Boot”. This tomato, basil, and mozzarella Caprese salad…

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  • Broccoli Slaw Recipe

    Broccoli Slaw Recipe

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    One of my earliest childhood memories was peeling broccoli stems. Strange early memory, huh? My dad preferred the stems of broccoli, so my mom would always peel them and chop…

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