Natural Chow

Easy Homemade Lemonade

June 9, 2014 by Margaret Anne 3 Comments

There’s nothing quite as refreshing as a nice, cool glass of homemade lemonade on a hot summer day. And I think you know what I mean. Lemonade brings back memories for me. Memories of squeezing lemon after lemon after lemon and accidentally pouring in too much sugar too many times to count. And mom saying you can only have one glass of lemonade and after that you have to have water with your dinner. After all these years of drinking lemonade made with real lemons, when I drink lemonade made of powder or bottled lemon juice at a relative’s house, I can really taste the difference. Sure, making lemonade out of the over-sweetened lemonade powder is inexpensive, but when it comes to taste and quality, the proof is in the pudding. You can’t convince me that there’s anything better than homemade lemonade made from real (organic) lemons!

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Easy Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

June 7, 2014 by Margaret Anne 5 Comments

I am not one to eat meat on a regular basis. In fact, we use meat sparingly in my house, partly due to how expensive the meat we buy is, and also because we don’t feel it necessary to eat large amount of meat. But occasionally, we’ll splurge and have ourselves a meat-based meal. Case in point: this pulled pork. Now, I’ve only had pulled pork a few times during my years, but I remember it being one of the best things I have even eaten. So, naturally, when we purchased some pork shoulder last week, my first thought was pulled pork.

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Colorful Summer Squash Salad

June 3, 2014 by Margaret Anne 45 Comments

There’s nothing that gets me in the summer mood like a beautiful summer squash salad. I love making simple meals in the summertime that don’t heat up the house, and I’m pretty sure I’m not alone on that. This colorful summer squash salad is great for those you have to eat gluten-free diets because there are no noodle in it. Although they may look like noodles, they’re actually thin strips of zucchini and squash! Cool, huh? The best part is that this simple summer dish will stun your friends when they see how beautiful and colorful this salad really is.

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30+ Healthy Gluten Free Snack Ideas

May 28, 2014 by Margaret Anne 8 Comments

If you snack as much as I do, you know how things are when you don’t get food in your belly when you need it. Since no one in my family has a sensitivity to gluten, we’re able to eat just about everything that doesn’t include tree nuts.

But I came to the realization yesterday that not everyone can eat any kind of snack. I’m talking about the people who have auto-immune diseases, celiac disease, and other things keeping them from consuming gluten.

So today I am sharing with you 30+ gluten free snack ideas that are sure to please your snacking cravings.

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Cheese Blintzes with Homemade Blackberry Syrup

May 26, 2014 by Margaret Anne 12 Comments

I know summer officially starts on June 21^st, but around here, it already seems like the perfect time to take a trip to the beach, have a cookout, and just smell the sweet summer air. One of my favorite things about summer though is the food! And these cheese blintzes made our memorial day breakfast something amazingly special, even though they weren’t hard to make at all.

When I was first thinking about making cheese blintzes yesterday, I really thought that it was going to be terribly complicated and I sensed that I might screw something up here and there. But actually, it was so super simple and I was able to make an extra special breakfast for my family without messing up once.

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