The Balanced Kitchen

Time for food. Time for Life.

  • Home
  • Services
    • Family Programs
    • Individual Programs
    • Wrap-Around Coaching
    • Meal Preparation, with a twist
    • Workshops
    • What is Health Coaching?
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • About
    • Policies
  • Blog
  • Recipes
    • Cooking Resources
  • Events
  • Testimonials
  • Contact

Homemade Applesauce

August 18, 2016 By Jessica Braider Leave a Comment

The boys and I are out in Colorado for a few weeks, which means lots and lots of time outside on fun adventures from hiking to visiting farms to riding horses. One of the activities that the boys have been most excited about this trip is apple picking in the horse pasture. And can you blame them? I mean, how cool is it that we get to walk out into a pasture with horses grazing next to us while we pick apples from the trees that have been growing pretty much wildly there for as long as anyone can remember?! We are so unbelievably lucky.

Version 2Version 2Version 2

 

 

 

 

 

The only pitfall is that the apples are quite tart. My 8-year-old will eat them pretty happily, but my 6-year-old has declared them to be too sour. The solution? Applesauce! If you have never made your own applesauce, you are missing out on such an amazing and very easy-to-make treat! Homemade applesauce is so much more flavorful than the store-bought stuff. Every fall I stock up on apples and make huge batches of apple sauce to freeze and then am so disappointed when we have finally run out, usually around February, and I open a jar of the store-bought stuff which barely even tastes like apples! Apple sauce is a go-to for us as a lunchbox staple either on its own or mixed with plain yogurt, when kiddos are sick with colds or stomach bugs and can’t manage eating too much, as the basis for cakes and breads, and even as a side dish on nights when I am making a new meal that I suspect one or both of the kids will have a hard time with. …

Read More »

Filed Under: Dessert, Feeding Kids, Freezer Cooking, Healthy Eating, Lunch Box Food, Sides, Snacks Tagged With: applesauce, Easy, fruit, healthy, homemade, kids, lunchbox food, side, snack

Freezer Breakfast Pockets: A flexible, portable breakfast

October 8, 2015 By Jessica Braider Leave a Comment

We all know the drill. Scrambling to get lunches packed, breakfast eaten, teeth brushed, clothes on, maybe showered. There is a lot to do before leaving the house for work/school in the morning! One of the ways I try to streamline that process for our household is to prepare breakfast foods over the weekend that can go into the freezer to be pulled out throughout the week. Muffins, mini-frittatas, spinach pop-outs, waffles, pancakes, oatmeal, I make them all. But even with all of that variety, my kids have been starting to get a little sick of the offerings. So I wanted to come up with a different option: breakfast pockets.

That’s right. I wanted to come up with homemade hot pockets (a treat I was never allowed to have as a kid, but that’s a story for another post)….

Read More »

Filed Under: Baked Goods, Breakfast, Freezer Cooking, Life Balance Tagged With: black beans, breakfast, broccoli, cheese, egg, homemade, hot pockets

Jessica Braider

Hi! I'm Jessica. I love delicious food that is simple and easy. As a busy mom, I am always on the lookout for ways to make life easier and tastier! Read More…

logo
Food Advertising by
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
logo
Food Advertising by

Blog

  • BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!
  • Zucchini & Eggplant Pie
  • Lessons Learned from Hospital Food
  • Vanilla Mini-Cupcakes with Tangy Chocolate Glaze
  • Grilled Fennel and Red Onion Salad
logo
Food Advertising by

Subscribe

Get my posts delivered directly to your inbox!

logo
Food Advertising by
my healthy aperture gallery
recipe redux

Tags

Beans black beans broccoli carrot cheese chicken cooking corn dessert dried cranberries Easy eggplant eggs family feta food waste fruit greens healthy healthy eating holiday holidays kale kids leftovers mexican oats onion parenting parmesan pizza quick self care snacks soup Spinach stress sweet potato time management tomato Vegetables vegetarian walnuts yogurt zucchini

Copyright © 2019 The Balanced Kitchen · Foodie Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in