![]() ![]() ![]() But, cranberries deserve a more regular role in our everyday meals (and I made a zingy fermented cranberry salsa for “ Kitchen“) and a more prominent spot on the holiday table. And sadly, too many folks reserve it only for Thanksgiving side dishes and the occasional UTI. ![]() Rose Hip & Cranberry Curd | Making Sour Foods SweetĬranberries will make you pucker. This low carb and keto friendly recipe can also EASILY be converted to a traditional sweetener like cane sugar (I will have both variation in the recipe card below). With the rose hip and cranberry curd tart (inspired by my friend Lindsey at All the Nourishing Things) in a nutty gluten-free tart shell. Could I craft a dessert that was actually lick the plate good and even tick some of the “food as medicine” boxes. While I can out vegetable, healthy fats, and lean protein most folks any day of the week, a healthy, no added sugar, low carb dessert that doesn’t taste of chemicals has been sorely missed when my sweet tooth strikes. Squeezing long country walks and foraging hikes into my overloaded schedule and cutting calories and carbs like a hairdresser attacks split ends. Being a bit vulnerable here in the hopes that I make others feel less guilty about letting “life” happen. Yeah, I am not blind to the irony of writing a book based on healthy food choices while my own waistline expanded a bit beyond my ideal weight range. The fact is, I went from an active everyday working farm girl to a fairly sedentary, middle aged writer - practically overnight. I developed and tested over 75 recipes to write The Herbalist’s Healing Kitchen (and being the frugal farm girl I am, they didn’t go to waste, they went to my waist). Then, I hit the big 4-0 and my metabolism started playing hide and seek. And the fact is, once I signed my first book contract, gone were the days of milking a cow or cow(s) twice a day, hauling feed, tossing hay, pulling weeds, scraping paint, sanding floors, and generally maintaining the homestead. Just because you know better, doesn’t mean you always do better. We fall victim to inactivity, indulgences and stress at the same rate as the general population. Parts of my body that were once firm are a wee bit squishy and my Levi’s have been relegated to the dresser drawer for the rare “skinny” day. Months were spent tied to a computer screen and relying, in part, on my husband, our kids (yep, our kids have real chores) and the occasional hired (gasp!) help to get tasks done around the farm and the endless list of home improvements. I am finding myself a good 15 or so pounds above my fighting weight. Writing, photographing, editing and launching two books in one year and finding myself positively swimming in work has hasn’t been kind to my waistline. Sweetened with either cane sugar or all-natural erythritol, this tart can be as healthy or as sinful as you like! Cranberry curd tart free#Do you want to enjoy all the season and wildcrafted flavors but are fighting a bulging waistline and stubborn scale? This rose hip and cranberry curd tart in a nutty gluten free tart shell is just the dessert for your holiday table. ![]()
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