Benjamin’s Breakfast on a Healing Diet
Tara Carpenter, NC.
Nutrition Consultant helping people heal with therapeutic nutrition.
Originally published on January 29, 2013.
My son woke one Saturday morning and asked to prepare breakfast. With the weekend here and our typical daily grind at a welcomed halt, I happily accepted his offer from the comfort of my warm, cozy bed 🙂
When I first started to heal myself from a systemic yeast infection in 2010, I used a therapeutic way of eating called The Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.) and was pleased to find that my boys, then ages 3 and 8, wanted to follow momma in suit. As a Holistic Nutritionist, my kids were immersed in the world of natural healing using food as medicine from the time they were born. Every day they watched and helped me make butter, young coconut kefir, and unsalted cultured vegetables.
This particular Saturday, I busied myself with chopping vegetables for a supper casserole, while quietly watching Benjamin move about the kitchen with grace and ease; speaking aloud to himself, pulling out assorted dishes of food from the refrigerator. Other then asking me for help with turning on the gas burners, he did everything himself. He decided on the menu, cleaned the pots he needed and used, and cut a head of cabbage with my Japanese cleaver. At one point I asked if I could add some oil to his hot skillet and he motioned me away saying “I can man this kitchen, Mom.”
Less than an hour later, with his hungry mom and little brother waiting patiently at the table, Benjamin laid out an amazingly beautifully well-rounded breakfast that was also ‘gluten, yeast, sugar free’! I loved seeing what he has picked up from simply being near me in the kitchen all these years as I go about preparing our day-to-day food. Move over mama, another cook is clearly in the house 🙂
Ben’s Saturday Breakfast Menu:
- Millet Porridge with Cinnamon-Stevia Sprinkles
- Sauteed Green Beans & Onions
- Flax Seed Pancakes
- Roasted Delicata Squash
- Steamed Cabbage
- Homemade Dill Pickles
May all bellies be happy!
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5 replies on “Benjamin’s Breakfast on a Healing Diet”
We do not have that one written down nor have I ever made it but I believe he put in there soaked flax seeds with Herbamore, diced scallions and hmmm I think that is it. I have also seen him use an egg yolk and some raw grated goat cheese in there too 🙂
You guys are so sweet! Yes, a cookbook for kids (Happy Bellies for Kids!!) is in the works as are many other projects at the moment 🙂 My son and I love to cook together and now that he is reading and writing can write his recipes down on his own. We will keep everyone in the loop!!
Wow! Tara sounds like your doing a great job raising your son. He sounds smart, confident, thoughtful and even health conscious.
Ben, I agree with Shirley. Would love to make your breakfast dishes or buy a B.E.D. inspired kids recipe book. Your a great example to kids and adults alike trying to live a healthier lifestyle.
That is awesome! I agree with Shirley: could we see the flax pancakes recipe? Looks like a delicious breakfast.
Oh, please, Ben. Would you write up your recipes? I’d LOVE to make your breakfast! I think I can figure out how to do everything except the flax seed pancakes. Would you write up that one?