Around here, sweet potatoes are a staple. I eat them almost every day, and my husband and my son don’t mind them every once in awhile. My daughter, however, has not embraced the sweet potato in the same way. In fact, she insists she hates them. Whatever. More for me. White potatoes are one of [...]
Every once in awhile, I kinda miss bread, and rather than wreck my gut by indulging in actual wheat filled bread, I’d rather try and come up with an alternative that helps me get through those days where I want some bread but without affecting my body in a negative way. I have been trying [...]
Around here, grab-n-go foods are important. They provide us with options when we are out and about – because they feed our hunger and keep us from stopping for fast food. Grab-n-go foods are also important when we get up late and don’t want to skip breakfast, and (often more importantly), my kids like them. [...]
Have you ever had a Larabar? I really do love them but for reasons unimportant to this recipe, I don’t buy them anymore. But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy them, and frankly they taste much better made from scratch. So I decided to make homemade Larabars. My daughter wanted them to be round, you [...]
Our organic lifestyle My family and I have been on a mostly organic diet for over a year now. Removing artificial ingredients and preservatives from our diets have gone a long way towards improving our health and making us feel better. Combine organic foods with clean eating and I cook more from scratch and I [...]
Every once in awhile I try something different for breakfast. I had seen people making these muffin tin “cups” with bread and eggs and such and they looked really good. Well I had 2 issues the other day. First, I was out of bread. Second, I try to be gluten-free as much as possible. The [...]
As I experiment with gluten-free baking, I know one thing for sure…I do not want to use additives like xanthan gum in order to create a yummy treat. So I play. And sometimes it comes out not half bad. This time I took a clean brownie recipe and made it gluten-free and sugar-free. Normally I [...]
In my quest to make as much as I can for my family from scratch, I have been looking for granola bar options that are gluten-free and easy to make. I also had an itch to make something with pumpkin. As far as on-hand ingredients go when you aim to have a gluten-free treat, oatmeal [...]
