The Best SAFEST Tinted Sunscreens
Love the sun, but want glowy protection against too much? I've put together The Best SAFEST Tinted Sunscreens so you can get your glow on safely! Click on any of the images to be taken to the product listing... When the warmer months roll around (ok I'm in Florida, who am I kidding)... When the months roll around when we are spending the most time at the beach and outside, I tend to reach … [Read More...]
Garlic Butter Sweet Potato Noodles
I can live without noodles, I really can. Even the littles can live without noodles. But no denying, noodles are nice! This dish satisfies the need for noodles, veggies, main course, side dish, you name it. It’s a feel good meal you can make as is or even top with my crockpot spaghetti sauce for a hearty…
Paleo Piggies
Apparently in the real world I have to make things other than soup and chocolate rooted treats; major bummer for me. But these little paleo piggies in a blanket got a ‘thumbs up’ from all three littles who left but not a crumb on the plate, much to the dog’s disappointment. If you are newer…
Everything Soup
Fall and winter are synonymous with soup season as far as I am concerned. Warming, hearty, filling, and healthy – what better way to combat seasonal illnesses and hunger all in one lovely bowl! This is my everything soup which packs tons of veggies, grass fed meat, in a delicious broth. Ingredients: 1 pound ground grass…
Grain Free Yumola Granola
Grain Free Yumola Granola Cereal is one of those treats that is still easy to obtain when eating gluten free but becomes much harder when giving up grain. This delicious grain free, sugar free granola is packed with flavor and is just as satisfying (if not more) as any of its boxed counterparts. Ingredients: 1…
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins In the name of Fall, here is another delicious pumpkin morsel! Baking just seems like the right thing to do when the temperatures drop, but finding tasty treats of high quality is always the name of the game. When your two year old keeps requesting more, more, more, you know you’ve…
Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
You may have noticed how few posts have been happening here lately, but there is a good reason…I. Have. No. Kitchen! But after seeing that I got a few hundred hits today that make me feel like I need to post something and stat! So without further ado, here is a lil somethin’ I baked…
Grain Free Tempura Zucchini
Be excited, be very excited – grain free tempura is here! This recipe reminds me of two tasty childhood memories. First I am a huge fan of tempura shrimp and veggies at hibachi steak houses. I haven’t been able to eat them in years but omg the deliciousness is out of control. I love everything…
Dairy Free Creamy Mushroom Soup
Dairy Free Creamy Mushroom Soup I have always said I would love opening a soup shop – a lunch spot with daily offerings where lovers of soup can unite and dine! I would have a set number of soups made each day and once they are served, they are gone for the day. I’d love…
plantain cake ‘tostada’ bites
as they say, you can take the girl outta texas…. and tex-mex really is something that cannot be leached from my bones. so here are some tasty little bites that will satisfy a tex-mex craving without adding unnecessary grain or dairy. taco meat: 1 pound organic grass fed ground beef 1 onion diced 3/4 pouch…
‘Lala’ Truffles
‘Lala’ Truffles These are a combination between Lara bars, truffles, girl scout samoa cookies, and the best healthy food you ever ate! Thanks to my mom, the girl scouts, and the price of Lara bars for the inspiration. My kids were literally fighting over them as quickly as i could roll them and the batch…
fun friday: bacon wrapped hot dogs on a stick
by friday evenings, i am admittedly a little lazier in the kitchen. for awhile we did friday pizza night and splurged on gluten free pizzas – either homemade or delivered. however, in trying to phase dairy out of the house, i realized we needed another fun friday meal. voila! serve with my simply sweet potato chips or…
honey mustard
did you know that you could actually make honey mustard with… wait for it… honey. and mustard? it’s true! you’d never know it from the side of a bottle of this tasty condiment. easiest dressing ever!ingredients: 4 tablespoons raw local honey 4 tablespoons organic yellow mustard (organic stone ground works too) mix above ingredients until…
haricots vert (aka family’s favorite green beans)
i used to buy one bag of these skinny green beans when i went to the store and inevitably ran out every time i made them. they are good enough to make a two-year-old climb across the table to steal them off my plate…true story. so i started buying TWO batches in order to accommodate…
Naturally “Not-tella” (Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Spread)
We all love Nutella, let’s admit! But when the first ingredient is sugar and the last is vanillin (artificial vanilla flavor derived from processed wood pulp), it’s not exactly health food. I tried convincing myself it just had a few ingredients but really, I was a liar. To myself. And as much as my kids…