Category Archives: Soy-Free
Banana Oat Muffins
Seems I’m on a muffin kick lately! These are based of the last muffins I made and of course, this original, “Hope for Healing” recipe. I got the idea after trying them (see my last post) and decided to try it today. The result was wonderful! I did add the spices this time and …
Easy, Homemade Nut Butter
Making your own homemade nut butter isn’t as hard as you might think. And it can save you money, and save you in a pinch when you run out and need a small amount. It only requires two things: nuts and a food processor. I have this one and bought it at Wal-mart for …
Recipe Review: Fluffy Nut Butter
Fluffy peanut butter and carrot sticks…yum! This is a great way to make nut butter less calories and also make it last longer…doubling the amount of nut butter…so it’s frugal too. I’m going to quote Chef Rachel’s recipe here but feel free to see it on her site here: “Fluffy Nut Butter Prep: …
Recipe Review: An Illustrated Review of HH’s Oatmeal Raisin Smoothie
I saw this recipe via Happy Herbivore the other day, and decided, I needed to try it out. Oatmeal Cookies for breakfast? Count me in! And amazingly, these are the only ingredients you need…so it’s super frugal and nutritious. 2 frozen bananas….. 1/2 t. cinnamon, 1 T. raisins…….1/4 c. oats………………………and 1/4 …
My Version of Comfy Belly’s Homemade Fudge Pops
This is my version Comfy Belly’s Fudge Popsicles. I did change it up a bit so I wrote what I did and left it as it originally was where I didn’t change it. Ingredients (makes about 7-8 small pops) 1-3/4 cup lite coconut milk (This time I used my first attempt at coconut milk yogurt—that …
Recipe Review: Stephanie’s Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins (GF,DF, vegan) + naturally sweetened
Who doesn’t love muffins? Seriously, I haven’t meet many people who don’t. Personally, I love them! I tried these lovely ones out from Stephanie’s Hope For Healing Blog. She also blogs GF, dairy-free, sugar-free (and soy-free) and personally I love her site. I saw this muffin recipe last night and knew I couldn’t …
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
‘Tis the season for….Strawberries…….and if you’re like me……chocolate is always in season too. I rescued these babies from a party I went to where they were having fondue. “I’ll take them plain”, I said (well, even if I didn’t say it, that’s what I did.) The chocolate fondue looked so inviting… “One tiny …
Strawberry Jam
Don’t you just love strawberries? I do. This is a picture I took of a few of the lovely jewels from the pick-it-yourself farm. Sweet. Vibrant. Little. Jewels. Delicious. Mom was making freezer jam with most of these. I wanted to make some that I could have…….. And I’m so glad I did. …
Funny Face Salad
(My funny face: tomatoes, eggs,and turkey). BB’s (carrot “hair”,cheese, cucumber, tomato, ham) Here’s a simple, frugal, nourishing meal. Funny Face Salad BB (Baby Brother) loves salad, vegetables, and fruit! (Although he also loves cookies, etc.) but, hey, we are happy that he loves good stuff too. And who doesn’t …
Recipe Review: Ali and Tom’s Thai Coconut Fish Sticks and Peanut Dipping Sauce
I’m sure most of you are familiar with Ali and Tom from The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen. They always have the greatest recipes for those with food allergies and I love reading their posts. I’d been dying to make these since the day I saw the recipe here and finally did. They were so good! …
