Category Archives: Snacks

Single Serving Funnel Cake

Funnel cake topped with powdered coconut sugar.            Funnel Cake! When was the last time you had some of that? Or have you have you ever had it? It is very good. What is it? Similar to a doughnut, funnel cake is a batter that is “funneled” or poured through a funnel into hot oil. …

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Mom’s Applesauce Muffins

My gluten-free version (also sans raisins) What do you eat on a cold, fall morning? Muffins! What do you eat on a chilly night? I served this warming turkey noodle soup last night with these applesauce muffins. Soup and muffins!  Muffins are great anytime of day. One of my absolute favorite muffins that my mom …

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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 …

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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   …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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My First “Sweet Milk” Muffins! :)-

      Don’t these babies look good?! Mmm..I wanted to reach out and grab them! Never fear, I won’t (literally make them and grab one) because they are not allowed on my elimination diet (yet.) But, I’ve been meaning to post for a while and thought it was about time I did! 🙂 This is a …

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