It's that time of year again. Ahhh I love it. Softly falling snow, weekend baking, spiced gingerbread wafting through the air, friends and family gathering for laughs and hugs. It can also be the time of year when the most colorful thing on your plate are the red and green sprinkles on your sugar cookies. … Continue reading Winter Wheat Berry Salad
I hope you all haven't gotten burnt out on pumpkin yet, because I've included it in today's yummy recipe. Along with some other unusual ingredients. Lentils in a baked oatmeal cup? Yes I did. Red lentils, to be precise. You see I was brainstorming ways to boost the protein and practical fill-me-up potential of a … Continue reading Pumpkin Oatmeal Lentil Cups
This week marked a first for me in kitchen experiments. I baked my very first loaf of homemade bread, from scratch (i.e. no bread maker!). There was a lot of kneading (making bread is a full body workout, ya'll), a lot of waiting, some serious through-the-oven-door watching, and then a whole bunch more impatient waiting. … Continue reading The Best Homemade Almond Butter
It's a good day! Today I'm sharing 15 of my most popular vegan pumpkin recipes! Not only are they delicious, they are healthy to boot. You're not going to find refined sugar or flour on this list, and all recipes are egg-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free or have a gluten free option. Several are also grain-free … Continue reading 15 Healthy Pumpkin Recipes
Today is officially the first day of summer, and boy, oh boy do I have the recipe to celebrate it! The cold brew technique is combined with creamy coconut milk to create the most delicious and authentically coffee-flavored ice cream. This idea has been brewing (pun intended) since last summer. After seeing how many of … Continue reading Cold Brew Coffee and Coconut Milk Ice Cream
Little known fact about me: I love rummaging around in my kitchen, mixing up random ingredients, and then smearing them all over my hair and face... just to see what happens. Sometimes the results are worth the enormous mess I will inevitably make. Sometimes I end up picking avocado out of my hair for two … Continue reading 3 DIY Banana Face Masks for Glowing Skin
Everybody needs a little time away. I heard her say. From each oootherrrr. Even bloggers need a holiday. Far away, from the blogs that they loooooove. Ok, so I may have changed those lyrics a smidge to suit my needs, but Peter Cetera and his power ballad of 1982 articulate my feelings so well. While … Continue reading Healthier Peanut Butter Chocolate Eggs
You might think the worst part about being sick for nearly two weeks was the jackhammer headache, fever complete with cold sweats and chills, sore throat, not being able to breathe air through either nostril, incessant cough, or subsequent laryngitis. You might think so, but you'd be wrong. The worst part about catching the Never-Ending Cold/Flu of … Continue reading Vegan and Grain Free Pumpkin Spice Blondies
Alternative name for this recipe: Easy, Healthy, Rustic, Gluten and Yeast Free Mini Cinnamon Roll Cookies. I know, I know... that title is ridiculous, it doesn't even mention anything about how they're sweetened or if they're nut free or not! The answer to that is naturally, and yes, if you so desire. Also they're oil … Continue reading Mini Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Prior to today's rainy, chilly weather, our fall so far has been a balmy one. Sunny autumn days are lovely, and I'm soaking up every second I can (because I know winter is just around the corner), but this weather has me dreaming about ice cream sundaes instead of baked donuts and cozy quick breads. … Continue reading Vegan Caramel Apple Sundae
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