You know you bought an all natural peanut butter when you have a layer of oil at the top and then the peanut butter on the bottom. Ever try mixing that oil back into the peanut butter? It is a pain and usually half the oil is spilled out of the container and then by…
Dark Chocolate Avocado Cookies
My youngest, Ayla, turned two in December and with that came a personality change with her taste buds. I thought I had done it all right because my older two children will eat anything you put in front of them. I made all her baby food, fed her organic produce, breast fed her until she…
Spicy Chilpotle Black Bean Salad
A few weeks ago my husband went on a business trip, and while on a jog near his hotel he found a little organic grocery store. He bought his usual staples of humus, fresh fruit and vegetables, but he also bought some salad from their food bar. It was so good he wrote down the…
DIY Valentine’s Day Chocolate Box
Today is Valentine’s Day do you have something special for your someone special? If not I have this easy DIY Valentine’s Day chocolate box gift sure to titillate your love. My girls and I love chocolate so much we got creative in the kitchen and created a box completely made out of chocolate. My girls…
Healthy Baked Fajitas
Fajitas Done Perfectly Healthy baked fajitas are a family favorite around here. I like this meal because it is super easy to prepare and makes my kitchen smell like you are in a gourmet Mexican restaurant. You can serve these fajitas over brown or white rice, chips or eat them in a tortilla. We…
How to Make Snow Ice Cream
When I was a kid my dad would take me and my sisters up to the mountains to go sledding. It was a blast whipping down the mountain side in our bright red and blue sleds. I love snow and for me snow is not just for making snowmen, throwing snowballs, or sledding. Snow is…
The Best Gluten Free Pizza Crust
One of the things I felt devastated about when my family took the gluten free journey was the thought of never again having pizza. Every Saturday night was pizza night with our kids, along with apple slices and a big glass of water. It is one of my favorite comfort foods and was something I…
Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie with Streusel Topping
When my son Tristan was a baby we went over to my husband’s professor’s house for their Thanksgiving dinner. Their home sat on several acres with a barn, a green house, and a couple of ponds. It was beautiful at their home in the country in North Carolina. The house was a quaint old two-story…
Gluten Free Pumpkin Cheesecake Swirl Brownies
I love this time of year and this past week my kids and I took a field trip to a pumpkin farm. We were with a local group of other homeschoolers and it was fun to see my children so excited about pumpkins. They had a hay bale maze set up with ladders, and slides…
Gluten Free Apple Chunk Cinnamon Muffins
As a mother, one of my goals is to raise fabulous little cooks and bakers so when they leave the nest they can create healthy and delicious meals. I grew up watching my mom and dad drive through the drive through, but I never learned how to cook. Cooking and baking is a fun event…