Lentil Meatballs Recipe- Vegan, Gluten Free, Grain Free, GAPS Legal
We’ve been eating more meat and animal proteins lately than my pocketbook would like to ideally, the reason being that as my husband is avoiding grains, and my kids decided they don’t like beans or lentils, and my not eating eggs or dairy, its hard to find foods that I can serve everyone. This meal […]
Quinoa Sushi Recipe- and How to Roll Sushi With No Sushi Mat
When I was a kid, if you ate sushi, you were either weird, or very worldly. Today, though, it seems everyone eats sushi- sushi is popping up in the strangest of places- in the grocery store, in pizza stores, in Italian restaurants, in steakhouses… And since people want their sushi, but want to be healthy […]
Kohlrabi Coleslaw Recipe and Vegan Healthy Coleslaw Recipe
In April, warmer weather starts, and I begin switching my foods and menus from hearty warming winter stews and soups to lighter and refreshing summery salads and chilled vegetables. Coleslaw is one of the standard summery salads, popular at barbecues, picnics, etc… But for people like myself, health oriented and with food sensitivities, the standard […]
Waldorf Salad Recipe- Vegan, Refined Sugar Free Options
You know those days when you’re just sooooo productive, but by the end of it, you realize you forgot to do some important things and you feel ready to collapse? Well, today was one of those days. I did mountains of laundry, mountains of dishes, did a decent amount of homeschooling work with the boys, […]
How to Make Quinoa More Digestible for Irritable/Fussy Stomachs
Quinoa sushi- I can now eat it no problem! For a long time after going gluten free, I stayed away from quinoa, because I found it bothered my stomach a lot! Cramping pain that made me want to double over, the works. People recommended to me that I rinse my quinoa before cooking it. I […]
Menu Plan Monday- In Retrospect- Our Camping Menu, etc…
It’s been a while since I last shared a menu plan, and I’m sure some of you are just dying to know what we ate this past week, being as we were camping and all… 😉 This week was far from a typical week for us food-wise, as my husband is on his special seasonal […]
Cauliflower Popcorn Recipe- Spiced Roasted Cauliflower, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Refined Sugar Free, Vegan
I’m very short on time today, so I’ll leave you with a really yummy recipe for cauliflower- suitable for every diet I can think of. Its my favorite way to make cauliflower, and my kids gobble it up. I got the basic idea and the name from a bunch of friends that make this similar, […]
Quinoa Craisin Spice Cookies Recipe- Allergy Friendly, Vegan, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Nut Free, Refined Sugar Free
I had a bunch of cooked, unspiced quinoa sitting in my house, demanding I use it up creatively. Since we were running low on healthy snacks and I’d wanted to make cookies of some sort, I figured that I’d try and experiment to make quinoa based cookies. Not with quinoa flour like I’ve seen in […]
Eggplant Roll Ups Recipe- Asian Style- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Vegan, Refined Sugar Free, GAPS/Paleo/Primal Legal
I never will tire about talking about how frugal food does not need to mean bad food. I love proving to people that you can have fancy food on a minimal budget, especially when I have company. We recently had a special dinner with extended family, and one of my many contributions was these Asian […]
Homemade Grain Free Teriyaki Sauce Recipe/Soy Sauce Replacement- Refined Sugar Free, Soy Free, GAPS/SCD/Paleo/Primal Legal
Ok, if there’s one question I’ve been asked repeatedly on this site, it was the result of my homemade soy sauce experiment. It’s a little hard for me to admit failure, especially after posting my experiment on my blog… but here it is. My experiment failed. I never bothered tasting it, because after sitting in […]
