Healthy Cookie Dough Dip Recipe

Love is… a big bowl of chocolate chip cookie dough. At least in my marriage. (Well, after a clean house, that is… and uhm, in case you were wondering the state of my cleaning challenge, it failed abysmally… 9 months pregnant wasn’t the best time to attempt to change life long habits, especially since I’m […]

Hearth and Soul Blog Hop

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Hearth and Soul Blog Hop, where each week, cooks from around the globe share their most delicious, nourishing, and heart warming recipes. The cooking carnival where you come to share your best kept cooking secrets, those recipes with the magic ingredient in it called “Soul Spice”-  the made […]

Great Gluten Free Whole Grain Bread

I’ve never been a bread eater. In fact, there’s a picture of me at my wedding holding the ceremonial loaf of bread that I was supposed to eat, and pulling a face, because I DID. NOT. WANT to have to eat that bread. I didn’t like bread!! (I wonder, if maybe, my body was subconsciously […]

Hearth and Soul Blog Hop

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Hearth and Soul Blog Hop, where each week, cooks from around the globe share their mos+t delicious, nourishing, and heart warming recipes. The cooking carnival where you come to share your best kept cooking secrets, those recipes with the magic ingredient in it called “Soul Spice”-  the made […]

Mock Tuna Salad Recipe (Chickpea Based)

I wish I could take credit for this really awesome recipe, but I can’t. My friend, Debbie, knowing about my site, my love of cooking, and my love of delicious frugal recipes, as well as my recommendation to use legumes as a frugal protein source thought I’d like this recipe, and she hit the nail […]

Hearth and Soul Blog Hop

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Hearth and Soul Blog Hop, where each week, cooks from around the globe share their mos+t delicious, nourishing, and heart warming recipes. The cooking carnival where you come to share your best kept cooking secrets, those recipes with the magic ingredient in it called “Soul Spice”-  the made […]

Making and Using Homemade Royal Icing (Chemical Free) to Decorate Cookies

We just had a lovely party in honor of our baby, Anneliese, on Saturday. (We don’t do baby showers- we welcome babies into the world only after they arrive all the way.) I wanted to make some cute cookies, girly themed (after 2 boys, I’m bringing out the pink full force) to serve at the […]

Homemade Beet Food Coloring Recipe

Food coloring is banned in my house. Or rather, it isn’t… We do have food coloring in out house, its just used to print things in our printer. No, seriously. (See here how we fill our ink cartridges with food coloring.) Whether or not the FDA approves of food coloring’s safety makes no difference to […]

Crazy Cheap and Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe

No, this cake ain’t healthy, nor is it gluten free or sugar free, but it’s got something going for it- its cheap and its easy and its vegan and it doesn’t use any ingredients that are hard to find and it’s ultra easy to make. Pretty much its a good desert to make if you […]

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

This is a terrific peanut butter cookie recipe, both for people on a gluten free diet and those not, as it doesn’t call for any specialty flours or specialty ingredients. Its also pretty easy to prepare. No, it’s not sugar free or particularly healthy, but it at least is healthier than store bought cookies with […]