A Clean Bake

Grain Free and Gluten Free Zucchini Cake

This gluten-free zucchini cake is moist, dense, and smothered in cream cheese frosting. Sweetened with maple sugar, it's a delicious grain- and gluten-free cake you'll want to stick a fork into.  While, on the surface, I have no business continuing to post zucchini recipes when we are clearly entering pumpkin season, I am clinging to three important justifications for my maverick behavior: I'm still getting zucchini in my Imperfect Produce box, and I've seen pretty ... Read More about Grain Free and Gluten Free Zucchini Cake

Easy Paleo and Gluten-Free Pizza Crust

This easy paleo pizza crust recipe is one I spent over a year perfecting. The gluten-free crust makes a perfect base to your favorite pizza, and happens to be yeast-free, dairy-free, grain-free, and paleo diet-friendly. Top it with all your favorite toppings for a dinner your entire family will enjoy.  I say this with caution, but I think I finally entered the "radical acceptance" stage of quarantine. While I'm still trying to balance a full-time job, having a toddler home at all ... Read More about Easy Paleo and Gluten-Free Pizza Crust

Easy 5-Ingredient Homemade Pizza Sauce

This homemade pizza sauce is made with ingredients you'll already find in your pantry, including crushed tomatoes and Italian herbs and spices. This pizza sauce is gluten-free, sugar-free, vegan, and paleo-friendly. Enjoy it with a grain-free homemade pizza crust and your favorite toppings for your next family pizza night.  Oh hey, remember me? Your friendly neighborhood grain free dessert chef? Yeah, I imagine some of you are squinting and shaking your heads, because it's been... ... Read More about Easy 5-Ingredient Homemade Pizza Sauce

10 Minute Easy Egg Salad

This is the easiest egg salad recipe you will find on the internet. Made with just five ingredients and four simple steps, this recipe is made from items already stocked in your fridge. All you need is eggs, dijon mustard, mayo, scallions, and salt and pepper for an easy snack or lunch option. Does the internet need another egg salad recipe, let alone another fairly basic one? Am I contributing anything to the greater (food) good here? Probably not, but here we are. Where food blogging ... Read More about 10 Minute Easy Egg Salad

How to Press Tofu (Without a Tofu Press)

If you don't think you like tofu, you're probably just not preparing it right! Knowing how to press tofu the right way is key to achieving successful tofu recipes, and this tutorial will teach you how to do it, without a tofu press. Follow these steps before grilling, baking, or stir-frying tofu.  While many of my recipes are paleo, keto, or low-carb friendly, I don't pretend to subscribe to any one of these diets. In fact, that is how this site started: I had to eliminate a lot of ... Read More about How to Press Tofu (Without a Tofu Press)

20 Easy Recipes Made with Freezer Ingredients

My freezer is, without question, my favorite large kitchen appliance. The joke in my family is that it's genetic: my grandmother, my mom, my aunts, and I all keep fully stocked second freezers at all time. There's a method to our madness. Freezing perishable ingredients, such as meat, veggies, and fruit, is a great way to reduce food waste. It also allows you to stock up on food when it's on sale, or produce picked at peak the peak of its season (potatoes, broccoli, or kale), without ... Read More about 20 Easy Recipes Made with Freezer Ingredients

20 Easy Recipes You Can Make With Pantry Ingredients

What a whirlwind month this has been. I started writing this when I was packing my apartment in the city, and people were still able to, you know, leave their homes. Now, I live in the suburbs, we're becoming accustomed to our entire life being confined to the four walls of our new house, and I can't barely remember a time when "screen time rules" didn't elicit hysterical laughter from every mom I know. Like many of you, I'm sure, the entire state of Illinois is on lockdown - officially the ... Read More about 20 Easy Recipes You Can Make With Pantry Ingredients

106 Quarantine Activities for Toddlers and Young Kids

Phew. It has been a month hasn't it?! I won't pretend anyone is having it easy right now, and there are different categories of "not alright", but let me tell you: if you're a parent, and you're struggling right now, you are not alone. Whether you work or not, having a kid (or more than one) cooped up at home right now is bordering on agony for everyone. Cabin fever, exhaustion, no breaks, and boredom are starting to reach a critical mass.  We are extremely fortunate that ... Read More about 106 Quarantine Activities for Toddlers and Young Kids

How to Move During a Global Pandemic

Well, this is a little off topic, isn't it?  For those who don't follow me on Instagram, here is the background on this post: after selling our condo in December 2018, we have been on the house hunt for about a year. We found our house at the end of last year, but didn't plan to move in until the end of March.  You know, right when the world was turned upside down by Coronavirus, and Illinois was under a shelter in place order?  Yeah. That was fun. But, we pulled it ... Read More about How to Move During a Global Pandemic

How to Freeze Kale

Freezing vegetables is one of the easiest ways to reduce food waste, stretch your grocery bill, and save time. If you’re wondering how to freeze kale (or similar leafy greens like swiss chard, collard greens, or spinach), this post will teach you how, in just a few easy steps.  Well, what a year the first two weeks of 2020 have been. If you follow me on Instagram, you know we’ve been dealing with quite a few toddler sleep issues the past several weeks. I’ve gotten dozens of ... Read More about How to Freeze Kale