A Clean Bake

Apple Cinnamon Walnut Butter (Gluten Free, Paleo, and Vegan)

If you love peanut butter and almond butter, you have to try walnut butter! This homemade walnut butter recipe requires just a few ingredients and a food processor or high speed blender. Dried apples and a generous sprinkle of cinnamon make every bite taste like fall! Walnut butter is gluten free, paleo, vegan, and full of heart-healthy fats.    For as much as I enjoy peanut butter, and appreciate almond butter, and tolerate cashew butter, it's really important that we all ... Read More about Apple Cinnamon Walnut Butter (Gluten Free, Paleo, and Vegan)

My Gluten Protocol: The Three Things That Work For Me When I’ve Been “Glutened”

I got "glutened" last week. If you're new to this gluten allergy/intolerance world, when one has been glutened it is shorthand for when someone with a gluten intolerance accidentally eats gluten and suffers the consequences. For the first time in nearly two years, I ate something that caused a bad inflammatory reaction which, for me, means I accidentally consumed something containing either gluten or one of the other whole grains or compounds (most of which, honestly, I am still trying ... Read More about My Gluten Protocol: The Three Things That Work For Me When I’ve Been “Glutened”

Blueberry Crumb Cake (Gluten Free, Paleo, and Dairy Free)

This paleo blueberry crumb cake is so easy to make with just a couple of bowls and a whisk. The result is a moist, dense cake, studded with juicy blueberries that you just can't get enough of! The gluten free, dairy free, and paleo cake pairs perfectly with coffee or ice cream - so you can make it for a party, or just for a weekend breakfast.  There is a school of thought that insists that summer is over after Labor Day but it seems to me that as long as plump, ripe blueberries are ... Read More about Blueberry Crumb Cake (Gluten Free, Paleo, and Dairy Free)

Raspberry Nectarine Crisp (Gluten Free, Vegan, and Paleo)

Raspberry nectarine crisp is a perfect grain free way to celebrate peak summer fruit! It's a simple gluten free, paleo, and vegan dessert that is simple enough for a weeknight, and elegantly rustic enough for an outdoor dinner party. Plus, you can make it ahead of time! Top with a scoop of your favorite ice cream and dig into the dessert of the summer.  If you've ever met a more under-appreciated summer fruit than the nectarine, particularly in dessert, then I feel for that fruit. ... Read More about Raspberry Nectarine Crisp (Gluten Free, Vegan, and Paleo)

Special Occasion Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

If you're tempted to buy your frosting in a can, try this easy homemade chocolate buttercream frosting instead. You won't believe how much better it is! Although, unlike any other recipe on the site, this recipe contains powdered (cane) sugar, there is much less than in your standard chocolate buttercream frosting recipe, which yields a richer, chocolatier flavor without compromising on smooth and decadent texture. This frosting certainly isn't an everyday recipe, but is sure to make your ... Read More about Special Occasion Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Paleo Baking Basics: Almond Meal vs Almond Flour (and How To Make Almond Flour at Home)

In this, the second installment of the Paleo Baking Basics series, we're picking up where we left off last time, and talking more about almond flour, including how to distinguish almond meal vs almond flour, and how to make almond flour at home. One of the most common ingredient questions I hear is whether you can substitute almond meal and almond flour for one another.  The short answer is yes - but there's more to the story. Almond meal and almond flour are two labels for gluten free ... Read More about Paleo Baking Basics: Almond Meal vs Almond Flour (and How To Make Almond Flour at Home)

Quick Apricot Jam with Chia Seeds

This quick and easy apricot jam only takes about 10 minutes to make. It's naturally sweetened and thickened with chia seeds. With such a pure apricot flavor, you won't be able to stop eating it! There's a magical window of time in the summer in which produce is so cheap, and so abundant, that you have to scramble to use it up in every way you can think of, before it goes bad. Because - particularly when you live in a place that is borderline-uninhabitably-cold for 9 months of the year - it ... Read More about Quick Apricot Jam with Chia Seeds

Paleo Rhubarb Coffee Cake

Rhubarb coffee cake combines the dense, slightly sweet, breakfast cake with summer's most underrated vegetable (yes, vegetable!). This rhubarb coffee cake comes together with a couple of bowls and spoons, and bakes up into a streusel-topped, naturally-sweetened treat you won't be able to get enough of.  If you think about it, rhubarb is the strangest ingredient: it tastes terrible when it's raw - bitter, tough, and terribly fibrous - and any recipe that calls for cooking with it goes to ... Read More about Paleo Rhubarb Coffee Cake

Death By Paleo Chocolate Cake

Stop what you're doing and bookmark this recipe, because it is the only paleo chocolate cake recipe you'll ever need! It's easy to make - no mixers or special equipment required - and produces a surprisingly light, moist, just-sweet-enough dark chocolate cake with a nice spring and a tight crumb. All the taste testers loved it, and many of them didn't even know it wasn't a "regular" cake! I've teased you with this recipe so many times over the last six months... ...First, when I made ... Read More about Death By Paleo Chocolate Cake

Homemade Gluten Free Tortilla Chips

Once you've tasted homemade, restaurant-style gluten free tortilla chips, you'll never reach for a store-bought chip again! These chips are sturdy and crisp, ideal for dunking, and salted to perfection. Plus, they are baked, not fried! One of the best ways to impress party guests - whether you're attending a Superbowl party or hosting a barbecue - is to bring a big platter of homemade gluten free tortilla chips cozying up to a vat of homemade guacamole. This is one of my best ... Read More about Homemade Gluten Free Tortilla Chips