High Protein Strawberry Banana Smoothie
Delicious, healthy, and high protein strawberry banana smoothie that kids and adults love! Make it with dairy or alternative yogurt and milk (for dairy free), and use your protein powder of choice. This unbelievably adaptable and easy recipe makes a perfect go-to healthy breakfast or snack! There are some flavors you like from the start, others that you grow up liking, and the rest that you kinda force yourself to like or, in my case, learn to like out of solidarity. I, a card ... Read More about High Protein Strawberry Banana Smoothie
10 Ways to Reduce Food Waste with Babies and Kids
This is a little bit outside of my normal wheelhouse of cooking and baking, but feeding kids a healthy diet is a natural offshoot of feeding adults a healthy diet, wouldn't you say? I originally wrote this for the Imperfect Produce blog, but figured I would share it here, too, in case it helps you! If you're not someone who is responsible for feeding babies and toddlers, feel free to skip this one. One of the hardest adjustments to life with kids - aside from the sleep deprivation - is ... Read More about 10 Ways to Reduce Food Waste with Babies and Kids
Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce
Bolognese sauce is a hearty and filling topping for gluten free pasta or veggie noodles, and now it's easier than ever to make. This simplified recipe is made in the slow cooker, with just 10 minutes or do of hands-on time. Plus, it is naturally gluten free, paleo, and Whole30 compliant! It all started with a meatball. An ultra-moist, slow cooker meatball that I make in my house again and again, and that everyone else who has made them loves. Then someone asked a ... Read More about Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce
Paleo vs Keto: What’s the Difference?
Hearing a lot about the keto diet these days? Probably. I know that it's hard to keep track of all these eating plans, so I have you covered. Read on for a concise explanation of the difference between paleo vs keto, what you can and cannot eat, which health benefits to expect from each diet, and how to decide whether keto or paleo is the better diet for you. With the turning of the new year, you're probably hearing a lot about the paleo diet, the keto diet, and lots of other ... Read More about Paleo vs Keto: What’s the Difference?
Keto and Paleo on a Budget: 10 Indispensable Tricks for Keeping Your Body AND your Wallet Healthy
One of the biggest myths about eating healthy - whether doing a Whole30, following the paleo lifestyle, or diving into the keto diet - is that you can't afford it. While there are certainly a lot of people and resources our there offering handy tricks for keeping your food budget in check, most of their tips rely extremely heavily on grains and legumes for the base of your meals. If you're following the paleo diet or focusing on a low carb/Keto diet, those tips are not very helpful - to say ... Read More about Keto and Paleo on a Budget: 10 Indispensable Tricks for Keeping Your Body AND your Wallet Healthy
Gluten Free and Paleo Beet Blueberry Muffins
These toddler-friendly muffins pack a (small) serving of vegetables, without differing in flavor or texture from a "normal" blueberry muffin. Made from wholesome ingredients and very lightly sweetened, this is a breakfast treat that will please kids and adults alike! I chuckle to myself a little when parents start feeding their babies purees and assume they lucked out and got the easiest kids who will eat anything. Juuuuust wait, I always say to myself. Wait for age ... Read More about Gluten Free and Paleo Beet Blueberry Muffins
How To Make Peanut Butter (or Any Other Nut or Seed Butter) At Home
Learning how to make peanut butter at home is one of the easiest ways to keep healthy staples on hand, and save your budget! Homemade peanut butter is quick and easy, you can control the flavors and nutrition, and all you need to make it, besides peanuts, is a food processor or a high speed blender. Plus, you can use this method to make any other homemade nut butter, like almond butter, tahini, or any other nut or seed butter you want! This peanut butter is naturally gluten free, vegan, and low ... Read More about How To Make Peanut Butter (or Any Other Nut or Seed Butter) At Home
10 Easy and Flexible Paleo Ground Beef Recipes
Healthy eating starts with delicious and easy recipes that are so enjoyable that you don't even notice they are healthy. Start building your repertoire with these 10 paleo ground beef recipes, many of which are meal prep friendly, low carb adaptable, and Whole30 compliant! I'll be the first to admit that I'm not that great at cooking with ground beef. It is one of the most versatile ingredients in my kitchen, and we get a monthly shipment of grass-fed ground beef from Butcherbox, ... Read More about 10 Easy and Flexible Paleo Ground Beef Recipes
Gluten free and Paleo Pecan Bars
Look no further for the perfect finishing touch to your holiday cookie platter! These gluten free and paleo pecan bars are full of flavor and texture, delicately sweet, and beautiful to look at. They're lightly sweetened with dates and molasses and topped with a generous helping of crunchy pecans. Plus, they're fun and easy to make, and a joy to eat! Happy December! What a month it has been, and we're not even halfway through! Typically, the last two months of the ... Read More about Gluten free and Paleo Pecan Bars
Paleo Sweet Potato Spice Bread
Like many of you, I have an abundance of leftover sweet potatoes in my fridge right now, and I wanted to make something else with them besides more roasted sweet potatoes. So, I used them like carrots in this paleo sweet potato spice bread, which makes a delicious, easy, and freezer-friendly gluten free, dairy free, and paleo dessert or breakfast treat! While the rest of the internet is bickering about who makes the best mashed potato sandwich, I'm staying out of the fray. That's ... Read More about Paleo Sweet Potato Spice Bread
My Small Batch, Make-Ahead Paleo Thanksgiving Menu
I made a whole paleo Thanksgiving meal for my family in less than 24 hours! This stress-free menu comes together the day before the holiday, and is finished in just a couple of hours before everyone sits down to eat. This Thanksgiving, my husband, son, and I enjoyed an intimate Thanksgiving at home with just the three (well, four, counting Henry the Cat!) of us. There are many reasons, but it was nice to have a relaxing morning enjoying coffee and pumpkin bread with my parents ... Read More about My Small Batch, Make-Ahead Paleo Thanksgiving Menu
4-Ingredient Vegan & Paleo Cranberry Sauce
This paleo cranberry sauce is the easiest Thanksgiving dinner side you'll ever make. It requires only 4 ingredients (plus water) and about 15 minutes of your time. Plus, it is naturally sweetened with maple syrup and orange juice. Don't stress about the sides this year! Is it just me, or is everyone else prone to overlooking the cranberry sauce when it comes to planning your Thanksgiving feast? First, you lock down your turkey recipe (or, in my case, since I'm only ... Read More about 4-Ingredient Vegan & Paleo Cranberry Sauce
10 Showstopping Paleo Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes
These paleo Thanksgiving desserts are made so that everyone at the table will enjoy them! Choose from chocolate or fruity or nutty or caramely flavors - or try a few. Make sure you can share in Thanksgiving dessert this year, even if you are following a paleo diet! There are people who plan their Thanksgiving recipes for months ahead of the big day and then there are people like me. You'd think that, being such a Type-A person who also runs a food website, I'd start planning my ... Read More about 10 Showstopping Paleo Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes
Vegan and Paleo Apple Crisp
Paleo apple crisp is a mouthwatering, no-fuss dessert that will more than hold its own among all the pies on your holiday (or any other dinner party) table. This easy apple crisp recipe is so easy, you can make it on a weeknight! Other than chocolate chip cookies, apple crisp is one of the first desserts I remember making as a kid. With an easy recipe that loosely reads: "mix this stuff together, then mix this other stuff together then dump it all in a pan", this is actually the ... Read More about Vegan and Paleo Apple Crisp
Paleo Pumpkin Muffins
Paleo pumpkin muffins are a 2-bowl recipe that produces a tender, springy muffin spiced with aromatic pumpkin pie spice mix. Top them with a simple almond- and coconut flour-based streusel, and enjoy a delicious fall treat that pairs perfectly with a cup of tea or coffee! You'd be surprised if you knew how few paleo pumpkin muffin recipes there are out there that are actually good, let alone great. It's not surprising really. To understand why, first consider the normal finicky ... Read More about Paleo Pumpkin Muffins
Gluten Free Lactation Cookies (Recipe With No Brewer’s Yeast)
Lactation cookies might sounds strange to all but a small portion of you who are moms who nursed their babies, but for that select group, lactation cookies are worth their weight in gold. Moms-who-nurse/d, you know what I'm talking about. For the rest of you: "gluten free lactation cookies" is just an obtuse way of saying oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with a few extra ingredients that you'll never notice. When a good friend recently had a baby, and was in those magic new mom days that ... Read More about Gluten Free Lactation Cookies (Recipe With No Brewer’s Yeast)
Paleo Apple Pie with Crumb Topping (Dutch Apple Pie)
Paleo apple pie is much easier to make than you'd think when you fill a reliable grain free and low carb crust with three kinds of apples, warm cinnamon, and rich coconut sugar, and top it all with a thick layer of luscious crumb topping! Finish it with a dollop of ice cream and a drizzle of caramel sauce. No one will believe this apple pie recipe is gluten free, grain free, and dairy free! I did promise you apple pie, didn't I? And I would never break a promise that crucial. I ... Read More about Paleo Apple Pie with Crumb Topping (Dutch Apple Pie)
Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole with Homemade Sausage
As we dive headfirst into fall, and the holiday season will be here before we know it, easy, make-ahead breakfasts are sure to come in handy! So, be sure to bookmark this gluten free breakfast casserole. In just a few simple, real food layers, this dish provides a hearty, one pan meal for a crowd, or stocks your fridge with a satisfying breakfast for the week. Plus, make sure to keep reading for make-ahead tips! This post was created in partnership with Udi's Gluten Free. Thank you for ... Read More about Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole with Homemade Sausage
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”
Things to Love in September
I've been looking forward to writing this post since the last one. Every time I discover something new, I think "ooh I can't wait to talk about this in my Things to Love post!". Admittedly, I probably need to get out more. But until then... I have gathered up 10 more things to love for the month. If you're new to this series, I save all of my non-recipe-related content for a monthly post that I call "Things to Love". This isn't a lifestyle blog, so I tend to focus on cooking and baking ... Read More about Things to Love in September
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 still ... 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