Product Review: Ethel’s Baking Company

Ethel’s has a variety of baked goods, from brownies, to cookies, to muffins and Dandy bars.

We tried a few of their items to taste the difference. How did they stack up? They arrived in the mail quickly and were packaged quite nicely. Continue reading “Product Review: Ethel’s Baking Company”

Product Review: Lebby Chickpea Snacks

Updated August 2019

Chickpea snacks are popping up left and right.  With good reason. Chickpeas are nutritious*.  Lebby snacks made them enjoyable to eat. Continue reading “Product Review: Lebby Chickpea Snacks”

Product Review: nutpods Dairy-Free Creamer

Updated October 2018

Did you ever want the creamy tastiness of a dairy-free creamer without all the sugar or undesirable chemicals? Nutpods has the answer to that. Continue reading “Product Review: nutpods Dairy-Free Creamer”

My Experience at the Gluten Free and Allergen Friendly Expo 2017 in Secaucus, NJ

 

 

Where can you find hundreds of gluten/allergen friendly products in one spot? Why the GFAF Expo, of course!  It is a tasting mecca of the gluten free world. Here you will find both the tried and true products as well as items brand new to the market and maybe not even in stores yet, but they are available online! Continue reading “My Experience at the Gluten Free and Allergen Friendly Expo 2017 in Secaucus, NJ”

Product Review: Kind Sweet and Spicy. A Healthy Snack Bar Choice

Because your family wants processed food.

So let’s find a minimally processed, tasty, healthy, snack bar. Great to grab for on the go or staying home. Continue reading “Product Review: Kind Sweet and Spicy. A Healthy Snack Bar Choice”

Blueberry Coffee Cake (gf/df)

 

It’s blueberry season! What better time for a blueberry recipe. Continue reading “Blueberry Coffee Cake (gf/df)”

Flavorful Spaghetti Squash with Herbs

The problem with spaghetti Squash is that is has no flavor. It is so bland. Using it in place of noodles for spaghetti to reduce calories is a nice idea, but it doesn’t taste like anything. I have tried numerous recipes and they just don’t have much flavor.

I like this one. Continue reading “Flavorful Spaghetti Squash with Herbs”

Nut / Seed Milk Recipe

Making your own nut/seed milk sounds like it would be difficult, but it’s really quite easy and takes very little work time. Less than 5 minutes actually. Even I can do it. Continue reading “Nut / Seed Milk Recipe”

Why Make Your Own Plant-Based Milk?

“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,”  1 Peter 2:2

 

🐿Nuts and seeds are very nutritious. They are full of protein, the healthy kind of fats, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and more. Continue reading “Why Make Your Own Plant-Based Milk?”

Aussie Bites- Make Your Own

Do you enjoy the Organic Aussie Bites purchased at Costco? We do. They seem pretty healthy.

They are a little too sweet to me though. There are several forms of sugar in them: sugar, cane sugar, invert sugar and honey (not including the sugar from the dried fruit). At 130 calories for one bite, that seems a little steep. They have 16 carbs and 8 grams of sugar.  They also contain butter but some of my family is dairy free.

Can we improve upon this? I strayed from the original a bit. My final recipe had roughly 95 calories for one, with 12 carbs and 5 grams of sugar. No dairy. Continue reading “Aussie Bites- Make Your Own”

Butternut Squash Soup

This is a tasty roasted butternut squash soup. It’s not my husband favorite, but I really like it.

First, you will roast all the fruits and vegetables coated in the spices, then you will simmer and puree. What could be easier? Continue reading “Butternut Squash Soup”

Grain Free Peanut Butter Cookies

These peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are grain free and dairy free with a soy free option.  They are very easy to make and only require a few ingredients. Continue reading “Grain Free Peanut Butter Cookies”