Apple pie is a classic American staple typically made with flour, artificial sugar, and a slew of other bad ingredients. The good news is that an apple pie recipe without these ingredients exists – and here it is! Made with natural flours and coconut oil, this simple and homemade apple pie recipe is gluten-free, vegan, […]
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Homemade Beef Jerky Recipe
Beef jerky is a terrific snack (for both adults and kiddos) that also serves as a great source of protein. By making your own beef jerky at home, you can control the quality of the ingredients involved and, frankly, achieve a much better taste. This post smoothly walks you through the process of making beef […]
Fifty 100 Calorie Snacks
When you hear the phrase “100 Calorie Snacks”, you probably think of those pre-packaged snacks of cookies or chips. Not only are those snacks lacking in taste, they are actually detrimental to your overall health. In this post, Cynthia reveals fifty different suggestions for real and healthy 100 calorie snacks that can be made in […]
Healthy Homemade Coffee Ice Cream
It won’t take you much time spent around here to realize that we enjoy a good healthy, homemade ice cream. Our summers are full of active days as a family followed by evenings spent making treats like cookie dough ice cream sandwiches, double chocolate ice cream, semifreddo, and coconut mango popsicles together. Every once in […]
Healthy Holiday Treats for Kids
Any time we can give our kids something that seems like a treat, but is actually very good for them, we count that as a win. That’s why why love triple chocolate brownies made with coconut oil and gummy bears made with elderberry syrup. And while we don’t encourage rewarding kids with food or centering […]
Paleo Pumpkin Smoothie
Pumpkin is so popular this time of year, which is why most of us gobble up recipes for chocolate chip pumpkin cookies and DIYs like pumpkin spice room spray and pumpkin spice sugar scrub. We can’t get enough! And because we can never get enough, this paleo pumpkin smoothie was just added to our list […]
Apple Pie Pancakes
In the neighborhood where I spent my childhood, we would have a big block party every year on the 4th of July. One year, I remember approaching a table that was full of apple pies. They were all sorts of kinds and shapes and sizes, and I remember being very impressed, even as a 9 […]
Gluten Free Pizza Rolls
These aren’t the typical, frozen pizza rolls from your childhood. Although they might send you down memory lane 😉 These gluten free pizza rolls are warm, flavorful, and comforting. Made with rich and healthy ingredients like plantains, coconut sugar, coconut oil, tomato sauce, and cheese, these pizza rolls will be a favorite of your children […]
Grain Free Mac and Cheese
Mac and cheese is an ideal comfort food. What is it about melted cheese that’s just so good? This gluten free and grain free mac and cheese is a wonderful alternative. Made with plantains instead of pasta, fresh cheese, coconut milk, and spices, this recipe is simple to make and will be just as comforting […]
Healthy Homemade Vanilla Pudding
In our house, we’re all about recreating some of our former non-real food dishes. We love to find ways to make these favorites with nutritious ingredients, at a lesser cost, and that taste way better. If your kids love treats like jello or gummy bears, there are great ways to put a healthy spin on […]
Real Food Sweeteners
For many people transitioning to a real food lifestyle, giving up processed sugar is one of the biggest hurdles. We can swallow the idea of finding alternatives to pasta, but it’s hard for us to imagine living without brownies or ice cream. Fortunately, like most foods we formerly loved, there is an even more delicious […]
Homemade Mulling Spices
One of my fondest memories of Christmas is the end of Christmas day, after all the fun chaos, eating, gift opening, carol singing, and family bonding. I would sit down with my immediate family, watch our favorite Christmas movie together, eat a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies in our PJs, and my mom would […]
DIY Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub
If you can’t get enough pumpkin through pumpkin spice ice cream, pumpkin raisin muffins, and pumpkin chocolate chips cookies, you now have the option of pumpkin-spicing your skin 😉 This DIY pumpkin spice sugar scrub is a great source of vitamin E because of the pumpkin, and is made with honey, vanilla, and other yummy […]
5 Benefits of Coconut Milk
Along with almond milk and whole, full fat, grass-fed cow’s milk, coconut milk is a favorite in our house. My husband will drink it by the glass, and I love using it in our bulletproof coffee and paleo desserts. Although it may taste sinfully sweet, the nutritional benefits of coconut milk are actually quite impressive! […]
7 Benefits of Raw Milk
Unless you have an allergy, milk has likely been a part of your regular diet since you were a child. It’s known as a healthy source of calcium and is often enjoyed with both sweet foods (like chocolate chip cookies) and savory foods (like paleo flatbread pizza). Growing up, I was partial to skim milk, […]
