When Franklin was little, I made a bad batch of coconut kefir. I could totally tell it was off, so don’t worry about it happening to you. You’ll know! You’ll open the jar and recoil in horror. Well, I don’t like to throw food away. I will finish everyone’s plates at the restaurant, and eat […]
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{Recipe} Creamy Curried Kale Salad (Raw, Vegan, Paleo, Gluten Free)
Creamy Curried Kale Salad Who said eating healthy is too time consuming? Few things take less time than a salad, and this one is full of nutrition thanks to the creamy avocado and delicious kale. Toss it together in less than 10 minutes!
{Recipe} Fourth of July Pie (Raw, Vegan, Paleo, Gluten Free)
Back in my mainstream cooking days, I used to make a very tasty Star Spangled Mousse Pie from Taste of Home. Unfortunately, it called for cream cheese, shortening and other not very healthy ingredients. I started thinking about how I could make this pie guilt-free. After all, many foods can be made healthy or unhealthy […]
{Recipe} Spinach & Strawberry Salad (Raw, Vegan, Paleo, Gluten Free)
Salads featuring greens and fruits are generally a big hit with everyone. There’s some sweetness, there’s some tang, there’s some crunch. What’s not to love? They’re also very popular at potlucks because there’s pretty and look impressive, but are super easy to make. Here’s one of our favorite fruity salads, featuring spinach and strawberries. This […]
{Recipe} Mango Salsa (Raw, Vegan, Paleo, Gluten Free)
When your local store gets an abundance of sweet, juicy mangoes, get a bunch and eat them until they run out. It seems like mangoes are either too stringy, or they don’t ripen well, or they just don’t taste that great. So, when there’s a good batch… We eat them until we’re sick of them! […]
{Recipe} No-Gelatin Chocolate Pots de Crème in Coconut Milk (Paleo option, vegan option)
So many recipes for chocolate pots de crème and chocolate mousse call for gelatin, but if you’re vegetarian, Jewish (unless it’s fish based), or Muslim (unless it’s Halal) you can’t really have any. I was never one to forgo a chocolate dessert because of an ingredient I can’t have, and instead decided to experiment with […]
{Recipe} Goji Pomegranate Macaroons (Paleo, Vegan, Gluten Free) – a Guest Post for Naturally Lauren
Sometimes, there’s no time to churn ice cream or blend up a cheesecake. You want a sweet treat, and you want it now. Enter coconut macaroons. They blend up in seconds in the food processor, and since they are bite sized, you can pop one in your mouth and go on with your day! Choose […]
{Breastfeeding Stories} “Honk if you love your Lactation Consultant!” – by Melissa Barnes
My husband and I decided we were going to solely breastfeed our first child, Tessa, for a year. First and foremost because of the heath benefits to both the baby and mother; but also because of the cost savings over formula. I had always thought that breastfeeding would just come naturally to both myself and […]
{Breastfeeding Stories} Persistence Through Challenges – by Therese Totten
Prior to even being pregnant, I already had my heart and will set on breastfeeding. This is mostly because I wasn’t really breastfed past the colostrum stage: my mom said that back then in the 1980’s, she was stressed and didn’t get much support, so I inevitably was formula-fed. She even struggled to hand-pump, and […]
{Breastfeeding Stories} Breastfeeding through Loss and Depression – by Sarah Foskett
I hope that sharing my story with you might help another person who is going through something similar. When I was in the midst of it, it seemed like there was no light at the end of the tunnel – and nobody who had ever experienced anything like it. I felt alone, and if I […]
