Let me preface this whole post.. I am terrible at making candy!! I am simply not a very precise person and candy making calls for that. So when I try it always looks like and episode of I Love Lucy in my kitchen… Good thing I do have enough improvising skills to make up for my lack of precision.. That said this recipe does have promise for someone with less inept candy making skills than I do..lol. They were tasty {Read More}
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I would still not call these Protein Rice Crispy Treats the healthiest treat in the whole world. But at least now they have a bit of protein!! Protein Rice Crispy Treats 3 tablespoons coconut oil or butter 4 cups mini marshmallows 6 cups Gluten Free Rice Crisp cereal (or regular) 1 scoop of plain or vanilla Protein Powder* 1. In large pan or pot melt the coconut oil or butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until melted and {Read More}
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When I 1st heard of Coconut Butter I had no clue what it was. But it makes sense.. it’s like Peanut Butter, but with coconut. But this stuff is EXPENSIVE.. you can pay as much as $12 a jar and usually around $8, but there is no reason to pay that much. By making Homemade Coconut Butter you can cut the costs at least in half. I have heard that some commercial brands are smoother than Homemade Coconut Butter {Read More}
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Healthy Cake Batter Pancakes.. sounds like and oxymoron, right? But these are!! And they are very nutritious and quite good. I just love sending my girls off to school with a good breakfast (that seemed like dessert!!). Today was my daughter’s 8th birthday and I wanted her to have something special… this was the result. As a note.. stevia is a kind of an acquired taste. If you don’t like it, just add more sugar. But we try to keep {Read More}
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MMm.. fried ice cream!! Ok.. it’s not really fried.. but SUPER yummy and WAY easier!! “Deep Fried” Ice Cream Serves 4 Ingredients 1 pint of Vanilla Ice Cream 1 cup of cereal (Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Cinnamon Chex for gluten free) 4 tablespoons honey Instructions: Scoop out 1/2 cup of ice cream for each “fried Ice Cream”. Roll each into a ball. Roll into cereal. Freeze until ready or eat or eat immediately. When serving drizzle with 1 tablespoon honey. {Read More}
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Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pie/Pudding (dairy and gluten free) ** the pic above is regular pumpkin pie, I didn’t have time to take a photo 😉 Ingredients 1 (15 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin 1 1/2 cups full fat coconut milk 1/2 cup sugar 2-3 packets Stevia (See note) 1/2 cup Gluten Free biscuit/baking mix (or regular if you are not Gluten free) 2 beaten egg 2 tablespoons coconut oil (or butter if not dairy free) 2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin {Read More}
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