Back in August my husband and I started changing our diet to no grains, no sugar, and lower protein. What have I missed the most? Sinking my teeth into something deliciously sweet and loaded with carbs. But I have done too much research to give in to those cravings. What does my diet mostly contain? [Read More]
Archive of ‘Gluten & Dairy Free’ category
Gluten Free and Grain Free Chocolate Fudge Cookies
If you love gooey chocolate anything you may want to run to your kitchen right now and try these gluten free and grain free chocolate fudge cookies. They are truly yummy to the last bite! Free of gluten, grains, dairy, and refined sugars, they may soar to the top of one of your favorite cookies. The [Read More]
Fancy Gluten Free Recipes for Your Valentine Day Pleasure!
Gluten-free Valentine’s Day recipes can be just as delicious as full gluten recipes. And I’ve listed a few of my favorites below. Just click on the link to grab the recipe. As winter winds down, I watch nearly sixty quail scamper quickly across the melting snow in my front yard. These beautiful birds returning to my [Read More]
Easy to Make Three Seed Grain Free Crackers
One look on Pinterest these days and you know the big event that is fast approaching, yes, the Super Bowl is almost here. I actually do like to watch football. Maybe it’s because I live in the town of my Alma mater, or maybe it’s because I understand the game enough to stay engaged. At [Read More]
Grain-free Christmas Spiced Thumbprint Cookies
When my husband walked through the kitchen today asking what I was making, I proudly responded, ‘Grain-free Christmas spiced thumbprint cookies! They have no grains, no dairy, no eggs, and no sugar.’ ‘Aw, you mean they have no taste!’ he exclaimed. ‘Don’t judge before you try them,’ I retorted. While still warm from the oven, I took [Read More]
Roasted Apple Fennel & Beets with Honey Balsamic Glaze
Most of you know I really enjoy going to the market and gathering a number of different ingredients to create a new recipe. Today I placed in my basket a fennel bulb (which I personally have never cooked with, only eaten at fancy restaurants), golden beets, ruby & variegated beets, a Granny Smith apple, and [Read More]
Gluten-free Vietnamese Rice Noodle & Shrimp Bowl
Summer is winding to a close and this gluten-free Vietnamese Rice Noodle & Shrimp bowl is a perfect way to end it. I don’t know about you, but summer went way too fast and I feel like I was just talking about Spring! Part of that may have been due to the fact my husband was in [Read More]
Blackberry & Watermelon Radish Summer Salad
Welcome to my world! A few of my favorite images below will give you a glimpse into the incredibly beautiful Palouse Region. There are days when I feel like I live in the prettiest place on earth. Even though my iPhone images don’t begin to reflect the beauty I get to wake up to every morning, they [Read More]
Gluten-Free Goji Berry Almond Granola & Bars
Making gluten-free Goji berry almond granola was an experiment to see how using a super food would fare in my homemade granola. Many of you may have never heard of Goji berries. You can find them in most organic food stores in the dried fruit section. What exactly is a Goji berry? It is a [Read More]
How to Make Lavender Simple Syrup
Lavender Simple Syrup is true to its name; it is quite simple to make. Basically all simple syrups are flavored sugar-water. Equal parts raw or organic sugar to water, heated to dissolve the sugar. Add a natural flavor, in this case lavender, but you can add any kind of citrus rinds, such as lemon, lime or [Read More]