Tangy, sweet and bursting with antioxidants, homemade cranberry sauce is not only a festive and highly versatile holiday condiment, it's also incredibly healthy. Among the fruits and vegetables richest in anti-aging and anti-inflammatory antioxidants, cranberries rank right up there … [Read more...]
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How to Make Dairy Free Chocolate Bark
Even if you are not into clean eating, you will still want to learn how to make clean chocolate bark with raw honey. Hands down, honey makes the best sweetener for chocolate. No dairy needed either....Honey Mama's is the Best Chocolate EVER Have you ever heard of Honey Mama's chocolate? … [Read more...]
How to Make Egg Free Mayonnaise (Tastes Like Hellmann’s!)
I really wanted to create an egg free mayonnaise recipe that tastes like America's favorite: Hellmann's. A staple in dishes like potato salad, coleslaw, deviled eggs and fish dip; mayonnaise is definitely a classic favorite.I have worked very hard on getting this egg free mayonnaise recipe just … [Read more...]
How to make a Gluten Free, Dairy Free Dinner Biscuit
Well, this dinner biscuit recipe did not quite make it to dinner in our house. I decided to try the recipe on a weekend morning and by the time dinner rolled around at 7 pm every single biscuit had been eaten! As far as I can remember, this was the first time I attempted to make dinner biscuits, but … [Read more...]
Recipe for 20 Minute Shrimp Scampi with Zucchini Noodles
Like most parents, the first thing I always ask is what happened in school that day. Inevitably his response is "nothing"... and without skipping beat, they ask what we are having for dinner. When I told him we were having "Shrimp Scampi with Zucchini Noodles", he was … [Read more...]
How to make Gluten Free Scones
Note: Somebody gave this recipe for Gluten Free Scones a not-very-good 1 star rating, so I decided to retest and revise. I promise it will NOT get a 1-star rating now (wink).The problem with my ridiculously long "recipes to make someday" list is that I add ideas way faster than I could … [Read more...]
Blueberry and Chocolate Biscotti
The idea of making biscotti cookies has always both intrigued and intimidated me. I have been ineluctably driven to figure out how to make them for quite some time now...The fact that I always insist on using "clean" ingredients doesn't necessarily make baking any easier. However, after … [Read more...]
Dairy Free Hot Chocolate
Last year I made Eggnog when we put our Christmas tree up, but this year I want to come up with a clean hot chocolate recipe. A Clean Hot Chocolate Recipe While conventional recipes for homemade hot chocolate are not exactly in alignment with clean eating, this one … [Read more...]
Holiday Cocktails and Appetizers
A girls night in with holiday cocktails and apps is always one of my absolute favorite parties of the season. Low-stress, intimate and so much fun, it's a relaxed and no-excuses way to get together with your girlfriends during the most hectic time of the year. No need for … [Read more...]
The Best Way to Cook Brussels Sprouts
If the whole idea of eating Brussels sprouts makes you crinkle your nose it is most certainly because you haven't had them properly prepared. In which case you are most definitely missing out! The best way to cook Brussels sprouts (for people who say they don't like Brussels sprouts) … [Read more...]
Cranberry and Pomegranate Red Punch Recipe
Looking for a festive, fresh and creative holiday punch? I have just the thing. My red punch recipe is guaranteed to get the party started....and nobody needs to know it's spiked with antioxidants, phytonutrients and fiber. It doesn't even have any refined sugar.A naturally … [Read more...]
How to Cook Broccoli Rabe Perfectly…Italian Style
How to cook broccoli rabe to perfection is a skill I only recently mastered. Broccoli rabe (also known as rapini) just was not a vegetable I grew up eating. Actually, I had never even heard of broccoli raab until after I graduated from college. These days, broccoli rabe is one of my most favorite … [Read more...]
