Avoid all the toxic and unnecessary junk found in traditional food dyes by using natural homemade food coloring that is really simple to make at home! Pin How to Make Natural Food Coloring for later! Yes. I write a "whole-food" blog. Yes. I believe that processed foods should be avoided. Buuuttt.... Yes. My kids enjoy...
Kentucky Derby Pie Cookies (GF)
7-Ingredient Gluten-Free Kentucky Derby Pie Cookies are a new twist on an old Southern Classic. Tender, simple and delicious! Derby Pie in December???? Yep. Going a little rogue on you today, channeling my inner Spring-Time-Churchill-Downs-Going-Self and making Kentucky Derby Pie Cookies. Derby Pie COOKIES?? Madness, buuuut you're going to want to stay with me on this....
How To Make Ultimate "Whole-Food" Cut Out Cookies
These Whole-Food Cut Out Cookies are simple to make, requiring only 1-bowl and 5 ingredients. Naturally sweetened, whole-grain and perfect for decorating! Pin Ultimate Whole-Food Cutout Cookies for later! The first year that my family started a whole-food lifestyle our first deliberate "cheat" came in the form of cut out cookies smothered in globs of colorful icing...
One-Bowl Corn Muffins
Easy, One-Bowl Corn Muffins sweetened naturally with honey. Tender, wholesome, and a delicious snack or side to savory entrees. #wholegrain Pin One-Bowl Corn Muffins for later! Soooo, I've made 48 corn muffins Just. This. Week. (FACT: I never even got a chance to take pictures of the first batch.. the boys ate them.) Before you...
Asian Rice Noodle Salad
Asian Rice Noodle Salad - quick and simple recipe from the new 100 Days of Real Food: Fast and Fabulous cookbook. Announcement Time! Lisa Leaks of 100 Days of Real Food (as if that even needed to be said) releases her Brand. New. Cookbook. into the world on This. Very. Day. I'm going to try...
Apple Pie Overnight Oats
Apple Pie Overnight Oats make a fiber and protein rich breakfast. Cooked apples and cinnamon add fall flavor while maple syrup adds natural sweetness. I am going to start this post by stating the obvious... Overnight Oats are NOT a new thing. I have never been a person that one would describe as "trendy." My...
10 Healthy Whole-Food Halloween Treats
10 Healthy Whole-Food Halloween Treats that are "Pintrest Worthy." Halloween is For. Sure. one of my kids favorite holidays. I mean TONS of free candy, endless costume choices, what's not to love? If you're a kid that is. If we are going to be completely honest with ourselves, giving our children buckets of candy and...
Maple Pecan Baked Stuffed Apples
Maple Pecan Baked Stuffed Apples are naturally sweetened and made in 1-bowl. Apples are generously stuffed with oats, pecans, dates and cinnamon, butter, vanilla and cinnamon and then baked until soft and gooey. They make the perfect Fall dessert. Question???? A sweet, warm Honeycrisp apple encasing a heaping portion of apple crisp that is topped with...
10 Healthy Whole-Food Crockpot Recipes
10 Healthy Whole-Food Recipes you can make in a crockpot, from spinach artichoke dip to a whole roasted chicken to baked potatoes!! Pin 10 Healthy Whole-Food Crockpot Recipes for later! Happy Saturday! .... Finally!!! You guys.. there are hectic, demanding, hard, energy depleted weeks when making a fresh healthy dinners just isn't going to happen. This...
Healthy Chicken Salad
Healthy Chicken Salad.. all of the flavor, less of the mayo! Seasoned chicken, fresh herbs and a simple yogurt-based dressing. I seriously don't know how the summer whizzed by so quickly. But yet again, back to school time seems to have arrived. AKA... my to do list this week is crammed! So, for anyone looking for a quick...
Lasagna Stuffed Zucchini Boats
Lasagna stuffed zucchini boats are simple to make, requiring just 30 minutes. Tender zucchini hollowed out and stuffed with layers of creamy ricotta cheese, Italian meat sauce and melty mozzarella cheese. Noodle-less lasagna for the WIN!!! Okay. Soooo I'm not a gardener. (FACT: I once killed a cactus.) We tried planting some zucchini early in the...
Grilled Veggie Salad with Balsamic-Dijon Dressing
An amazing, light summer dish inspired by California Pizza Kitchen: 30-minute Grilled Veggie Salad with Balsamic-Dijon Dressing! #vegan #makeahead #copycat Worlds BEST salad. Period. The get-the grill, buy-all-the-produce, salad days of Summer are upon us and I for one couldn't be more excited about it! Warm balsamic-dijon vinaigrette! Grilled corn and squash and bell peppers...