How to Grow Sprouts at Home
Learning How to Grow Sprouts at Home is super easy. They basically grow themselves, since they take such minimal effort. And they are so much cheaper to grow at home than to buy sprouts at the store!
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Shiitake, Kale & White Bean Soup
I don’t know exactly why, but this Shiitake Kale and White Bean Soup is simply fabulous. When I first made it my hubby went crazy for it (even said it was the best soup I ever made!), but since I was in the midst of my juice-only-detox I didn’t get to enjoy any 🙁 Since today was cold and snowy, and my hubby was out hunting all day, I made up another pot and let.me.tell.you…it is AMAZING!!
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Gram Elsie’s Cocktail Sauce
One of the first recipes I learned from my grandmother was her cocktail sauce. She loved shrimp but hated bottled cocktail sauce, she always made her own. In a lot of ways, my grandmother influenced my love of food and started me on my real-food journey. She had a large garden and loved to cook….
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Make your own SPF with Coconut Oil
Today is the first day of winter and here in Pennsylvania it’s cold and snowy. What a great day to day dream about our up coming vacation to Mexico and being preparing by making my own SPF with Coconut Oil! Coconut Oil is the most logical oil to use for SPF, since it naturally protects…
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My 3 Secrets to Silky, Shiny Hair
I have very-very long hair (just a couple inches shy of my waist) and You all know that I’m obsessed with natural health… You don’t have to sacrifice being beautiful just because you’ve gone natural! You can be natural and beautiful too! My hair is dark brown, nearly black and it been over 2 years…
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Healthy Honey French Dressing
Love a sweet and tangy French or Catalina salad dressing but hate all the yucky-processed ingredients like me? I came up with a super healthy homemade version that takes just minutes to make! We love having this on Taco Salad, might sound odd but it’s super yummy! Here’s what you need to make my Honey…
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Toasted Coconut Marshmallows
O.M.G. Yes, I went and did it. I made healthy marshmallows. And I wish I didn’t, as I’m sitting here eating the “least” pretty ones as I type… I.have.to.stop.eating.marshmallows! Making marshmallows isn’t as complicated as I assumed, I stumbled upon Mommypotamus’s Recipe for Homemade Marshmallows and I just HAD to make them… Of course I had to…
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Homemade Tootsie Rolls made with Coconut Sugar
I found a great new website tonight, The Nerdy Farm Wife and instantly fell in love with her idea for homemade Honey Tootsie Rolls! I just couldn’t wait to make my own version using my favorite sweetener, Coconut Sugar! (even though I love honey, I’m kind-of obsessed with coconut sugar and love experimenting with it…
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Gluten-Free Bang Bang Shrimp
Ok, I’m going to start off my immediately disclosing that I have never had the famous Bang Bang Shrimp at Bonefish Grill. I’ve only had a version of it at a local bar and instantly fell in love with it. After a quick google search, I realized it was so amazingly easy to make at…
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Quick & Easy Homemade Mayo!
One final item that we’ve needed to eliminate from our diet is store bought mayonaise containing (GMO) soybean oil. I’ve tried several organic and natural brands but none of them really tasted like the stuff we’ve eaten and loved our whole lives. Sure, I’ve made mayo before and it’s turned out well, but I’ve never…
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Roasted Pepitas
So, I can’t take credit for this recipe. It’s one of my favorite foods that my Grandma Elsie would make when I was growing up. Oven Roasted Pepitas! I always remember Gram Elsie would have a little tupperware container of puffy-crispy Pepitas sitting on her counter to munch on. Of course it’s one of the…
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Homemade Healthier Chocolate Syrup
Chocolate Milk. Who doesn’t love ice-cold chocolate milk? and let’s not forget spending a cold winter day with a mug of rich and creamy Hot Chocolate!! Or a drizzle of chocolate syrup that turns a plain coffee into a mocha! It’s difficult to find a way to keep such decadent treats in your life, while…
