While sometimes it is nice and easy to just buy my food straight from the store, when I have the time I definitely prefer to make as much food as I can homemade. I especially like to make my snacks because I feel like those are even harder to find as healthy as I would like without all of the added junk. They are also usually cheaper to make vs buy so I like that part as well! These chocolate chip bites are simple, lightly sweet and help fill the void in between meals or when I am craving something sweet. Check out my cooking video here! Total Time: 40 minutes
Serves: 16 Ingredients
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I love tamales. I don't get to eat them often but I do love them. I have been wanting to make tamales for years now but just never seemed to come around to it. This is the first time we will be hosting my family for Christmas so I decided I wanted to make tamales for our Christmas Eve dinner. I also wanted to make them healthier so I opted to use light olive oil instead of lard and chose lighter fillings. Since they are for Christmas Eve I wanted them to be festive. I made 2 flavors - (green) roasted verde chicken and (red) vegan red adobo bean and "cheese". I could not be any happier with how they turned out. I even made sure to make more the next day following my directions to make sure I had it down. I randomly decided to add another flavor ((green + red) vegan spinach, sun-dried tomato and "cheese", not added in recipes). They are perfect! My favorite are the bean ones but the chicken ones are a close second. My mom also sent me some spicy red sauce and green sauce from New Mexico that we will drizzle over the tamales when we eat them. I plan to serve them with a Mexican Charcuterie tray (tortilla chips, red and green bell peppers, and a few different dips). Don't be too intimidated to make these! Change up the fillings if you want something different but just make sure they aren't too wet. These tamales are moist and light, you definitely won't be missing the lard. Watch the videos and look at the pictures at the bottom to see how the dough should look, how to assemble and what the tamales will look like when you are done! Get ready for the best tamales ever!!! Total Time: 3 hours (1 hour to cook the chicken and make the bean fillings, 40 minutes to make the dough and assemble the tamales, 1 hr 20 minutes to steam) Serves: 16 Tamales (Dough) Ingredients
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I have been wanting to make a savory pumpkin recipe and decided on a pumpkin and sage pasta sauce with gnocchi. I also wanted to add some sort of "meatball" and ended up making these fabulous mushroom "meatballs" to go with the pasta. I absolutely loved this meal and can't wait to make it again! It was easy but looks fancy and tastes wonderful - yes, even though it is vegetarian ;) And as always, the recipe is gluten-free and dairy-free. Enjoy! Total Time: 45 minutes
Serves: 4 Mushroom "Meatballs" Ingredients
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If you like this recipe, download the Prepear app for more of my recipes (plus thousands of others), meal planning, grocery list creating AND grocery ordering from Walmart! Every year for Josh's birthday since we have been married I have cooked him his dream birthday meal. We always eat pretty healthy so he thinks about what he normally doesn't get through the year and we go all out! So far we have done: pizza burgers, bacon mac & cheese grilled cheese, mac & cheese waffles with fried chicken, steak with bacon and a baked potato bar, steak with lobster mac & cheese and green beans and steak with a wedge salad and mac & cheese. There are also desserts with each year. Look below the recipes to see pictures from each year we have done this :) You also might be seeing a trend with the meals here - meat and mac & cheese. This year he decided on chicken fried steak (his favorite food from Texas) and of course mac & cheese. He also wanted Reese's Pieces Brownies which I made for him on his actual birthday. For the big meal I was also making food for my friend Staci's birthday too and she chose Brussels sprouts and a triple berry cobbler so I made those to go with it all! Josh said this was his favorite meal yet and Staci and Kevin both enjoyed the meal as well! They were all impressed with the fact that everything was gluten-free and said they couldn't even tell! I did make their mac & cheese with real cheese but for mine and for the recipe I am giving - I used a vegan cheese. IT WAS AMAZING! They even said they thought it tasted like real cheese. You HAVE to try these recipes, if you have to eat gluten-free or not, you won't be disappointed! Chicken Fried Steak + Gravy Total Time: 60 minutes Serves: 6 Ingredients
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Mac & Cheese Total Time: 15 minutes Serves: 6 Ingredients
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Brussels Sprouts Total Time: 45 minutes Serves: 6 Ingredients
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If you like this recipe, download the Prepear app for more of my recipes (plus thousands of others), meal planning, grocery list creating AND grocery ordering from Walmart! We had a bunch of leftover Halloween candy and I was craving chocolate chip cookies so I decided to make them by chopping up the chocolate we didn't want. These turned out amazing! They are nice and chewy - similar to a sugar cookie but with added chocolate...yum! See the adaptations below for a whole-grain gluten-free version and another puffier version! Total Time: 20 minutes
Serves: 40 Ingredients
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*If you want to make these cookies even healthier without a store bought gluten-free mix - follow the recipe below! *Changes*: •1 1/2 cups Sugar > 1 1/2 cups Golden Coconut Sugar •2 1/2 cup GF Flour > 1 cup oat flour + 1 cup buckwheat flour + 1/2 cup almond flour + 1 1/3 Tbsp Not Xanthan/Not Guar Follow the recipe as is but add the egg last (enjoy the batter before that)! Bake for about 13 minutes. Enjoy!!! If you want the original recipe to be even puffier, use 3/4 cup sugar, 3/4 cup brown sugar and then add the egg in last. Yum! If you like this recipe, download the Prepear app for more of my recipes (plus thousands of others), meal planning, grocery list creating AND grocery ordering from Walmart! |
About MeI am a food loving, activity seeking health coach who resides in Franklin, TN with my husband and two sweet dogs (Lola & Penny). AllergiesI believe everyone should eat balanced and not cut food groups if you don't medically need to. All foods can fit in a healthy diet. Unfortunately, I have to avoid gluten and also limit myself with dairy, so my goal is to provide healthy, gluten-free/dairy-free recipes so EVERYONE can enjoy all foods, even if you do have to cut out certain food groups. My recipes are encouraged for everyone to eat, not just for those with sensitivities/allergies! Most of my recipes can be easily converted by using real dairy and whole-wheat in place of my allergy-free substitutes. SearchLooking for something specific? Everything can be found by category under the "Life" and "Recipes" sections on my website or you can search below. Archives
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