Pumpkin Muffins (gluten-free, dairy-free)

Who doesn’t love Pumpkin Muffins? One of my favorite pumpkin muffin recipes (that I have made or years) uses whole wheat pastry flour and is quite nutritious. However, this year I wanted to experiment and make a grain-free and dairy free version (as I have noticed I feel a ton better eating this way due to my autoimmune

Dinner Challenge Week 1: Simple Frittata Recipe

Do you struggle with feeding your entire family the same meal for dinner? Despite all of the variety I can feed my kids at lunch time. Hot dinners are definitely a struggle in our home. First off, there is not one meal that we can/will ALL eat (ok, maybe aside from breakfast for dinner). My

Blueberry Oat Cream Cheese Muffins

We sure do LOVE blueberries at our house. My son and I definitely reign supreme by being the largest consumers (and I’m going to point fingers at the baby I’m growing inside because it’s ridiculous just how many I will eat in one sitting right now)! Last week our family went blueberry picking at a local farm and came home

Simple 3 ingredient Popsicles

With the warm weather here in North Carolina, my kids have been asking repeatedly for popsicles. Since we make our own popsicles with leftover smoothies I have no problem saying “yes” almost every single time they ask. However, yesterday we ran out of our freezer stash *GASP*!!! So we put a few simple ingredients together in

Mochanana Smoothie

Okay, so I have to admit, I’m a coffee lover! It’s not for the caffeine (as I can’t handle caffeine at all)…….but I absolutely love the taste and flavor. I typically like warm coffee beverages, but in the summer there is nothing more refreshing that a decadent yet healthy Mochanana smoothie. My kids are also

Southwest Egg Rolls

Today we concocted a super easy and tasty Southwest Egg Roll recipe. We had a lot of fun mixing the ingredients, eating them as we went along, and wrapping the egg rolls up into perfect little packages for consumption. I wasn’t sure how the spices would go over with my kiddos so I complemented the

Lets Talk Smoooooooothies

Kids love them, they’re easy to make and they can also be nutritional powerhouses. So how can you optimize your ingredients to provide a nutritionally balanced yet irresistibly detectible smoothie? The answer is in the basic smoothie recipe below: Blend together: 1 cup liquid (unsweetened): water, coconut water, almond or coconut milk, tea 1 cup

Choc-full of Coco-Nutty Goodness Cookies

This recipe is one of our family’s favorite cookie recipes. Because the recipe contains no gluten, eggs and dairy these little gems are a hit with most everyone. I tend to think of these cookies as a daily dose of nuts. Research has shown that eating 1 oz of nuts 5 days a week is an

Bodacious Banana Muffins

My kids are BANANAS over these muffins and I hope yours will be too! There are no refined sugars in this recipe and only a small amount of added sugars from the pure maple syrup (the rest is from natural fruit sugars) making them a sweet, yet healthy breakfast or snack option. I also love that they

Granola Base Recipe

My family loves granola and this versatile recipe will have you thinking up all sorts of variations. Despite this recipe containing peanut butter it does not taste like peanut butter. Rather, the peanut butter provides a complexity that is complemented by the natural sweetness of honey. We choose local honey to hopefully help with seasonal allergies.