Who doesn’t love J-E-L-L-O? Well, I definitely don’t love artificial flavors and food coloring, genetically-modified beet sugar, or gelatin made from diseased and abused animals. Thankfully, making your own homemade jello is easy, fun, and even highly nutritious! Sorry, Bill Cosby, but my grass-fed gelatin, combined with just two other simple ingredients, puts your icky…
Recipes
Dark Chocolate Brownie Cookies (Grain-Free, GAPS)
Craziness. When I made cupcakes the other day, Pre-Husband was all about the chocolate ones. But he wanted to eat them without my sloppy raspberry topping because he apparently doesn’t like “chocolate with fruit.” WHAT?! This was coming from the man who happily eats literally everything. Affectionately referred to in my home as the “human…
Chocolate and Vanilla Grain-Free Birthday Cupcakes
We had quite the debate on Facebook the other day. It was the day of my birth, 27 years later, and I needed to make an important decision — what flavor would my birthday cupcakes be? I proposed either vanilla with raspberry frosting, or chocolate with caramel. It was suggested I make all of the…
Simple Salted Honey Caramel Crispy Nuts
I shared a photo the other day on Facebook of my new favorite snack I whipped up — crispy walnuts covered in homemade caramel sauce and sprinkled with sea salt. This is so simple, I wasn’t even planning on posting a recipe for it, but since several readers asked, here it is! The Nuts…
How to Make Ghee in a Crock Pot
Butter is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? It doesn’t make you fat, you can eat as much of it as you want and be healthier for it, and you can use it in so many ways. You can bake with it, cook with it, flavor it, melt it, or eat it raw. In India, it’s…
Coco-Walnut Creamy Snack Balls
I almost called these “Coco-Walnut Creamy Ball Snacks.” Ballsnacks. Honestly? I swear my mind is not really that dirty. Anyway, the idea for these snack balls came to me on a total whim. I was about to leave the house to go grocery shopping and I wanted to bring something with me to eat. I…
Make Your Own Herb Salt to Use With Just About Anything
I found the cutest little retro cookbook at a thrift store the other day. It’s all about cooking with herbs — fresh, dried, ground, whole — herbs are amazing! I’ve gotten so much inspiration from this book. I’ve even started growing an herb garden! My basil, dill, thyme, and rosemary are all doing well, and…
Why Doesn’t Everyone Make Their Own Applesauce?
My mind is blown, you guys. BLOWN. It’s the beginning of the 4th week for me on the GAPS Intro diet. I’m in Stage 5, where my first taste of fruit is now allowed, in the form of cooked apples. In the What Can I Eat Now? 30 Days on GAPS Intro Handbook I’m following,…
Goat Cheese Alfredo
As promised, here’s the first recipe from Danielle, our new contributor! Goat Cheese Alfredo Servings: 4 Time: 30 minutes Ingredients 1/2 stick butter 1 medium white or yellow onion 1 head garlic 1 pint heavy cream (preferably raw or minimally pasteurized- try to avoid ultra-pasteurized) 4 oz goat cheese (you don’t particularly need to…
Sugar-Free Almond Roca Crunch Ice Cream
My mother brought to our family Christmas dinner at my aunt’s house, a lovely little platter of almond-roca-style toffee — made with no refined sugar whatsoever. It was delicious! She also made the glass dish on which it was served. Not that she wanted to brag about it via my writing, or anything. Well, when…