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Protein Bites With Maple-Sweetened Dark Chocolate (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

May 31, 2015 10 Comments

An easy, delicious, snack recipe, these Nut and Seed Protein Bites with Maple-Sweetened Dark Chocolate are great on-the-go or as a simple dessert.

Every time the academic year comes to a close I find myself in a transitional lurch. From super structure and routine I am catapulted into the complete opposite before I even know what’s happened. Sounds wonderful, you say? It is, to be sure. But my obsessive need to be doing gives me a guilt trip like no other when routine disappears. We’ve already spent several nights in a row staying up late to watch way too many episodes of The Fall on Netflix. Consequently, (my night owl husband unfazed) the next morning doesn’t start nearly as early as I’d hoped. And man, the guilt starts creeping on in….

Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches with Strawberry-Coconut Cream (Gluten-Free)

May 16, 2015 16 Comments

Gluten-free and paleo Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches with Strawberry-Coconut Cream is a delicious spring dessert for any occasion.

We just finished our last week of classes, and I’ve decided that no matter how old you are, the anticipation and excitement of summer break never gets old. A full-fledged bonus of working in education is the child-like freedom of summer. So to celebrate, today’s recipe is a two-for-one special, as the double chocolate chip cookies that make up these cookie sandwiches have become one of my favorites all on their own. I first made these cookie sandwiches for our picnic in the park to celebrate Jordan’s birthday and again on Mother’s Day. Not having fresh strawberries on hand initially, I made the strawberry-coconut cream by grinding dried strawberries into a powder. This turned out great, but, with the advent of strawberry season, I wanted to try my hand at a fresh strawberry cream filling. …

Spinach and Artichoke Galette (Gluten-Free)

May 4, 2015 25 Comments

Spinach and Artichoke Galette is a rustic savory pie stuffed with spinach, artichokes, and goat cheese. Gluten-free.

This weekend reinforced the fact that spring is truly here (yay!) and summer is right around the corner (double yay!). The weather was glorious and everything that we could do outside, we did. Lunches and dinners on the deck with the dogs as they sunbathed, their pink bellies rolling towards the sun like flowers. Nighttime s’mores over a backyard firepit with friends. An afternoon birthday picnic in Loose Park, the kids running kites through the lush grass and the adults landing on a discussion over Myers-Briggs personality types. Conclusion: each of us was a different type. INFJ, INTJ, INTP, ESFP, etc. Definitely an introvert-heavy group. This stuff fascinates me. What type are you?…

Strawberry Rhubarb Sorbet (Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free)

April 24, 2015 24 Comments

Five-ingredient strawberry rhubarb sorbet is an easy, refreshing, gluten-free and refined sugar-free dessert.

I’m going to be honest, today’s recipe was inspired not by the fact that strawberries and rhubarb are finally coming into season (which I love), but that I found these little green glass dishes recently in the West Bottoms and couldn’t wait to put something in them. In fact, if I’m being really honest, it took a long time for me to come around to rhubarb. As a kid, I can remember taking the biggest bite out of what I thought was a strawberry pie, only to find out it was rhubarb. The trickery I felt that had been bestowed upon me was severe. I had been betrayed. Lied to. What should have been sweet and wonderfully magical was tart and unrecognizable. And most importantly, I no longer had any dessert to eat….

Gluten-Free Oatmeal Nut Pancakes

April 11, 2015 26 Comments

Healthy, hearty Gluten-Free Oatmeal Nut Pancakes are a delicious way to start your morning!

This has been one of those weeks where everything felt slightly helter skelter. Maybe not slightly. More like, whoa. Case in point, we had a long awaited girls night and even though I was running very short on time, I decided to make my piña colada mousse for dessert. It was a wonderfully warm, sunny day. Perfect, I thought. Moral to this story—you can’t rush mousse. What we had was a pineapple-coconut rum-scented bowl of liquid. Just when we thought I had ruined all our dreams of dessert, Kathryne saved the day and put the liquid mousse in her ice cream maker. Piña colada ice cream! Brilliant….

Piña Colada Mousse (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)

March 31, 2015 17 Comments

5-ingredient Piña Colada Mousse is a gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free tropical treat that can be prepared the night before.

Heath and I took off a couple weeks ago for Spring Break and it was one I didn’t know how much I needed. The nonstop pace that this year has brought came to a screeching halt. This kind of sudden swing always produces a tinge of guilt in me. If I’m not doing something productive then I must be wasting time.. Ugh. Granted, I know how dearly important taking time for ourselves is to overall health. I am a huge proponent of self-care and yet, at times, the worst offender of ignoring all things related to caring for myself….

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