Chinese Chicken Salad (Paleo, Fruit-Sweetened, Whole30)

  This month’s Go Ahead Honey, It’s Gluten-Free  is perfect for summer.  With digits well into the 100’s here, I’m all for keeping my oven time to a minimum, so having an extra push to play with some of my favorite salad recipes was something I gladly jumped into! This Chinese Chicken Salad is an […]

BLT Frittata

I will be quite literally off-the grid for a few days but couldn’t leave without sharing just one-more recipe with you all. This BLT Frittata or Egg Pie is one of our favorite meals. Perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner, it goes together quickly, is loaded with healthy greens and delicious ingredients.  Make ahead and […]

Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free Creamy Crockpot Fish Chowder (Paleo, Whole30)

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you have probably heard me talk about being on the Whole30™ program. What is the Whole30?  The creators of the Whole30, Dallas and Melissa Hartwig form Whole9life.com sum it up nicely here: (The Whole30™ is) Whole9’s original program designed to change your life in 30 days.  Think […]

Ingredient-Challenge Monday (one day late): Coconut Curry Vegetables and Beef (Vegan Option Noted)

In addition to the many things I do as a wife, mom, teacher, church-goer, so on and so forth; I recently joined a book club. Reading is my life so gathering together with a great group of women every six weeks or so to discuss a book, enjoy some food and time away from the […]

Unsweetened Vegan Coconut Milk Crockpot Yogurt

When my daughter was diagnosed with a milk allergy at just 17 months old, I could have never imagined where our food journey was about to take us. It was just two years prior to that when I learned of my son’s shellfish allergy. Because my son is severely allergic to shellfish, exposure giving him […]

Spinach, Kale and Dandelion Green Salad with Blood Oranges, Candied Pecans and Blood Orange Vinaigrette

Spring is beautifully upon us.  Flowers are blooming, birds are singing.  Children are ready to shed their winter gloom to get outside and play. Then there is the yard.  Lawns need to be mowed, weeds need to be pulled. Or do they? One advantage to living in a drought ridden area is the fact that […]

Well Fed Review, Country Captain Chicken and a Giveaway!

A   couple of weeks ago I decided to float around in the “Your Recommendations” section of Amazon. Amid the number of books Amazon thought I might be interested in was one that, while it had been floating around on my list for a while, I had never really taken the time to dig deeper into. […]

Papaya Lime Coconut Muffins

I’m sorry I have been so quiet this past week. Truth is my family and I have eaten a lot of whole-food this week with very few inspirational recipes. The best meals are those that don’t require recipes though, right? 😉 Oh, I do have a couple of special just-waiting for that right moment recipes […]

Eat Like a Dinosaur and Yummy Egg Pie

If you are a regular visitor of the gluten-free blogging world, it is likely you have heard a lot of buzz about the new cookbook from Paleo Parents titled Eat Like a Dinosaur. Well let me tell you, this book is worth buzzing about. I was honored to work with Stacy and Matthew, the paleo […]

Smoked ‘Cheddar’ Bacon Soup

This month’s Go Ahead Honey, It’s Gluten-Free event is focused on foods that bring healing to your mind, body and soul.  Hosted by Maggie over at She Let Them Eat Cake , this is a great opportunity to start the New Year off with some amazingly delicious and wonderfully healing recipes.   As mentioned in […]