Does your sweetheart have a sweet tooth (like mine does)? This Valentine’s day, why not skip the box of overpriced junky candy and make some dark chocolate bark with sensual salted caramel instead? As a general rule, us modern-day humans really don’t need added sugar. But if you’re anything like me, you’re probably going to
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How to Make Apple Chips
Let’s learn how to make apple chips! Homemade dried fruit is a fun, healthy kids’ snack, great in homemade granola or trail mix and a perfect on-the-go snack paired with cheese. I love having homemade snacks and fast food that support mine and my family’s health. It’s a great comfort to see them just waiting
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Dried Persimmon Snacks Recipe
I don’t know about you but I just love my dehydrator. It works so hard for me. The poor thing runs year round at my house. It is always busily making me on-the-go snacks like kombucha jerky, holiday decorations, and these dried persimmon snacks. Before I got myself a dehydrator, I dried almonds in my
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White Chocolate Bark With Pistachios & Cranberries
When I learned from my friend, Kendahl, at Our Nourishing Roots that I could make my own chocolate, a whole new universe of possibility opened up. I mean, who knew it could be so simple – cocoa butter, an unrefined sweetener, and cocoa powder for classic chocolate, or vanilla for the white chocolate? The cocoa
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How To Make Salted Caramels With Real Food Ingredients
As I kid I loved Swedish fish and Starburst, but now I like to pretend that my tastes are more refined. I prefer more complex and sultry desserts – liked anything with salted caramel. The problem with most recipes for sweets treats is that they typically contain highly-processed junk. I’ve been on a mission to
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Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe
I just LOVE the holidays. There are so many festive, nutrient dense foods to share – like this pumpkin ice cream! I know it is customary to forget all about pumpkins immediately after the empty pumpkin pie tin leaves the Thanksgiving table, but pumpkin ice cream is a wonderful holiday party showstopper far beyond the
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Grain Free Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips
Luckily, I was able to snap the photo above before my husband and kids devoured the last two pieces. Needless to say, this grain free pumpkin bread is a big hit at my house. Based on my grandma’s tried-and-true banana bread recipe, over the years I’ve discovered that I can substitute pumpkin, squash, zucchini, or just
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Happy Healthy Birthday Cake
I am one of those annoying people who celebrates mine and my friends’ birthdays for about one month at a time. Lots of squealing and gushing. I know some think it’s silly or embarrassing and that I probably should have grown out of such immature trifles by now but, I just can’t help myself. I
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Lemon Coconut Fudge Power Bar
While it may look like candy, this lemon coconut fudge is a power bar in disguise. I live in Los Angeles, a city full of celebrities and very fast-paced, career and family dedicated people. I’ve found that ‘nourishing and slow’ is not our mantra. This is the age of the power bar. The world is not going
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Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream That Isn’t As Hard As A Rock
Maybe you didn’t grow up having a bowl of ice cream each night before bed, but I did. “Bed-time snack-time, now or never!” My mother would announce. Just as much a part of our bedtime ritual as a bath or teeth brushing. We always had at least two or three flavors to choose from. Vanilla, mint
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Spiced Persimmon Ice Cream
So nice to have a gourmet treat tucked away in your freezer. This one is nourishing, a delightful change from the usual and very simple to create. Impress your dinner guests or reconnect with yourself for a few slow moments with this delicious Spiced Persimmon Ice Cream. Spiced persimmon ice cream ingredients 2 cups pureed,
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Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies, Real Food Style
Yesterday was my son’s fifth birthday, and I found myself a bit unprepared. We had celebrated a week early with a big Star Wars party for 24 small children and their accompanying adults. In addition to cleaning and decorating, I made a homemade coconut flour cake with honey butter cream frosting and some scrumptious but nutritious
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