Recipes

Wholesome Vegan Apple Carrot Pumpkin Bread Recipe

December 9, 2011

TweetI mentioned in this post that I was working on a recipe to enter into the Hodgson Mill Blogger Baking Contest and I finally completed my recipe over the weekend! I am trying to learn more about baking vegan goods right now, so this one took a bit of perfecting for me, but it turned [...]

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Homemade, Dairy-Free Hot Cocoa Recipe

December 5, 2011

TweetWe have been trying to cut back on animal-based foods (more on that in a later post), so I am experimenting with some new recipes that will allow us to enjoy comfort foods without the use of animal-based ingredients. Over the weekend, it was really cold with all of the snow on the ground, so [...]

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Homemade Toothpaste Recipe

April 27, 2011

TweetA couple weeks ago, I picked up our tube of Tom’s of Maine fluoride-free toothpaste to read the ingredients, and much to my horror, it contained Sodium Laurel Sulfate. Seriously? I was pretty angry considering it is marketed as a natural toothpaste, and I do not consider this a natural ingredient. So, I decided to [...]

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How We Dyed Our Easter Eggs Using Natural Ingredients

April 22, 2011

TweetGrowing up, we dyed Easter Eggs every year, and it was something I always looked forward to. Over the last few years, I have become very conscious about the chemicals in everything—and common Easter Egg dye is no exception to that. Without paying close attention to the label, I picked up 2 Disney Easter Egg [...]

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Homemade Thin Crust Pizza Recipe

April 20, 2011

TweetWe love pizza, but we try to make most of our meals at home, so I recently learned to make homemade pizza from scratch. I love this recipe because it makes enough dough and sauce to have pizza for 2 days. We usually have a variety of ingredients on hand. Brian loves his pizza meat [...]

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Honey Wheat Bread Recipe

February 17, 2011

TweetOne of my personal goals was to learn to bake bread from scratch. I previously baked my Aunt’s Pull-Apart Loaves successfully, but wanted to try a new recipe. I decided to go with this recipe for honey wheat bread. I’ve made this bread twice now—once with grapeseed oil and once with melted butter—and it’s quite [...]

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Recycled Candy Cane Valentine’s Lollipops

February 10, 2011

TweetStill have candy canes hanging out since Christmas? Recycle them in this adorable craft recipe the kids can participate in and hand them out as gifts or enjoy right in the kitchen! Materials 8 candy canes 4 lollipop sticks ½ cup milk or dark chocolate morsels 1 tsp vegetable oil 1/8 cup white chocolate morsels, [...]

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Health Benefits of Cilantro (Plus Cilantro Pesto Recipe)

February 8, 2011

TweetCilantro (also known as coriander) is one of my absolute favorite herbs. I prefer to load up my tacos with cilantro rather than shredded lettuce. I just love the flavor. I have never understood how anyone could hate cilantro. Then someone told me that cilantro tastes like soap to some people—and it’s genetic. Read this [...]

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Don’t Waste That Pumpkin—Make a Pie!

November 8, 2010

TweetLiving in a country where people eat out of the dumpster on a daily basis will change the way you look at things. We brought that lesson back to the US with us, and have since become very conscious of waste. So, this year when Halloween rolled around, we decided that we could carve pumpkins [...]

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Baking Bread From Scratch

September 21, 2010

TweetOne of my 101 in 1001 goals was to bake my own bread from scratch. I’m happy to report that I’ve met that goal! My aunt shared a delicious recipe for pull apart loaves with me that she made while we were staying with her after we arrived back in the States. I was surprised [...]

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