Are you tired of dry and chapped hands, elbows, and knees? This soothing salve is the perfect solution for your winter skin woes and can bring much needed soothing relief to other troublesome skin conditions.
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Homemade Chicken Bone Broth Recipe
Have you made homemade chicken broth?It is both easy and cost effective and you will wonder why you waited so long to try it! Homemade broth not only provides a delicious base for your soups and stews, broth is rich in minerals and gelatin and can support a healthy digestive system and overall immune support.
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Do You Need a Coffee Detox?
If it is your first thought in the morning, and your last thought at night, you just may be a coffee addict! I'm sharing about my deep dark (roasted) secret addiction, and what I did to break my dependency.....
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Gluten Free Pie Crust
Looking for a yummy gluten free crust? Look no farther! I love this crust for when I want to make a gluten free version of my quiche! It is quick, and only uses 4 ingredients!
What you will need:
2 cups almond flour: I use this almond flour
1 egg
2 Tablespoons butter or coconut oil (if you want it to be paleo)
1/4 tsp salt
Add the ingredients in a food processor and blitz it until they are combined.
You will then flour or grease your hands and gently press the dough into
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Luscious Lemon Bars
Looking for a fresh summer treat? These bars are the perfect blend of sweet and tart and are a must for your next summer picnic or BBQ. They are a sweet indulgence, but are totally worth it! I would suggest making them to bring somewhere, because if you have a whole batch of these in your house, you will keep going back for more and more! Don't ask me how I know.....
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Very Veggie Pasta Salad
Pasta salads are great for picnics, potlucks, BBQ's, or just a quick lunch or dinner you can make ahead and keep in your fridge. They also are a wonderful way to integrate a ton of healthy vegetables into your meal. This salad is fresh and delicious and will be one of the bowls that is scraped clean at the next gathering you bring it to! I guarantee it!
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Do You Know How to Raise A Healthy Child?
Do you still believe the old saying “The doctor knows best”? My pregnancy with my oldest child was my first experience with regular medical care, and I was young and uninformed and very much in need of medical guidance. Whatever my doctor said, I viewed as truth and I took the “doctor’s orders” thing pretty seriously. It was when I was at the hospital after the emergency c-section of my son (that’s a story for another time!) that I first started questioning routine practices and started
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Skillet Baked Pasta
I first saw a version of this recipe on an America's Test Kitchen episode (love them!) and it looked so good and easy and I just had to make it myself! I have modified their recipe a lot with my own twists, but I loved the main ideas of a one-pot dish that goes from stovetop to oven and that you can cook the pasta with the other ingredients. What a great idea! There are a lot of ways to experiment with this recipe....
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Salsa with a twist
Roasted salsa, pico de' gallo, chipotle, mango, peach.... there are so many salsa recipes and depending on the ingredients used it can be smoky, spicy, or sweet. What kind of salsa I make depends on if I am going to serve it with some authentic tacos and spanish rice, or if I just want something as a fun appetizer to dip some tortilla chips into. This one is not "authentic" so it is great as an appetizer before any meal and it is delicious!
My husband is part Mexican and he actually
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Berry Delicious Spinach Salad
Fruit in a salad? Yes, please! This is by far my very favorite salad. Spinach, berries, nuts, cheese! Pretty much my favorite ingredients all in one big bowl of goodness! My whole family will gladly eat this up and it is a great salad for company or for a holiday meal. The fun thing about this salad is that you can switch out ingredients based on whatever you have available. I have done any form of berry from strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and my sister was just telling me about a
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