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Do you feel crazy thirsty during pregnancy, but also feel like you’re peeing everything out that you just drank?! This rehydration drink is for you! Whether you’re in the early stages of pregnancy and building up your blood, in labor and need a replenishment, or breastfeeding and just trying to keep up with the …
Homemade Labor-aid (lemon-flavored electrolyte drink for pregnancy and labor)Read More
This creamy soup is loaded with leftover turkey and classic veggies. You can adapt this soup to be lower carb, and even dairy free! Dairy Free Option To make this recipe dairy-free, use coconut milk in place of the heavy cream, or omit completely and just have the cauliflower base as a creamy base. Omit …
At the risk of sounding like a cookbook from the 80s, this soup can be made completely from scratch, or you can open a can of pumpkin, can of coconut milk, box of stock and you’re almost all the way there! Pumpkin is higher in carbs than many other vegetables, but evidence suggests that low …
Watching liquid honey and powdery cinnamon transform into delicious and soothing hard cough drops is an exercise in science, cooking, and healing for both the home cook and the involved children. This recipe uses the healing properties of honey and cinnamon in an easy-to-consume little homemade cough drop. To keep the drops from sticking to …
This creamy rich custard uses all the flavors of fall. Simpler to put together than a pumpkin pie, this pumpkin custard is sure to be a family favorite! I especially love that you can put it in the crock pot and then go out and come home to a house that smells like fall and …
Pumpkin Custard with Ginger and Coconut Milk: Slow Cooker or Instant Pot RecipeRead More
We just broke out our ice cream maker and are churning up our first batch of Keto ice cream of the season, right out of my go-to keto sweets cookbook! With kids home and warmer weather, homemade ice cream is actually a nourishing treat that is fun to make together as a family and …
Yummy Homemade Lemon Ice Cream (Keto, GAPS, Dairy-Free)Read More
Lemon juice combines with gelatin and a little sweetener to make these gummy treats easily. They give you your gummy candy fix without sugar, corn syrup, or food dye. If you don’t have molds, pour the mixture into a square casserole dish and then cut into squares. Square gummy candy also is delicious, you won’t …
Have you tried homemade popsicle recipes and found they were too hard to eat, didn’t set up right, the flavor wasn’t good, or the popsicles were overly complicated to make? Do you love giving your kids whole fruit popsicles but hate the $1+ each price tag that they come with from the store? You just …
How to Make the Best Popsicles at Home (without the sugar!)Read More
We forget that the healing powers of gelatin don’t have to come with sweet treats! This pickle gelatin is a simple savory gelatin that uses that probiotic-rich pickle juice that is probably sitting in your fridge because you can’t bear to throw out it’s goodness but don’t know what to do with it. I’ve seen …
Bacon-wrapped scallops are the perfect appetizer for a dinner party, or a perfect treat dinner to shake things up! This Bacon-Wrapped Scallop recipe comes together in under 30 minutes, and is all done right in the oven. Don’t skip pre-baking the bacon, that’s what allows the bacon to become cooked through without overcooking the scallops. …
Not only does this delicious and rich cocoa warm tummies, but it also warms up cold hands as they are wrapped around the warm cup, and nearly-blue lips that just came in from a fun afternoon of sledding or puddle jumping. When you get your first good snow, after you match up all the mittens …
After a generation or two of avoiding fat, we are introducing it back into our diet with beautiful results. When we consume natural, whole-food fats our whole body benefits. Those who are eating a high-fat, low-carb diet, paleo, or whole foods diet may even struggle to consume enough calories- that’s where fat bombs come in. …
