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10 Day Juice Cleanse–Day 1

10 Day Juice Cleanse–Day 1

After watching Tabitha Brown do a 10 day juice cleanse on instagram, I’ve been inspired to do one of my own. We’ll see how it goes! I’ll post daily videos and be honest about the process. I am juicing for a number of reasons. I’m 

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Chopped Kale Salad with Tahini Ranch Dressing

Chopped Kale Salad with Tahini Ranch Dressing

I have a ranch dressing obsession. There. I admitted it. I have created a ranch dressing that I am working on bottling and I dip every single thing that I can find in it. My husband always says that I’m just making a vehicle for 

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Potato Chowder

Potato Chowder

‘Twas the night before cousin and grandma gift exchange and all through the house, the kids were a little crazy and one was kind of sick and fell down the steps at school face first on Friday.   I’ll be honest. The holidays have been 

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Vegan Chocolate Frosting

Vegan Chocolate Frosting

A very simple and delicious frosting for your gluten free, vegan, refined sugar free chocolate cupcakes!

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Decadent, Vegan, Gluten Free Cupcakes

Decadent, Vegan, Gluten Free Cupcakes

We got our snow day and it has been lovely! The kids have been in and out with friends all day, Steve got to come home early, I worked a little from home, and then got to spend some time in the kitchen. Although your 

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Buffalo Jackfruit Bites

Buffalo Jackfruit Bites

Fingers crossed for a snow day tomorrow here in St. Louis! The kids and I would love a day off! We are all counting down the days until winter break! Meanwhile, I’ve been thinking about appetizers for Christmas parties. This one is a winner! It’s 

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Savory Chickpea Pancakes with Lemony Dill Sauce

Savory Chickpea Pancakes with Lemony Dill Sauce

My father-in-law is very dedicated and rescued all of his cherry tomatoes before the frost the other week. Messi (or goofy new pup) decided it was his mission to not only eat all of our tomatoes from our plants, but then wrestle them out of 

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Easy Eggy Tofu Sammie

Easy Eggy Tofu Sammie

Have I told you how much I love, love, LOVE my air fryer? It is a gift to tofu. It creates this nice crisp/chewy texture that I haven’t been able to emulate by frying or baking. It is definitely my favorite way to make tofu. 

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Vegan, Gluten Free Switch Bars

Vegan, Gluten Free Switch Bars

Vegan, gluten free, almost refined sugar free. You will love these!

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Gluten Free Thumbprint Cookies

Gluten Free Thumbprint Cookies

I’ve been working on sugar free caramel that will work for a mock gluten free, vegan twix bar. I think I nailed it, but in the mean time I thought I’d make these thumbprint cookies out of the dough for the cookie part of the 

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