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Sugar Addiction and my First Two Weeks Trying To Kick It
The first week of my attempt to kick my sugar addiction started out with very strong intentions. I had a couple of really good days. However as you will soon find out even with the strongest intentions, without a written plan and goals in place, my plan to get off sugar turned out to be unsuccessful. Kicking Sugar Day 1 Let’s start with May 1st the first day of my sugar rehab. It started out really well. After doing…
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A New Chapter for Native Batch
I think the most challenging part of picking up something again after a long hiatus is just starting. It’s been said many times that beginning is the the hardest part of any journey and with cousins “finishing” and “consistency” trailing not too far behind, they can be just as challenging. If you were to peek at my unfinished drafts over the past 5 years you would see I had every intention, numerous times to pickup where I left off on…
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Sweet Potato White Bean Puffs
Were you ever in need of healthy finger foods for a get together but didn’t have much time to spare? Well I can help you out with this veggie and protein rich finger food recipe. This recipe is quick to prepare especially if you take the shortcut of buying canned beans. And the ingredient list is simple enough where you most likely already have the ingredients on hand. What You Will Need To make these puffs you will need only…
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Lemon Ginger Snaps (GF & Plant-Based)
These cookies are amazing for six good reasons: They’re gluten free, perfect for those who are unable to consume wheat based flours. They are plant based, great for plant based or vegan eaters. The recipe is super easy! One batch makes 50 cookies or 25 sandwich cookies! Ginger & Lemon, what could be better? And… It’s a one pot cookie recipe. (well one pot and one bowl 🙂 ) A One Pot Cookie Recipe? Yes! This recipe basically only…
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How Activated Charcoal Might Help You Get Through The Holiday Season
With the holiday season underway most of us will be indulging on lots of good food and drinks. For good health it’s important that we try and keep everything within moderation. However there will be times where moderation will go out the window and that extra pan of cookies or that big punch bowl of egg nog will be calling your name. 🙂 Moderation is something I personally struggle with especially since I’m always trying out and creating new…
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Sweet Potato Walnut & Apple Bilberry Currant Rugelach
Rugelach has always been one of my favorite cookies. Lets just put it this way, if they were on a cookie tray with chocolate chip, sugar, and oatmeal raisin cookies, my hand would immediately go to the rugelach. It’s just something about the slightly tart, cheesy flavor of the pastry, combined with chocolate or fruit that reminds me of a miniature cheesecake but in cookie form. Rugelach tastes amazing with tea or coffee. And they are quite filling because of…
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The Vegetarian Thanksgiving Day Meal Guide
Thanksgiving is next week! I can’t believe how fast time is going by. If you’re anything like me, you probably feel like you never have enough time in the day to get things done. And now we have the holiday season coming. For many people Thanksgiving is a joyous occasion being with family and eating good food. For others it can be stressful and tiring especially if you have to cook. Well I have something to hopefully make your Thanksgiving…
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How To Make The Most Delicious Mushroom Gravy
In my last blog post I talked about a very easy biscuit recipe. This post is going to be about gravy…mushroom gravy! How can I talk about biscuits and not include gravy? Living in the South, that’s the equivalent of talking about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and leaving out the jelly. I wanted desperately to tag this mushroom gravy post with the biscuit recipe. But this gravy is just so good that it deserved it’s own…
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The Easiest Biscuits You’ll Ever Make
You might think that making good biscuits you need tons of butter and buttermilk. But my friends that is not the case. In this recipe there is no butter, no buttermilk or regular milk. And these biscuits are made with only…wait for it, wait for it…4 Ingredients! (not including salt). How is this done? I’m going to tell you. But first let me brag a little bit more about these biscuits. These biscuits are soft, dense and have such great…
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How To Make Brazil Nut Milk
Brazil nut milk is a non dairy milk I like to make quite often. It’s because brazil nuts have a creamy, smooth and almost cheesy taste. They lend very well to being turned into a creamy, delicious non dairy milk. Because Brazil nuts can be on the higher price side I will often make almond or walnut milk and save brazil nut milk for certain recipes. Those recipes would be baked macaroni and cheese, custard type pies like sweet…