nutritious food, natural living, faith in Him
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I’m in the midst of doing the Whole 30 plan with a group of supportive friends. And man, you never realize how much you like certain foods until someone tells you they’re off limits for a month! I’m doing this plan for 5 reasons: 1. I like a good challenge. I’m not competitive in general, but I like to put myself to the test from time to time. 2. A friend asked me to do it with her and I’m {Read More}
Do you need an easy last minute treat? This candy takes literally only a couple of minutes to make. It’s nourishing and delicious. My kids love it so much I’m calling it Christmas Crack. Hehe. Merry Christmas! Print Christmas Crack Candy Recipe Ingredients2 cups unsweetened coconut 1/3 cup organic extra virgin coconut oil 3 tablespoons cocoa powder 3 tablespoons organic honey InstructionsIn a good blender or food processor, combine all ingredients and blend until thick and smooth. In {Read More}
Today is my oldest son’s 10th birthday! I’ve been someone’s mama for a decade. A DECADE. I can’t exactly decide how to feel about this. I’m so thrilled with the young man he’s becoming. In some ways these years have dragged on and on and in others the years have seemed to disappear when I wasn’t looking. Wasn’t it only a few weeks ago I was frantically rocking his colicky newborn self? Days ago I was kissing his boo-boos? Hours {Read More}
Take a hop and a skip over to San Diego Moms Blog and check out my two recipes for Homemade Magic Shell.
There’s a coffee shop in town that is super close to our church that we resisted ever visiting for about 2 years. It has a terrible name- the kind of name you would never want your kids repeating, plus we assumed the ingredients are like any other coffee shop and worth avoiding. Then one day I was close and decided to give it a try. Turns out I should have skipped it…because it is delicious! Their lattes leave a certain {Read More}
I bet you’ve heard that dark chocolate is good for you. Do you know why? All chocolate is made from cacao (pronounced kuh-COW), the edible part of a cocoa bean. The cacao is removed, fermented and processed into a liquid called cocoa liquor. Cocoa liquor is then combined with other ingredients such as sugar, milk solids and cocoa butter to achieve solid chocolate. To create cocoa powder, cocoa liquor is pressed to squeeze some of the cocoa butter out of {Read More}
We have a few games we play at our house surrounding food. They are called “Name those ingredients”, “Identify the nutrients in those ingredients”, and “Give the recipe a name”. This recipe is so simple that it took my family no time to identify what’s in it. And the ingredients are staples around here, so they were quick to remember why they are good for our bodies. It was the naming of this recipe that led to lots of discussion. {Read More}
I know this photo doesn’t do a very good job of endorsing this recipe. I did the best I could. Really. I made one batch of this candy to see how it would turn out, but my boys and some neighbor children scarfed it down so fast I didn’t even have a chance to grab my camera. So of course I had to make a second batch. With the first batch I just rolled the candy into little balls, but {Read More}
Are you starting to see how much we love smoothies around here? What’s not to love? The combinations are endless, they can be a quick snack, part of a meal or a meal all on their own. Needless to say, my blender gets a lot of mileage! (Thanks, babe! Great gift!) Today’s smoothie is so, so, soooo good. I’m telling you, you gotta try this one. Chocolately, naturally sweet and quite filling. See there on the package of dates {Read More}
