I have never really liked Sloppy Joe's. Not just because they are sloppy, but because they just had a strange flavor to me. For some reason thought, they sounded good to me and I decided to find a homemade recipe that I could make without using those cans of "sauce" with their questionable ingredient [...]
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Homemade Mounds and Almond Joy
Confession....I have a HUGE sweet tooth. I know that sugar is bad for me. I know that is zaps my energy, and decreases my immune system...but I love candy. Recently Ryan and I decided that we were not going to eat candy anymore unless it is made with real food ingredients. In other words, it [...]
Homemade Sloppy Joes
I have never really liked Sloppy Joe's. Not just because they are sloppy, but because they just had a strange flavor to me. For some reason thought, they sounded good to me and I decided to find a homemade recipe that I could make without using those cans of "sauce" with their questionable ingredient [...]
Raw Mint Chocolate Cookie Balls
One of my favorite new party items and snack foods for my kids are homemade Lara bars. If you've never had a Lara bar it is similar in concept to a granola bar, but with mostly fruit and nuts. Just a few really good ingredients...no junk. They are usually gluten free and can be dairy [...]
My Favorite Dry Rub
Tomorrow is America's 237th birthday and most of us will celebrate with barbecue and fireworks. We usually smoke a brisket when we host barbecue events at our house. I was not happy with the dry rubs we would purchase at the store so I decided to make my own. After much trial and error this [...]
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
A few years ago our daughter's dairy allergy forced us to really read food labels (and I'm talking ingredients of course, not the fat and calories that we have been trained to look at). I can't even pronounce most of the words on the ingredient list, and I certainly don't know what they are! I [...]
Homemade Magic Shell
One of the many things I enjoy about summer is ice cream! Yummy, delicious Blue Bell ice cream! (I also love to make my own healthier ice cream using my Vitamix. Recipe coming soon!) And of course I have always loved that magical shell of chocolate that hardens on the ice cream, but have you [...]
Whole Wheat Banana Muffins
For years I have enjoyed my grandmother's banana nut bread. She always has a loaf waiting when we come to visit. My kids, one of whom claims to not like nuts, devour this nutty bread every time. Over the years, I have substituted a few healthier ingredients to make this recipe even better for you. [...]
Homemade Buttermilk in 4 Simple Steps
Buttermilk is one of those ingredients that I LOVE to use in baking for the moistness it brings. (In cake recipes I often substitute buttermilk for part of the milk) But I would always forget to buy it on my shopping trips. So I would inevitably use the old vinegar and milk trick, but it's just not [...]
Four Superfoods
Taken from www.theearthdiet.com