Eating Well
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Homemade Granola Bars to Make for a Quick and Healthy Snack
We embarked on a journey since becoming parents to eliminate funky ingredients in our food, for our own health and for our littles. These homemade granola bars are a fan favorite in our household! We keep them in the fridge so our boys can grab a quick and healthy snack anytime they get a hunger pang. Ingredients for Homemade Granola Bars 1 cup smooth/creamy peanut butter 2/3 cup honey 3 Tablespoons chopped pepitas OR nuts (we used almonds) 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 1/2 cups dry oats 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon chia or flax seeds 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips – or regular chocolate…
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Healthy Baked Cinnamon Apples with No Added Sugar
In the past week I have made these healthy baked cinnamon apples 3 different times! My kids and husband (and I) love them so much. I recently realized I have Candida overgrowth (yeast) and have embarked on a journey to eliminate added sugar, gluten, alcohol etc from my diet – but my sweet tooth has not been happy. Enter – this recipe! Granny Smith apples are more tart/sour and have way less sugar than the other, sweeter varieties of apples. Because I’m trying to limit my sugar intake, these are my go to fruit lately! The fiber in apples is great for your digestive track too. Damian always reminds me…
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Homemade Flour Tortillas Recipe You Can Make at Home
Once you make your first batch of homemade flour tortillas, I promise you will never want to go back to the store bought ones! Don’t be intimidated by the thought of making your own flour tortillas – it’s totally worth the effort and it is not difficult. Plus – you get the added bonus of not having to worry about the preservatives, artificial flavorings and fishy ingredients from the ones prepackaged at the grocery store. We are Amazon affiliates – and recommend products we use and love from Amazon. We receive a small commission from any items you purchase from our links at no extra cost to you 🙂 Ingredients…
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How to Make Rainbow Sushi
Let’s go on an adventure today to make Rainbow Sushi at home! If you’re a sushi lover like I am, you KNOW how costly it can be to get it from a restaurant. Now – I’m definitely not a professional sushi chef, but when I’m sticking to my budget and get that craving, now I know I can make this at home to satisfy my cravings! Bonus – my 4 and 6 year olds love to make this rainbow sushi with me, and eat it too. Win! Make sure to have a bamboo mat to roll up your sushi! We use this one from Amazon. Ingredients for Rainbow Sushi Sushi…
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How to Make Refrigerator Pickles
These refrigerator pickles are so easy to make, take little prep time, and are totally customizable to your taste! Fun fact – dill does not exist ANYWHERE in Costa Rica. We have searched markets, stores of all kinds and still after living here 6 months have not found dill weed or seeds. Usually that’s our favorite kind of pickle, so we had to really get creative. I found the turmeric gave this a nice flavor! Ingredients for Refrigerator Pickles 3 pickling cucumbers, sliced in rounds or spears 1/4 cup Vidalia onion, sliced 3 TBS apple cider vinegar 1/2 cup water 2 cloves garlic, smashed 1 1/2 teaspoons pickling salt, or kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon granulated sugar 1 tsp ground turmeric 1 slice of jalapeño…
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Pineapple Coconut Cupcake Recipe for a Sweet Treat
Sweet, sweet summertime – the perfect time for Pineapple Coconut Cupcake! This is one time of the year I get bit by the baking bug to make all sorts of creations with my kiddos. Living in Costa Rica we have fresh pineapple year round so we are taking advantage of it! This week we baked some DELICIOUS and simple pineapple coconut cupcakes, so we had to share the recipe with you! Ingredients for Pineapple Coconut Cupcake 1 â…” cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup unsalted butter, softened ÂĽ cup light brown sugar, packed ½ cup coconut sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 large eggs…
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Vegan Cookies that Everyone Will Love!
These vegan cookies will be ones everyone will love to eat – whether they eat plant based or not! Let’s face it. So many plant based recipes are flat out gross – inedible – waste of money on the ingredients it can be frustrating. I am on a journey to create delicious vegan food that is suitable for kids and adults – and that is SIMPLE to make (that is key with having 3 toddlers y’all). These cookies are so amazing, they did not even last 24 hours in our house. We ate them all. No shame! Ingredients for Vegan Snowballs 1 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2…
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Leftover Turkey? Make these Easy Pot Pies for the Freezer!
Freezer turkey pot pies are a must when you have too much leftover meat – or you want to cook in bulk to save money! It is the day after Thanksgiving, everyone has had their fill of turkey, ham, yams, green bean casserole, and they are tired of it. No one wants to eat any more turkey by itself but there is still so much to consume. Do you dare waste it? Nonsense! There shall be no wasting of the turkey! Instead, you turn it into something else wonderful, that requires minimal prep time, as you are also exhausted from cooking. These can also be frozen for an easy dinner…
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The Perfect Homemade Chex Mix – Made in your Microwave!
I remember growing up at grandma’s house and waiting, staring at the oven watching the perfect homemade chex mix to finish baking. My brother and I fought over the trays as they finished cooling! In a world of convenience, sometimes it takes too long to wait for chex mix to bake in the oven. Occasionally, you stumble upon a way to recreate the perfect recipe to be completed in 5 minutes instead what felt like all day. Enter this recipe! For most people, making chex mix in a microwave results in a torched product that is so burnt it makes your smoke alarm go off. Not this recipe! With this,…
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Easy Plant Based Pumpkin Muffins to Bake with your Toddlers
This is an easy recipe to make with your kids, or for any human who loves muffins. I don’t know about you but in my search for a plant based diet I have tried some DOOZY recipes that are either completely inedible, smell like a dumpster, or I love but my kids will not eat. This recipe was 5 stars therefore I had to share it with you! Let’s be honest – I don’t have an instagram worthy photo of these delicious muffins we made, because I have 3 toddlers. What counts is that they were super yummy, and nobody killed each other in the making of this recipe! Here…
