cooking · Dinner

Summer Garden Harvesting: Garlic and Rosemary Roasted Potatoes

There is something so satisfying about picking the food for dinner out of your land - and this dinner did just that. I harvested the potatoes, garlic, and rosemary just a bit before I started dinner. Garlic and Rosemary Roasted Potatoes Ingredients: 3 Tbsp olive oil 3 pounds mixed new potatoes 1 head garlic 2… Continue reading Summer Garden Harvesting: Garlic and Rosemary Roasted Potatoes

cooking · Dinner · Gluten-Free · Plant Based Diet

Handcrafted Pizza Sauce

While reading through the new cookbook No Excuses Detox, I decided to make a double batch of Megan Gilmore's Pizza Sauce. If you are like me, commercial pizza sauce is an odd thing. It's thick in an unnatural way. This has a great flavor, perfect texture and you could also use it as a marinara sauce.… Continue reading Handcrafted Pizza Sauce

cooking · Gluten-Free · Plant Based Diet · Raw

Date Paste: A Natural Sweetener

A natural sweetener that helps when cutting back on commercial sugar, it lets one wean off easier! Date Paste Ingredients: 1 pound pitted dates (weigh after pitting) 1½ cups boiling water Directions: Add dates and boiling water to a heat proof bowl, cover tightly, and let rest for 8 hours. Transfer dates and water to… Continue reading Date Paste: A Natural Sweetener

Dessert · Gluten-Free · Plant Based Diet

Vegan Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream

A long time ago, before our youngest was born, and his food allergies altered our lives, we often ate similar "ice creams" for dessert. It's too easy to get away from eating well, and hard to get back on track. However, one can force themselves back into it! And so this dessert came out of… Continue reading Vegan Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream