Natural D.I.Y Food Coloring

                                          

 Recently, I did an article on Why Food Coloring is a "No, No"  and I decided what better way than to write an article on how to make natural food coloring! After all, it's a lot cheaper than the natural kind you buy in the store. Depending on the shade you want, it could work just as good, too.

Guilt-Free Blueberry Cheesecake (no cream cheese)

Since I don't eat cheese from a cow, I decided to use creamy goat cheese that has a pretty similar taste to regular cream cheese. While your average cream cheese has about 200 calories (and that's for only one cup!), goat cheese only has

Copycat Clondike Peppermint Patties

Peppermint patties are probably my all time favorite candy! They're so good! Only last Christmas did I learn how to make them. But, thing is, I'm not able to use the same recipe since it calls for condensed milk. Thankfully, I found a great peppermint pattie recipes. I have made this recipes sugar free, also (unless you add chocolate chips, which I did not do ). So in all, this recipe is sugar free, dairy free and gluten free (gluten free if you use chocolate chips). At, first I thought I wouldn't be able to enjoy my favorite treat!

Simple Eggnog Recipe

 

 

I love eggnog! But, since I don't consume dairy anymore, I haven't drank eggnog. (since most eggnog recipes contain cream).  I thought it was a shame that a lot of holiday deserts contain cream (well, the kind I usually ate did). Sometimes it can be hard to find a replacement for cream if the outcome for the recipe is supposed to be fluffy of whipped. But, when I saw this GREAT idea for using canned coconut milk, I thought "Why not? Sounds like a good idea!" By the way, it is a great time to be thinking about eggnog! :)

Yummy Cranberry Sauce!

I've never had cranberry sauce. In fact I've never known what people use it for during Thanksgiving. It never appealed to me because I thought people put it on their turkey or whatever. I didn't know. :) But, it wasn't until I asked someone that I found out. You simply eat it by itself (though some people do differently). When I started googling recipes for cranberry sauce and saw the pictures..it actually looked pretty appealing. Apart from the canned cranberry sauce. That just reminds me of beets. And not the yummy type of beets. Anyway, when I made this, I couldn't believe how good it tasted! You'll probably have a few of these ingredients on hand

Delicous Kettle Popcorn

  

 

My favorite popcorn ever has to be kettle corn! I love the taste of it..with just a little bit of sugar on top. It makes a a fantastic snack, too. The only problem is that I can't stop eating it! Not only is this a salt free snack but low fat too. And, did you know that studies have shown that popcorn may even help fight diseases! Just had to throw a little benefit in, too!

Apple Leather Strips

I love eating fruit roll ups and fruit leather. They're both deliciously good. But, my favorite flavor would be cherry and apple. Unlike some people, I will sometimes roll them up in a ball and pop them in my mouth. Anyway, I'd been meaning to make fruit leather for quite some time...and yesterday was just the right time to make them.

Interestingly Moist Pumpkin Muffins!

 

 Once a week I go to a small group. When I go, I usually bring a snack. And today they asked us to bring a finger food/snack starting with the letter 'M'. I couldn't think of anything at the moment so I Googled it. Yes, it may seem weird, but I Googled it. And the first thing that popped up was muffins. That shouldn't be too hard. After all muffins are pretty simple/easy to make!

Spicy Pumpkin Latte!

Since pumpkins are everywhere now, I decided I should take this opportunity and post this recipe. First of all, I didn't think this would turn out to be a success at the beginning. Because I had forgotten pumpkins were stinky (except for some canned pumpkins) and when I smelled my canned pumpkin, I thought it was bad. I thought, 'Oh, no...this won't turn out right.

Frosted Carob Peanut Butter Dog Cupcakes!

This past Wednesday marked one year for my sister having her dog. She decided to celebrate today. My sister couldn't decide how to make his cake...so I gave her some advice and together we came up with a carob/ peanut butter flavored cupcake. This dog cupcake has no added sugar (unless you count honey as sugar). As some dog treats have sugar in them, which I think isn't good for them (just like chocolate). And, we put a frosting on top we knew he'd love (beef flavored)

Irresistible Peanut Butter Squares!

These peanut butter squares are so delicious that you may not want to share them! In fact, they're irresistibly good! In fact, I don't even like peanut butter unless it's with something else.  You may even want to double the recipe. One of my favorite parts of making it is licking the bowl. :) They taste best when you warm them up, as they're more chewy that way...but even better when fresh out of the oven. Mmm!

Dairy Free Choc. And P.B. Ice Cream (Picture tutorial)

You will be surprised at how easy it is to make this ice cream! And how much it resembles (real) ice cream. I used bananas as the base ingredient for this ice cream since it has a thick consistency when blended. As some of you may know, I don't eat dairy (or soy)..so I was very

Dairy Free and Organic Chocolate Pudding

I was  recently looking for a chocolate pudding recipes and I found one The Frugal Girl.  The recipe called for cornstarch and since I didn't have any organic cornstarch I decided that I would use einkorn flour. The flour that I had just started using. It also called for milk and as you kno

Rose's Chocolate Cookies

I had planned on making a chocolate cake today...but, my brain got the better of me! :) And, I'm glad. After I'd mixed half of the ingredients together, I tasted the batter and it reminded me of some cookies I'd made a few years back. Well, I decided to experiment and make one cookie. It tur

Fried Onions with Liquid Aminos

Yummy fried onions with Bragg's Liquid Aminos!

Like I said yesterday, I would be posting another treat for you! And here it is! Looks delicious, doesn't it? This is probably my favorite out of all I've made the past few days. Everyo

Fried Red Tomatoes with Sauted Onions

Fried Tomatoes with Sauted  Onions

After making the green tomatoes, I decided to try the same thing, only with red tomatoes. And this time I sauted onions with it. Again, my sister who hates tomatoes

Orgreenic Tomatoes With Liquid Aminos

The Orgreenic Green Tomatoes I made

I've always wanted to try making fried green tomatoes, as I've never had them before. Fried green tomatoes are one of the most popular southern foods. True, this may not be all the same as fried green tomatoes, but very similiar. I did my best to make it as similiar as possible to fried to green tomatoes, and healthy at the same time. Both of these tomatoes

Organic Mint chocolate chunk brownies

I actually planned on making these with non-minty chocolate bars. But, I apparantly didn't have any on hand, so I ended up using mint chocolate. I didn't think it would taste as good, b