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Quinoa Calendula Currant Cookies
These cookies are a take off of oatmeal raisin cookies using toasted quinoa flakes and currants. Added to the cookie is the addition of calendula, my herb obsession at the moment (you can read all about this beautiful herb and the benefits here). These cookies are soft, protein & energy rich without any refined sugar, wheat, nuts and dairy. You will not feel guilty about eating these anytime of the day! Quinoa flakes in my opinion are a great substitute to oatmeal,…
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The Most Perfect Delicious Bean Soup
There’s nothing like a good bean soup. It’s hearty, warm, filling and perfect to eat on a cold day. It’s also one of the easiest soups to make. It’s a type of soup I used to make quite a bit especially when my children were younger but over time some how stopped making. I don’t know why I stopped, because bean soup is cheap to make when you’re on a budget and it’s the perfect one pot meal, all you…
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Apricot Pudding Pies Sprinkled with Calendula 😊
You know how when you’re on a roll, you just have to go with it? Well I’m on one of those rolls, a pie/tart making roll. The creation of this pie took a couple of days of trial and error. In the end this recipe came out so well!  In this recipe there is no additional sugar besides what’s in the dried apricots. This recipe is plant based, gluten free, nut free and refined sugar free. This dessert is…
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Carob Banana Tarts
This is the first recipe of the new year and I wanted to start the new year off with a carob dessert since I ended the year 2018 with a carob dessert, these cookies . Arginine and Shingles This year more than ever I’m all about preventing shingle flare ups. In order to do that I know I need to drastically cut down on my grain and nut/seed consumption. The reason is because of the high levels of arginine found in…
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Carob Almond Butter Cookies
I love to bake but since dealing with autoimmune issues due to having had shingles four years ago, I felt like I had to give up baking because of my food limitations. Years past especially during the holidays I would have been knee deep in flour and sugar baking to my hearts content; loving every minute of it. Baking was relaxation and a stress reliever for me. It’s been very challenging to say the least not to be able to…
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Lavender Matcha Latte
Recently while on a much needed vacation I was able to eat some amazing food and drink some fabulous beverages. One of the beverages in particular has opened the creative flood gates to what I can recreate myself at home, using my favorite….matcha! I normally drink a matcha latte every morning, it’s easy on my tummy, gives me a nice slow energy boost and best of all it’s delicious! Like posted many blog posts ago there’s a certain way on…
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Cilantro…Love it or Hate it.
Cilantro is one of those herbs people either love or hate, there’s no in between. Before a few years ago my relationship with cilantro was definitely leaning more towards hate. My first vivid experience with cilantro was in my late thirties (yes, I’m a culinary late bloomer 😊). I remember going to this particular Mexican restaurant known for their burritos. Being one who likes to research EVERYTHING, I had picked up the restaurant’s paper menu days prior to study carefully…
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The Best EVER Apple Waffles for One Recipe!
The old saying, “An Apple A Day Keeps the Doctor Away” is not just an old wives tale. There really is some truth behind it. According to a great health centered website healthline, eating an apple a day, skin and all is known for lowering cholesterol. Also apples contain pectin a fiber that acts like a prebiotic that feeds good bacteria to the gut. And there’s much more! Apples can actually aid in weight loss due to their fiber and water…
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Thai Sweet Potato Noodle and Delicata Squash Soup
With the fall comes beautiful fall foliage, crisp cool air, football, apples and most of all winter squash. Squash is indigenous to North America and there are roughly 15 different types of winter squash. The most popular winter squash that most people already know is pumpkin. Name a food item and around this time of the year, nine times out of ten there’s a pumpkin flavor of it. Pumpkin is great but there’s so many other winter squash varieties that…
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Plant Based Gluten-Free Matcha Mini Muffins
My love for matcha is pretty deep. Not only do I drink it every morning and afternoon, I find myself dreaming of different ways I can use this wonderful blessed, magical, spiritually uplifting, energizing yet calming green goddess of goodness. (Yes, I think of matcha as a female. 😊)  So far I’ve written a couple of posts on matcha, how I make my lattes linked here, as well as the benefits of matcha linked here.  Since not being able to drink coffee due…
