It’s getting warm here in the PNW and that means we all want frozen treats! OK, I’ll be honest we always want frozen treats. I try my hardest but this baby makes me crave ice cream ALL THE TIME! It’s not the healthiest craving. But these Frozen Peanut Butter Banana Balls are a great way…
Vegan Philly Cheesesteaks
Let’s talk about dinner. I love to cook, my husband loves to cook and 2/3 of my kids love to cook. We spend a lot of time in the kitchen and sometimes we take on some pretty complicated dinner recipes that leave us eating a little later than we should be on school nights. BUT…
Homemade Applesauce
My kids LOVE applesauce. Well, actually I think they just really love cinnamon and applesauce is a convenient vessel for said cinnamon. Either way, they ask for it a lot. I also love to use applesauce in my baking. It makes a great substitute for oil and acts as a natural sweetener. So that being…
Jackfruit Salad with Apples and Raisins
Do you pack your kids lunches or do they eat school lunch? Do you take your lunch to work with you or eat out? Our family is on team packed lunch all the way! This Jackfruit Salad with Apples and Raisins is a regular on our lunch box list! Even before we became aware of…
Homemade Vegetable Stock
Alright, this is going to make me sound like a complete rookie in the kitchen. ย I have to come clean though because I canโt be the only one. Do you know how some recipes call for adding vegetable stock to the cooking liquid when making things like couscous, rice and quinoa? Well I literally NEVER…
Creamy Orange Smoothie
Smoothies are such a huge staple in our house and this Creamy Orange Smoothie is one of my personal favorites. We make smoothies all the time, which is a whole lot easier since last Christmas when Austin bought me a high powered blender. I’d been wanting one for a while but let’s face it, they…
Spicy Homemade Salsa
GUYS!! Do you have any idea how easy it is to make homemade salsa? The first time that I made this recipe I wanted to smack myself! What took me so long?? Itโs seriously super easy and the results are infinitely better than any of the shelf-stable jarred kind you buy at the grocery store….
Strawberry Quinoa Salad
The first time I made this Strawberry Quinoa Salad Austin and I had just gotten done with a run. Heโd recently gotten home from a long deployment so he was in CRAZY deployment shape and I was struggling my hardest not to die. ย If you need a mental picture think him switching between jogging backwards,…