Thanksgiving Day Menu

FREE- Full Thanksgiving Menu and Shopping List- Grain free, Paleo and healthy recipes

Hosting a healthy and delicious Thanksgiving meal for your friends or family can be pretty simple and stress free, though it does require some work. To make things easier, I prepare a menu plan, print my recipes and a shopping list ahead of time so that I can make most of the dishes in the [...]

Stuffed Sausage Boats

stuffed zucchini boats

Zucchini Boats are an easy meal to put together quickly and we have several variations that we make regularly. The kids actually enjoy helping make them and they can be easily customized to your tastes by changing the spices. These also re-heat well (we wrap in foil and store in the fridge until use) especially [...]

Spinach Artichoke Chicken

Spinach Artichoke Chicken Recipe- Like spinach artichoke dip but healthy and with protein

I love spinach artichoke dip at restaurants, but not being a fan of GMO-pesticide-filled-corn-chips makes dip not so fun! I love the flavors of this dip and wanted to figure out a way to incorporate them in a healthy meal that also included protein, thus Spinach Artichoke Chicken in the crock pot was born. This [...]

Chicken Pineapple Kebab

Chicken Pineapple Skewers

Another day, another easy dinner idea. This is a popular dinner with my kids because of the sweet pineapple and the color of the pepper. It is easy to make and if you don’t have a grill, it is easy to adapt to cook in the oven. These are actually really good cold since the [...]

Fruit Smoothie Sorbet

Delicious Homemade Real Fruit Sorbet Recipe

Need a delicious summer treat without the added sugar and chemicals? Make some real-fruit ice cream/sorbet! With some coconut milk or fresh fruit juice and pureed fruit you can easily make a delicious sorbet without the added sugar and preservatives. This is a great way to make use of seasonal produce, especially while peaches and [...]

Caribbean Jerk Chicken

Caribbean Jerk Chicken Healthy Recipe

I’d been craving (leptin problem maybe?) some Jerk Chicken lately, probably because the flavors remind me of the beach, which I am really craving… Anyway, since there are no places around here that can make good Jerk chicken, I played around with recipes until I found this one, which is Ah-Mazing! If you like these [...]

Sausage Stuffed Apples

Sausage Stuffed Apples- Easy Dinner Idea

I love sweet and savory flavors together and while chocolate covered bacon fits the bill, it isn’t the best for a nutritious meal idea. These Sausage Stuffed Apples are a great dinner idea and their fun packaging makes them appealing to kids. (My kids also love stuffed sweet potatoes if sweet potatoes are more of [...]