I love granola. I don’t love granola made with hunks of fruit. My body doesn’t, either. My body also doesn’t appreciate granola made with coconut, olive, or avocado oil.And how about a recipe for granola that doesn’t have cinnamon? Cinnamon is the one thing I’ve known my whole life I couldn’t eat. It induces migraines. Can […]
Potato-free, Grain-free, Fruit-free Hashbrowns
This recipe is adapted from The 21 Day Sugar Detox. Initially, I made it because there were only five ingredients. FIVE!! That falls right in line with some of my goofy rules about new recipes. The original calls for 4 cups of shredded parsnips. I switched to rutabagas because 1) the parsnips were too sweet, even […]
Crockpot Roasted Chicken and Broth
Yep, this recipe’s a two-fer. Roast a whole chicken in your crockpot and get the starter for some fantastic broth. This is one of the things I’m doing during the 21 Day Sugar Detox, and I will reference it in my next blog post. I figured I’d go ahead and post the recipe now, though, […]
A Not Green Colored, Fruit-free Smoothie!
I really love smoothies. But dang, do they all have to have fruit in them? Or be a really bizarre shade of green? Or—worse—brown? Turns out that no, they do not. Wahoo! Fruit is a great source of natural sugars and carbohydrates and fiber. I know, I know. People are still terrified of carbohydrates. But […]
Melon Smoothie Recipe
Remember when you learned you couldn’t eat fruit anymore and your brain immediately ran down a long list of things you can’t have anymore? Yeah. Me, too. Except I calmed down pretty quickly because, to be honest, I’ve never been a big fruit eater. There are, however, two fruit things I was doing nearly daily […]
