If I’m being entirely honest I have a real love hate relationship with cooking, meal planning, and meal prep. I love cooking and trying new recipes – but I hate having to come up with something and be creative at the end of a long and stressful day. Cue the awe inspiring meal plan! Meal…
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Banana Nice Cream with Strawberries and Dark Chocolate
I must admit, I love traditional ice cream, heck I love just about all dairy products. However, I know having excess amounts of sugar and heavy cream isn’t the best thing for you. That’s why I love this recipe! It has all the wonderful satisfying qualities of a great ice cream with so much less…
How to: Homemade Chicken Stock
Homemade stocks and broths are wonderful additions to many dishes including soups, pasta, rice, and sauces. You can use them as the base of meal such as a hearty soup, or you can simply use them to impart more flavor into a dish such as using them to cook your pasta, rice or potatoes. No…
Oven Roasted Purple Sweet Potatoes and Rainbow Carrots
In our house we love oven roasted veg. In particular we love beautifully caramelized, oven roasted root vegetables! Both Bear and Lion will eat an adult size portion of these lovely slightly sweet, slightly earthy, & delightfully seasoned beauties. So today when I asked Lion what we should make for dinner I wasn’t at all…