These are definitely The Ultimate Paleo Lemon Bars with a crumbly almond flour shortbread topped with a silky smooth lemon filling. They’re also gluten free and good with or without a sprinkle of powdered sugar. The filling for these bars is extra smooth thanks to a simple step of cooking the filling before adding it to the par baked crust. This way the filling sets up more evenly and creates the smoothest filling you’ve ever had!...
Easy to make at home, Acai Bowls are packed with nutrients and antioxidants, but they taste like a treat. Acai bowls come together quickly with frozen acai purée and then you can customize the toppings to what’s in season and your favorite fruits. These acai bowls are gluten-free, with dairy-free and vegan options as well. We love topping ours with seasonal fresh fruit, yogurt, and granola. Acai bowls are so tasty and fun to eat, and they taste good enough to be a fresh dessert....
Angels Landing is a heart stopper for some, and a crazy good adventure for others. My goal today is to help you decided which one you are before you embark on this hike! I just want to say right off that doing this hike as well as any kind of outdoor activity is always undertaken at your own risk. I don’t mean to sound ominous or anything, but it is important to be prepared so that you can be as safe as possible....
These Blackstone Fajitas are easy to make with the griddle, creating that perfect ‘seared’ fajita flavor. Classic chicken fajita flavors are made even easier with less mess on a Blackstone griddle outside! This recipe is gluten-free with dairy-free options and the perfect family dinner or weekend entertaining recipe for outdoor cooking. You can follow the stovetop skillet instructions if you don’t have a Blackstone. We were super excited to add a Blackstone griddle to our outdoor cooking this year!...
This Caprese Dinner Salad with Grilled Chicken and Pesto Dressing is perfect for the best of summer produce. And there’s no need to heat the house because it’s all done fresh and on the grill! We love making huge dinner salads in the summer, and it would seem you do too! Today’s recipe came about from lots of requests for more dinner salads as summer approaches. So first up, I thought we’d start with the most summery combination I could think of – pesto and tomatoes....
Easy to make, this one-pot Chicken Broccoli Alfredo is perfect for family dinner. Chicken and broccoli make this pasta dish a full meal, but you’ll find some extra veggie side dish options listed below as well. This recipe is made with gluten-free pasta, but you can use any pasta brand you’d like. We rarely went out to eat when I was growing up. But when we did, I was always excited to see Alfredo on the menu....
This is truly the easiest Thai Curry I’ve ever made, you may even have to wait for the rice to finish cooking it’s so fast! It’s recipes like this one that help me get dinner on the table even on the busiest of nights. So last week I gave you the recipe for Roasted Market Veggies with Over Easy Eggs and Basil Aioli , where you make two sheet pans of roasted veggies....
This Summer Salmon Chopped Salad is packed with fresh juicy tomatoes and flavorful herbs, all brought together with your choice of a vinaigrette or creamy dressing. We love piling all these ingredients over arugula, and adding a bit of tangy crumbled feta cheese to top it all off. This salmon salad came about naturally with the leftovers I had from my Cedar Plank Greek Salmon . I piled all the leftovers from recipe testing over the top of some arugula and topped it with a tangy vinaigrette....
These Paleo Funfetti Ice Cream Sandwiches are super fun for summertime treats and backyard bbq’s. They’re gluten-free and can be made completely dairy-free as well. The 5-year-old in me might be a little overexcited that there are finally all-natural sprinkles available! I mean the kind of sprinkles where you can actually recognize the ingredients on the back of the box. And of course, they’re entirely made without artificial dyes. I find this so exciting that I may need to rein it in so all my future desserts don’t involve sprinkles!...
Homemade Jello is incredibly easy to make in any flavor you desire. It’s a simple two-ingredient recipe with some extra options for increased flavor. This Homemade Jello has no added sugar. But it’s perfectly sweet and fruity and brings back all those fun childhood memories. Making Homemade Jello is a great healthy option to avoid extra additives like dyes, sugar, etc. It seems like jello is one of those things you don’t see often anymore....
The Instant Pot really shines when you place tough cuts of meat in it because, in a short time, it breaks them down into perfectly tender, shredded meat. I’ve been having lots of fun creating Mexican-inspired recipes with the Instant Pot simply because it makes it so easy. I started out with my Salsa Chicken , then there were these Chicken Tinga Tacos , and this Beef Barbacoa . And now today we’re moving on to carnitas!...
This ultra refreshing Minty Pineapple Cucumber Green Smoothie is perfect in the summer with it’s lighter flavor. The mint adds extra freshness and it’s wonderfully hydrating with the cucumber added in. Plus you get several serving of both fruits and veggies in one smoothie! Have you ever looked at a green smoothie and thought, ‘hmm… that’s too green to be any good’? Well I have, and I was completely wrong. For years into the green smoothie craze I would see another neon green smoothie picture and think, ‘thanks but I’ll just have a salad’!...
We’re deep in zucchini season around here, with more than I could possible use up! This gratin makes short work of a few zucchini at a time, not to mention, it’s crispy-cheesy delicious! Zucchini and summer squash are often thought of as boring vegetables, but I think it makes them the perfect vehicle for all kinds of flavor combinations. I used a zucchini and a golden summer squash for contrasting colors, but you could use any combination of summer squash....
It’s been a little while since I’ve come up with a green smoothie recipe. So long in fact that I went back into the archives to see, and it turns out that the last time I posted a green smoothie was in February of this year! Of course there’s always a reason behind everything, and in this case there’s several. First of all, I sort of fell of the green smoothie ‘wagon’ this summer, and pretty much lived on watermelon and my Strawberry Watermelon Smoothie ....
This Pineapple Orange Banana Smoothie was inspired by my favorite flavor of juice from childhood. It’s hard to get enough of this tasty combination and it’s not surprising that kids absolutely love this one! This smoothie has plenty of fiber and servings of fruit. It’s gluten-free with dairy-free options as well. Pineapple Orange Banana was my favorite juice flavor as a kid. But we’re more nutrition savvy these days, and juice is no longer the breakfast staple it once was....
Raspberry Sherbet was always my favorite flavor, orange or even lime were good, but raspberry has always had the edge for me! This recipe started off simply as raspberry chia pudding because my husband is partial to raspberries. But… when I had the first bite, it took me back to my sherbet days, and there was an immediate title change. And… because I’m so partial to this flavor combination, you can expect to see some actual sherbet later this summer when it’s no longer 10 degrees anymore!...
This Sautéed Broccoli Rabe with Prosciutto, Mushrooms, and Caramelized Onions is full of flavor and so easy to make. It looks elegant too so it’s perfect for holidays and entertaining, especially when you follow the make ahead tips. It’s gluten free, dairy free, and paleo which makes it an easy veggie side everyone loves. The savory mushroom and caramelized onion combo is so good with broccoli rabe. And the touch of prosciutto rounds everything out making this a crave worthy side dish....
This recipe started off as the vaguest of ideas. I was actually procrastinating the task at hand and thinking about food, (what else is new?) when I had this thought, ‘wouldn’t it be nice if the whole house could smell like apple pie, without actually making apple pie’. That was really all it took to spark an idea, and from there this recipe for Slow Cooker Apple Pie Filling was born....
Summer flavor in just 15 minutes, this Strawberry Compote is perfect paired with ice cream, yogurt, or cheesecake. You can make this recipe year-round with either fresh or frozen strawberries. That way, you can enjoy the abundant summer strawberry flavor all the time. This sauce is simple to make and can be customized to use just about any fruit you have on hand, from peaches to pineapple, raspberries, or blueberries....
Somedays it seems distractions abound. I’m just sitting at my desk trying to think of the right words to tell you about how good this smoothie is. But for some reason, the words are slow to come today. So then I thought having a piece of chocolate might provide some inspiration. And it sort of worked because I started actually writing instead of staring at the screen. But then I got distracted again when a racoon came loping across the back pasture, then rambled around our back porch just a few feet from where I’m sitting right now....
