Banana Bread (Nut-Free) & My Tips for Success

It’s been almost 2 years ago since I stumbled upon the book Wheat Belly, and quit grains and added sugar overnight! (Read my full story HERE).  Everything that I was reading made sense, but I wondered how I could ever completely go without a piece of bread or cake again.  I tried a few recipes with…

Easy Shrimp Bisque (Grain Free & Low Carb)

Delicious and filling, Easy Shrimp Bisque This cold weather warrants a good bowl of bisque! Unfortunately, you can’t go to any restaurant and order bisque without it containing flour. My husband and I love seafood and we want to try one of the Pier 39 restaurants and try out their seafood dish. We recently ate…

Easy “Candied” Apples

I never was a fan of candied apples.  I always thought they were too sweet and I hated the candy part getting stuck in my teeth!  I like my version much better plus, I love peanut butter and chocolate together so this recipe is a win, win!   Also, no candy thermometer needed which makes…

Sugar-Free Fudge Pops (also Dairy Free)

This recipe is so easy and definitely chocolaty! Great for all of the hot Summer days to come!   Make this recipe to your own sweetness and chocolate intensity.   You don’t have to spend a fortune on popsicle molds.  I got these last summer for 50 cents each!  I hear they have fancy machines that can freeze pops…

Easy Oven Baked BBQ Ribs

Lets face it, it is too HOT to grill!  I know Summer is synonymous with grilling but when it is 108 degrees outside no one wants to put anyone they love in charge of grilling, that’s just cruel!   These oven baked ribs are the next best thing!  Bake them for 3 hours and there are no…

Three Meat Chili

    I have been working on a good chili recipe for a while.  There is just something satisfying about all the meat and the Mexican spices, hence the mexican style food in general.  I grew up eating Mexican Food Takeout, mostly chili with beans and that was a  hard habit to break.  Well, I…

Breakfast or Dessert Waffles?!?!

Dairy free version using only coconut milk instead of whipped cream! Coconut-Almond Flour Cake-Waffles     Is it waffles for breakfast or cake for dessert???  You decide with this versatile recipe.  The first morning I made these, they were great along side of some breakfast sausage and homemade strawberry- balsamic preserves.  My husband the said the waffles, were…

Amazing Flourless Chocolate Cake

Sugar free, grain free and dairy free and it taste amazing?!?!? How can it be?? Oh, it be! 😉 Sometimes mishaps in the kitchen turn into masterpieces and this is the case with this recipe.  In making ganache for strawberries this week and trying to skip a step to speed up the process, I “broke”…

The Best Chocolate Cupcakes EVER

  These are the BEST Grain Free and Sugar Free Cupcakes EVER!   This is my pride and joy.  I have been working on this cupcake recipe for about 5 months.  I think I have created a tasty and moist chocolate cupcake.  The combination of the almond flour and coconut flour gives it such a great texture…