Something special from Mandy's kitchen...
Ahh, it’s that time of year again, the most wonderful time of the year! I don’t know about you, but growing up, we kept the tradition of baking Christmas cookies. My mom would set aside a weekend early in December to get all of her …
My husband and I have recently discovered brewed cacao beans. Cacao beans ground up and brewed just like coffee beans. Pure genius. Absolutely divine. I only wish we had come up with this idea years ago! It’s still kind of a new thing just emerging …
This healthy, yet decadent treat is inspired by a recipe from Elana’s Pantry, New York Times best-selling author Elana Amsterdam’s website. A no-bake dessert with five simple ingredients layered thick for a perfectly divine summer sweet: rich, dark chocolate; wholesome dry-roasted nuts; raw cacao nibs; …
Are you dealing with inflammation? Although this is the body’s natural response to protect and heal, chronic inflammation from undue autoimmunity calls for some relief! Get familiar with turmeric! Nature’s powerhouse for reducing inflammation in the body! Fresh turmeric, as pictured, looks like ginger root, …
Yep, we jumped on the Instant Pot bandwagon and have been loving every minute of it! Hubby got me an Instant Pot for Christmas and I have used it almost every day since. Of course, not knowing Hubby bought me one, I had coincidentally bought …
Nothing says a birthday celebration, or any celebration for that matter, than with a rich, moist, luxurious chocolate cake. And almost always, the best recipes have quite the story behind their genius. My husband’s birthday happens to be on Christmas Day, and every year I …
As you will start to notice in my recent blog posts, I have been experimenting more with grain-free cooking and baking. I have found that as much as I love grains, my body tends to feel better when I eat less of them, so I …
I’m back! I know it’s been a minute since I last posted, but life has been, well….full. Full in the most positive sense, in that time has become one difficult-to-find and very precious thing. And full in the sense that I am continually being abundantly …
Tomatillos, those strange, green, tomato-like things you may have seen at the grocery store. They’re actually not related to the tomato plant, but rather they are a member of the gooseberry family. Most of us steer clear of these goblin fruits in fear of not …
Carrot tops. Yes, it’s a thing. They’re the bushy greens that grow from the tops of, you guessed it, carrots! And you better believe they’re edible and just as flavorful that those orange roots themselves! But what do you do with carrot tops? Make hummus! …