These Dairy Free, Gluten Free Baked Lemon Donuts are the perfect treat when you need to satisfy your sweet tooth. And lemon zest in both the batter and the icing gives you that delicious lemon zing in every bite! I know I'm going to sound weird here but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that chocolate is not my favorite kind of dessert. I mean I like it, and will eat … [Read more...]
The Best Homemade Gluten Free Granola
This Gluten Free Granola is the best homemade recipe around! Naturally sweetened with real maple syrup (or honey!), this easily customizable recipe is a winner every time! Granola happens to be one of my most favorite snacks on earth so I'm not sure why I've never shared my go to recipe with y'all!?? I love that it's such a healthy snack and that there is lots of fiber, … [Read more...]
Ginger Carrot Soup
*This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Jewel-Osco. This delicious and wholesome Ginger Carrot Soup is the perfect immune booster to keep your family nourished and healthy during cough and cold season. Fall is officially here and the weather is getting cooler which makes me crave warm and filling soups. Do you feel the same way? It's one of my favorite … [Read more...]
Paleo Friendly Peanut Butter Eggs
Paleo Peanut Butter Eggs are an easy and healthier version of that old favorite Easter treat, the Reese's Peanut Butter Egg! This Paleo friendly, gluten free, and dairy free version is a definite must make recipe. … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Popcorn Recipe
I know many of you know I got an Instant Pot over the summer and in case you were wondering...I still LOVE it!! I feel like this appliance is literally a busy momma's best friend! And I know, I know, I've said that about my crockpot before. But! The thing that makes my Instant Pot win out over the slow cooker is that it actually IS a slow cooker! And the bonus is that I … [Read more...]
3 Ingredient Natural Deodorant
Today is my first installment of 'taking one of my old posts from when I very first started this blog and re-shooting the pictures so that they actually are nice and bright and not dark and yellow'. I have come a long way in learning about photography since I started writing Smashed Peas and Carrots (six years ago!!!) and in that time I have learned a little something … [Read more...]
DIY Sea Salt Spray for Beachy Waves
Now I know that summer is coming to an end but wait, before you think, what the heck? I'm just going to stop you there and tell you...YES! There is a need for this post. Beachy waves in our hair look so darn awesome in the summer that you'll be glad to have a recipe in your back pocket for DIYing your own spray so anytime you want you can enjoy that sweet tousled summer … [Read more...]
RECIPE: How to Make Kale Chips
We love to garden over here at the Smashed Peas household and this past spring we decided to grow all our plants from heirloom seeds (we flip back and forth with organic seedlings every other year). With the cooler temps at the end of spring and the beginning of summer plus with all the rain we received in Chicago our garden is literally exploding! Our leafy green beds … [Read more...]
RECIPE: Gluten Free Coconut Flour Donuts
We are in the middle of doing our Valentine's Advent right now, so far so fun! The kids are enjoying opening up an envelope every morning and I think I've done a pretty good job of picking just the right things to do/say in each one, hooray for me! (If you want to peak at my Valentine's Advent click here!) This past Saturday the kids had "Donut"make you happy to know … [Read more...]
Gluten Free Nut Free Energy Bites
OH. MY. HEAVENS. I have one of the most amazing treats to share with you today. So this summer, I played around with different versions of my Energy Bites recipe to help you out as well as to help us out since we like to do Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free and Paleo eating often in our home. As chiropractors, we totally see the benefits of getting rid of some of those allergy … [Read more...]
Chocolate Coconut Cups {Gluten and Dairy Free}
You guys are going to love, and I mean LOVE this recipe today! It is ridiculously delicious...sooo freakin' good...and on top of all that it is super easy to make. Well, if you like coconut I suppose...although my husband never liked coconut and now he loves it...go figure :-) This is my take on a mini Mounds bar...or an Almond Joy if you want to add a cute little … [Read more...]
Natural Deodorant
I've been thinking I should do a post about what many of you have been asking me about lately, the natural deodorant I use and make. It's a super simple recipe that smells great and it really works too! You just need a few simple ingredients and this recipe should make enough for 1 person for about 3 months. If you have ever thought about switching to natural … [Read more...]
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