Please don't kill me but today I'm sharing one of our favorite snacky-time recipes...our No Bake Energy Bites Recipe. They are an oldie but a goodie here at our house and have been a fan favorite of my kids for it seems EVER! These little balls of energy are freakin' awesome and just like a certain potato chip, you cannot eat just one. I swear, I've tried and it's not … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Rotisserie Chicken
Hey friends! I'm back with another amazingly easy Instant Pot recipe! I just love my Instant Pot so much that I can't help share every delicious recipe I make in it. I know a this can be intimidating, I have my fair share of friends who text me daily about what they should make in it or that it's been sitting on their counter for 4 weeks IN THE BOX because they are just … [Read more...]
Paleo Flourless Chocolate Cookies
You guys!!! I cannot believe I have yet to share this recipe with you! It is one of our favorite better-for-you cookie recipes and for a while I was making it at least once a week. But then I got annoyed because I always made a double batch in hopes of having them around for the whole week and then everyone would eat all of them that day, humph. I guess it's a good problem … [Read more...]
Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
About once a month or so I will spend a night listening to podcasts and re-supplying a bunch of my time-tested and well-used DIY products with my favorite Natural Living recipes. One that I really love and realize I haven't shared yet on here is my easy Homemade Dishwasher Detergent. I tend to make this detergent into tabs because I like them pre-meaured so I can just pop … [Read more...]
Amazing Uses for Washing Soda
If you have never made your own cleaning products, today you are in for a treat: I'm going to share a few of my favorite recipes with you! I have shared a few easy and natural DIYs in the past like my favorite deodorant recipe here or my favorite air freshener here but I have not written about some of our favorite detergents and such yet... until today! We make a lot of … [Read more...]
How to Make Kombucha: The Second Fermentation
Today, I'm back talkin' Kombucha, hooray! Since we covered the fermentation process to make plain Kombucha yesterday (in this post here!), I thought today I'd share how to make flavored Kombucha via a Second Fermentation which takes an additional 1-3 days. Think ginger, cherry, blueberry, pineapple....you name it, the sky's the limit! The Kombucha you typically buy … [Read more...]
How to Make Kombucha
Today, I wanted to share how we make Kombucha in our home. This has to be one of our most favorite drinks, we were buying it so much in stores (and that can get pricey with the 6 of us drinking it!) that we decided the best bet for our money would be to start making it at home. If you have never heard of Kombucha it is a fermented tea drink that has been around for a … [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...]
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...]
Mango Smoothie Recipe
If there is one thing my family cannot get enough of it's Smoothies! We make them for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and sometimes depending on how busy we are, even dinner! I love that you can mix up so many healthful ingredients and make something that tastes good and all my kids will drink up. Mom win!!! This Mango Smoothie Recipe is no exception, it is super easy to make … [Read more...]
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