Gluten Free Honey Butter Everything Bagel Shortbread

Set out this buttery savory, salty, and honey-sweetened shortbread at cocktail hour for an elegant alternative anything else, OR enjoy with your morning coffee – You certainly enjoy your buttered everything bagel with a touch of honey with your cup a joe, right? Well, this is going to lead you to abandon THAT! These gluten-free…

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Gluten Free Black Garlic Chocolate Chunk Raisin Cookies

The black magic is back!I’m really calling these gluten-free black garlic chocolate chunk raisin cookies: Gluten-Free Black Magic Cookies! Black garlic regular garlic that’s been fermented and aged until it’s sweet, sticky, and tastes very similar to a date or a raisin. If you can’t find black garlic, substitute chopped dates or leave it out…

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Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

They are vegan.They are gluten-free.They are chocolate. They are peanut butter.And, they are sweet.What more is there to say? They are no-bake cookies from heaven! Just peanut butter, chocolate, and a little sweetness! There’s nothing like the marriage of PB and chocolate! Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls 16 Tbs. vegan butter, cultured (if possible)…

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Chocolate Almond Granola Chews

As a child I lived on granola bars as my afternoon snack.Well, not really. In fact, both my mom and I were pretty creative with snacking ideas. (BTW, ummm….graham cracker sandwiches with either canned vanilla or chocolate frosting is AMAZING – as is peanut butter in a tortilla roll-up, microwaved just enough).In any case, I’ve…

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Sweet & Savory Granola Crunch (Vegan & Gluten Free)

I really, really wanted to bake some vegan, gluten-free granola bars. But, I wanted them to be both sweet and savory. I wanted these bars to be stunningly perfect.I LOVE sweet and savory.And, I love granola AND I love parmesan. (One of my favorite indulgences: Parmesan Granola, just an FYI). Well, as you, my vegan…

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Gluten Free White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

It was Happy Hour – and I was passing by – seriously, I was not (yet) participating.Actually, I was on my way HOME to begin my own Happy Hour on the porch when I ran into a good friend “passing the time and sipping the wine.”We smiled, hugged, laughed, and then created a cookie plan….

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Lydia’s Foods Raw Product Review

I have been attracted to the live, raw, vegan, whole foods lifestyle for many years. It just makes sense for our bodies, the environment, and the health and wellbeing of both. A grain-free lifestyle is a no-brainer for me, and the benefits of soaking and sprouting before consumption creates a list a mile-long. But, it…

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