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Stuffed Dates {Easy & Quick Plant-Based Snack/Dessert}

Stuffed Dates {Easy & Quick Plant-Based Snack/Dessert}

My kids love these little gems. A little salt. A little sweet. A little crunch. We started eating these for a snack when we were scaling back on sweet things. Cutting back on bananas was hard. Measuring and limiting honey and pure maple syrup was 

4 ‘Easy to Grow & Easy to Propagate’ Plants…

4 ‘Easy to Grow & Easy to Propagate’ Plants…

Plant, plants, planted, planter. I love the word. The act. It’s a lovable root word. Plant. We love puns too. 😄 It seems the more you learn to grow, the more you want to grow. How easy it is to become a plant collector. Over 

Homemade Salsa

Homemade Salsa

No Cook. Easy. Amazing. I’ve been making this salsa for longer than I can recall. It seems like it may have been 4 kids ago or so. Where it all began…I followed this witty blogger before she became famous. She was a trailblazer. Her life 

Healthy Taco Soup

Healthy Taco Soup

I’ve learned a lot this year. One of those lessons is… “Our health isn’t always measured by what we ARE eating, many times it’s what we AREN’T eating.” This perspective eased my inclination toward rebellion. I’m laughing. It sounds ridiculous, right? You wouldn’t know it 

Gluten Free Brownies

Gluten Free Brownies

We love brownies. Who doesn’t!? I realize they can be the subject of great debate. Must it be fudge-y or cake-y? I say it must only be chocolate–y. I made these for the first time for my son’s birthday party. It was a special request. 

Healthy Coastal Coleslaw

Healthy Coastal Coleslaw

I’ll never forget the first time my sweet friend made this dish for my family. Well, actually I don’t remember all the details. I’m pretty sure I was knee deep in babies and barely awake but it made quite an impression and became a staple! 

Heal-ing

Heal-ing

Day 1 of blogging… Healing? Lofty goal, right? Complete lifestyle shift for a family of 7. Seems impossible. Blog about it? Sure, why not. Three months ago I was given alarming news. After feeling a bulge on my neck I got an ultrasound. They discovered