I see recipes for chia seed pudding all the time, but I have never really stopped to make one. Oh except that one time when I decided to try the recipe from the book Born to Run, if you’ve never read it, its about this amazing group of people, the Tarahumara Indians who can run for 100’s of miles with no rest in sandals that mimic running in bare feet. With.. Read More
Greek flavors are some of my favorites, but how do you pronounce gyro? lol. Greek food has strong flavors of olive oil, used in most dishes. Tomato is an important vegetable in traditional cuisine along with the flavorings of oregano, mint and garlic. Did you know the typical greek salad is known in Greece as the “village salad” and is essentially a tomato salad with cucumber, red onion, feta cheese and.. Read More
This is probably my favorite grain free treat that I make. My son would agree! It is similar to my banana muffins but has that little extra oomph on top that makes it more like a coffee cake. I use Kerrygold grass-fed butter as the topping. Grass-fed butter has a whole host of nutritional benefits that I wanted to share with you. Given the choice I would pick grass-fed butter,.. Read More
I really, really love muffins. I really really love these Grain-Free pumpkin spice muffins. I should have just named this blog Michelle’s muffins, but I figured I might get the wrong kind of followers But seriously if you have a bag of grain-free slightly sweet healthy muffins lying over on the counter where the bite size brownies or chocolate chip cookies might be or god forbid something with frosting (my.. Read More
So this is my first food post, yay! These beautiful grain-free banana chocolate chip muffins are one of my favorites. These are for all the nay-sayers who tell me “I can’t live without baked good, I could never give up grains!” I get oh’s and ah’s when I make these and most people are amazed they don’t contain grain flour! Why do I personally try to avoid flour in my.. Read More
I’m a huge muffin person. I always make them mini because I never want to eat one regular size muffin. Two mini’s does it for me, and if I end up eating four which might equal one big one, I still feel like I ate less! It gives you options. A lot of eating is emotional, a lot of managing your eating is self-control and a lot of eating is perception… Read More
