dessert

Grain Free Hodgepodge Cookies

Old fashioned cookies and milk is a treat that many food-allergic families have to give up. These grain free, sugar free cookies actually taste really good!

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Pumpkin is a ubiquitous part of the American fall season—which is understandable, considering that it’s indigenous to this part of the world. The Native Americans used it as both a food and a medicine. The first settlers from Europe added it to their diets and then some of them helped spread it to the rest [...]

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Raw Butternut Squash Cookies

Before I had Babyzilla, I was a regular Cookie Monster. I loved cookies in all their permutations: chewy, crunchy, chocolately, nutty and spicy. However, now that we eat grain and dairy-free, I have to find other ways to satisfy my cookie craving. If you’re senstive to gluten, on a raw food or GAPS/SCD diet, or [...]

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Cool Figs on a Hot Summer Night

Figs are coming into season here in Southern California, and my tree is absolutely loaded with them. Yum! Native to the Middle East, figs were one of the first fruits ever to be cultivated. Seeing how they grow effortlessly and abundantly here without any real pests, I understand why California currently ranks third in the world [...]

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