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Homemade Gluten Free Oreos

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It's FINALLY here! Today is the day we've all been waiting for! It's Homemade Gluten Free Oreo day! See, I told you, best Monday EVER! I have been building up your excitement and anticipation for this post. First I made my Vegan Cashew Frosting and told you that we would be using it for a recipe coming soon. Then I made my Gluten Free Chocolate Cookies and told you to be prepared and excited and ready for what was to come on Monday!!! And now Monday is finally here! Yes, I could have shared … [Read more...]

Gluten Free Chocolate Cookies

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December means one thing. It's cookie time!!!  Gluten Free Chocolate Cookie time to be exact!!! Oh my, these cookies, where to even start....They are soft and fluffy and chocolate-y and rich and delicious fresh out of the oven - everything you always want in a chocolate cookie! It's snowing here in Iowa. Just little flurries, not much is sticking to the ground. The sky is soft and gray and the flurries are dancing around as they fall. The wind is bitterly cold out - trust me, I JUST came … [Read more...]

Roasted Veggie Salad with Skinny Jalapeno Ranch Dressing

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Are you ready for a Roasted Veggie Salad with Skinny Jalapeno Ranch Dressing?! Soooo, it's like 10 degrees here in Iowa today and that temperature makes me want to never touch another cold salad or veggie for the rest of my days! Cold December weather makes me want to eat heavy comforting soups and stews and casseroles and dips  and sip on hot chocolate all day long! I don't know about you, but I find it a challenge to eat all my veggies this time of year. In the summer it's no problem … [Read more...]

San Antonio, Texas

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Hey guys, or as they say in Texas, "ya'll"!  Trust me, I know about how they say "ya'll" because my cousins are from Texas and they like to tease me for saying "you guys".  And of course how I drink unsweetened tea vs sweet tea - unsweetened tea tastes like dirty water they say. Oh and that we don't have good Mexican food in the Midwest, which in comparison to San Antonio's Mexican food they are 200% right about that! This post about our San Antonio trip that we went on way back in the last … [Read more...]