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My Healthy Recipes

Satisfying Breakfast Casserole

This satisfying  breakfast casserole pleases the pickiest eaters and foodies alike! The veggies can be easily omitted or switched up to suit your family's taste buds.  Creamy cottage cheese makes this casserole moist and delicious. The large size of this dish enables you to easily feed many holiday guests or bring to a Christmas brunch.   After the holidays, this recipe can be enjoyed for a weekend brunch and will leave plenty of leftovers for busy weekday breakfasts or snacks.  In

Chocolate Coconut Milk Shake

Chocolate Avocado Milk Shake

An easy and delicious meal replacement or snack.  Use full fat coconut milk or plain almond milk.   If you can't tolerate cacao powder, use avocado instead. 1/2 cup full fat coconut milk, or plain almond milk 1/2 - 1 Tablespoon raw cacao powder and/or one half small avocado 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 or 2 scoops protein powder (Dr Axe protein powder, or another single ingredient protein powder (non soy) 1 cup ice filtered water, as needed Liquid stevia or

Easy Spicy Beef Stir Fry

Easy Spicy Beef Stir Fry

100% Grass Fed Beef  can be a part of a healthy diet.  Full of Omega 3 fatty acids and natural saturated fats, Grass Fed Beef contains a variety of natural fats we need to stay healthy.  Fat helps fill us up and makes our food taste great.  All cells in our body contain an essential fat-rich outer phospholipid layer.  I buy my Grass Fed Beef from Holy Cow Beef.  They are a Christian ranch family in West Texas that deliver

Kombucha – Make Your Own Probiotic Rich Brew from Home

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When I was in my teens and twenties, my favorite drink to have for a treat was a Coca-Cola®.  Fast forward to the present day and my favorite drink is a healthier bottle of kombucha. Soon after tasting my first bottle of kombucha a few years ago,  I found that I would crave it and would often rush to the health food store to buy a bottle.  It is no wonder that my body craved kombucha since it has so

Nut Butter Fat Bombs

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These Fat Bombs make a great snack and are a great way to add some healthy fat to your diet.  Just try to limit yourself to no more than three per day since it is best to eat a varied diet and get different nutrients from a wide selection of foods. INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup almond butter (with soaked and dehydrated almonds is best) 1/2 cup coconut oil 2 Tbsp. cocoa 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/8 tsp. sea salt (or to taste) Mix everything in a pot over low heat.

Soaked and Dehydrated Nuts

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Nuts can be a very nutritious food but must be properly prepared for us to obtain all of their beneficial nutrients.  Nuts contain phytic acid and other enzyme inhibitors which act as anti-nutrients.  These anti-nutrients serve as a protection to the nuts to keep them from sprouting prematurely.  By soaking the nuts, we trick them into thinking it is time for them to sprout.  (they think they are in the ground ready to grow into a tree or bush)  Once

Heal Your Gut with Nutrient Rich Meat Stock

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My favorite food for healing my gut is homemade meat stock.  Meat stock  is essential for people like me who have autoimmune disease and who are on the GAPS Intro Diet but is great for everyone.  It tastes great, is soothing on a cold day, is inexpensive to make, can easily turn leftovers into a nice meal, and most importantly, is incredibly nutritious! I make a pot of beef or chicken stock regularly and try to always keep some on