Sunday 21 July 2013

Homemade Key Lime Pie Lara'balls'

I am now using my new food processor to make my Lara'balls' and I'm loving it!  It's so easy and quick!  Today I made Key Lime Pie flavoured and they are delicious!

Monday 15 July 2013

Roasted Chickpeas - two ways - sweet and salty!

I have been giving my one year old canned chickpeas for a couple days now, but thought I will never finish the can before they go bad.  I'm not a huge fan of chickpeas straight up myself, and I remembered  that I had heard how yummy roasted chickpeas are, so I thought it was a perfect time to finally try them myself.  I looked up a couple recipes and then just went for it.  The results were delicious!
Again, like usual, I couldn't pick a flavour, so I decided to try two - a sweet one and a salty one!

Sunday 7 July 2013

Chia seed 'pudding' - gluten/dairy-free!

This easy and delicious snack is another easy way to add Chia into your life!  

Ramblings...

Well, I started this blog as a way to keep notes in the kitchen, but it has quickly grown to include my ramblings about other things I am passionate about.  Therefore, I have added headings at the top of my blog to organize my posts...

Why wheat and dairy-free?

Just some background information about why most of my recipes are made wheat and dairy-free.  Many people in my family and my husband's family have food sensitivities and/or allergies, especially to dairy and wheat.  I think I have always been a bit intolerant to both as well, but have never done anything about it.  I was not surprise to learn that my daughter has many food sensitivities.

Thursday 4 July 2013

Sensory Play - Slime dough

So, I have been trying to introduce sensory play with my kids and after seeing a blog post by Fun at Home with Kids for Borax-free Slime Dough, I decided to jump into to some messy sensory fun with my toddler.
To be honest, I have avoided most activities that are 'messy' and have probably talked too much with her about not getting messy and keeping clean, because she does not like to get messy.  Well, as I should have expected, the slime dough did not go over too well with her on our first attempt.  It was so easy to make and I thought it was really cool.  With some coaxing I was able to get her to explore it a little, but it did stick to her hands, and she did not like that.  I think I will have to ease into messy fun with her.  I am thinking I can also work on making it a little less sticky.
Anyways, here is the recipe and pictures of the slime dough we made.


















Homemade deodorant recipe

I have been working on moving to more natural home and personal care products and decided the easiest way to do that is to make my own.  I recently made my own deodorant.  The recipe I followed can be found at Wellness Mama.  
Here's how I made mine...

Wednesday 3 July 2013

Power packed hemp chia almond cookies - gluten and dairy free!

This weekend I was at my cousin's and she had made some peanut butter, chocolate chip, hemp and chia cookies that looked delicious, easy and fairly healthy.  Unfortunately, I couldn't have any because they were made with peanut butter, which I avoid, and chocolate chips, which I couldn't eat because they weren't dairy-free.  She told me the recipe, so I decided to adapt a bit to try them out.  The recipe is super easy and both gluten and dairy free!  Here's what I came up with.