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No Grains! Classic Carrot Cake made with… cricket flour (grain-free, dairy-free + paleo)

No Grains! Classic Carrot Cake made with… cricket flour (grain-free, dairy-free + paleo)

A nutrient-dense paleo carrot cake recipe that’s rich in protein. Grain-free and dairy-free… made with cricket flour! That wasn’t a typo, I meant to write cricket flour. Before you go thinking I’m totally loopy crazy, hear me out… a lot of cultures eat bugs. With a naturally sourced nutrient profile of B12, iron, calcium and…

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Lemon Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

Lemon Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

Celebration is a beautiful thing. Celebration is a surrender to what is; a wholehearted appreciation for the present moment. Celebrating our lives, our bodies, our circumstances, our food, our allergies; everything that has led us up to this point, is our choice.

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Freedom Brownies with Fudge Frosting

Freedom Brownies with Fudge Frosting

Food Freedom. Food Freedom is about doing away with the feeling of being overpowered and controlled by food. Food Freedom is harvesting love within yourself to untwist your notions of foods you can’t eat, shouldn’t eat or foods you have to eat. Food Freedom liberates you from feeling restricted by your allergies, food sensitivities, self-doubts…

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Grain-free Carrot Cupcakes with Dairy-free ‘Cream cheese’ Buttercream

Grain-free Carrot Cupcakes with Dairy-free ‘Cream cheese’ Buttercream

Every couple of months there’s a recipe that; no matter how many times I try, just won’t work out. I have a really hard time giving up on things and have a very strong desire to reach for my dreams, no matter how ridiculous they may be. Who dreams of making the perfect grain-free cupcake?…

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Rich Chocolate Quinoa Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Rich Chocolate Quinoa Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

After my race on Saturday, we rushed home so I could make a birthday cake for my dad. One of my infamous dairy-free recipes that wins the hearts of everyone who tastes it. For real. I had originally planned to make Angela’s no bake version of her Chilled Double Chocolate Torte, but the avocados I…

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Two-Bite Black Bean Fudge Cupcakes

Two-Bite Black Bean Fudge Cupcakes

Just my luck. Our good weather turned into a couple of inches of snow this morning + a bunch overnight last night. Bonus! Instead of spending yesterday afternoon working on our backyard, I changed into a big woolly sweater, made chocolaty cupcakes + worked on my knee strengthening physio exercises. FYI: these cupcakes would be…

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Lovers Chocolate Raspberry Quinoa Cake

Lovers Chocolate Raspberry Quinoa Cake

I’ve never done this much Valentine’s Day baking in my life. This easily surpasses what I did at Christmas. Something you should know about me – I have a tendency to go overboard on everything, including themed events. But I can now say with 100% confidence, this is the last new 2011 Valentine’s recipe I’ll…

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