Vegan Lemon Blueberry Pancakes

I grew up eating pancakes or waffles almost every single morning of my life, so when my son couldn’t do egg or dairy pancakes and waffles became a challenge. Then my husband couldn’t do gluten and it added another level of difficult to breakfast. These lemon blueberry pancakes are so good and you can’t even…

Homemade Chocolate Granola

I absolutely LOVE chocolate. I wanted to share my favorite foods with my son, and when discovered his food allergies I realized he wouldn’t be able to enjoy very many chocolaty things as they generally contain dairy. I started coming up with all kinds of recipes to replace some of my favorite chocolatey treats with…

Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Pancakes are a breakfast staple but they always have milk and or eggs. For the longest time I would make homemade pancakes with a modified version of my mom’s pancake recipe, but they really didn’t turn out right without the dairy or egg in them. Every pancake recipe I could find didn’t taste very good…

Gluten Free Bread Crumbs

This is one of those ingredients I didn’t really think I’d need a replacement for at first. When our son tested positive for an anaphylactic dairy allergy, I read the ingredients on the normal Italian bread crumbs we would use and noticed they contained milk. Because of that, I would just substitute recipes needing breadcrumbs…

Raspberry Chia Seed Pancakes

Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free Raspberry Chia Seed Pancakes Breakfasts are hard when you can’t have eggs, milk, or wheat. Ever since I found a really amazing vegan buttermilk waffle recipe though, I’ve been a lot more confident in my ability to make delicious and nutritious breakfast foods without our allergens. I found a recipe for raspberry…

Gluten-Free, Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Growing up, chocolate chip cookies became a Sunday evening tradition that my brother, Todd,  started. Nothing beats a warm melty chocolate chip cookie. One Sunday evening a few months ago I was reminiscing on this tradition and decided it was time to start it up again with my own family. Originally I just made a…

Homemade Fruit Snacks

When I was pregnant with my second son, I saw a video of someone making their own peach rings – I love peach ring candies. The whole point of the video was to make them from scratch with healthier ingredients, and so I wanted to try it myself. The experiment did not go as I…

Protein Balls

My husband, Ryan, and I have been looking for ways to get more protein in our diets, and so I decided to make these protein balls. They’re the perfect combo of flavors and texture, and they’re packed full of nutrients – perfect for any snack especially post-workout. Living with allergies, it can feel difficult to…

vegan green blender shamrock pancakes

Vegan Shamrock Pancakes

Saint Patrick’s day is such a fun holiday to go all out on everything being green. Weather it’s wearing a green shirt, socks, or full on dressing up as a leprechaun, most people enjoy this holiday or at least participate to avoid getting pinched! From what I’ve experienced, most celebrations involve a lot of food,…