Vegan Mexican Hot Chocolate

Hot chocolate has always been the first thing I look forward to when the temperature begins to drop, so after eliminating dairy from my diet I was NOT willing to let this love go! In January I was introduced to something even more incredible than ordinary hot chocolate: Mexican hot chocolate. This treat opened my…

Dairy Free Mashed Potatoes

Get ready everyone… You’re about to learn how to make the BEST and HEALTHIEST mashed potatoes EVER!! They’re dairy free and can be made vegan if necessary, so having them on your Thanksgiving dinner plate won’t make you feel the slightest bit of guilt! Here’s what you’ll need: 3 lbs of yukon gold potatoes 8…

Italian Dressing

I’m not going to lie, oregano is a particular spice that makes me one very happy girl. I don’t know if I love it because it reminds me of the pizza I once loved to enjoy (sniff, sniff), or because it’s just such a comforting, rich spice. Regardless of the reason, my wonderful mother had…

Chia Seed Pudding

This post is a special shoutout to my cute fellow exec board friend who challenged me to make 3 recipes that are easy enough to make in a sorority house. Challenge accepted! We are getting ready to move into our sorority house for a second year, so it’s about time we get creative. With sugary…

Best Balsamic Salad Dressing

Listen closely everyone, because I am about to teach you how to make the BEST salad dressing EVER. It’s the perfect dressing for a sweet summer salad, or even for a savory one filled with veggies! To be honest, most of the time I just put it on plain lettuce and top it with sliced…

Pesto

To be honest, pesto pasta is a meal that I secretly have day dreams about. In my mind, there is nothing better than cutting into perfectly grilled chicken on a bed of creamy, flavorful pesto pasta. There just isn’t. After eliminating wheat and dairy from my diet, I feared what these changes would do to…

Sweet Potato Chips

A few months ago when I finally came to terms with the fact that white potato is {seriously} evil, I went to Whole Foods to buy sweet potato chips. After about ten minutes spent in the chip aisle, I left angrily because I could not find a sweet potato chip without corn as an additional…

Baked Apples

There is nothing more comforting than curling up and watching a movie with a baked apple in front of you. I know this, for a fact, because the minute I take a bite into one of these beauties, I can instantly feel the sweet, cinnamon goodness melt in my mouth. Just one bite forms the…

Watermelon Slush

When I looked at my phone this week and saw that it was 7/11, excitement rushed through me for about 10 solid seconds until I realized that I could not take part in the artificial fun this year. I wasn’t going to let the special day go to waste, so I decided to make my…

Dark Chocolate {Vegan} Ice Cream

For all of you dark chocolate lovers out there, I have an ice cream recipe that will blow you out of the water! This ice cream is deceivingly rich, seriously chocolatey, and the best part is…it’s guilt FREE! When I was trying to come up with this recipe, I chose to leave out creamer, because…

Zoodle Lo Mein

There is nothing I love more than delicious stir-fry, so when wheat became a thing of the past for me, I found myself desperate to find a gluten free teriyaki sauce without corn, potato, or sesame. I have finally come up with the perfect recipe that can be used as a chicken marinade AND zoodle…

Cinnamon Apple Chips

My favorite snack in the entire world is homemade apple chips. They’re perfect when you have a bit of a sweet tooth, or when you want something to make your afternoon a little more exciting. I’ve become so addicted to having them after dinner, that I don’t feel like my nights are complete without them….