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Maple Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Ocean Spray Craisins® Dried Cranberries

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This post is sponsored by Ocean Spray Craisins® Dried Cranberries!

Who else is SO excited for Thanksgiving and the upcoming holiday season!? Every year I’m in charge of my family’s menu, and EVERY year my Maple Roasted Brussels Sprouts grace the menu. This year, however, I have an exciting new twist on my classic recipe.  The twist? Ocean Spray Craisins® Dried Cranberries! The cranberries are made with REAL fruit, #glutenfree, and add the perfect pop of flavor. I didn’t think my recipe could get any better! Without further ado, enjoy! 

Maple Roasted Brussels Sprouts Recipe:

½ lb Brussels Sprouts
2 T Cup Coconut Oil
2 T Maple Syrup
¼ Cup Pecans
¼ Cup Craisins® Dried Cranberries
Salt, pepper, CINNAMON

What You Will Do:

Preheat oven to 400 F.

To prepare the brussels sprouts- trim the stem end and remove the outermost leaves of the sprouts and cut in half. 

Add to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Top with 2T coconut oil and cook at 400 for 20 minutes and flip. Add 1 T of maple syrup, pecans, Craisins® Dried Cranberries, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Cook for 15 more mins. TASTE. Add 1T more maple, cinnamon, etc. Cook for 10 more minutes, or until desired level of crisp. 

Serve!

 

CINNABUN Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Gnocchi

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The Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Gnocchi QUEEN is back at it again! And this, my friends, might be my best yet. For all who are like me and drool over gluten-free, dairy-free Cinnabun recipes online, but don’t have the time to make them (they’re tough to master!!) this is the perfect, and HEALTHIER, alternative!! Savory meets sweet, and I cannot wait for you all to try it!

What You Will Need:
1 Bag Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Gnocchi
1.5 T Coconut Oil (melted)
2 T Coconut Sugar
Cinnamon

What You Will Do:
Melt 1 T coconut oil in a bowl and toss in 2 T coconut sugar. Stir!
Add the other .5 T coconut oil to the heated skillet.
Add the coconut oil/sugar mixture to the heated skillet.
Add bag of FROZEN TJ’s Gnocchi.
Let is cook for a few minutes until it starts to brown. Flip and mix.
As both sides start to brown, add cinnamon! Amount is up to you… I went pretty heavy!
Let the gnocchi sauté until it is the desired crispiness and serve!

OOEY GOOEY Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Introducing the best recipe I have EVER made on NOBREAD. Bold statement, I know, but it’s TRUE. These OOEY GOOEY Chocolate Chip Cookies are PALEO, VEGAN, and GLUTEN-FREE! Like, what?! Without further delay, here is the recipe! Enjoy!

What You Will Need:

  • 6 T Coconut Oil (melted)
  • 1/2 Cup Coconut Sugar
  • 2 T Almond Milk
  • 2 tsp  Vanilla Extract
  • 1/4 Cup Maple Syrup
  • 2 Cups Almond Flour
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
  • Enjoy Life Foods Chocolate Chips Morsels (medium size)

What You Will Do:

In a large bowl, combine almond flour, baking soda, baking powder, coconut sugar, and salt.

In a small bowl, combine melted coconut oil, maple syrup, almond milk, and vanilla.

Pour bowl of wet ingredients into the large bowl of dry ingredients and combine.

Add chocolate chips… I go extra chocolatey!

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray it with coconut oil. Take a spoonful of dough and place on parchment paper.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 9 minutes. Remove and let cool! ENJOY!!
** as badly as you want to eat them STRAIGHT out of the oven, you have to let them cool so they don’t fall apart. They will still be super super gooey!!

Warning- These cookies will melt in your mouth and you WILL be addicted. xo

Mikey’s Pizza Pockets

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Anyone else grow up on PIZZA!? And miss their days of eating the gluten-free deliciousness TERRIBLY?! Well your lives are about to CHANGE. Introducing Mikey’s PIZZA POCKETS! You all have seen me RAVE time and time again about how amazing Mikey’s products are (full blog post here!!). Mikey is REALLY giving me something to rave about now! The pockets are GLUTEN-, GRAIN-, DAIRY-, SOY-, AND LACTOSE-FREE, and all wrapped in a crispy hand-held Paleo crust.

The pockets fit in your hand (or in your pocket 😉 ), and are ready in just two minutes when you pop them in the microwave. And unlike other dairy-free cheeses and pizzas, the pockets M E L T in your mouth and have SO much flavor!!

The pizza pockets come in 5 flavors: Pepperoni, Cheese (df, of course), ham & cheese, sausage & pepper, and cauliflower curry. My favorite is the cheese followed by ham & cheese! Which is shocking because I was never really a ham and cheese girl. For my vegetarians, I highly recommend the cauliflower curry!

The pizza pockets are sold at Sprouts, Publix, and more, and for your convenience I have added Mikey’s store locator, here, so you can stop reading this post and GO GO GO get them!! Oh and ps, to my late-night munchers, your late-night eating game just got taken to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL! xx #nobread

 

Pomi USA Zoodles!

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When I first went gluten-free, I essentially went Italian-free. GF pastas ten years ago weren’t the same as they are today, so I kissed pasta, pizza, chicken parm and more goodbye. In doing so, I kissed tomato sauce goodbye, too! WELLLL, thankfully the GF industry has totally changed, and not only are the pasta and pizza alternatives of today more delicious than their gluten-filled counterparts, but my cooking game in general has gotten A LOT more creative. Let’s just say tomato sauce is BACK in my life and I am so thankful.

Introducing POMI! Packaged in Italy, Pomi tomato products are made with only the best part of real Italian tomato: no seeds, no skin, and no core. They are 100% natural, garden ripe Italian tomatoes and their products don’t use preservatives or citric acid. This is HUGE- additives are what prevent me from purchasing products!! Pomi is also super low in salt, and I’ll cut right to it- frickin delicious! I’ve been using their sauce on anything from my Cauliflower Gnocchi to my newest obsession- Zoodles! Today I’m sharing my go-to meal with you all 🙂

What You Will Need:

3 Cups Zoodles
1 T Olive or Avocado Oil
2 T – 4 T Pomi Sauce (Organic Strained)
2 T Pine nuts
Optional: meatballs or falafels (#glutenfree, of course)

What You Will Do:

Add 1 T oil to a heated skillet and add zoodles and pine nuts.
Stir as you cook for 3 minutes… 4 MAX.
Add sauce to the skillet with one minute remaining, or add your sauce after plating your zoodles!
Serve and enjoy!
I tend to top my pasta dish with meatballs or falafels, or I sip a glass of bone broth with it!

Plantain Chips – 2 Ways!

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I LOVE PLANTAINS! I don’t say it enough and I don’t eat them enough. But when I am in Mexico, I AM a plantain. Ever since I purchased an air fryer, I am having a BLAST fryer all of my faves. And then it dawned on me… why purchase plantain chips when I can make my own?! And ensure they are healthy and delicious! This recipe is my new addiction. You’ve been warned…

What You Will Need:
1 medium sized plantain
1 tbsp coconut oil
dash of pink himalayan salt
avocado & vegan Chocolate to garnish

What You Will Do:

Preheat your airfryer to 390 degrees F
Cut off both ends of the plantain and take off the peel.
Cut the plantain into thin slivers with either a knife or a slicer. (I used a knife, but a slicer might be easier!)
Put the sliced plantains into a bowl and pour the melted coconut oil on top.
Put the plantains into the airfryer and top them with pink himalayan salt.
After the plantains have been cooking for 5 minutes, open up the fryer and toss them.
Close lip and cook for another 5 minutes or until the chips are at your desired level of crispiness.

For Sweet Plantains!
Sprinkle the plantains with cinnamon and a little more salt!
Melt your favorite chocolate and use as a dip! (You won’t regret this!)

For Savory Plantains!
Sprinkle a little more salt on the plantains.
Serve them with your favorite salsa or avocado!

A Chocolate Christmas

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‘Tis the season… TO EAT CHOCOLATE! So I compiled a list of my #glutenfree chocolate faves! Enjoy! xx

Blondie Bars

Protein Hot Chocolate 

Paleo Cacao Donuts

Cacao Banana Bread

No Bake Chocolate Almond Bars

Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Cookies

** A recipe from my exclusive E-Book!

Paleo Chocolate Avocado Bread

Coconut Cacao Pancakes made with Califia Farms Almondmilk

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PANCAKES! Do you remember when I was the queen of #glutenfree pancakes?! Two-ingredient, three-ingredient, FOUR and more… I made them all! Until I discovered my smoothie obsession and put my pancake game on pause. WELLLL, it’s time to spruce up my pancake collection… and what’s a better way to do so than by adding a little cacao into the mix?! Introducing my Coconut Cacao Pancakes! With a special thank you to Califia Farms for saving me on a day-to-day with their incredible dairy-free Almondmilk.

What You Will Need:

1 Cup Almond Flour
1/4 C Coconut Flour
1 T Honey
2 T cacao powder (TRY 2T to start!)
1/4 Cup + 1 T Unsweetened Vanilla Califia Farms Almondmilk
4 Eggs
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
pinch of salt
1 tsp Vanilla

What You Will Do:

In a bowl, combine almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda and salt.
In a separate bowl, combine Califia Farms Almondmilk, eggs, honey, and vanilla.
Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir until totally combined.
Add cacao, and stir!
Spray a heated skillet with coconut oil spray.
Pour batter into 3″ diameter circles on your skillet (should be able to make 4 at a time). Let the pancakes cook for ~1 minute, or until they start to bubble/firm on top and are firm on the bottom. Flip and cook for ~30 seconds!
Stack your pancakes and top with melted chocolate chips or chocolate sauce (NECESSARY), and more toppings of your choosing! (I added more honey!)

Enjoy!

 

Raspberry Almond Butter Smoothie with Vital Proteins Collagen

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Order your Vital Proteins, here! 

If you have followed me for a while… or even for just a few weeks… you’ll know that I. LOVE. SMOOTHIES. All of my smoothies are different, too! I use a creative mix of fats, proteins, and veggies to make my delicious masterpieces. Well there is ONE thing my smoothies have in common… I use Vital Proteins Collagen as my protein source! The vanilla coconut is my go-to when I want a little vanilla, but when I want classic I love using the marine collagen! Check out the making of this bad boy on my Instagram! Full recipe below…

Vital Proteins

What You Will Need:
1-1.5 Cup Unsweetened Nut Milk
1 Serving Vital Proteins Marine Collagen
2T Almond Butter
1 T Chia Seeds
Handful of Spinach
1/4 Cup Raspberries

What You Will Do:
Add all ingredients to a nutribullet or Vitamix, starting with your liquid base. Blend on high until thoroughly mixed. (Add ice if you want a colder, thicker smoother). Serve and enjoy!

Order your Vital Proteins, here! 

More on “Why I Take Vital Proteins Religiously” 

 

 

Pumpkin Pie

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Pecan, apple, blueberry, PUMPKIN pie… I want them all! But after making this gluten-free, dairy-free pumpkin rendition, it’s clear that Pumpkin will the chosen one for this year’s Thanksgiving dessert. Enjoy!

What You Will Need:

1 Gluten-free Pie Crust (store bought, or recipe to make your own, here!)
1 15oz can of Pumpkin Puree
2 Eggs
3/4 Cup Dairy-Free Milk (I used Almond)
1 tsp Vanilla
3/4 cup Brown Sugar
Dash of Cinnamon and Salt
Handful of Pecans

What You Will Do:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, whisk eggs. Add pumpkin puree, almond milk, and vanilla. MIX.
Add brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
Mix until mixture is totally smooth.
Pour mixture into a pie crust, and add decorative pecans!
Bake in an oven for 50 minutes to one hour (Mine cooked for roughly 55 minutes). **Cook until the pumpkin filling is firm, but still with some softness/looseness in the center of the pie.
Let it cool before serving!

Roasted Thanksgiving Vegetables

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Yes Thanksgiving is all about the heavy (#glutenfree) stuffing, pies, and bread… but it is also the one holiday that features all of my favorite VEGETABLES!! Brussels sprouts, carrots, and butternut squash, OH MY! Today I am making my go-to Thanksgiving veggies and roasting them to utter Thanksgiving perfection.

What You Will Need:

5 Organic Long Carrots
½ lb brussels sprouts
1 lb cubed butternut squash
1/4 Cup coconut oil
2 Tbsp maple syrup
¼ Cup pecans
¼ cup dried cranberries
Salt, pepper, CINNAMON

What You Will Do:

Preheat oven to 400 F.

Prepare vegetables as follows: Carrots – peel, then cut in half lengthwise. Cut into shorter lengths if you would like! Brussels sprouts – trim the stem end and remove the outermost leaves and cut in half. Butternut Squash- buy cubes, and cut into smaller cubes (better for cooking).

Add veggies to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Top with coconut oil and ONE T maple syrup. Cook at 400 for 20 minutes and flip. Add your second tablespoon of maple syrup, pecans, cranberries, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Cook for 10 more mins. TASTE. Add more maple, cinnamon, etc IF YOU WOULD LIKE.  Cook for 5 more mins.

Serve!

Cornbread

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Thanksgiving staples: turkey, gravy, stuffing, sweet potato something, and CORNBREAD. Ironically, I was never the biggest cornbread fan growing up! However, since perfecting my gluten-free cornbread recipe, I’ve become a cornbread fiend. Simple, tasty, and delicious; my fellow gluten-free need to whip up this dish this Thanksgiving!

Shoutout to Califia Farms… this recipe is dairy-free, too!

What You Will Do:
1 cup plus 2T gluten-free all-purpose flour
1  cup plus 2T gluten-free cornmeal
1/3 cup organic cane sugar
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1  cup Califia Farms almond milk
¼ cup dairy-free butter

What You Will Do:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a alrge bowl, GF All Purpose flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
In a small bowl, whisk eggs. Add melted dairy-free butter, almond milk, and honey.
Pour liquid bowl into the large bowl containing the dry ingredients. Mix until fully incorporated.


Pour into a 9” x 9” bread/brownie pan, and cook for 23 minutes.
Let your bread cool, and top with honey for serving! I added a little peanut butter and walnuts, too!