1 crafty mother

Eating sugar-free and refined-flour-free doesn’t have to feel limiting — it’s all about stocking the right ingredients. With the staples below, you can build delicious meals, snacks, and treats without relying on refined sugar or flour. Each staple includes a recipe plus what it can substitute in your everyday cooking. Let’s fill that pantry. 1. Almond Flour Almond flour is naturally sweet, tender, and rich — a dream for baked goods. Recipe: Almond Flour Lemon Mini Loaves Ing

I Quit Sugar Sugar. Yummy, addictive, delicious, thief of my happiness, sugar. There was a time when I could not even conceive (that’s true, I was not able to conceive), but here I mean I could not conceive of giving up sugar.  As far back as I can remember, I have NEVER been someone who was fine with one cookie.  You know how some people have “just a taste”?  Not me. Not with sugar.  For me, opening the door to sugar was more like unlocking a closet that was so full that it

My Word. This weather makes me so hungry, like I need to feed in order to make it through the winter or something. Time to blow the dust off the crockpot and check out the following fresh, and scrumptious slowcook ideas.Honestly, is there anything better than coming home from work to a house that smells like maplely mustardy, meaty goodness? I think not. 1. Maple‑Glazed Apple Cider Pulled Pork...mmmmmmmmmmm Ingredients: 3–4 lb pork shoulder (or butt) 1 cup apple cider ¼ cup p

So my copy of the first one, The Moosewood Cookbook , is in tatters for those of you who do not know what to get me for Christmas. This cook book is so, so good. It is not necessarily sugar free, but the ingredients are all actual food and not lab grown junk. Mollie Katzen has peppered hand drawn illustrations throughout and includes wonderful tips and tricks for handling and substituting different ingredients. I love the easy to use layout. My favorites are the gazpacho, whi