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Incredible GLUTEN-FREE and VEGAN Peach Crisp!

July 11, 2018 by Crystal Leave a Comment

Gluten-free peach crisp with oat topping/

I’m starting to see some super sweet peaches popping up at the farmers’ market (and a few in my own yard on my young peach trees)! Peaches are great in almost everything and you can’t go wrong with this hand-down winner! It’s gluten-free AND vegan and the best dang tasting peach crisp I’ve ever had….

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Meatless Weeknight Pho Soup with Homemade Broth and Loads of Toppings Options!

June 5, 2018 by Crystal Leave a Comment

Two bowls of vegetarian pho noodle soup with different toppings and a hand reaching in to eat it.

Pho is the easiest meal I can think of to satisfy every single person’s tastes. Don’t like radishes? Toss some peanuts on for crunch instead? Don’t like tofu? Throw in some mushrooms! Pho broth is uniquely flavorful and divinely vietnamese. Use your favorite base broth, I always have plenty of my homemade bone broth in the…

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Gluten-Free Cheesecake with Ginger Crumb Crust and Candied Rhubarb Ribbons

May 23, 2018 by Crystal Leave a Comment

Candied rhubarb gluten-free cheesecake with a rhubarb ginger cocktail.

Ooooooo we fancy today! This gluten-free cheesecake has a ginger spiked crust and these totally gorgeous candied rhubarb ribbons. I shared this cheesecake with a friend who never cares much for sweets. He had seconds. BIG seconds! I also serve it with the leftover syrup or even with some rhubarb jam. Keep in mind when…

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Rhubarb Ginger Vodka Fizz

May 16, 2018 by Crystal Leave a Comment

A rhubarb ginger vodka cocktail with a rhubarb twist.

Round two of rhubarb love today with this delightful fizz full of ginger-y rhubarb-y goodness! While this makes an awesomely refreshing cocktail, it’s also the perfect mocktail for those abstaining and even kiddos. It’s tart, a bit spicy, and a touch sweet. It has it all! Now that the hot weather has finally arrived, I got…

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Yogurt Panna Cotta with Rhubarb Syrup

May 10, 2018 by Crystal Leave a Comment

Fancy glasses of yogurt panna cotta with rhubarb syrup and gold spoons.

Hey there rhubarb…! It’s that brief but exciting time of year when that bright red, chard/celery-looking wonder of rhubarb starts gracing the shelves of farmers’ markets and grocery stores across the land. Yum! It’s also starting to warm up everywhere, finally, so why not make a cool, creamy sweet/tart treat with those lovely red stems?…

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Nourishing and Flavorful Bone Broth! + BONUS Instant Pot Recipe

May 2, 2018 by Crystal 3 Comments

Jars of homemade nourishing bone broth on a countertop.

I keep jars and ice cubes of nourishing and flavorful bone broth on hand AT ALL TIMES. Just to make sure I’m clear, I mean literally at. all. times. Leftovers that need to be used up? Soup’s on, got some broth. Case of the pukies going around? Heating up some broth. Flu strikes us down?…

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Ahi Tuna Poke Bowls with Coconut Rice and all the Fixins’

April 25, 2018 by Crystal 1 Comment

Close up of ahi tuna poke bowl with avocado, radishes, masago, ginger, and sprouts over coconut rice.

Who doesn’t love a good poke bowl? Fresh sushi, warm rice and any and all toppings you could dream up! Back in the day, when poke was a treat you could only get on a Hawaiian island, I used to crave poke and mourn it’s absence when we’d (begrudgingly) leave Kauai. Now you can find…

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Oven-Baked Tandoori Chicken with Curried Red Lentil Coconut Soup

April 13, 2018 by Crystal Leave a Comment

A bowl of coconut curried red lentil soup with oven-baked tandoori chicken.

My dear friends Alysse and Jack had my little girl and I over for a mini-dinner party and made a vegan version of this soup. It was DIVINE! The same week I had to make my own version with the addition of oven-baked tandoori chicken because the little one looooooves chicken! With or without the…

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GORGEOUS Easter Eggs Dyed with Common Foods!

March 23, 2018 by Crystal 1 Comment

Eggs naturally dyed with foods in bowl.

Let me start by saying I did not have high hopes for this one. I’ve had friends that have tried to dye eggs naturally using foods over the years with little luck, but I’ve got to say WOW! I love these! I love the colors and the textures. The mottled surface make the blueberry dyed eggs…

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Citrus Yogurt Bowls with Honeycomb, Toasted Coconut Chips, Candied Ginger & Mint

March 14, 2018 by Crystal Leave a Comment

A gorgeous citrus and yogurt bowl with honeycomb, blood orange and grapefruit.

Since I started making these citrus yogurt bowls, my 3-year-old eats a giant bowl every morning with an entire grapefruit and blood orange. I had to explain to her that we don’t have eat-honeycomb-everyday kind of money! Hahahaha! It’s amazing though. I can’t imagine having that kind of access to super fresh citrus every day…

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