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Learning to Make Homemade Skin Care ProductsHomemade Natural Lip Balm and Body Scrub
July 18, 2012
Heather L
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Learning to Make Homemade Skin Care Products

Posted in Homemaking, and Homeschooling

Munchkin is having fun with her natural health class. This week, she’s learning about natural skin care products. As she’s looking at products to avoid (and why), she started to get more excited about making her own skin care products with natural ingredients. The first thing on her “to do” list was cleaning out some old lip balm containers as she was going to be making her own lip balm. The funny thing was that cleaning out the lip balm containers was a longer process than actually making the lip balm. She was pretty proud of the end result. She’s…

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Decadent GFCF Chocolate Snickers CakeTransform a chocolate box cake mix into this decadent dairy free gluten free snickers cake. It's a rich dessert sure to satisfy the serious chocolate lover.
November 21, 2010
Heather L
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Decadent GFCF Chocolate Snickers Cake

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Sometimes, you get a craving for a really decadent dessert. Both Munchkin and D like their chocolate, so I decided to go all out. I transformed a basic gluten free chocolate cake mix into a delicious dairy free gluten free chocolate snickers cake. While I used my homemade gfcf chocolate sauce and gfcf caramel sauce, you can easily use a store purchased fudge sauce and caramel to create the dessert. I like walnuts or pecans, but you can use any nut you have on hand. If you want it to be a true to the snickers candy bar, you’ll want…

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November 21, 2010
Heather L
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GFCF Caramel Sauce

Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking

Gluten Free, Casein Free Caramel Sauce Recipe Ingredients: 2/3 cup coconut oil 2 cups coconut sugar (can use regular sugar, if desired) 1 can coconut milk 1/4 cup vanilla almond milk (can use regular almond milk, if desired) 1 cup sugar syrup* (this is a substitute for corn syrup) 1 1/2 teaspoon gf vanilla Directions: Place all ingredients in a large sauce pan. You’ll be stirring the ingredients throughout the process. Over medium high heat, bring to a slow boil. Reduce heat to medium low. Continue to stir occasionally until temperature reaches 230 degrees F on a candy thermometer. Remove…

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November 21, 2010
Heather L
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GFCF Chocolate Sauce

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Gluten Free Casein Free Chocolate Sauce Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup vanilla almond milk (if using regular almond milk, just add a little gfcf vanilla) 2 cups gfcf chocolate chunks (I use a dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate) Directions: Add milk to the pan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce temperature to medium-low and slowly added the chocolate, stirring constantly. Once the chocolate is completely incorporated into the milk, remove from heat and allow to cool. (It will thicken as it cools.) Store in a canning jar in the refrigerator.

October 19, 2010
Heather L
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Gluten Free Parmesan Crusted Chicken Nuggets

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Gluten Free Parmesan Crusted Chicken Nuggets Recipe These delicious, bite-sized morsels are another one of my throw together recipes.  If you start out with slightly frozen chicken, it is easier to cut the chicken breasts into bite-size cubes.  All measurements are approximate. Ingredients: 3 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1 Cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp dill 1 tsp dried oregano Directions: Start heating cast iron skillet on stove Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces, try to keep the pieces uniform Combine Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and oregano in a Ziploc bag Add chicken to Ziploc bag,…

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