What Are Cacao Nibs?

***This post is part of the Food Ingredients You Need to Know Series.  In case you didn't know, this blog, Living Free Health and Life, is the new and improved Allergy Free Test Kitchen. Cacao nibs!  You got to have these in your pantry! What are they?  They are crushed pieces of the cacao bean…aka cocoa bean. Cocao beans are harvested, dried, fermented, and then cracked into these little...

Grain Free Breakfast Cookies

Hello Foodies! My food blogging has been sporadic at best, but there is good reason!  I’ve been studying and working on becoming a certified health and life coach.  I can work with anyone in the US over the phone. Check out the Health Coaching tab on the top of your screen for more info! On to these cookies…..they are super low in sugar and have a good dose of healthy fat and protein so...

Grain Free Sandwich Rounds

I have been making these grain free sandwich rounds for quite some time now and figured it is high time I share the recipe! These are so easy and awesome tasting. In fact, they are actually kind of neutral tasting which is what makes them so fabulous! They go with anything! (Yes, they are yellow looking, but one bite and you'll forget all about the color!) I have made regular “turkey, lettuce...

Dairy Free Ice Cream by Kelly V. Brozyna- Cookbook Review

July is national ice cream month. So what better time to talk about a new dairy free ice cream cookbook!?!? (The author did not ask me to write this, I just chose too). As I happen to have a July birthday, my husband bought me the cookbook Dairy-Free Ice Cream – 75 Recipes Made Without Eggs, Gluten, Soy, or Refined Sugar.   I love reading and perusing through cookbooks, but I think it was...

Purple Pudding – Fun Finds Friday

It’s Friday and I have another Fun Find to share with you.   I call it Purple Pudding!  It’s a real treat around here.  I have been making it since December whenever avocados are on sale. (Yeah for $0.29/avocado)!   Don’t freak out…this doesn’t taste like avocados at all.  It is mostly blueberry flavored with a hint of chocolate.  It will satisfy your need for something creamy. ...

Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs

We love this simple entrée.  Chicken thighs spiced just so and roasted to perfection; it is pure comfort food.    I find that using fresh, never frozen chicken thighs works best simply because they roast so much faster.  Even after defrosting 24 hours, it always seems to take longer to reach internal temp of 180 F. when I use previously frozen thighs. These chicken thighs are never dry,...