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Dairy Free Ice Cream: Mint Chocolate Chip {with essential oils}

This mint chocolate chip dairy free ice cream is a family favorite here at Roots and Boots. If you keep the ingredients in stock, it’s easy to whip up in the blender and add to the ice cream maker at the start of dinner. By the time dinner is over, there’s a delicious frozen treat…

15 Best Sources for Gluten Free Real Food Recipes

When you start a gluten free real food diet, one of the first things you learn is that not all gluten free food is real food, and not all real food is gluten free. And just like that, pretty much the entire content of your recipe box becomes obsolete. Goodbye, cookie recipes. Goodbye, all baking recipes,…

Gluten Free Cookie Dough Bites

These gluten free cookie dough bites are a family favorite. Nuts, chocolate, no bake–what could be better?

Is Your Root Canal Making You Sick?

You know your yellow tooth is an eyesore when little children, including your own, begin to ask…. What’s wrong with your tooth? Why is your tooth yellow? The truth is, my ever-darkening front tooth is dead. According to my former dentist, it requires a root canal. Several years ago, I might have agreed. In fact, over fifteen years…

I got a Diva Cup for Christmas

You know you’re crunchy when…you find a Diva Cup in your Christmas stocking. It’s true. Actually, I bought the Diva Cup myself, because I’d been wanting to try one and because several years ago Mr. Native Texan and I settled into a nice arrangement:

My Winter Capsule Wardrobe

Now that we’ve walked through the steps to creating a Capsule Wardrobe, it’s time to reveal my own Winter Capsule Wardrobe. I’ll show you my key pieces along with sources and pricing info. Ready? Let’s get started!

How to Create a Capsule Wardrobe – Part Two

Now that you’ve purged your closet and identified specific needs, it’s time to shop for just the right pieces to fill in the gaps of your new Capsule Wardrobe. If you’re like me, you want an awesome wardrobe while sticking to a budget. You also want to be efficient–who has time to shop for days,…

How to Make Your Own Natural Food Coloring

Since artificial food coloring is bad news and making it myself seemed like a big hassle, we simply didn’t use frosting for a few years (with the exception of this 2-ingredient chocolate ganache, which I highly recommend). …Until I discovered how not intimidating it is to make your own natural food coloring…with real food ingredients!

DIY Towel Rack Labels

These DIY Towel Rack Labels add charm and remove the guess work in our high-traffic, multi-use powder room. A small project that somehow got stuck on my to-do list FOR-E-VER, the labels required

11 Ways to Enjoy Winter with Your Kids

I get it–I know cabin fever is a real thing. I know it’s hard to get everyone bundled up. I know it’s cold. I know some days are sunless and dreary. Many people simply do not enjoy winter. While I happen to love winter–A decade spent in Texas left me homesick for full blown seasons and I was thrilled to return…