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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream | Roots & Boots

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…

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15 Best Sources for Gluten Free Real Food Recipes

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,…

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Cookie Dough Bites | Roots & Boots

Gluten Free Cookie Dough Bites

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

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How To Make Your Own Natural Food Coloring | Roots & Boots

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!

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Almond Flour Bacon Biscuits

These biscuits are amazingly simple and amazingly delicious!

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Kitchen Chalkboard

My Revolutionary Meal Planning System

I truly believe that the habit of creating a weekly meal plan is critical to saving time, money, health and sanity in the kitchen.  This new system has revolutionized my meal planning, and you won’t believe how simple it was to implement.

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6 Handy Kitchen Tools

6 Handy Kitchen Tools

When you spend lots of time in the kitchen, any tool that saves time is a winner in my book.  And while I’ve seen many kitchens smaller than mine, my own culinary storage space is not particularly roomy.  Any tools that take up room in a drawer or cupboard had better earn their keep! With this in mind, I present to you six…

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The Secret to Lump-Free Gummy Treats

The Secret to Lump-Free Homemade Gummy Treats

If you’re tired of lumpy homemade gummy treats, today’s your lucky day.  I’m slightly embarrassed that it took me so long to figure this out, but the good news is:

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Keep Apples from Browning with Essential Oils

How to Keep Apples from Browning…with essential oils

Did you know that essential oils can be used to keep apples from browning?  It’s true! Before I stopped buying juice, I often used

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Gummy Treats with Real Fruit | Roots & Boots

Homemade Gummy Treats with Real Fruit

Homemade gummy treats are definitely one of my biggest real food wins in the kid-friendly category. We’ve tried a variety of recipes, and while each of them worked pretty well and my kids have eaten them happily, this recipe is by far my favorite.

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