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Foraged Salad Greens From Your Own Backyard | Roots & Boots

Foraged Salad Greens from Your Own Backyard

Eating fresh salad greens from your own veggie garden is pretty cool, but you know what’s even better? Eating foraged salad greens from your own backyard. Like my son said the other day, It’s like a garden you didn’t have to grow! Zero work with a huge payoff. Sounds pretty good, right?  

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Mixed Berry Coconut Milk Ice Cream | Roots & Boots

Mixed Berry Coconut Milk Ice Cream

This dairy-free Mixed Berry Coconut Milk Ice Cream is super easy and super versatile! Eat it right away, like soft serve ice cream.  Or freeze it for 30-45 minutes for a more scoopable ice cream.  Leftovers can be saved for smoothies, made into popsicles, or used later for the same ice cream recipe.

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Why I Stopped Buying Prepackaged Baby Carrots | Roots & Boots

Why I Stopped Buying Prepackaged Baby Carrots

Have you ever wondered why prepackaged baby carrots stay fresh for so long? Since carrots are one of the only vegetables that everyone in my family will ingest sans weeping and gnashing of teeth, we eat a lot of them. And y’all, I cook homemade, real food meals 2 or 3 times every day.  I’m in…

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Paleo Beef and Veggie Soup

Paleo Beef and Veggie Soup with Sweet Potato

If you’ve ever wondered what to do with leftover roast beef, you will love this Paleo Beef and Veggie Soup.  In fact, you may even decide to make a slow cooker pot roast just so you can make this soup with the leftovers.  It’s that good.

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Hearty Black Bean Salsa Soup

Hearty Black Bean Salsa Soup

Soup is on the menu at least weekly here at the Roots and Boots, and this Black Bean Salsa Soup is a family favorite.  It’s hearty and nourishing, even without any meat.

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How to Freeze Foods In Glass Jars | Roots & Boots

How to Freeze Food in Glass Jars

Learning to freeze food in glass jars is not just a quaint homesteading trick. It’s actually another way to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals in plastic food storage containers and disposable plastic bags.

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Paleo Crockpot Sweet Potato Meatloaf

Paleo Crockpot Sweet Potato Meatloaf

I’ll admit it: I used to look down on the lowly meatloaf, that classic dinner dish served for decades by housewives across the nation.  That is, until I met this Paleo Crockpot Sweet Potato Meatloaf.  This ain’t your grandma’s meatloaf!

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Paleo Crockpot Chili with Extra Veggies

Paleo Crockpot Chili with Extra Veggies

Perfect for a cold winter day as well as for casual entertaining, this Paleo Crockpot Chili is about as easy as it gets.

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Gluten Free Leftover Turkey and Rice Casserole

Gluten Free Leftover Turkey and Rice Casserole

Leftover turkey is a good problem.  Heck, leftover anything is a good problem! Am I right?

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Homemade Vanilla Extract | Roots & Boots

Homemade Vanilla Extract

Well, I finally crossed off “Homemade Vanilla Extract” from my DIY bucket list.

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