Recipes
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?
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Gluten Free Leftover Turkey and Rice Casserole
Leftover turkey is a good problem. Heck, leftover anything is a good problem! Am I right?
Homemade Vanilla Extract
Well, I finally crossed off “Homemade Vanilla Extract” from my DIY bucket list.