coconut oil
DIY Hard Lotion Bars
DIY Hard Lotion Bars Are your hands dry and cracked? Do your elbows or lips need extra care? Could your skin use some serious softening? These DIY Hard Lotion Bars are the perfect solution. I’ve been making them for years, and they’re a staple in our home. Hard lotion bars are simple, effective, and versatile—great…
Chocolate Coconut Bark
This easy, no bake chocolate coconut bark is the perfect holiday treat and also makes a great gift!
Carrot Banana Muffins
These Carrot Banana Muffins are one of my new favorite grab-and-go breakfast items.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
I suppose there are a few people in this world who do not like chocolate, but none of them live at my house. We love our chocolate here at the Yankee Homestead! And what, I ask you, goes better with chocolate than peanut butter? Technically, you could use any nut butter in this recipe. For…
Chocolate Nut Protein Bars
Oh my goodness, these bars are so good, and so easy to make! They are perfect as dessert, they pack very well for meals or treats on-the-go, and–packed full of protein–they make an excellent snack for pregnant and nursing mothers.
Gingerbread Cutout Cookies
One of our Christmas Countdown activities every year is {of course} baking Christmas cookies. This year, the boys really wanted to make gingerbread cookies. So we used this trusty recipe, and they turned out great!
Almond Coconut Cookies (Awesome Shortcake Substitute) {gluten, dairy & egg-free}
Hang around the Real Food World long enough, and sooner or later you’ll hear about the Weston A. Price Foundation and its president, Sally Fallon. You may recall that my relationship with this famous Real Foodie (Sally Fallon) is a complicated one. 🙂 Nourishing Traditions is of course the Sally Fallon Bible of Cooking, and…
Almond Flour Biscuits (gluten and dairy free)
These gluten-free, dairy-free almond flour biscuits are packed with nutrition and simple to make.
Blueberry Muffins (gluten and dairy-free)
Made with nutritious almond flour and free of refined sugar, these blueberry muffins will be a big hit at your house!
Sauteed Red Peppers
This recipe is SO EASY, it almost seems silly to post it as a recipe. But just in case you haven’t discovered the greatness of sauteing with coconut oil, and just in case you need a super-simple veggies-for-dinner (or breakfast!) idea, here you go! Mr. Native Texan and I love these for dinner (with some…