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This gluten-free tomato soup recipe made with fresh tomatoes and roasted veggies is served with penne pasta and juicy homemade turkey meatballs. It is healthy, warming and insanely delicious – perfect for this fall weather! This Gluten-free Tomato Soup Recipe is made with Fresh Tomatoes! I found myself in a weird spot recently. I had a ton of summer tomatoes but it was cold outside. I wanted something warm and comforting but had these light, summery ingredients. And then it hit me: a warming homemade tomato soup! Why you will love this gluten-free tomato soup recipe: This gluten-free tomato soup recipe was so, so easy to make and really delicious. I’m currently off of dairy to see if it helps clear up some skin issues I’ve been having. To keep this tomato soup recipe dairy-free I added cauliflower to this soup and it added that creaminess I was looking for.…

This is the best summer salad – it’s full of delicious, fresh summer produce. It’s healthy, gluten-free and so easy to make! Try it for your next cookout! Summer is my absolute favorite season. I love the warm weather, the long days, the beach and best of all: summer veggies! I have a big garden in my backyard and go to the farmers market in my neighborhood every Saturday. Whatever I don’t grow myself, I get from local farmers. I swear, these cherry tomatoes are so sweet they’re basically candy. This is my first year growing lettuce and it’s the easiest thing I’ve ever grown. I cut it, eat it, and a few days later there’s more. It’s so easy and fresh – I love it. Every year I also grow a ton of basil. I use it all summer long, then dry it for winter. It has a much…

These chicken and veggie kabobs are paleo, gluten-free, keto and low-carb. They take a bit of prep but are quick to cook and leave next to no mess because you’re just grilling them! Such a perfect recipe for summertime. These are the skewers I made for Father’s Day. I used herbs from my garden and they came out SO well. I’ve actually never cooked chicken and veggies together, but it worked out perfectly. These skewers were SO super simple and my husband loved them. I served them with my fancy caprese salad and some rice based spaghetti. They are the perfect summer grilling recipe! It’s a healthy dinner and the leftovers are perfect for lunch the next day. Pesto Chicken and Veggie Kabobs 2 chicken breasts2 orange or yellow bell pepper1 large red onion1/2 cup basil leaves1/3 cup olive oil1 large garlic clove1/4 cup parsley leaves6 metal or wooden skewers…

This fancy caprese salad is gluten-free, low carb, super easy to make and such a crowd pleaser. Try it for your next cookout or dinner party! I made this fancy caprese salad for our Father’s Day dinner. We had gone to a nice brunch earlier in the day and Scott actually told me this meal was better. I made this salad, spaghetti with homemade sauce (his favorite) and grilled chicken and veggie skewers. I have to admit, it was a damn good dinner. I prefer using buffalo mozzarella because not only is it incredibly creamy, it’s easier to digest than cow’s milk. I don’t have a dairy allergy, but with being celiac, I do have a more sensitive digestive system. I actually gave up dairy for close to a year when I was pregnant and then nursing my son (he had terrible reflux). I thought it might also help my…

This 20 minute gluten-free shrimp, artichoke, spinach & tomato pasta came about when I felt too lazy to make lunch. I’m pregnant, I work from home and I really just felt like walking up to Chipotle. This is the danger of living within walking distance of a Chipotle. Wanting it ALL the time. Eating ALL the Chipotle. But I persevered. I got my ass up and opened my fridge and stared in for a solid seven minutes. My toddler was running around in his winter boots (it’s August, by the way) and our amazing sitter was chasing him. I tend to look at random ingredients until some sort of plan forms in my brain. I had frozen shrimp and artichokes, spinach that was just beginning to wilt, I always keep brown rice and quinoa pasta in my pantry, Ya’ll know I always have butter. I can’t live without it. If…

I get it. Breaking the soda habit is hard. If you’re like me, you grew up on the stuff. It was at every birthday party, ever soccer game and every school cafeteria. America really sets kids up to be soda chugging adults. It’s time to break the habit with the healthiest soda alternatives – which you can skip to below if you don’t care about all the reasons why soda is bad for you. Seriously. It’s gross. Soda is just a can of empty calories, filled with sugar that’s almost like from genetically modified sugar beets and caramel color – which is carcinogenic. Meaning it’s been shown to cause cancer. Yes. You might literally be drinking cancer-causing sugar bombs. Am I being dramatic? Kind of. But not really. This is the reality of soda. Let’s explore some soda facts. Soda and cancer. Dr. Pepper, Coke and Pepsi contain caramel color.…

This caprese shrimp lentil pasta was SO DELICIOUS. I never knew about lentil pasta either, but yes, it’s now a thing. I’m really loving all the healthy, gluten-free alternatives that are coming out. And while gluten-free alternatives often get a bad rap for being overly processed and full of junk, depending on the brand you get, this lentil pasta contains at most two ingredients: lentil and quinoa, and sometimes just lentil. Both are healthy, whole foods! No additives, no preservatives, no sketchy ingredients. But I have a confession. Until I made this pasta, I didn’t really like lentils. They don’t have a ton of flavor and even though they have a decent amount of protein for a plant-based food, they never had as much (or a complete amino acid profile) when compared to, say, chicken or salmon. So I never ate them. But I was in Whole Foods the other…