Cream of Rice Cereal (Rice Porridge)

This homemade cream of rice cereal is super simple and frugal!

When I was a little girl, one of my favorite breakfasts was Cream of Wheat.

Sounds crazy but I still get a warm feeling inside when I hear those words.  ”Cream. of. Wheat.”

Well, we are gluten free now, so Cream of Rice is what we would eat. But I don’t like packets and I don’t like eating white rice.

So here is a recipe for Cream of Rice made with brown rice.

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Sugar Substitute (Homemade Truvia)

Sugar Substitute Truvia

One of the hardest things about low carb baking is the finding sugar substitutes – and paying for them.

There are tons of options on the market and most of them are, well – expensive.

Today I am going to share with you a way to make Homemade Truvia and do low carb baking without the high ticket price.

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Whipped Coconut Pudding (Dairy-Free Whipped Cream Substitute)

Whipped Cream Recipe Today, I have two great things that I get to do.  

I get to: 1.  Offer you a wonderful homemade whipped cream recipe that is dairy free and has a sugar free option to boot!

2.  Introduce you to Lauren, of Empowered Sustenance, a young blogger with a great mind for whole foods, special diet substitutes, and cooking in general! [Read more...]

Easiest Dairy-Free Condensed Milk

Condensed Milk Recipe

Well, it’s another one of those “Yippee!  I’ve figured something out!” days.  It’s a Condensed Milk Recipe.

Believe it or not, I’ve been trying to make vegan condensed milk for awhile now.  What better thing to do with one’s time, right :-) ?

Finally, I think I’ve got it.  A condensed milk recipe that is super easy to make and should work in any recipe that call for the canned stuff.

So happy to share this with you!

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Homemade Marshmallows – with sugar free option

Homemade Marshmallows

This week on Facebook, I mentioned that I ended up staying up ’til 12:30 making homemade marshmallows and gluten free graham crackers for my kids.

There was a ton of really fun and thoughtful responses, including a number of readers asking for the recipes.

Well, here is marshmallow recipe, that just happen to be sugar free!

The graham crackers weren’t quite really what we wanted, so…back to the drawing board on those :-) .

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