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30 Days of Renewal – Day 10 – How to Make Pecan Butter

By: Melissa April 29, 2013June 10, 2018

Breakfast, Food, Homemade Pantry, Nuts, Snacksallergy, breakfast, Food, lunch, nuts, Pecan, recipe1 Comment

If you have never tried a nut or seed butter other then peanut butter then you are in for a treat. Peanuts are not actually nuts, they’re a bean! Which is why those allergic to peanuts may not be allergic to tree nuts. If your kid is a PB&J lover and has a no-peanut policy…

Raw Chai Coconut Pecan Brownies

By: Melissa March 10, 2013June 10, 2018

Dessert, Food, Veganchocolate, dessert, Food, no bake, nuts, recipe, vegan, vegetarian3 Comments

This week has been crazy. Tom’s in the middle of an insane work schedule. 14 hour days for 2 weeks straight. I have a 4-month-old and a 9-year-old who is acting more like a 15-year-old lately. It’s been stressful, I don’t know how we do it. I am so glad it’s almost over. I’ve been…

Back on Track Granola

I stepped onto the scale for a bi-weekly weigh in. Oh crap. Do my eyes deceive me? Is it true? I groan and step off. “Tom, somehow I gained ten pounds in the last few weeks!” Tom smiles and crosses the room to hug me from behind. We both look into the bathroom mirror. “You…

Giant Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

By: Melissa February 23, 2011June 10, 2018

Cookies, Dessert, Food, Holiday, Top Recipesalton brown, baking, chocolate chips, comfort, cookies, Food, nuts, printable, recipe27 Comments

Monday morning felt calm. Perhaps it was because the sun was shining again after a week of rain and the wind was finally silent. Sparrows chirped quietly in the trees happy for the warmth of the sun, but still sleepy from the long cool night. Maybe it was because I didn’t need to take my…