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This Gluten-Free Spring Pea & Prosciutto Crostini is so delicious and perfect for a warm spring dinner outside! Paired with a crisp glass of white wine – it’s divine. You guys, I love a crostini. They’re delicious little morsels of food that I can eat with my hands. What’s better? And if you’ve never had mashed peas, you’re in for a fucking TREAT. They are so, so good. Assuming you like peas in the first place. This is one of those kind of fancy recipes that couldn’t be easier to make. And is also gluten-free. I used Against the Grain baguette or you can use a keto baguette or make your own baguette. Tips for making Gluten-Free Spring Pea & Prosciutto Crostini: if you’re dairy-free, use a nut based mozzarellaput a finger partially over the bottle of olive oil when drizzling the crostinis so you don’t drown then in oilfeel…

This anti-inflammatory salmon and veggie bowl is easy to meal prep, perfect for gut and overall health and is totally delicious. I love a good bowl. A Greek chicken bowl. An Asian ground chicken bowl. Egg roll in a bowl. Korean ground beef and veggie bowl. I love ’em all. And even better, they’re perfect for meal prepping. I only meal prepped two of these bowls but I wish I’d done more. They were SO good, filling and healthy. I love eating healthy food because it literally makes my body and brain feel better. There’s a reason for this. Did you know that the food you eat isn’t just energy for your cells, it’s information? How we eat determines more than our body composition, it determines how we think, mental clarity, cognitive function, our mood, our energy, our sleep, genetic expression and so much more. I’m so in love with…

It’s April, it’s sunny, and here in Charleston it’s HOT. It’s basically the best. And also the perfect time to make a gluten-free spring charcuterie board. Here’s how! Hi. I’m not sure if you’re new to my blog or if this is your 100th visit here. Either way, my name is Dani and I love a good goddamn charcuterie board. I make them at snack time for my kids (okay and for me). I make them for happy hour, before dinner, at every holiday and birthday and sometimes in lieu of an actual lunch. I like the versatility, the color, the indulgent feeling you get from a charcuterie board. Like you’re at a fancy restaurant, even if you’re in sweatpants watching Gilmore Girls for the two hundred and thiry third time. No, just me? Now I’m onto Ginny and Georgia so whatever. How to make a Gluten-Free Spring Charcuterie Board:…

After hearing about this “vegan collagen” supplement and doing a dramatic eye roll, I thought it was time I do an honest review of Monat Collagen Key. I found out about Monat’s Collagen Key in a local mom group on Facebook when one mom asked for collagen recommendations and another mom said, “Collagen is made from boiled up bones! EW! So gross. Dm me to try this vegan collagen that helped my hair grow eight inches in a year!” I didn’t know what she was talking about, but there are three things I know from that comment: This person is clearly disconnected from food, nature and how food is grown. Bones aren’t “ew, gross!” Let’s not talk like 12 year-old girls, especially surrounding a food that has been a staple of peoples’ diets for millions of years, and still is in many parts of the world. Just because something seems…

I have a four year-old and a two year-old and while eating isn’t without it’s challenges, we have a schedule and some ground rules. These are my tried and true six ways to get kids to eat healthy food. “You’re so lucky your kids are good eaters.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that in my four years of parenting. The truth is, it’s not luck. It’s years of thoughtful, mindful decisions surrounding food choices for our family. I realize it’s not this easy for everyone, particularly marginalized moms, moms who are on WIC, moms of color and moms who live in food deserts. But for the average mom, which most people reading this blog are, here are six ways to get kids to eat healthy food. One snack a day. Our kids are snacked out. They get snacks at school, at activities and seemingly between breakfast,…

These Brussels sprout breakfast potatoes were something I tossed together out of the remnants of my fridge…and there were EFFING AMAZING. I’m really not into food waste. Like, it bothers me. It’s horrible for the earth. It costs us more money. It’s not sustainable. The list goes on. So last Thursday when I had next to nothing in my fridge (I grocery shop on Fridays) and I came across a half empty back of shredded Brussels…I had to get creative. I don’t love sauteed Brussels. I didn’t want eat straight up Brussels and eggs. But I do love breakfast potatoes. And crispy Brussels are DELICIOUS. So you combine the two, wam bam boom. Perfect breakfast side. Served with two or three runny eggs? Perfect breakfast. Health benefits of Brussels sprout breakfast potatoes: cruciferous veggies are anticarcinogenic cooked and cooled potatoes are a resistant starch, meaning they feed beneficial bacteria in…

I randomly made these chicken & refried bean tostadas and now I will not eat anything else because they’re so. damn. good. I grocery shop every Friday. I make a rough meal plan, then make a grocery list based off the ingredients I’ll need to make those meals. Prior to doing this, I check and see what’s on sale at Whole Foods so I don’t end up spending seven hundred dollars on groceries. And it turns out that A Dozen Cousins beans were on sale. I also discovered that you can purchase these beans at a discount on Amazon (here). And here’s the thing: this post is NOT sponsored. I am certain A Dozen Cousins have no idea who I am. But I know who they are, because as it turns out, their beans are FREAKING AMAZING. But a little backstory. I went pretty strict paleo/Weston A. Price back in…

I love a margarita, particularly when it’s low sugar and doesn’t give me a raging hangover from one sip. Which is why I came up with this keto grapefruit margarita! I love tequila. I realize it probably sounds bad to say that I love a particular alcohol, but I have a healthy relationship with booze. I think a lot of people, particularly during the pandemic, have turned to alcohol for comfort and stress relief. This is how NOT drink alcohol. The only time I drink alcohol is with food and to have fun. A nice dinner our with my husband, a cookout in our backyard, with friends. Keep in mind that alcohol makes you feel more of whatever you’re already feeling, so while it can enhance fun, it can also make you feel worse if you’re already feeling down. Benefits of a keto grapefruit margarita: this recipe is low in…

This crockpot beef & veggie greek stew is so easy, delicious and healthy. It’s also keto, paleo and gluten-free! I like crockpot meals. They make my life easier. I can throw a bunch of stuff in a pot and take my kids to the park and come home a few hours later and BAM. Dinner is ready. Usually I “forget” a snack and my kids are so hungry they eat it. By forget I mean I don’t bring snacks so that I don’t have any when my kids ask for some. It’s okay for kids to get hungry. It’s good for their digestion and for the amount of food they eat, aprticularly as designated meal times. I’m not against snacks, but I AM against snacking all damn day, which seems to be the norm with kids these days. My son has breakfast at 8am, goes to school, has a snack…