Sweet Potato Chili and Honey Cornbread

This was such a great meal, yum! The cornbread was my moms recipe and I just tweaked a few things. The chili was a little too spicy for my toddlers, but just perfect for us! The original recipe came from chocolate covered katie and we modified it to our liking.

Sweet Potato Chili
-1 large onion chopped
-1 medium sweet potato peeled and chopped
-1 medium zucchini chopped
-1 can black beans
-1 can kidney beans
-1 14 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
-1 14 oz can diced tomatoes
-1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
-1 teaspoon cumin
-1 cup water and a sprinkle of vegetable broth powder OR 1 cup vegetable broth

Combine all ingredients to slow cooker and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours.

Honey Cornbread
-1 cup whole wheat flour
-1 cup cornmeal
-1 tablespoon baking powder
-1 cup unsweetened almond milk
-1/4 cup olive oil
-1/2 cup honey
-2 eggs lightly beaten

Lightly grease a square baking pan with olive oil.
In a mixing bowl, add flour, cornmeal, and baking powder and mix. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Add the milk, oil, honey and eggs, and fold together. Pour batter into pan. Bake at 400 for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of pan comes out clean.

Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls (bread machine)

These taste so delicious and are so much better for you than store bought or even some of those homemade recipes that has loads of refined sugar and flour. We always make these at night and let them rest in the fridge all night and bake them the next morning for breakfast. For the Dough: -2 cups almond milk (or other non-dairy milk) -4 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil -1/2 tablespoon pure vanilla -1/4 cup honey -1/2 cup rolled oats (I've used both old fashion and quick with good results) -4 – 4 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (I use fresh ground white wheat) -1 tablespoon vital wheat gluten -1 3/4 teaspoon salt -3 3/4 teaspoon yeast Filling: -3 tablespoons coconut oil melted -3/4 cup sucanat or raw sugar -1 tablespoon cinnamon Combine ingredients in the bread machine in the order listed or according to your machines instructions. Use 4 cups of flour to start. Set the dough cycle and add more flour within the first few min. if the dough is too wet. When the dough has fin...

Savory Garlic Sauce Pizza

You will be amazed at how yummy this cheese-less pizza is! When we first cut out dairy I thought cheese would be the hardest to give up but I am finding with delicious recipes such as this one, it's really not missed at all! My toddlers even loved it, they each ate 3 slices! Recipe was found here and we modified it by using our favorite whole wheat pizza dough recipe found here. -Pizza Dough (I make two medium pizzas and 1 medium loaf of bread with the best yet whole wheat bread recipe found here ) -10-12 garlic cloves -1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk -1/4 teaspoon sea salt -1 small jar sun dried tomatoes drained and soaked in water for 1 hour -Italian seasoning, basil, any other seasonings you'd like Roast garlic cloves in the oven at 375 for 30 min or until brown. When cool enough to touch, blend cloves with coconut milk and sea salt. Spread mixture out on top of prepared pizza dough (make the crust of your pizza dough slightly thicker around the edges) place the sun dried...

Kale Chips

Oh my goodness, these are so good! The first time I tried making kale chips was in my oven and I just used salt, pepper, and olive oil for seasoning. They were really not good at all. I sort of gave up on the idea until I went to visit my friend Emily, who has been eating a whole foods diet for a long time, she is an expert! Her sister actually does the simple healthy tasty blog and Emily posts on there sometimes too! Anyways during our visit, she offered me some kale chips and wow, I went home and ordered a food dehydrator as soon as I could so I could make them! I got this one made by Nesco and love it so far! Recipe from simple healthy tasty . -1 or 2 bunches of kale ripped into chip size pieces (I used curly leaf kale) -1/3 cup raw cashews -2 tablespoons lemon juice -3 tablespoons water -1/4 cup olive oil -1/2 teaspoon sea salt -1/4 cup nutritional yeast -1 small chunk of onion -1/2 teaspoon chili powder -1/4 teaspoon cayenne -1/4 teaspoon turmeric -1 clove garli...

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