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Snacks and Smoothies

Orange Cranberry Scones -for Easter, or anytime!

by Monica 4 Comments

Orange Cranberry Scone Recipe -- great for Easter or anytime! Well hello Orange, Cranberry Scones!  Welcome to my Easter -- or anytime -- table!   I'm so excited to introduce you to all of my friends... Friends, meet my favorite new favorite scones... I think you guys are going to like each other a lot.  *Note: If you happen to be #glutenfree, see the bottom of this post, because I've got you covered too.  😉  Though I honestly think

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Categories: Breakfasts, Gluten Free, Miscellaneous, Recipes, Snacks and Smoothies

Fall Recipe Roundup

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A roundup of some of my favorite fall recipes. There's only one time of year that I ask for just a *tad* bit of pity for the fact that I live in Hawaii. Fall. I am pretty sure that I love the autumn season more than the average person, yet, unless I travel, I don't really get to experience it at all.  (any sympathy yet?)  So, while we continue to have our tropical balmy evenings, and the ocean is bath-water warm, I tend to whine and complain a teensy bit around October and

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Categories: Breakfasts, Desserts, Lunches and Dinners, Miscellaneous, Recipes, Snacks and Smoothies

Easy Homemade Yogurt Pops, and Fruity Popsicles

by Monica 8 Comments

It's the end of July and around here, most of us are hot and sticky!  Yet Hawaii doesn't get as hot as a lot of parts of the world this time of the year, so I'm sure some of you are really cooking!!  (Comment and tell me your weather at the bottom, ok!?)   With that in mind I wanted to update an old post sharing my simple approach to making fruit-packed popsicles and yogurt-cicles with you!  I hope this inspires you to get creative and stay cool with your kids this

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The Very Best 5-Minute Gluten Free Bread

by Monica 23 Comments

A recipe for delicious Gluten-Free bread.   I think we can all agree:  There's nothing like a loaf of home-baked bread, fresh out of the oven.  The smell that fills a home with comfort and happiness...The feel of a slice - familiar and warm in your hand (especially if there's a bit of butter melting into it.)  The taste -- which somehow can transport you back to Grandma's house, or a bakery tucked away in your memory (I'm personally transported back to the incredible

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Categories: Breakfasts, Gluten Free, Miscellaneous, Recipes, Snacks and Smoothies

Favorite Pumpkin Granola

by Monica 2 Comments

Sharing our favorite pumpkin granola recipe below.  But first: You guys.  I have a son in college.  Does anyone else feel weird about that? No, this has nothing to do with my Pumpkin Granola recipe (except that maybe I should be sending some to him in a care package?)  I guess I just needed to get it off my chest.  Truth is, I just sat down at a coffee shop to put this post together, and got side tracked on Instagram (it happens.)  When I saw that my college son, who has not posted any

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Categories: Breakfasts, Gluten Free, Miscellaneous, Parenting and Family, Recipes, Snacks and Smoothies

Cookie Dough Balls {inspired by Oh She Glows Everyday.}

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I don't know about the rest of you, but in the heat of summer, cooking is just not high on my priority list.  Who wants to think about a hot stove when you feel like you live in a hot stove?   We've  been eating a lot of quinoa salads, yummy burrito bowls, and anything that can go on the grill. Oh, and ice cream. Obviously. But kids still need snacks, right?  So I've been trying out some new recipes for snacks that:  A) kids like, and B) have some nutritional value. :)  You might remember that I

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Categories: Desserts, Gluten Free, Health/Fitness, Miscellaneous, Recipes, Snacks and Smoothies

14 Snack Ideas your kids will love (and you’ll feel good about.)

by Monica 8 Comments

Sharing after school snacks for your kids on those days when you just. can't. think. of. anything. else.  I love to hear from blog readers, and especially enjoy emails from new subscribers after I send them a welcome email.  They respond to my questions, sharing a little about themselves, then telling me what kind of posts they are most interested in.  Some topics come up a lot: communicating with your teenager, boy-related posts, and recently, a lot of requests for the Life in our 40's

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Categories: Health/Fitness, Miscellaneous, Parenting and Family, Recipes, Snacks and Smoothies

I may not have Fall, but I have Avocados. {the best Avocado Toast Recipes}

by Monica 5 Comments

Before I dive into a brief bragging session, let me remind you that my favorite season is fall.  And I'm aware that many of you are currently looking at multi-colored leaves, feeling a crisp chill in the air, and wearing things like: boots and sweaters.  And indeed:  I am envious.  If I could transport myself to some fall wonderland every September-through-November, I would do it in a heartbeat.  So count your blessings. With all of that said:  I live on a tropical island in the middle of the

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