Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Muffins

This easy recipe for gluten free chocolate chip muffins using Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour takes only 30 minutes to make—start to finish.

This easy recipe for gluten free chocolate chip muffins using Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour takes only 30 minutes to make—start to finish.

My morning routine goes a little something like this: Wake up, get dressed, head outside, garden while it’s only 70 degrees, go inside, make breakfast, eat, clean up after breakfast. While we’re out there weeding the garden, pruning the tomatoes, and picking berries, our stomachs are empty and in dire need of food. Sure a berry or two slips in here and there, but for the most part we yearn for breakfast.

It makes me wonder how some people can just skip breakfast. Yesterday, I really wanted to use the Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour I received from the kind people of Bob’s Red Mill to make breakfast with so I whipped up a basic muffin batter, added some chocolate chips, and made the BEST gluten free chocolate chip muffins ever.

You can thank me later.

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Swanson Health Products 45th Anniversary Giveaway

Recently, I was contacted by Swanson Health Products to help celebrate their 45th Anniversary. AND one of you lucky readers will get the chance to win a $45 gift certificate to SwansonVitamins.com. In my recent order from Swanson Health Products, I was able to purchase treats and vitamins for my cats, restock my toothpaste supply, and so much more. 

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Healthy Banana Coconut Smoothie

Six months ago, I invested in an appliance that soon became my best friend: The Ninja Mega Kitchen System. It came with a 9 cup pitcher, 8 cup food processor bowl, 2 Single Serve cups, and all the blending attachments for each piece. I use it practically every day to make dough, smoothies, pesto, oat flour, and so much more. It’s the most versatile appliance I own and I don’t know what I would do without it. I love to make smoothies in the morning to give me a burst of energy and nutrition to keep cravings and drowsiness at bay.

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How I Wash Dishes (and Keep my Sanity!)

Ever since I was old enough to reach the sink on a stool, I’ve washed dishes. And since then, I’ve had a hard time enjoying it, or even just feeling okay with doing them. Alas, everyone knows that with cooking comes mountains of dishes, but there IS a way to get the dishes done without pulling your hair out or losing your mind. Find the effective way clear out a clog of your dishwasher at appliancehunter.co.uk. And you don’t even have to own a dishwasher to utilize these tips. 

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Classic Buttermilk Waffles

For the longest time, I was without a waffle maker. Talk about total devastation. Before my last hurrah with my beloved waffle maker, I would wake up early and make waffles while everybody was asleep. Then, when they would wake up, there would be a hot stack of waffles waiting on the table for them. But the good times didn’t last, and my waffle maker broke about 6 months ago. Six months without waffles. I know, right? And then, on one of my thrift store runs last week, I found a beautiful waffle maker sitting on the top shelf, and you can bet I was determined to get it. I am loving my new waffles maker—and these crazy good buttermilk waffles!

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