Bacon & Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies {Gluten-Free}

To say you don’t like cookies, would be like saying you don’t like happiness. Or puppies. Or air to breathe. Sure, there’s probably a variety of cookie you may avoid due to preference, allergies, or dietary restrictions – but who the heck doesn’t like the idea of a cookie?

I LOVE cookies.When I was young, we used to buy a big tub of cookie dough at Costco, which my brother and I would attack with a spoon (salmonella be damned!). I used to take a to-go box from my college cafeteria, and fill the entire thing with fresh-baked cookies. I’d go so far as to say that most of life’s problems can be calmed with a fresh-baked chocolate chip cookie and a glass of milk (or almond milk in the case of my early-30’s, late-onset lactose intolerance). There’s a great scene in the film Stranger Than Fiction that covers this idea.

Somehow I am not obese.

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Giveaway Time! Win A Vitamix From Your Favorite Real Food Bloggers!

Hi Friends!

Let’s start our week off with another awesome Vitamix giveaway, whaddaya say? I’ve teamed up with a group of awesome Real Food bloggers in order to give away this incredible prize to one of our lucky readers. What a great way to celebrate the holidays and our love for you wonderful folks!

I don’t know if you’ve gathered this, but I am dang near obsessed with my Vitamix and use it pretty much daily. Think of all the smoothies and nut butters you could make! Oh, and that’s just the tip of iceberg. This is one heck of a powerful machine. Check it out.

A little blog love goes a long way, so all we ask is that you show a little love to all of the bloggers involved in this giveaway. Don’t worry, we’re making it real easy for you. […]

Happy Holidays | $100 Cash Giveaway!

Good morning Ladies and Gents!
I hope you had a truly awesome Thanksgiving. I spent my holiday wearing things that stretched and exercising my right to eat pie for breakfast. Success! Now that Thanksgiving is over we’re approaching the holidays at a rapid pace! I’ve teamed up with some of my blogger friends to spread some love and good cheer with a little giveaway. Huzzah!
One of our lucky readers will get $100 cash! Sounds pretty nice, right? We are orchestrating this giveaway via Paypal. You don’t have to be in the U.S. to enter, but the amount received will be in US dollars. Pretty simple.
So, what are we waiting for? Let’s get to entering. […]

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie + Let’s Talk About Thanksgiving Round-Up

Okay, so I got into this whole pie-making fiasco.

The season overtook me. I broke out the big guns and made pie crust from scratch. Shizz got real. Perhaps a little too real.

It all started with these Gluten-Free Buttermilk & Apple Hand Pies. You can head on over to that post and read about the trials and tribulations of baking a pie. Long story short, following directions is not my strong suit. Sometimes I get a little fast and loose with my measurements. Pie crust is not the place for this. Pie crust is math class. There are rules. Luckily there is also butter. This automatically makes pie crust better than math class. Life rule. […]