Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp (Gluten Free)

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This Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp is naturally gluten free with dairy free options as well. It’s an egg free dessert that’s easily made vegan for an overall winner. You can’t go wrong with the dynamite combo of strawberry and rhubarb. Then add a crisp topping plus some ice cream, and you have a dessert everyone loves. It’s simple to make and you can even prep the crisp topping ahead to have in the fridge or freezer too.

Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp in a white baking dish with a large scoop of ice cream and a gold serving spoon.

Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp is one of the first things I make every year with produce from our garden. Rhubarb is hardy enough to make an early appearance before almost everything else around here. And since our local strawberries come in later around the end of June, I like to use frozen strawberries to make this recipe even easier.

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How to Make a Smoothie (35+ Recipes)

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These tips for How to Make a Smoothie along with 35+ Recipes will keep you going all year long! There’s everything from summer berry smoothies, to tropical smoothies, green smoothies, and no banana options as well. There’s dairy free tips, plus how to add superfoods to your smoothies to increase the nutritional value. They’re all gluten free, healthy, and oh so tasty.

Five smoothies on a white background with orange slices and blueberries around them.

Have you ever just piled things into a blender, and then ended up with a smoothie that wasn’t all that tasty? I sure have, more than just a few times really! This has happened to me a lot while trying to develop just the right ratio in my recipes. So with my 35+ recipes to choose from, you never have to have a bland, or downright yucky experience again.

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Best Classic Chicken Salad

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This Chicken Salad is the best classic recipe made in the traditional way with grapes and toasted almonds. There’s also a variation made with dried cranberries perfect for the winter months as well. It’s naturally gluten free, dairy free, paleo, and there’s no mayo options as well. It’s a healthy chicken salad made with all real food ingredients, and perfect served over a bed of green for extra veggies!

Chicken Salad in a speckled pottery bowl with a gold serving spoon and a blue and white linen behind the bowl.

Sweet juicy grapes, crunchy celery, toasted almond all combine together with the chicken and savory dressing to make the best chicken salad ever! I already have an Avocado Chicken Salad recipe on the blog which is super tasty. However the avocado doesn’t keep as well, and so we definitely need the classic recipe here too.

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Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce

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Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce in a grey pottery bowl with a wooden spoon with rhubarb stalks on the side with a blue and white linen on the other side.

This Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce is simple to make, and there’s no refined sugar! Instead you can use either maple syrup or honey which both make for an incredible flavor pairing with this dynamite duo. The sweetness of the strawberries tempers the tangy nature of rhubarb so you don’t need quite as much sweetener either. This sauce keeps well for days in the fridge, and it’s perfect over my Homemade Coconut Ice Cream. Or try it with your favorite creamy yogurt topped with my Maple Cinnamon Granola.

Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce in a grey pottery bowl with a wooden spoon and a blue and white linen on the side with 3 stalks of rhubarb on the other side.

Have you ever eaten raw rhubarb? Well… I wouldn’t recommend taking a very big bite that’s for sure! My Grandpa used to think it was so funny to initiate each of his grandkids into rhubarb by feeding it to us raw. It’s incredibly sour, and he would be laughing so hard at our puckered up faces that he’d pretty much fall to his knees with mirth!

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Garlic Sautéed Spinach

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This Garlic Sautéed Spinach is the easiest and tastiest way to cook any kind of greens. It comes together in just minutes and is gluten free, dairy free, paleo, and a healthy side dish. We make this non-stop year round, and it’s such an easy recipe I just had to share it with you. With just 3 ingredients you’ll be off and running for the best tasting greens of your life. Also be sure and check out our favorite variations, especially the bacon and onions.

Garlic Sautéed Spinach in a white bowl with a wooden spoon on a white background with a tan linen napkin draped behind it..

Sautéed Spinach is such an easy side dish, it hardly qualifies as a recipe. But since we make this a lot, I wanted to share it with you. It’s just a few ingredients, but this spinach is so tasty. And it pairs well with just about anything you could think of for dinner!

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