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A Closer Look at My Journey & Our Favorite Fruit Crisp Recipe!

I’m honored to be a special guest of Michelle over at her wonderful allergy-friendly blog The Willing Cook. She’s so graciously allowed me to share my personal journey with you – a path marked by God’s grace in leading me to a real food lifestyle that has resulted in a closer walk with Christ and positive health changes that have enable me to better serve Him, my family, my church and YOU!

If you’ve been curious about why I do what I do in providing free recipes, meal plans and resources for healthy real food living, then I encourage you to pop over today and check out my exclusive interview with The Willing Cook.

Of course, I couldn’t just pop over for a visit and pour out my heart without bringing something healthy and scrumptious to share as well. So, I’m happily sharing my favorite fruit crisp recipe, featuring glorious fresh summer peaches!

Growing up in the South, one of the highlights of summer was enjoying fresh seasonal peaches – so sweet and juicy! My affinity for these little fuzzy treats hasn’t changed, and so now I like to buy a couple of crates of ripe organic peaches each summer, so I can slice and freeze them for use all year long.

So in addition to this personal interview, I’m also sharing my special Berry Peachy Crisp recipe. It can be made using either fresh ripe peaches, or frozen ones. The addition of sweet and tangy raspberries really complements the mellow flavor of peaches, making this an extra special treat!

Joyfully Serving Him, Kelly

This post was featured at Living Well Wednesdays.

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New Raw Cookie Recipe with Honey Pacifica!

By Kelly · 19 Comments

As a special thank you to my friends at Honey Pacifica, I’ve created this special Raw Cacao-Coconut Cookie Bite recipe, which is every bit as healthy as it is delicious!

I’m excited to partner with my favorite raw honey friends at Honey Pacifica to bring you a new twist on my famous raw cookie dough bites. This new version, Raw Cacao-Coconut Cookie Bites, is absolutely delightful and features Honey Pacifica’s mild raw sage honey – perfect for adding just the right amount of all-natural, healthy sweetness to any real food recipe.

Honey Pacifica has been producing delicious raw honey since 1978. Their cold-packed honey varieties are 100% raw, unheated, unfiltered and unprocessed in order to preserve all of the honey’s natural anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.

Why raw honey? It’s simple – because it’s good for you! The health benefits of raw honey are numerous and well documented. It’s a living food that contains natural antioxidants; enzymes; and minerals including iron, zinc, potassium, calcium, phosphorous, magnesium and selenium; as well as important vitamins such as B6, thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid and niacin. In addition, the nutraceuticals contained in raw honey help neutralize damaging free radical activity. Raw honey is definitely a healthy, all-natural sweetener that you can feel good about enjoying (in moderation, of course).

So, I invited you to pop over to Honey Pacifica to check out my delicious and nutritious Raw Cacao-Coconut Cookie Bites. They’re truly my new all-time favorite!

Just be careful not to make these by yourself, unless you have unfathomable willpower, because YES! They are that good!

This post was featured at: Living Well Wednesdays, Allergy-Free Wednesdays and Gluten-Free Wednesdays.

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Summertime Favorite: Grilled Peaches & Cream (GF)

By Kelly · 12 Comments

Fresh, ripe peaches snuggle-up with pure vanilla and ground cinnamon in a cozy
foil-packet to create a fragrant and delicious summertime treat. Simply top with a
scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream. “Oh yeah, now we’re talking!”

Simply drizzle the sweet-syrup mixture over peach halves, placing the majority into the
peach halve-cavities. Then …

Fold foil together to form a packet, crimping edges to seal. Grill, covered, for 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!

P.S. If you love grilled fruit as much as we do, be sure to check out my special Spicy Tropical Fruit Skewers – an easy, yet beautiful dessert with a little bit of BAM! and a whole lot of WOW!

Grilled Peaches & Cream (GF)

Yield: 6 servings

Grilled Peaches & Cream (GF)

Ingredients

6 fresh ripe organic peaches
1 tbsp of fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 tbsp butter, melted (or coconut oil)
2 tbsp coconut sugar (or sucanat)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
Homemade vanilla ice cream (see *notes below)

Instructions

Preheat grill to medium-high (400 degrees). Peel, halve, and pit peaches. (See note below for an easy peach peeling tip.)
In a large bowl, combine lemon juice and melted butter. Add peach halves; toss well to coat.
Next, place the peach halves on a large piece of parchment-lined foil.
In the bowl containing the leftover lemon-butter mixture that the peaches were tossed in, whisk in the rapadura, vanilla extract and cinnamon.
Drizzle mixture over peach halves, placing majority of liquid into the peach halve-cavities.
Take another large sheet of foil and cover the peaches. Fold foil together to form a packet, crimping edges to seal. Grill, covered, for 10-12 minutes.
Remove from grill and allow foil packet to rest undisturbed for about 5-10 minutes. Then, carefully open packet.
Slice each peach halve into quarters and divide among six bowls.
Top with scoops of homemade vanilla ice cream and drizzle with the grilled peach juices. So yummy!

Notes

A quick and easy way to peel peaches ... bring a stockpot of water to a rolling boil. Add whole peaches and cook for one minute. Remove peaches from boiling water, using tongs, and place in a cold water bath. Once cooled to touch, peel off skins.

*Laura at Heavenly Homemakers has a wonderful Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream recipe that's one of our absolute favorites! Or check out my friend Wardeh's Vanilla Coconut Milk Ice Cream recipe for a delicious dairy-free option.

https://thenourishinghome.com/2012/08/grilled-peaches-cream-gf/

This recipe was featured at: Gluten-Free Wednesdays.

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