I love mixing fruit with thick Greek style yogurt. That combo is the essence of these bars. They are creamy and delicious with just a little crunch in the crust. They are great for breakast, a snack, or to serve at a brunch. The sweetness of the blueberry jam provides the perfect contrast to the tangy yogurt. What is Labneh? I start by making Labneh – a very thick strainted yogurt that has just a pinch of salt and a little lemon juice. Adding the flavors to the yogurt gives it more of a cream cheese quality. I strain my yogurt for at least 24 hours to make it very thick. Strained yogurt is a l ..read more

If you love the sweet, tangy taste of blueberries, this homemade honey-sweetened blueberry jam is a must-try. It’s a quick, easy, and delicious way to preserve the flavors of summer and enjoy them all year round. With just three simple ingredients – blueberries, honey, and lemon juice – you can create a jam that’s perfect for toast, pancakes, waffles, yogurt, or any other treat you like to sweeten. Jam for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet This jam is very easy and is SCD Diet friendly since it doesn’t not use any refined sugar or pectin. I like to make just a small serving to use right away, but ..read more

I’ve seen recipes all over social media showing people how to make homemade “healthier Reese’s Eggs” for Easter. Since none of these, that I’ve seen, are Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) friendly, I decided to give making my own recipe a try. I’m not disappointed I did! These are very tasty. At first I was going to make a white chocolate covered egg using my Cocoa Butter Candy recipe, but I was inspired by Reese’s Peanut Butter Lovers cups to go for a peanut butter coated peanut butter candy. Tips on Making SCD Candy Low heat is important! Low heat helps the candy get to the right texture and ..read more

This cake is customized for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. The combination of carrots with almond and coconut flours creates a delicious and decadent cake that is ideal for the Spring season. The sweet spices enhance the fresh carrot flavor and introduce a layer of complexity. How Do You Make a Grain-Free Carrot Cake? The key to crafting a successful grain-free cake lies in achieving the perfect blend of almond and coconut flours along with the wet ingredients. It’s crucial to strike a balance to prevent the cake from being too dry or overly moist. Dry cakes lack flavor and are challenging t ..read more

These Grain-Free Honey Almond Flour Muffins are a tasty and easy addition to your Specific Carbohydrate Diet‘ (SCD Diet) recipe collection. The muffins just have a few ingredients and have the perfect soft texture without being too moist. The trick to getting almond flour muffins to not be “wet” is to have a combination of coconut flour and almond flour to make your grain-free flour mix. I like to use about 1/4 cup of coconut flour for every one cup of almond flour. What You Will Need to Make Grain-Free Honey Almond Flour Muffins Creating these delectable muffins requires a simple list of ing ..read more

This butter chicken is one of my favorite recipes. It takes a little time, but it’s very easy to make. If you love warm spices like cumin and coriander, you will love this recipe. The buttery sauce adds rich flavor without being heavy. Do you have to use ghee to make Butter Chicken? You can use regular butter in place of the ghee. Ghee has a deeper flavor than butter and I prefer it, but regular butter will work nicely for it. Ghee has the milk solids removed, which brings out more flavor. It is less creamy than regular butter. The bottom line is, use ghee for the best flavor, but if you don’t ..read more

I recently listened to an episode of the Full Plate podcast hosted by “anti-diet” nutritionist Abbie Atwood that centered on Crohn’s Disease and diet. Let me start off by saying, I like Abbie and have chatted with her a little bit on social media about “anti-diet” and what that means to me as someone who has modified diet to help keep my Crohn’s in remission for over 20 years. I do agree with Abbie on a lot of her points about body stigma, health at any size, and the overemphasis of weight loss or being “thin” as a signifier of “being healthy.” We part ways on whether there is room for intenti ..read more

Do you like a soft, cakey cookie sandwich with a fluffy sweet filling? Look no further than these Grain-Free Pumpkin Whoopie Pies. I wanted to make a grain-free Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) version of these because I I used to order some from an SCD bakery every holiday. That bakery is no longer in business and I was missing them. I had never made whoopie pies before so this involved some trial and error on the cookies – be sure to check out my video below for the near fail. I needed a cookie that would hold together, but was light enough to not squish the filling right out of the cookie s ..read more

This healthy twist on pecan pie is an elegant dessert to serve for the holidays. I decided to make this into a rich, custardy pudding because an almond flour crust paired with a dessert already filled with pecans is nut overkill in my opinion. Baking in individual serving size ramekins makes this dessert ready to serve with no cutting and there’s less clean-up. What do you need to make dairy-free pecan pie pudding? The key ingredient to this decadent dessert is homemade sweetened condensed coconut milk. The condensed milk is easy to make and delicious on its own. It adds a rich sweetness and s ..read more

This is a simple recipe for making sweetened condensed milk that is both dairy-free and made without refined sugar. It will not be quite as thick and sweet as the store-bought kind, but it does the job for dessert recipes that call for condensed milk such as my White Fudge. The coconut milk adds a natural sweetness in addition to the honey. I find this condensed coconut milk to be very satisfying. In addition to dessert recipes, it can be added to smoothies, ice cream recipes, or turned into a sweet caramel sauce dessert topping. This sweetened condensed coconut milk is used to make my SCD Ma ..read more