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Homemade Gluten-Free + Vegan Oatmeal Cream Pies (Allergy-Free, Sugar-Free)

September 13, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 60 Comments

A Little Debbie copycat you’ll love! Homemade Gluten-Free + Vegan Oatmeal Cream Pies that are top-8 allergy-free and sugar-free too! This healthier recipe is just the dessert you need to bring back childhood memories and keep you away from the vending machine!

Have you ever had a Little Debbie’s Oatmeal Creme Pie? That super overly sweet (kinda greasy) soft “oatmeal” cookies with “marshmallow fluff” sandwiched in between? Don’t get me wrong, they tasted delicious and you always felt a little between about eating them when Lil’ Deb used the French word “creme” instead of “cream” when marketing to you on the shelves of packaged and processed sweets. Those were the life, right? A pretty big “back-to-school” lunchbox classic, if you ask me!Read More

Homemade Gluten-Free + Allergy-Free Uncrustables (Vegan)

September 4, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 51 Comments

Just what the little picky eaters want! Homemade Gluten-Free + Allergy-Free Uncrustables! A school-friendly, top food allergy-friendly, vegan, and gluten-free version of the packaged “PBJ crustless pocket” sandwich! Make these ahead of time for a quick and easy lunch recipe or snack for the entire school week!

Guys! O my goodness, do you remember Uncrustables? I sure do! If you don’t, an uncrustable is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without the crust for picky “crust-hating” kiddos. Basically, a huge bread waster and not-so allergy-friendly. I never had the packaged Smuckers kind. My mom was not going to waste money no that! But, we did have one of these trusty “uncrustable” devices, which we still have now and I found in the depths of the “random gadget” shelf for this recipe.Read More

Homemade Gluten-Free Rice Krispie Treats (Allergy-Free, Sugar-Free, Vegan)

August 23, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 54 Comments

Everyone loves that classic crispy sweet rice bar! Homemade Gluten-Free Rice Krispie Treats that are top-8 allergy-free, sugar-free, and vegan! Kids and moms will love this easy 2-ingredient no-bake recipe for the classic childhood snack!

Raise your hand if you loved opening up your lunchbox and finding one of those lovely blue cellophane/foil wrapped rectangles waiting for you. I know I did! Those Rice Krispie Treats tasted so good! (I loved when they were cold and slightly frozen from the ice packs!) Sweet, (overly sweet), Rice Krispies stuck together with marshmallow magic. They looked innocently healthy enough to be passed off as a “sweet snack”, but we all know they were 100% sugar-filled dessert! (I would lick the excess stickiness off the wrapper; just like those ice cream bars!)Read More

Homemade Gluten-Free + Vegan Goldfish (Allergy-Free, Grain-Free)

August 21, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 74 Comments

Nothing says childhood more than Goldfish crackers! Now you can make your own Homemade Gluten-Free & Vegan Goldfish that are top 8 allergy-free, grain-free, sugar-free, and secretly protein-packed! A healthy snack recipe mom’s and kids will love!

“Back-to-school” recipe number 2 and one that I’ve been DYING to share with you for a year now! Nothing screams childhood more than “the snack that smiles back”. I grew up eating Goldfish like it was my job. Those cheesy, salty, smiling fishies (we called them “fishies” in our house) were just so perfect in every way a snack could be. From birthday parties, school lunchbox snacks, after-school snacks, travel snacks, before bed snacks…Goldfish were always there and ready to please little bellies.Read More

Homemade Gluten-Free Fig Newtons (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

August 16, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 74 Comments

The classic cookie now baked right at home! Homemade Gluten-Free Fig Newtons, naturally sweet, vegan, and top-8 allergy-free. A healthy dessert or snack, these fig filled soft cookie rolls will be a new staple recipe in your home!

We’re getting “figgy with it” today! Welcome to the FIRST of many “old school” back-to-school recipe remakes I’ll be sharing over the next two months! One of the biggest reader requests I get is for gluten-free/allergy-free versions of some of those classic and iconic American processed foods we all used to love and grow-up with. I also get a lot of my recipe inspiration from my own childhood favorites or just the memories and events surrounding certain foods.Read More