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Gluten-Free Strawberry Quick Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

May 30, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 55 Comments

Put those ripe strawberries to good use in this healthy, sweet, and delicious quick bread recipe! This Gluten-Free Strawberry Quick Bread is vegan, allergy-free, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, dessert, or as a seasonal snack! It’s spring and summer baking at its finest!

I know it can’t just be me when I say I just LOVE strawberry season! The sweet aroma, beautiful bright color, and perfect blissful bite of a super fresh ripe strawberry is like no other. Strawberry season came early to New Jersey this year. Walking into the grocery stores in April to find $1.99 containers of perfect strawberries…how glorious! Eating strawberries straight from the carton is great, but why don’t we put those beautiful berries to use in another way…Read More

Slow Cooker Pear Butter (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Paleo)

January 17, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 61 Comments

Smooth, creamy, and sweet Slow Cooker Pear Butter that’s so simple to make! Your favorite combination of pears cooked down in the crock-pot for a perfectly sweet and aromatic spread recipe that’s gluten-free, vegan, paleo, and allergy-free!

I gave you apple butter, pumpkin butter, and I promised you some pear butter, so I had to deliver before season’s end! I would have posted sooner, but the holidays got in the way and it had to be gingerbread and cookie everything! But winter is prime time for pears so we’re going with it now! Pears are one of my favorite fruits and I’ve always had a lover affair with pear butter.Read More

Gluten-Free Gingerbread Loaf with Vegan Molasses Cream Cheese Frosting

December 18, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 51 Comments

A classic Gluten-Free Gingerbread Loaf taken up a notch with a Vegan Molasses Cream Cheese Frosting for a deep and indulgent accompaniment to this seasonal dessert. A top-8 allergy-free recipe so everyone can enjoy a nice thick slice!

What did I tell you? I am ALL about the gingerbread! This gluten-free gingerbread loaf is yet another recipe I teased you with on Instagram last year (fun fact: I baked it after Christmas!) I felt so compelled to make an actual gingerBREAD. Probably the most uncommon way to enjoy gingerbread; instead, everyone opts for COOKIES (aka “men” or “houses”). The classic soft gingerbread loaf was actually started here in America during colonial times, while the cookies date way back to the Greeks in 2400 BC.Read More

Gluten-Free Gingerbread Pancakes with Vegan Molasses Yogurt (Allergy-Free)

December 6, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 58 Comments

Ready for a delicious holiday breakfast recipe that will bring all the Christmas cheer? Here’s a stack of soft & fluffy Gluten-Free Gingerbread Pancakes with Vegan Molasses Yogurt! A top-8 allergy-free recipe that even gets Santa’s seal of approval!

If you follow me on Instagram (and you should), you might remember the teaser photo of these gingerbread pancakes from last December. I hadn’t made them in time to post before the holidays were over so I promised I’d bring them to you next (this!) year! Without further ado, I can’t make you wait any longer (a year is enough)! Gingerbread is one of my favorite things about this time of year. You just can’t be a scrooge when there’s gingerbread goodies around!Read More

Homemade Vegan Eggnog “Hempnog” (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free, Paleo)

November 27, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 89 Comments

A classic holiday beverage made vegan, gluten-free, paleo, top-8 allergy-free, and sugar-free! This Homemade Vegan Eggnog, aka “Hempnog”, will be a standout drink recipe to include this season! Even the non-eggnog drinkers will fall in love!

Just when you thought I couldn’t get any crazier with my recreations! The classic and traditional Christmas holiday beverage was just begging to be made “free-from” and enjoyable for all! Let me start off by saying I’ve always hated eggnog for as long as I can remember (even when I wasn’t egg-free). My brother always loved it growing up, still does, but me? Heck no! But eggnog is SUCH a holiday “thing”. My grandpa would always offer us eggnog the moment we walked in the door at my grandparent’s house on Christmas Eve (I always denied the offer, haha!)Read More