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Gluten-Free Crustless Sweet Potato Pie (Vegan, Allergy-Free, Paleo)

October 22, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 45 Comments

All the flavors you love in grandma’s old-fashioned Southern sweet potato pie, but easier, healthier, and without the crust! A Gluten-Free Crustless Sweet Potato Pie that’s vegan, top-8 allergy-free, paleo, creamy & sweet! This quick, healthy, lower carb & sugar-free twist the classic dessert will be a winning recipe for the holiday season!

Whether it be Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any Fall/Winter holiday in-between, cozy sweet pies are always a popular dessert option to serve. Where fruity pies are left for summer holidays, the more decadent and rich pies you tend to see in the cold months. All in the name of health, celiac disease, food allergies, and veganism, that’s never been a problem over here on Strength and Sunshine. Coming from someone who personally is not a pie fan, but knows she’s in the minority on that opinion, I have high standards to pies (or what I deem to be pies), so you know I’ll only provide you with the best.Read More

Old-Fashioned Vegan Baked Beans (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)

July 11, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 27 Comments

Just like grandma used to make! This is the best Old-Fashioned Vegan Baked Beans recipe! They’re sweet, smoky, gluten-free, top 8 allergy-free, and baked right in your cast iron skillet!

These baked beans are a game-changer! Who else grew up eating those Campbell’s canned “pork and beans”? I’m raising my hand up high here! Don’t be embarrassed; we all ate them. My mom would even doctor them up by adding extra sugary pancake syrup and ketchup to them! It was a side dish essential during the summer, anytime we had something on the grill for dinner.Read More

Old-Fashioned Gluten-Free + Vegan Buttermilk Biscuits (Allergy-Free)

February 21, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 65 Comments

The best authentic Old-Fashioned Gluten-Free & Vegan Buttermilk Biscuits just like your Southern grandmother used to make! Soft, tender, flaky, and begging to be slathered with dairy-free butter, jam, or covered in gravy. This recipe is top-8 allergy-free and only 6 ingredients; in 12 minutes you’ll have warm pull-apart buns ready on the table!

Everyone, celiac or otherwise, needs a perfect recipe for some soft, flaky, buttermilk biscuits! A steaming bun you can pull-apart and slather with some dairy-free butter, jelly or jam, fruit butter or marmalade, and of course, some cozy gravy! A good buttermilk biscuit is not only a classic Southern staple, but a must-have for any bread basket, may it be the breakfast or dinner table!Read More

5-Minute Sugar-Free + Vegan Cream-Style Corn (Gluten-Free)

November 8, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 33 Comments

A classic side dish, lightened up, 2 ingredients, and takes only 5 minutes! This sugar-free & vegan cream-style corn recipe is on the family dinner table in a snap! Creamed corn without the cream and is gluten-free & top-8 allergy-free too!

Creamed corn was SUCH a childhood favorite of mine! My momma could serve my brother and I some chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, and cream-style corn (of course ketchup too) and I’d be a happy camper! It may not be the prettiest side dish, but boy is it tasty! I hadn’t had creamed corn in years and a few weeks ago I had the strongest craving for it!Read More

Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake (Vegan)

May 1, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 115 Comments

The sweet and nutty classic Southern dessert now with a gluten-free and vegan recipe! Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake topped with a delicious dairy-free cream cheese frosting and packed with pecans, banana, and pineapple!

Have you ever had some Hummingbird? Haha, don’t be silly, you know what I mean 😉 I had never had this classic Springtime Southern American cake until last month. I felt like carrot cake, morning glory cakes, and hummingbird cake all fall in that same sweet filled breakfasty cake category. This hefty loaf cake is packed with banana, pineapple, pecans, sweet and spice, and of course a killer cream cheese frosting (essential, again, to that trio!)Read More