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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

Easy Slow Cooker Pumpkin Butter (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Paleo)

October 25, 2017 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 95 Comments

The easiest slow cooker pumpkin butter to make this autumn and winter season! Nothing can be more cozy than thick, sweet, dreamy aromas and tastes of perfectly spiced and sweetened pumpkin butter! No need to roast your own pumpkin for this gluten-free, vegan, paleo, and allergy-free crock-pot recipe either!

Do we even need words? I’ve loved pumpkin butter for years now and as part of my mission this season to make the trifecta of “butters” (apple, pear, and pumpkin), well of course it happened! Pumpkin Butter it is SO damn easy! Just grab a slow cooker, a big ‘ole can of pumpkin, some brown sugar and spices…and your pumpkin dreams will come true!Read More

Buckwheat Waffles with Fig, Maple, Tahini Compote

October 31, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 108 Comments

Simple gluten-free, nut-free, and vegan buckwheat waffles with a full-flavored fig, maple, tahini compote to take this breakfast over the top! These waffles will be your new favorite weekend breakfast or brunch recipe!

I have a thing for figs. It’s not even that I eat them often, especially not fresh (those babies are expensive!). One of those foods I’ve always just love the “idea” of and I think look so lovely in recipes. Figs evoke “elegance” and deeply sophisticated tastes. I also just like the word…Fig. It’s funny, but I think it suits a fig well. I guess you can’t neglect the fact that there are multiple types of figs. We have Adriatic (or White) Figs, Black Mission Figs, Brown Turkish Figs, Calimyrna Figs, and Kadota Figs.Read More

Raw Coconut Pumpkin Seed Butter

October 12, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 109 Comments

A sweetly delicious and allergy-friendly spread for the ultimate snacking! A simple Raw Coconut Pumpkin Seed Butter recipe that’s gluten-free, vegan, paleo, and nut-free! Use it as a dip or spread for fruit, toast, maybe just eaten with a spoon!

When you don’t have pumpkin seed butter, make your own! While you’re at it, make it even more special with the addition of coconut! This little spreadable gem was the last pumpkin recipe I was going to share last year, but time ran out! The recipe is actually from June of 2015 though. Sad, crying, pumpkin neglect! I guess pumpkin seed butter isn’t technically seasonal, but for some reason, I felt it was somehow wrong to post it in the off-season.Read More

Healing Indian Eggplant Hummus

September 28, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 123 Comments

A hummus that heals! This Healing Indian Eggplant Hummus is a perfect blend of roasted eggplant, chickpeas, and Indian spices like turmeric. It’s gluten-free, vegan, and fat-free, making it a delicious snack recipe for dipping or spreading!

Maybe I should call this “Baba Ghanoush Hummus 2.0“! The whole “roasted eggplant” thing is happening again. This time, we’re taking the Indian route. Tons of turmeric, curry powder, garam masala, you get the idea! Roasted eggplant really is the secret to ultra creamy dips and dishes without the “cream”. People either love or hate eggplant, but when it’s roasted and blended, there’s no way not to love it (you really don’t even “know” it’s there!)Read More