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Smoky Spiralized Purple Sweet Potato Fries

June 13, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 152 Comments

Take your fries up a few notches. These smoky spiralized purple sweet potato fries are anything but boring! Baked, crispy, colorful, & smoky! Gluten-free, vegan, paleo, & oil-free, these fries will change your life!

The day has come. I teased you at the start of the year and I just didn’t know when would be the perfect time to finally post these. I originally shared my most popular recipe, Spicy Spiralized Sweet Potato Fries, in May of 2015, well my friends, Summertime seems to be fry time! Let’s see if these catch on as much as their orange brother. I have faith they will. These guys are smokin’ and PURPLE!Read More

Baked Yucca (Cassava) Fries

February 10, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 156 Comments

Don’t let the “tough” exterior scare you. Yucca (Cassava) root is one delicious plant starch to add to your diet. When prepared properly, you can make the best baked , crispy, creamy, yucca (cassava) fries!

I may be just a little too overly excited about this post 😛 You should be excited too; why else would you be reading? I usually introduce a new food to you and then give you some recipes, but this time, I did it reversed. When I posted my Cassava Crusted Chicken last week, it sparked a lot of conversation about exactly “cassava” was. To clear things up right off the bat, cassava and yucca (yuca <— it’s spelled with 2 c’s, not one!) are the same thing, just different names depending on the region. And tapioca is the extracted starch from the yucca root.Read More

A Guide To Gluten-Free Flours + Homemade Oat Flour Recipe

February 3, 2015 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 93 Comments

Today I bring you a perfect little resource guide to gluten-free flours! I’d actually been meaning to write one up for awhile, and then Arman suggested it again to me the other day. There are just so many gluten-free flours, meals, and starches out there, that a newbie may feel a bit overwhelmed when it comes time to get cooking or baking. Some flours just work better for certain types of recipes than others and many need to be combined with others as they do not contain the same properties as your standard gluten varieties. Once you start experimenting and finding witch combos and flavors you love best, you’ll become a pro at whipping up the perfect gluten-free pancakes or muffins!