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Gluten-Free Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Muffins (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

April 18, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 52 Comments

A healthier, tender and fluffy, muffin recipe studded with dark chocolate chips! Gluten-Free Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Muffins that are vegan and allergy-free! Your favorite bakeshop classic, now enjoyable for everyone as a breakfast, brunch or snack bite; perfect with a cup of coffee or tea!

The two most classic muffins on Earth: Blueberry and Chocolate Chip. These chocolate chip muffins are the sister muffin to my Gluten-Free Bakery-Style Blueberry Muffins. A simple, easy, standard recipe that you can learn to know by heart and have “at the ready” for when you need to whip up a quick batch of chocolaty fluffy pillows. Perfectly gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free so the whole bunch can enjoy a yummy bite!Read More

Gluten-Free Pinto Bean Tamales (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

April 16, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 56 Comments

An easy Mexican tamale recipe with a homemade masa dough and spicy pinto bean filling. These Gluten-Free Pinto Bean Tamales are vegan and top 8 allergy-free, making them a great meatless weeknight meal the whole family will love!

Who’s never had a tamale before? I hadn’t…until last year when I made these pinto bean tamales! Maybe you don’t even know what a tamale is; that’s about to end right now! A tamale is a traditional Mexican dish of a homemade masa (corn) dough wrapped and steamed/baked in a corn husk with a filling of either meat, cheeses, vegetables, chilies, beans, even fruits or nothing at all! It’s also part of Central American, South American, and Caribbean cuisine (not just Mexican). They can be served as a breakfast or dinner meal and they’re also a common street and festival food!Read More

3-Ingredient Potato Smiley Face Fries (Gluten-Free, Paleo, Vegan, Allergy-Free)

April 9, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 69 Comments

The happiest french fries around! This baked 3-ingredient recipe for Potato Smiley Face Fries is gluten-free, paleo, vegan, top 8 allergy-free, and requires no oil! Nostalgic for adults, fun & creative for kids and picky eaters; a delicious healthy side dish the whole family can enjoy!

If you didn’t grow up eating your fair share of some potato smiley face fries, I’m sorry to break it to you but, you lived a childhood of deprivation. Here at Strength and Sunshine we love our potatoes in all shapes, sizes, and colors! Traditionally, such a humble food, but one with endless possibilities. The Irish were on to something when they based their livelihood off the humble potato!Read More

Mini Gluten-Free Cinnamon Pancake Bites (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

April 2, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 90 Comments

Believe it or not, pancakes just got better! Mini Gluten-Free Cinnamon Pancake Bites that are vegan, allergy-free, 8 ingredients, and take just 10 minutes to bake! They’re a surprisingly healthy breakfast recipe that kids (of all ages!) will love! Perfect for little hands to dunk in syrup and munch!

Shut the front door! I am in love! The pancake game just got taken to a whole new level in every way possible. I didn’t know it was possible to love pancakes more, but I guess it is! Pancakes aren’t something you’d typically eat with your hands. I mean, I guess you could, but that would be kind of weird and socially looked down upon, eh? Don’t worry, gluten-free friends, I just make handheld, munchable pancakes possible!Read More

Small Batch Gluten-Free Vegetable Lasagna (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

March 28, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 44 Comments

A quick and easy, healthy and lightened up version of a classic Italian dinner! This Small Batch Gluten-Free Vegetable Lasagna is vegan, top 8 allergy-free, packed with veggies, homemade tomato sauce, and on the table in 30 minutes! A recipe the whole family will love for those busy weeknight meal dilemmas!

Say it with me, LASAGNA! One of the most classic Italian comfort food dishes, make-ahead, freezer-friendly, and totally not gluten-free or vegan…until now! This recipe was made a year or two ago as a “loaf pan lasagna”, but I’ve since updated my original written recipe and decided to tweak the ingredients and make it a tad larger. So now it’s time to finally present the recipe to you, my lovely readers. I think you’ll be surprised by one of the “secret” ingredients I snuck in this vegetable lasagna 😉Read More