Gluten Free Twix Bars     These are so good you will NEVER buy a Twix Candy Bar at the store again! Homemade Twix is the way to go! T...

Gluten Free Twix Bars
 
 
These are so good you will NEVER buy a Twix Candy Bar at the store again! Homemade Twix is the way to go! Trust me! :)
 
 
1 1/4 cup Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF Baking Flour
1/4 cup Sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbls. Butter
1/2 cup Butter
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
2 Tbls. Corn Syrup
1/2 cup Condensed Milk
2 cups Chocolate Chips
 
Crumble first 3 ingredients in a 9 x 9 baking dish. Cook at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Boil next 4 ingredients over medium heat for 5 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat and beat until thick. Pour over the crust. Melt chocolate chips and spread evenly over toffee layer. Cool slightly and cute!
 
These are pretty AMAZING!

Gluten Free 4 Ingredient Bars   Need I say more? They only have 4 ingredients, awesome!! Yummy and Simple! BAM!   3/4 cup Smooth PB...

Gluten Free 4 Ingredient Bars
 
Need I say more? They only have 4 ingredients, awesome!! Yummy and Simple! BAM!
 
3/4 cup Smooth PB
7 Tbls. Butter, divided
1 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
10 oz. Chocolate Chips
 
Melt 6 Tbls. butter and PB until creamy. Add powdered sugar into the mix and beat until incorporated. Press PB into the pan. Melt chocolate chips and remaining 1 Tbls. butter together and mix. Pour over the PB. Put into the fridge to set for at least an hour.
 
YUMMY! 

Gluten Free Protein Bites   I LOVE these! Great for on the GO snacks! They are perfect for the athletic man in you life too! My hubby v...

Gluten Free Protein Bites
 
I LOVE these! Great for on the GO snacks! They are perfect for the athletic man in you life too! My hubby very much enjoys these!
 
1 cup Old Fashioned Oatmeal
1/2 cup Smooth Peanut Butter
1/3 cup Honey
1 cup Coconut Flakes
1/2 cup Chia Seeds
1/2 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
 
Mix all together and form into balls. Then put them in the fridge for approximately 30 minutes.
 
ENJOY!

Gluten Free Pancakes     These Gluten Free Pancakes are sure to please! Yum Yum!     1 1/3 cup Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF Flo...

Gluten Free Pancakes
 
 
These Gluten Free Pancakes are sure to please! Yum Yum!
 
 
1 1/3 cup Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF Flour
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 tsp. Sea Salt
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tbls. Honey
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
2 tbls. Oil
3/4 cup Water + 2 tbls. (warm water)
2 Egg Whites stiffly beat & set aside
 
 
Combine all the wet ingredients and mix. Combine all the dry ingredients and mix well. Mix wet and dry ingredients together and gently fold in the egg whites.
 
ENJOY!

Gluten Free Crepes     I love me some Crepes! The topping ideas are endless with this staple breakfast! I LOVE butter and powder suga...

Gluten Free Crepes
 
 
I love me some Crepes! The topping ideas are endless with this staple breakfast! I LOVE butter and powder sugar on mine! YUM!
 
1 cup Brown Rice Flour or Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Baking GF Flour
1 cup Coconut Milk
1 Egg
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 tbls. Butter, Melted
 
Combine flour, milk, salt and the 1 egg together in a bowl. Mix well. Add 1 tbls. Butter to a pan, let it melt and add just enough crepe batter to cover the pan. Cook and enjoy!



I love these two! They are always wanting to cook with mama! :)


Mix, Mix, Mix!

Homemade Magic Shell Chocolate Sauce   I am obsessed with the Magic Shell Ice Cream Topping you can get at the store! But NO longer do ...

Homemade Magic Shell Chocolate Sauce
 
I am obsessed with the Magic Shell Ice Cream Topping you can get at the store! But NO longer do I buy it....I MAKE it! Woo Hoo! This is amazing and so much HEALTHIER! I dare ya to try it....you will fall in love too!
 
8 ounces Chocolate Chips (semi-sweet)
2 tbls. Coconut Oil
 
Melt all ingredients over a double boiler or even warm in the microwave (just pay close attention and stop and stir constantly)
 
Pour on your favorite ice cream!
p.s. Then have 2nd's :)

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Muffins     My kids LOVE Muffins! Especially homemade ones...because everything homemade just tastes BETTE...

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Muffins
 
 
My kids LOVE Muffins! Especially homemade ones...because everything homemade just tastes BETTER!
 
 
2 cups Bob's Red Mill Baking 1 to 1 GF Flour
3/4 cup Pure Cane Sugar
1 tbls. Baking Powder
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 Eggs
1 cup Coconut Milk
1/3 cup Coconut Oil
1 tsp. Vanilla
1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
 
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix all wet ingredients together. Mix all dry ingredients together. Combine both wet and dry ingredients. Fold in the chocolate chips and place batter into the muffin pan. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
 
These are delicious right out of the oven...still warm...with butter on top! Oh gosh, I think I may have to make some right now. ;)

 
Silly Boys!
 

Gluten Free Flour Fluffy Waffles     These are oh so yummy...seriously! I love waffles for breakfast. Gluten Free really can taste so...

Gluten Free Flour Fluffy Waffles
 
 
These are oh so yummy...seriously! I love waffles for breakfast. Gluten Free really can taste so good!
 
 
8 Eggs
1/2 cup Melted Butter
1/2 cup Coconut Flour
1/4 tsp. Sea Salt
1/4 tsp. Baking Soda
1/4 cup Coconut Milk
2 tsp. Honey (optional)
 
In a bowl, beat eggs together. Add melted butter into the eggs and mix. Add the flour, salt, baking soda and milk. Mix ingredients together well and make waffles!
 
ENJOY!

 
 
Keaton loves to cook with me!

 
MIX!

 
Love this stud muffin!




Gluten Free Flour Tortilla Shells     These can be a little tricky to make, but so worth it! Try and out!     1/4 cup Coconut F...

Gluten Free Flour Tortilla Shells
 
 
These can be a little tricky to make, but so worth it! Try and out!
 
 
1/4 cup Coconut Flour
8 Egg Whites
1/2 cup Water
Coconut Oil
 
Whisk flour, eggs and water in a bowl. Melt 1 tsp. coconut oil in a pan and pour 3 tbls. of batter into the pan. Cook until golden brown on one side and flip. Be careful when flipping, it might rip.
 
Makes about 8-10 tortilla shells.


Gluten Free Monster M&M Cookie Bars     My boys and I had so much FUN making these! Doesn't every kid love M&M's? Min...

Gluten Free Monster M&M Cookie Bars
 
 
My boys and I had so much FUN making these! Doesn't every kid love M&M's? Mine really do! So anything with M&M's on them will DEFIANTLY be a favorite in my family!
 
 
2/3 cup Butter
2 cups Light Brown Sugar
1 1/3 cup Sugar
4 Eggs
1 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 tbls. Vanilla
1 tbls. Maple Syrup
2 cups Crunchy PB
6 cups Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
1 cup Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup M&M's
 
Preheat the oven at 350 degrees. Beat butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, maple syrup and baking soda. Stir in PB. Add oats and stir again. Mix in chocolate chips.
Press dough into bottom of baking sheet (if you use a 9 x 13 glass pan it will take much longer to cook, due to the thickness) and top with M&M's and press lightly into the dough. Bake for 15-17 minutes until lightly browned on top.
 
 
YUMMY! Enjoy this recipe with your kids!


 
My awesome helper!
 
 
Add Chocolate Chips!
 
 
He is getting good at cracking those eggs!
 
 
MIX! 

Gluten Free Churro Cinnamon Waffles     If you are a BIG fan of Churro's...boy, do I have the perfect recipe for you! These are m...

Gluten Free Churro Cinnamon Waffles
 
 
If you are a BIG fan of Churro's...boy, do I have the perfect recipe for you! These are mouth watering good and will for sure be your favorite breakfast yet!
 
 
1 tsp. Salt
4 tsp. Baking Powder
2 tbls. Sugar
2 Eggs
2 cups Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF Baking Flour
1 1/2 cup Warm Coconut Milk
1/3 cup Butter, Melted
1 tsp. Vanilla
3 shakes Cinnamon
 
For Churro Topping:
1 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Cinnamon
1/2 cup melted Butter
 
Mix all dry ingredients together well. In a separate bowl, mix all wet ingredients.  Combine the dry and wet ingredients together and mix.
Cook in a waffle iron and then immediately pour melted 1/2 cup butter on both sides of waffle and dip into the cinnamon sugar churro mixture.

So DELICOUS! You can Thank Me later. ;)
 


Why Gluten Free?   Let's FACE it....in today's world they do not make wheat like they used to. Everything has tons of preservat...

Why Gluten Free?
 
Let's FACE it....in today's world they do not make wheat like they used to. Everything has tons of preservatives, additives, chemicals and who knows what else.
 
No wonder todays society has become obese. It's EASY to. Millions of people in the world are suffering from health problems, yet they are not getting to the root of the problem. We are only going to the Doctors to get a new prescription written to us to cover up the issue that we are having.
 
So it is a CYCLE, a never ending CYCLE of problems.
 
I have struggled with my own STOMACH issues. Bloated. Gassy. Constipated. Pain in my stomach. You name it. I had these symptoms daily and so I started to think it was a normal thing.
 
WRONG!
 
I made an appointment to a Gastrologist  to figure out the problem. I explained my symptoms and he stated that I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). He wrote a prescription for a pill that I needed to take daily.
 
I started right away, thinking this was my CURE!
I didn't notice ANY difference. My symptoms were still present. I took the pill for months with NO success.
 
So I gave up for awhile. I didn't know what else to do or go see. Fast forward 3 years...I was researching Gluten Free Eating. Why it was good for you. Why it was worth trying if you had stomach problems such as I. I decided to give it a whirl! I DRAMATICALLY noticed a change in how my stomach felt. No Gas. No Bloat. No Pain. I couldn't BELIEVE it!
 
Gluten Free food was hard to find for awhile, but sooner or later, companies started to come out with more Gluten Free Food to cater to those that were having issues with eating Gluten. TRUST me, there are many.
 
Today I eat as Gluten Free as I can. I'm amazed at what a difference it has made in my LIFE!  I believe I have some IBS symptom's, but most of my issue was GLUTEN! My three kids and husband also eat Gluten Free to help their stomachs. I hope my story will touch someone in at least trying the Gluten Free Path of eating. It is HARD at first, but so worth your HEALTH and how you FEEL in the end.

This is the reason WHY I drink Shakeology DAILY! My stomach NEEDS Probiotics and Digestive Enzymes to stay healthy! Shakeology has dramatically IMPROVED my stomach and bowel issues! :)

Gluten Free Homemade Brownies     It's BROWNIE time! I always used to make brownies out of a box at the store, but oh boy...Homem...

Gluten Free Homemade Brownies
 
 
It's BROWNIE time! I always used to make brownies out of a box at the store, but oh boy...Homemade Brownies are the WAY to go! These are so delicious and trust me...no one will EVER guess they are Gluten Free!
 
 
Mix...
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF Flour
1/3 cup Cocoa
1/4 tsp. Salt
1/4 tsp. Baking Powder
 
Add 2 Eggs
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
1 tsp. Vanilla
 
(I sprinkle chocolate chips in the batter and on top too)
 
BAKE at 350 degrees for 20-25 min.
 
ENJOY!
 
(p.s. My Boys wanted to use the HEART pan) ;)

Gluten Free Flour-Less, No Butter, PB Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies     These cookies are pretty darn TASTY! Every time I make them,...

Gluten Free Flour-Less, No Butter, PB Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
 
 
These cookies are pretty darn TASTY! Every time I make them, no one can tell they are made without FLOUR! Pretty amazing if you ask me!
 
1 cup Creamy PB
3/4 cup Dark Brown Sugar
1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla
2 Eggs
3/4 cup Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
1 tsp. Baking Soda
3/4 cup Chocolate Chips
1/2 tsp. Salt
 
Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl. Mix all wet ingredients in another bowl. Then combine the wet and dry ingredients together and mix well. Then add the chocolate chips.
 
Spray cooking spray on a cookie sheet and use a mini ice cream scooper to scoop the dough on the sheet.
 
BAKE at 350 degrees for about 8 min. and cool them down before eating.
 
DELISH!!
 
 


Gluten Free Hoot N' Nannies (German Pancakes)     As I was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ...

Gluten Free Hoot N' Nannies (German Pancakes)
 
 
As I was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I remember going to dinner at a families home, they had this for the meal. I looked at it in wonder...I had NO clue what it was. It was something I had never had before! Once I took my 1st bite, I had to get the recipe! Now, this is ALL my oldest son wants for breakfast, haha. It's just that GOOD! (I don't blame him)
 
 
Blend 6 Eggs & 1 cup of Milk (You can use any kind of milk, I personally think it works best with Dairy Milk or Coconut Milk)
Add 1 cup Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF Flour
1/2 tsp. Salt
 
Mix and blend together until there are no lumps left from the flour. Melt about 2 tbls. Butter into a bowl and pour into a 9 x 13 glass cooking pan.
 
BAKE at 400 degrees for 10-15 min.
(You can double this batch for really THICK Hoot N' Nannies if you'd like!)
 
ENJOY!

Gluten Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins/Cookies     Well these are a staple baked good in our FAMILY! As I was serving a mission ...

Gluten Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins/Cookies
 
 
Well these are a staple baked good in our FAMILY! As I was serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I received this wonderful recipe from a fellow missionary that was serving with me. I had to get the RECIPE! They will melt in your mouth! You can choose to make Muffins or Cookies with this recipe!
 
 
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Butter
1 cup Canned Pumpkin
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 Egg
2 cups Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF Flour
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/4 tsp. Salt
 
Mix all wet ingredients together in a bowl. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Combine the wet & dry ingredients together and mix until well combined! Add the Chocolate Chips to the mixture.
Scoop out the batter with a small ice cream scooper and either place in 12 count greased muffin pan or scoop out balls on a cookie sheet for cookies!
 
BAKE at 350 degrees for 17-20 minutes. ENJOY the goodness!
 
 

 

Gluten Free Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe   I ENJOY making these yummy sugar cookies with my kids, they love cutting the cookies out and I l...

Gluten Free Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe
 
I ENJOY making these yummy sugar cookies with my kids, they love cutting the cookies out and I love seeing them roll out the dough!
 
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Sour Cream
1/2 cup Butter
3 cups Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Baking Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
2 tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 Egg
 
Mix all ingredients together, you may need more flour if it is too doughy! Roll out on floured surface and cut out cookies!
 
BAKE at 350 degrees for 17 minutes! ENJOY!
These are Soft and so YUMMY! 
 
 
 
 
 
 

    I have always been a pretty active girl! I loved playing Volleyball, that was by far my FAVORITE sport and the ONLY one I ...

 
 




I have always been a pretty active girl! I loved playing Volleyball, that was by far my FAVORITE sport and the ONLY one I played. Hey, it got me a volleyball scholarship, so I'm ok with that. :) I have always enjoyed being healthy, although my knowledge on Carbs and Sugar didn't sink in until later in my life. Lets just say....I GAINED the Freshman 15! Not cool. On off season of volleyball I decided to still eat all the Carbs and therefore gained some WEIGHT! NOW that I'm older in my years, I feel like I really understand healthy eating and why it's CRUCIAL to my health. I remember my family always calling me a rabbit eater, because honestly my favorite meal to eat when I was little was...SALAD! I love me some GREENS!


 
It's truly all about BALANCE! Right? SO here I am....a Fitness Coach and now enjoy sharing what I know about how to eat well. How to take care of your body in the BEST way, INSIDE as well as OUT!


After having my three kids, I wanted to make GOALS for myself. I wanted to be toned and have those girl abs! I worked hard, I was determined, I had a vision and so I worked to ACHIEVE that goal of mine. Working out 25 min a day at home is doable! Drinking a Nutritional Shake, Shakeology so doable! As a mom, I'm always on the GO! I don't always have the time to find something healthy to eat and so Shakeology was my LIFE SAVER! Quick, Easy & oh so Healthy! BAM!
 
 With those 2 magical things combined your body will not ONLY FEEL better, but LOOK better and your self confidence will GROW within you.
 

 
 
I have seen it in myself and also in the LIVES of others. I love to see that. I do. It makes me happy knowing that I could be a little PART of that change. Every one is WORTH it in my eyes. It's my DUTY to make them BELIEVE that too. :)


 
 
Photos taken by the Wonderful Steven Hatch :)

Gluten Free Breakfast GF Crepes GF Hoot N' Nannies (German Pancakes) GF Churro Cinnamon Waffles GF Pancakes GF Coconut Flour Fl...


Gluten Free Breakfast

GF Crepes
GF Hoot N' Nannies (German Pancakes)
GF Churro Cinnamon Waffles
GF Pancakes
GF Coconut Flour Fluffy Waffles
GF Chocolate Chip Muffins

Gluten Free Snacks

GF Protein Bites

Gluten Free Lunch



Gluten Free Dinner

GF Bisquits
GF Coconut Flour Tortilla Shells
GF Biscuits & Gravy with a Twist

Gluten Free Dessert

GF Chocolate Chip Cookies
GF Flour-Less, No Butter, PB Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
GF Healthy No Bake Cookies
GF Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins/Cookies
GF Sugar Cookies
GF Homemade Brownies
GF Monster M&M Cookie Bars
GF Homemade Magic Shell Chocolate Sauce
GF 4 Ingredient PB Bars
GF Twix Bars

            I stuggled. I had low self-esteem. I was embarrassed.  I thought I was ugly. These were my thoughts...abo...

 

 
 
 

 
 
I stuggled. I had low self-esteem. I was embarrassed.  I thought I was ugly.

These were my thoughts...about 15 years ago. I stuggled with acne. Bad. The kind called, Cystic Acne. Not small zits, big ones! That NEVER came to the surface of my skin, they just fester and are huge! Oh, and they hurt. :( 

I actually used to have FLAWLESS skin, up until I was a clueless teenager and decided to NOT wear sunscreen one day. Well, wrong MISTAKE! That "one day" happened to be my Volleyball Car Wash Raise money day and it was blistering hot. So I was in the sun for 7 hours straight....NO sunscreen! 

Did I get SUNBURNED?
Let's just say, I looked like a LOBSTER. Red, burnt and oh so crispy. 

That's the day my skin CHANGED forever. Lesson Learned.
Wear SUNSCREEN people!!

So I got 2nd Degree burn on my face, my skin started to get HUGE pores and this was the start of my horrible ACNE. My skin NEVER has looked the same since that "one day". 

So fast forward about 5 years....I graduated High School...I earned a Volleyball Scholarship to a 2 year College in Tri-Cities, WA and I served a Mission to Detroit, MI for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
 
 
Yet, I still struggled with Cystic Acne and had low self-esteem because of it. I remember my sweet mom taking me to a Dermatologist and he injected a steroid into my acne to make the inflammation go down! Oh my goodness, it HURT so badly. I'll NEVER forget those days. 

They would go AWAY for a time, but would reappear again. It was this cycle that was never ending. I thought there was NO hope. Envying girls that had FLAWLESS skin became an obsession of mine. I wanted perfect skin and I needed to find something or someone to HELP me. 
 
 
I had heard of Esthetician's, but never knew what they all did. I would ask my Dermatologist if the makeup I was using was alright, but it was like he didn't even know! So I made an appointment with an Esthetician and she forever CHANGED the course of my LIFE. She was beautiful inside and out. I felt her PASSION in wanting me to feel better about myself. She wanted to help me ACHIEVE that. She looked at me like she understood how I was FEELING.  I could tell she LOVED being an Esthetician.  
 
 
She did HELP me. In MORE ways than one. Not only did she HELP most of my acne clear up, she helped my Self Confidence GROW within me. She gave me the GIFT of loving myself no matter if I had acne or not. 

I wanted to be like her. I wanted to HELP people with their struggles in life. I wanted to help others with their Acne.
  
 
 So I did.

In 2005 I attended school at Bon Lossee Academy in Provo, UT. It was a school for hair and skin,  but of course I was only INTERESTED in Skin Care. :) 

I LOVED every minute of being there. I felt like I belonged. I knew I was on my way to make a DIFFERENCE in someone else's life. Out of the 8 students in my class, me and this other girl were the "Guinea Pigs" for Chemical Peels and Extractions. 

We were the ones with the most horrible acne, so we were picked on for all the treatments pertaining to acne. At the time, I was embarrassed and bitter. But my skin started to clear because I was constantly getting treatments done. My attitude changed, my self confidence grew, I was happier. 

When I graduated Esthetics School,  my skin had never looked so good. I wanted BEAUTIFUL skin on my Wedding Day and guess what?

It was! 

So this is the story of WHY I became an Esthetician and WHY I love helping people that have acne or need any skin care help, for that matter. 
I have helped numerous people with their Acne Struggles and to me....that is PRICELESS! 
  
 
 
 
Photos taken by the Wonderful Steven Hatch & some by Lisa Huber :)