Overnight Vanilla Chia Pudding {easy, gluten-free, breakfast, snack}

I was SO skeptical that I would even like this. I was pleasantly surprised and I really love it! It's really tasty! It took me a fair amount of trial and error to find the right ratio for the perfect creamy pudding texture. Also, be sure to wait the 5 minutes and give it a good shake to help distribute the chia seeds evenly, it makes all the difference! We drink Organic unsweetened almond milk so that's what I used, but cow's milk or any other non-dairy milk substitutes, such as oat milk, rice milk or soy milk, would work also. Click over to see my recipe. Enjoy! ...click here for the recipe!

Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs {How-to}

My kids love hard boiled eggs and they are perfect for school lunch or snack! They help fill my boys up, which is sometimes hard to do. I make at least 6 at a time and store them in the fridge to grab when needed. Click over to read my article The Truth About Eggs and see my recipe for the perfect hard boiled egg. Spoiler alert: the recipe is super easy and foolproof! It's a winner for me. Enjoy! ...click here for the recipe!

School Lunch Inspiration {Re-post}

     Some of you may already have started back to school but school starts next week for us and I'm having mixed emotions. I love summer. The warmth (especially appreciate this now that we live in a snowy winter climate), fun, laid back routines, lazy mornings, lazy afternoons, swimming, exploring, flip flops, shorts, evening walks by the lake, late night sunsets, lots of time with friends and lots of time with my boys... While I'm excited for them to start back to school, I'm dragging my feet a bit during these last days of summer.
   
     I've had several people ask me about school lunches so I thought this was a perfect time to repost these ideas. I wrote this back when we had just moved cross-country and were homeschooling. Here's to another new season! Let's start strong with our lunch game mamas and dads and make it great! I'll be a little more intentional with my grocery run this weekend as I meal plan for lunches and Our Weekly Menu. Planning ahead feels like more work up front but it REALLY pays off. Click over to see my kid-friendly lunch ideas and please share your lunch secrets! I'm always looking for new ideas too! Happy start of school friends. ...click here for the recipe!

Baked Pesto Chicken {Gluten-free, Chicken, Easy, Low-Carb}

This is an easy way to give chicken a new flavor. I used kale, but spinach leaves will work as well. It's great as a stand alone with roasted veggies or delicious sliced on top of a salad! Click over to see my recipe. Enjoy! ...click here for the recipe!

Strawberry Almond Butter Toast {Easy Peasy}

This is hardly a recipe but more of an inspiration. As I try to cut back on my sugar intake I've been experimenting with adding fresh fruit to my toast instead of sugary jam or jelly. This is seriously so yummy and sweet. Delicious with more vitamins, antioxidants, fiber, and way less sugar. Give it a try. Also super tasty with raspberries and blackberries! Click here to see the details. Enjoy! ...click here for the recipe!

Easy Microwave Omlet {Gluten-free, Easy, Breakfast}

I have had some requests for EASY recipes, like microwave easy. This is a fun and quick way to whip up a hot and healthy breakfast if you're running short on time. You can use this same method for our Breakfast Egg Sandwich. I love to mix this up with all different mix-ins! Try sliced mushrooms with goat cheese or bell peppers and spinach, whatever you have on hand. Click here for my recipe. Enjoy! ...click here for the recipe!

Tuna Salad Lettuce Wraps {Gluten-free, Dairy-free, easy}

Looking for a quick and easy lunch idea? Check this out. This is a unique play on tuna salad as it doesn't have any mayo!! *gasp* That said, make this recipe your own and add mayo if you prefer. :)
I think the fun trick here is to try your tuna salad in a crunchy and light lettuce wrap. Click over here for my recipe. Enjoy! ...click here for the recipe!

Baked Chicken Fajitas {Gluten-free}

We love fajitas in our family! That's my hubby's go-to dish when we eat out because it's typically not smothered in cheese and can easily be eaten with corn tortillas for a delicious gluten-free, dairy-free meal. I rarely make them at home because I feel like they take too long to prepare. Until now. Just throw all your spices onto uniformly sliced chicken and veggies (which you can cut up ahead of time and store in the fridge) and bake them all together. They turned out great and everyone asked that I make them again! For those of you with more zucchini than you know what to do with, I've made these with strips of zucchini too, and they're awesome. Click over to type2diabetes.com for my recipe. Enjoy!


Please Note: Type2diabetes.com has officially switched over to a .com from .net. Super exciting news!! I'm slowly working through updating my links. If you come across a link to the type2diabetes page that doesn't work, just replace the ".net" with ".com". If that still doesn't work leave a comment or touch base with us on our Facebook page. I will get to them all soon.
...click here for the recipe!

Summer Recipe Round-Up {Gluten-Free, Easy Dinners, No oven required}

Needing some inspiration myself, I decided to put a quick list together of some of our favorite HOT weather favorites (with pictures of course because I love a visual). When it's warm outside, I try hard to come up with meals that don't require me to use the oven (the grill outside is fine though!) and heat up the inside of the house any more than it already is. Don't be afraid of your slow cooker though! The slow cooker is good for more than soup! It's a great way to get amazing flavors without using the oven. Think meats, tender and flavorful to stuff tacos or soft rolls. Mmmm. What are your favorite summer time recipes? I'd love to add to my list.

20 Easy Gluten-Free Recipes for Summer:

1. Grilled Portabello Mushrooms

2. Berry Agave Smoothie {Low-fat, Dairy-free}

3. Fast Chicken Lettuce Wraps

4. Grilled Zucchini with Lemon and Thyme

5. Ginger Sesame Stir-Fry

6. Honey-Lime Chicken with Warm Black Bean Salsa

7. French-Style Potato Salad

8. Summer Quinoa Salad

9. Summer Vegetables with Polenta

 10. Grilled Vegetable Black Bean and Rice Skillet
 11. Frozen Banana Soft Serve
12. Paleo Chicken and Veggie Bowls
 13. Summer Vegetable and Chicken Stir-Fry
 14. Salad Skewers with Homemade Ranch Dressing
 15. Shredded Pork Tacos

 16. Shredded Vegetable Asian Chicken Salad
17. Turkey Lettuce Wraps with Fresh Pineapple Salsa

 18. Turkey Tostadas

19. Turkey Burgers {Can use gluten-free buns}

 20. Berries and Greens Smoothie


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Oven Roasted Corn on the Cob {So easy}

Happy summer everyone!  Hope you are enjoying the final weeks of summer.  We are in the thick of swim lessons, splash parks, longing to go back to our beach vacation and thinking about getting ready for school to start.  On our recent vacation we enjoyed fresh roasted corn in the husk from a street vendor at a Farmer's Market and loved the simplicity of it.  It's a super duper easy way to cook up all that delicious corn that's in season now. I love using the husks themselves instead of wasting foil, genius, and this way they never char!  We don't put a single thing on fresh roasted corn but if you like to, you can add salt, pepper or butter after they're done.  Give it a try tonight!

Recipe
Ingredients:
corn on the cob in their husks

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350'F.  Trim extra leaves from corn husks {the long skinny green ones} but leave main husk completely in tact.
2. Place corn directly on the oven rack and bake at 350'F for 30-40 minutes until it just slightly gives to the touch when you squeeze it {while wearing an oven mitt}.  The husk will turn slightly golden.
3. Let cool slightly then peel back your husk and enjoy your perfectly cooked corn

...click here for the recipe!