Beanless Chocolate Chili

Beanless Chocolate Chili

Okay, okay, I know chocolate chili sounds kind of weird. Kind of like putting a candy bar in your burrito. But let me assure you: cocoa powder, paired with cinnamon and cayenne, really steals the show on this one. And because it’s December: all hail the winter...
No-Cook Hollandaise Sauce

No-Cook Hollandaise Sauce

Hollandaise sauce is the Blessed Mother of sauces. It ups the delicious factor on any savory food tenfold. Steamed asparagus? Add Hollandaise. Salmon? Add Hollandaise. Eggs? Sure, add Hollandaise…though that’s a bit like putting ketchup on your ketchup. Noticing a...
Toothpaste

Toothpaste

I think I’ve tried just about every natural toothpaste out there. SLS-free, fluoride-free, mint, wintergreen, baking soda, whitening…everything except cinnamon. I really liked Earthpaste for its clean ingredient list: Redmond clay, salt, essential oils, and xylitol....
Dry Shampoo

Dry Shampoo

Dry shampoo: the eighth wonder of the world. But also incredibly simple to make. If you’ve never tried dry shampoo at all, you’re missing out! I’m not sure what’s in the commercially produced stuff, but any dry shampoo absorbs the grease in your hair and makes it...
Goddess Dressing

Goddess Dressing

It infuriates me to read the labels on bottled salad dressing. …or on most packaged food, for that matter. The ingredients in a “natural” goddess dressing are as follows: Expeller pressed vegetable oil (canola, soy, and/or sunflower), water, tahini, apple cider...