Author: LaVonne Sarati

3 Step Homemade Raspberry Sauce or Glaze

As an organic health foodie, I really enjoy making my own homemade sauces or glazes plus a whole lot more whenever I can and have the time. It makes me feel sort of accomplished—like a creator or artist of sorts—by preparing it myself and without having to buy it out […]

Blueberry Heart Pancakes for Valentines Day Breakfast

Here is a simple breakfast idea for this Valentine’s Day. It is these Blueberry Heart shaped Pancakes. All you need is a large heart cookie cutter about 3 inches in diameter. I used Birch Benders blueberry pancake mix and just added water and before you know it breakfast is served. […]

Love Letter Pizzas For Valentines Day

I owe the inspiration of this post to a Instastory by a talented person on my Instagram feed, the Modern Nonna. She created and baked a love letter using puffed pastry dough with a heart shaped piece of pastry that was cut out and used as its seal and this […]

Best Sloppy Joe Sauce: Make These Sweetly Delicious Sliders

Growing up I can remember when my mother would buy from the local grocer’s a can of “Manwich”—as it was and still is called and available today—and of which meant we were going to have sloppy joe’s— a messy ground beef sandwich in a delicious tomato-like or red sauce. Well, […]

Mini French Silk Ice Cream Ramekin Pies For Two

When I use to frequent my local Village Inn restaurant, there were a select group of pies I just had to have a slice of after every meal—and that is, either the Coconut Cream, the fresh Strawberry or Apple pie, and of course there’s the chocolatey French Silk. After all, […]

Low Carb Oat and Almond Shortbread ‘Valentine’ Cookies

I created this simple shortbread cookie recipe in honor of Valentine’s Day 2014. It’s only slightly different from my usual firm and crispy shortbread cookies where refined, white sugar and flour are used instead. However, this Oat and Almond Shortbread recipe is much healthier and low carb as a sugar […]

Paprika Smothered Chicken in Spinach, Arugula, and Asparagus Cream Sauce Over Banza Gemelli (Chickpea Noodles)

Here is another delicious chicken dish recipe where boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs are basted and covered with smokey paprika spice and S&P, fried, and then marinated and smothered in a rich cream sauce of spinach, arugula, and asparagus—my Paprika Smothered Chicken in Spinach, Arugula, and Asparagus Cream Sauce […]

Spicy Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

I pride myself in eating healthy for well over a decade now, and for all of my bacon lovers out there, that includes this delicious piece of pork too. So, when I do shop for bacon, it is important for me to purchase nitrite and nitrate free bacon by brands […]