14 Best Family Cooking Recipes for Spring

Hello my friends!

Happy April everyone!!! I hope Spring has sprung wherever you are ~ over here, not so much! In fact, there’s still snow on the ground and it’s bitter cold, close to freezing and no sunshine today… I’m dreaming of warmer days and flowers sprouting happy blooms and the earth coming to life with fresh green grass and leaves…. and lots and lots of sunshine….

For now, I’ll just bring my own sunshine where ever I go! And today it happens to be a very sunny, bright and happy day over here (regardless of the weather)!

 

The happiness comes through in this delicious roundup of 14 Best Family Cooking Recipes below ~ so many bright and happy tastes and sights through delicious *pure* food! I love to cook for my family and make sure everyone’s happy! I also enjoy including my 6 year old daughter Gabriella in the fun of creating delicious healthy recipes from scratch so we can all enjoy and appreciate where our food comes from and why it’s just better homemade ;) 

Also, there’s happiness today coming through some amazing news!

Yesterday I got a huge surprise when the editors of Saveur Magazine have selected Pure Ella as one of the six finalists for Best Food Blog in the “Best Family Cooking” category!!! Oh my! Thank YOU!!!! ;)

According to Saveur : 

“After sorting through over 30,000 nominations, we’re thrilled to introduce 6 finalists in each of our 13 categories, selected with a little help from previous years’ winners.” So many nominated blogs…. Wow!!! and I’m one of 6 in one category!!! I don’t know who nominated me but this is already the most amazing news!!! I’m truly humbled to be considered amongst other amazing bloggers!

But wait! I’m not just excited to be in the finalists…. the true reward still awaits and I need your help! I WOULD LOVE YOUR VOTE!!! ;)

6 bloggers are picked, but it’s up to YOU to go and vote for the best! (and I really truly hope you feel Pure Ella gets that vote!)

Please click here to check out all the other incredible finalists, and to register and cast your vote for me, Pure Ella in the Best Family Cooking Blog category! And thank you for supporting my mission to share amazing healthy, family-friendly recipes created with ‘pure’ ingredients and pure passion!!!

PLEASE NOTE: For your vote to count, you must register first. Once you register, you’ll see a big red voting button at the bottom. Select PURE ELLA, and then hit that button, and you’ll be all set. Thanks again!

 

Now to celebrate! Here are 14 Best Family Cooking Recipes for Spring from my blog that you and your family can enjoy!!! See all the links at the below the graphic ;)

Left to right rows from top to bottom:

1. Dark Chocolate Mint Thins | raw, no-bake, vegan, gluten-free/ grain-free, paleo

2. Coconut Lemon Bars | raw, vegan, gluten-free

3. Homemade Lemonade | pure ingredients, naturally sweetened 

4. Coconut Vanilla Doughnuts (Donuts) | gluten-free, vegan

5. Kale Pesto Baked Zucchini | gluten-free, dairy-free/ vegan

6. Sweet Seedlings with Chocolate ‘Dirt’ | gluten-free, dairy-free/ vegan

7. Flower Pizza | wheat-free, yeast-free, dairy-free and meatless

8. Pure Strawberry Pops | all natural fruit pops, dairy-free

9. 2 Ingredient Cookies | naturally gluten-free and vegan

10. Apricot + Mango Multivitamin Kids Smoothie | dairy-free, all natural

11. Raspberry Chia Jam | pure ingredient healthy jam

12. Meaty but ‘Meatless’ Spaghetti | gluten-free, meatless/ vegan

13. 3 Clean Ingredient Peanut Butter Cups | gluten-free, vegan

14. Strawberry and Wild Blueberry Galette | gluten-free, dairy & egg free/ vegan

 I hope you enjoy these recipes!!!

Now, don’t forget to go off to Saveur’s Best Food Blog contest and Vote for PURE ELLA in the Best Family Cooking Blog category!! ;) 

Thank YOU so much!!!! ♥ Ella

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