This meal is wonderful for the busy family.  Put the roast on in the morning and dinner is almost ready when you get home. If time permits, a nice baked, sweet potato would finish this meal off nicely.

Ingredients for Roast:

3-5 pound roast
Salt and pepper
1 clove garlic, sliced
2 medium onions, sliced
2 bay leaves
1 whole clove (optional)
1 cup water
2 tablespoons soy sauce

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: Approximately 10 hours

Servings: Family

Directions For Roast:
Rub roast with salt and pepper.
Make small slits in roast and insert slices of garlic.
Put 1 sliced onion in bottom of crock-pot.
Place roast on…

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Sugar is the devil. Plus, it wrecks your hormone intelligence. That doesn’t meant you can’t indulge in a little bread every now and then. Try this healthy recipe on your cheat day as a dessert. Top it off with some butter and honey.

 
Banana Nut Bread
 
Ingredients:

3 cups almond flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
4 large eggs
2 very ripe bananas, mashed
3 tsp vanilla
3 tsps cinnamon
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped (I hate walnut and don’t add them)
 
What to do:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine the…