This 1-minute sugar free brownie is made is your microwave and you'd never know it's healthy! Warning: Â this recipe may change your life. Â I know it's changed mine. What if I told you you could have a gooey, chocolate-y, sweet brownie that was also sugar free and totally healthy in one ...
Dessert recipes
Gluten & dairy-free pumpkin pie bars
Happy Halloween! We had a fun weekend filled with Halloween festivities. Â Meghan, as the cutest bumble bee I've ever seen, wore her costume to various events all week. Â Halloween becomes a week-long event these days! Tim and I had an adult costume party to attend this weekend. As you can ...
Healthy apple peanut butter cookie bites-49 calories each
I wouldn't classify any kind of baking as easy, per se. Â Baking is a science that's easy to screw up. Â But when it comes to different types of baking, I'd say that unhealthy baking is infinitely easier than healthy baking. Throw a few sticks of butter, a cup of white sugar, half a cup of brown ...
Crockpot apple cinnamon bread pudding
Remember those crown-shaped princess sandwiches I made for Meghan's birthday party? Â As you can imagine, they created a lot of leftover bread. There's no way I was going to throw all that leftover bread away, so what's a girl to do? Â Make one of her favorite desserts--bread pudding! I think ...
Pumpkin spiced white hot chocolate
This warm drink combines two of my favorite flavors: Â pumpkin spices and chocolate. Â Really, you can't go wrong here. Â Even though fall doesn't officially start until September 23rd, it was here the moment I took a drink of this spicy, comforting hot chocolate drink. When I saw this picture of a ...
Maple Cinnamon Soft Serve with Cinnamon Raisin Cookie Dough
I've told you that my pregnancy cravings have been for salty, spicy, savory foods. Â That doesn't mean I never crave anything sweet, but nothing beyond my normal need for sweet treats. When I was pregnant with Meghan, it was a totally different story. Â I wanted something sweet all the time. Â I ...
A Healthier Birthday Cake
Guess whose birthday is just under a month away? Â Hard to believe, but this little girl is turning 3. Last year, after two major healthy-cake failures, at the last minute I caved in and made a boxed cake for her birthday. Â I was out of time and desperate. When I looked at the ingredients on ...
Carrot Cake Smoothie
Things That Make Me Happy: 1. Â Checking tasks off of my to-do list. 2. Â A clean house. 3. Â When I have to wake Meghan up from her nap and she's still so sleepy she lets me rock her. 4. Â New clothes. 5. Â Finding fun home decorating ideas on Pinterest. Â (Can you say obsessed?) 6. ...
Watermelon-Avocado “Ice Cream”
Summer is my favorite season. Â By a long shot. Â I love the warm sun, flip flops, the pool, and the smell of grilling going out throughout the neighborhood every evening. I also love cold treats that offset the hot days. I had a hard time naming this treat. Â Is it sorbet? Â Kind of looks and tastes ...
Low-Sugar Strawberry Jam
First, I want to thank you everyone for the kind words and well wishes in response to the big news in my last post.  I loved reading every comment!  Now, on to the jam. This post isn't just about strawberry jam.  Yes, you'll get a recipe for strawberry jam, and homemade jam is always special. ...
Goodness Bars
Since Meghan isn't eating as well lately, I've been dreaming up ways to get a bigger variety of foods into her. Â I don't want to become a "sneaky chef" type mom just yet, but I do think it's acceptable to get creative to get her eating more foods. If I offer her oatmeal, she'll sometimes eat it. ...
Better Than Ice Cream Fruit Cream
Ben Cohen, of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, needed emergency bypass surgery in 2001. Â Burt Baskin, of Bakin-Robbins ice cream, died of a heart attack. Â Just sayin'. With ice cream season right around the corner, it's important to have some healthier alternatives in your arsenal. Â Sure, ice cream ...