This recipe for Skinny Buckeyes was originally published in December 2011. I've updated and pictures and wanted to re-share this post so you can make them this football or holiday season! You don't want to miss this healthy candy recipe. If you live in or near Ohio, you know exactly what a Buckeye ...
Kid Friendly Recipes
Flourless Sweet Potato Muffins (Blender Muffins)
These Flourless Sweet Potato Muffins are easy to prep in the blender and are made without flour, oil, or refined sugar. They are a healthy way to start your day and are perfect for busy mornings! Do you have smooth mornings or hectic mornings at your house? Morning time is hectic at my house. I’m ...
Applesauce Breakfast Cookies
This post was originally published in October 2013. When you've been blogging as long as I have and have over 850 posts (!!) published, there are bound to be some recipes that get lost in the archives. This is one of those recipes that I wanted to bring forth into the light. I could just update the ...
2 Weeks of Healthy School Lunch Ideas
When it comes to school lunches, my biggest concern is that my kids have nourishing food to eat while they are at school. I want them to have healthy school lunches, but I don't care if they are cute or packed in a clever way, and you better believe I'm not going to spend time turning their food ...
Blueberry Lemon Spelt Quick Bread
This Blueberry Lemon Spelt Quick Bread is a healthy vegan quick bread made with no refined sugar and nutritious spelt flour!The question is: How many blueberries is too many blueberries? Last week we went blueberry picking and came home with 10 pounds of blueberries. Surely, I thought, we'll have to ...
Mint Chocolate Chip Pea Pops
This recipe for Mint Chocolate Chip Pea Pops make a healthy special treat!Yes, you read that title correctly. These are pea pops. A few years ago, a friend I knew in college posted that she'd snuck some extra veggies into her toddler by adding peas to his smoothie. I was intrigued and put it on my ...
5-ingredient Paleo Pancakes
These 5-ingredient Paleo Pancakes are made with no flour, no sugar, and have sweet potato and banana as the stars! When I discovered I could make "pancakes" out of just sweet potatoes and eggs, my life was changed. That's not dramatic, it really was life changing. Pancakes are such a kid ...
Banana Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal Muffins
These Banana Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal Muffins are a great portable breakfast idea! I make a lot of variations of baked oatmeal muffins since I first started making them almost four years ago. I don't always think about putting the new recipes here on the blog. I mean, how many baked oatmeal ...
Pear Oatmeal Bars
These Pear Oatmeal Bars are vegan, gluten-free, and 100% fruit sweetened, with no added sugar. Let me make one thing clear. Creating 100% fruit-sweetened bars that don't taste like cardboard is no easy task. This recipe may win the award for most recipe trials in one week. I finally got it ...
Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole (Vegan and Gluten-free!)
This Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole recipe is vegan, gluten-free, and made without refined sugar! You won't miss any of it. This recipe is proof that healthy food can be delicious!My favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner is the sweet potato casserole. My husband is cringing right now because he ...
Look Again: Quinoa Peanut Butter Snack Balls
It's been a hot minute since I brought one of my old recipes out the archives and into the spotlight. I couldn't let these Quinoa Peanut Butter Snack Balls be buried any longer. You need this healthy snack recipe in your life. You only need five simple ingredients that you probably have hanging ...
10 Ways to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Healthier
It's time to start thinking about school lunches again. Do you have a peanut butter and jelly kid? I have one of each. A peanut butter and jelly kid who would eat the beloved sandwich at every meal, every day, if I let her and one kid who can take 'em or leave 'em. It turns out they both have ...