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. Â I mean, how many baked oatmeal ...
Snack Recipes
Sweet Potato Chocolate Shake
This Sweet Potato Chocolate Shake is a rich and creamy vegan shake that is full of nutrients! I was asked to participate in the@CocoaVia #HeartMonth campaign as a member of the Healthy Aperture Blogger Network.  I was compensated for my time. Do you ever get sick of hearing about all the ...
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 ...
Dairy-Free Strawberry Yogurt Alternative Parfait (with Peanut Butter Syrup and Chocolate Chips!)
This parfait is brought to your courtesy of Silk. Â Thank you for inspiring this special treat! If you've read Happy Healthy Mama for a while, you know we try to limit our dairy. While we love cheese too much to completely give it up, we also know that dairy can have a negative impact on our health. ...
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. Â I couldn't let these Quinoa Peanut Butter Snack Balls be buried any longer. Â You need this healthy snack recipe in your life. You only need five simple ingredients that you probably have hanging ...
Strawberry Shortcake Energy Balls
I don't even know where to start with these energy balls. Â Energy bites, energy balls, whatever you want to call them. Â These healthy, bite-sized snacks TASTE LIKE CAKE. Â Sorry. Â I didn't mean to yell at you. Â But I'm just a little bit excited about throwing a few simple, clean ingredients together ...
Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles
We've got four kids this week. Â My two nieces are staying with us for the week, doubling our load from two to four. Â Can I just give a hats off to all moms with more than two kids? Â You are absolute heroes. I thought adding two more kids to the picture wouldn't make a difference. Â But whew! Â Life ...
Gluten-free Raspberry Chocolate Chip Bars
Friday was Meghan's last day of school. Its seems like she just started and now it's over and she's officially on her way to first grade. She brought home all her school things on Friday, including her writing journal. Â As I read through it, I came to her Mother's Day entry. Â She wrote that I was ...
Strawberry Banana Blender Muffins {Gluten-free, Vegan, Nut-free}
Life is busy. Â It's not going to get any less busy for us for at least for another, say, 15 years, when our youngest graduates high school. I won't allow myself to use busy as an excuse to let our diets suffer. Â Eating healthy, homemade, and unprocessed foods doesn't have to be overly complicated or ...
Look Again: Spinach Nuggets
Look Again is a series where I feature an old recipe that deserved a second look. Â These Spinach Nuggets have been buried in the archives since 2010, but are a great way to get your toddler or kids to eat more spinach! I've been on a mission to get my kids eating more greens. Â Greens are pretty ...
Chocolate Oatmeal Granola Bars
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with Luke when he's a teenager. Â There are times when I swear he can eat more than me, and he's barely three years old. Â I don't promote snacking on demand, but this kid definitely needs snacks in between his meals. Both Luke and Meghan's favorite snacks, hands ...
Gluten-free Almond Oat Cranberry Bars
These Gluten-free Almond Oat Cranberry Bars are an easy one-bowl recipe and are great for a healthy breakfast, dessert, or snack!Do you ever buy food or ingredients on a whim? Â Or is that just a #foodbloggerproblem? That's exactly what happened with the cranberries I used for these bars. I saw a bag ...