Tag Archives: dessert

Cranberry Apple Crisp

Cranberry Apple Crisp Ready to be Eaten

This is one of the easiest desserts to throw together in the history of desserts. Well, ok, maybe not the easiest. But it requires very little prep and tastes like you slaved over a hot stove for hours. I personally figure that any recipe with fruit can also be eaten for breakfast. Right? I won’t [...]

Cinnamon Coffee Cake Muffins

Cinnamon Coffee Cake Muffin-Finished Product

It was a Saturday morning. A lazy Saturday morning. One of those wonderful weekend mornings that just begs for cinnamon rolls. With lots of cream cheese icing. Well, needless to say, we don’t eat packaged cinnamon rolls that are full of bleached flour, sugar, & preservatives as tasty as they (admittedly) are. I searched online [...]

Pumpkin Cake Bars

pumpkin-bars

I think I missed the boat on this one. I know October was prime time for pumpkin recipes. But in an effort to defy social convention for once in my life (or maybe just adhere to the ‘better late than never’ principle), I wanted to share these incredible pumpkin bars. Incidentally, pumpkin is also great [...]

Ultimate Carrot Cake

Ultimate Carrot Cake

Today is my husband’s birthday. {Happy Birthday love!} It’s been a week long celebration with family, friends, and cake. Good cake. No, I mean really good cake. What I like to call the Ultimate (at least Semi-Healthy) Carrot Cake. I made this same recipe for his birthday last year and a repeat occurrence was requested [...]

Apple Crisp: Quintessential Autumn

Apple Crisp: Quintessential Autumn

What could possibly be better than a warm apple crisp, fragrant and steaming, fresh out of the oven? I would vote a raw apple crisp pulled straight out of the fridge! Ok, so maybe we are comparing apples and oranges here (or at least hot apples to cold ones…). You really can’t compare much to [...]

Carrot Raisin Muffins on a Rainy Afternoon

Carrot Raisin Muffins on a Rainy Afternoon

Usually muffins are a weekend breakfast treat. Like cake for breakfast. But the other afternoon I had a craving for a baked good. I needed something warm and moist and comforting. Earlier the day was sunny and the sky was blue (lending itself nicely to a picnic lunch). But the afternoon turned gray and rainy. [...]

The Simplest Dessert Ever

The Simplest Dessert Ever

I love simplicity. And simple, easy recipes that taste amazing at the same time? Watch out. I also love variety. And this recipe brings together so many of the things I love. The basis is a super simple Chocolate Fondue: Pour some coconut milk (full fat) into a small saucepan and warm it over medium-low [...]

My New Favorite Cookies

My New Favorite Cookies

I have a little love affair going on with these cookies (just don’t tell the lima beans I’m cheating on them….) They are wheat-free and gluten-free but certainly not taste free. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present Banana Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies! I found the recipe in a great new book called Clean Food by Terry [...]