Easy Strawberry Blender Muffins combine spritely strawberry notes and creamy gluten-free oats into a tasty, satisfying treat. These delights are gluten-free, plant-based, refined sugar-free, oil-free and nut-free--but tasty as can be! Strawberry Season I love strawberries! Is there anything better than that first bite into a fresh strawberry brilliant with ruby red color? The sweet juice fills your mouth as the soft flesh and tiny seeds blend between your teeth. Truly one of the small joys ...
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Hazelnut Mochaccino Cookies (Gluten-free, Vegan / Plant-based, Refined Sugar-free)
Hazelnut Mochaccino Cookies! These rich, supple treats blend hazelnut and chocolate, infuse espresso, and are topped with smoked salt or chocolate drizzle. And 100% gluten-free, vegan/plant-based and refined sugar free! Baking with Nut Flours and Grain Flours I love baking with nut and grain flours. Besides creating the opportunity for making gluten-free goods, they provide great sources of plant-based protein and other vital vitamins and minerals. They add so much richness and dimension to ...
Allergy Friendly Brookies (Gluten-Free, Vegan / Plant-based, Nut-Free, Soy-free, Refined Sugar-Free)
Allergy Friendly Brookies are plant-based/vegan, gluten-free, nut-free, refined sugar-free, and soy-free. The one thing they are not lacking is yumminess. A great snack almost everyone can enjoy! Allergy Friendly Brookies My original Brookie recipe has been one my most popular for years. Over time, I have received several requests for substitution options mostly because of nut allergy issues. For this recipe, it was a challenge. To make the Brookies nut-free required ...
Toffee Nut Caramels (Gluten-Free, Vegan / Plant-Based, Refined Sugar-Free)
Toffee Nut Caramels are three flavors united in one luscious treat! Sweet caramel flavor blended in a soft but textured nutty bite perfectly surrounded by sweet chocolate. After making my Toasted Marshmallow Brownies, I was not ready to move on from chocolate desserts. After all, it is the season for decadent goodies so . . . well, at least that's what I'm going with! Every holiday season a box (or two) of imported chocolates seems to make its way into our house. I'm not gonna lie to ...
Toasted Marshmallow Brownies (Gluten-Free, Bean-Free, Vegan / Plant-Based, Refined Sugar-Free)
Toasted Marshmallow Brownies combine a super-moist fudgy brownie with the creamy, caramelized sweetness of toasted marshmallow. Pure decadence and delight! It all starts in 10th grade Biology Where would I be without 10th grade Biology class? While there are probably a host of interesting answers to this question, today my answer is brownieless. Or at least homemade brownieless. One day I headed into the dreary, dark classroom in the basement of my high school. My head hung as I ...
Fresh Cranberry Crumb Bars (Gluten-Free, Vegan / Plant-Based, Refined Sugar-Free)
Fresh Cranberry Crumb Bars nestle a fruity cranberry filling in between two layers of buttery crumb sweetness! Healthy Holiday Treats Happy November 1st, everyone! It is officially the beginning of the most wonderful time of the year -- at least in my world! Thanksgiving is just around the corner. By the time we've all finished digesting Thanksgiving dinner, a few weeks later it will be Christmas, then the New Year. I created this recipe as a prelude to all of the other ...
Choco Chip Cocoa Cookies (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Refined Sugar-Free)
A rich cocoa treat that is moist, delicious and, best of all still packed with nutritional love! I love what I do! Creating recipes that taste great, while eliminating ingredients that are unhealthy and replacing them with ingredients that offer nutritional benefits all at the same time--a win/win! But I really love when one of these recipes can meet more than one culinary need. Multi-tasking can save a lot of time, especially where a recipe is concerned. I find that the more I make a recipe ...
Morning Glory Protein Bars (Gluten-Free, Vegan/Plant-Based, No Sugar Added)
Morning Glory Protein Bars are the perfect blend of fruity flavor and fresh-baked oatmeal cookie texture. Filled with protein and nutrients and no added sugar, they satisfy the appetite and energize the body without the sugar crash that comes with so many other on-the-go snacks. Grab and go! Grab and go snacks loaded with protein and flavor are not really limited to a specific time of year. School season is definitely one of those times--but so is the busy summer rush. Off to the pool, the ...
Fudgy Chocolate Torte (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Refined Sugar Free and Easy!)
Comfort Food Everyone has a different definition of comfort food. To one person it might be fried chicken, to another a steaming dish of macaroni and cheese, to yet another a banana split. Influences come from how and where you were brought up, as well as your particular palate and what tastes (and feels) good in your mouth--not to mention your belly. But there may be one comfort food we agree on more than any other: chocolate cake. Dress it up any way you want. Get all gourmet and drizzle a ...
