These No Bake Chocolate Oat Quinoa Cookies are loaded with nutrition, yet rich and satisfying, the ultimate sweet treat! If your sweet tooth is anything like mine, stopping at one might be a bit of a challenge!…
Category: Cocoa Powder
Raw Dark Chocolate Healthy Brownies
These Raw Dark Chocolate Healthy Brownies are made with cocoa powder, ground flaxseed, peanut butter powder, soft pitted dates, and organic blue agave! Which means no gluten and no refined-sugar, yet oh-so-yummy!…
Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins + GF | DF
Three really great things happened this weekend. First, one of my dearest friends, with some help from my loving sister, threw me a wonderful Baby Sprinkle. Second, these Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins with local honey! And third, a girls night out/baby celebration for a friend having twins!…
ProYo Dark Chocolate and Vanilla Bean Fudge Pops
Y’all. I have so much goodness to share with you today! First of all, have you heard of ProYo High Protein Low Fat Ice Cream?! If you haven’t, head to your nearest Kroger and get some!…
Seven Healthy Treats for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and whether it’s a significant other, kiddos, your mom and dad, or a close friend, it’s always fun to make a little sweet for someone special in your life…
Gooey Black Bean and Beet Brownies
These Gooey Black Bean and Beet Brownies were not at all what I had intended to share this week, truthfully I hadn’t decided what recipe I wanted to post, but I have several in my queue with pictures and recipes waiting for final edits and tweaks…
Dark Chocolates with Raspberry Filling
Happy {Early} Valentine’s Day! If you haven’t figured out what to do for that special someone this Valentine’s Day, let me strongly recommend these Dark Chocolates with Raspberry Filling!…
15 Mouthwatering Healthy Super Bowl Recipes
Having a hard time deciding what to make for this year’s Super Bowl Party? Check out these 15 Mouthwatering Healthy Super Bowl Recipes! From burgers to tacos to chili cheese fries, these vegetarian recipes are sure to fulfill those Game Day cravings, without the regret Monday morning!..
Dark Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream with Cayenne
Warning: picture heavy post! Before I dive in to the delights of this Dark Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream with Cayenne, let’s talk men and gifts. How many times as you asked yourself “what should I get him”? And “him” can be your boyfriend/husband, dad, brother, or friend. It seems to be the ever asked, yet rarely answered, question…
Healthier Peanut Butter Chocolate Rice Krispies
Much like these BBQ Tilapia and Sweet Potato Tacos, these Healthier Peanut Butter Chocolate Rice Krispies came as a result of needing to use up some ingredients before our move, and as a last minute treat to feed our moving helpers! Our poor friends, are likely going to forevermore be busy any time we move in the future. Who knew we had so much STUFF?!…
Clean Eating Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs + Mom Update
I know, I know, there are a million of these peanut butter egg recipes floating around the web, some using the traditional powder sugar and chocolate candy coating, other cleaner versions made using coconut oil, maple syrup, cacao powder, etc. But really, if given the excuse to make a tasty, healthier version of these yummy peanut butter eggs, wouldn’t you jump at that, too? So add me to the bandwagon, and here are my own Clean Eating Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs!…
Fudgy Flourless Chocolate Chili Muffins
I’m sorry… does that say chili pepper? On my chocolate muffin? Really?
Trust me. It sounds a bit odd, but it works! And it’s good! I don’t know if the whole cayenne, chili pepper, spicy-kick thing mixed with chocolate is new or just becoming more common, but suddenly I see the pairing in ice cream, truffles, chocolate bars and now these Fudgy Flourless Chocolate Chili Muffins!…
Paleo Fudge Brownies
Happy New Year!
This past year has been somewhat of a roller coaster ride with it’s ups and downs. And while I am thankful for so many things, I must admit that I am looking forward to 2014…
Black Bean Fudgy Cookies
Yes, I do realize it’s the weekend after Thanksgiving. And no, I haven’t forgotten that most of us likely ate way too much turkey, dressing, sweet potato casserole, and pumpkin pie.So why, you might ask, am I posting a cookie recipe when we should probably all be focusing on upping our salad and veggie intake for the next few days in an effort to detox after all that hearty food??…
Chocolate Granola with Coconut Palm Sugar
Tonight we had the privilege of watching a free screening of the new movie About Time. I have to say that while I am a huge sucker for a chick-flick, I didn’t have high expectations for this one. And maybe that’s a little harsh to say, I was definitely looking forward to the movie (especially being that it was free) I just hadn’t heard much about it. And really, now that I’ve seen it, chick-flick puts this movie in a box that it doesn’t quite deserve, maybe indie drama would be better suited. Regardless, I am happy to say that I loved it. I laughed, I cried. It brought out so many emotions in me about family, love and life…
Healthy Peanut Butter Cups
I do my best to eat healthy as much as possible. It just so happens that I love vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, etc – things which fortunately are good for me. Whether I have grown to like these things because they are good for me or if they are just what my taste buds crave, I’m not really sure. However, while I don’t care for fried food, greasy burgers or processed junk, I do love…and I mean LOVE sweets…