Because of the addictive nature of these cookies, I recommend making them a bit smaller in shape. They are also easier to manage when downsized a little. But the dough is perfectly adaptable to a bigger, flatter cookie if that’s what you’re going for. Large or small, you can choose to take the time to…
Zucchini is the secret hidden ingredient that you slip into the muffins and then have your kids guess at. Yes, that’s right, you are eating your vegetables. You cannot taste them at all. Not even a little bit. For the times during the summer when zucchini is in abundance, I will definitely be making more…
To make the smoothie, you simply combine everything together in the blender except the chocolate chips. For the chocolate chips I used a bar of dark chocolate and crumbled it up with a mortar and pestle to make the ‘chips,’ mainly because buying a bar of chocolate is much easier than finding mini dark chocolate…
In developing Paleo recipes, I have found that my favorite recipes usually have to do with baking. I think I’ve become a baker at heart, and love to make sweet and healthy combinations to share with others. Coconut flour still baffles me though. Half a cup of flour for all of these cupcakes? Where does…
Coconut provides a lot of fiber and healthy fats to the macaroons, and they are lightly sweetened with honey. They are crispy on the outside and moist and chewy on the inside. The inside almost tastes like the inside of an Almond Joy bar. I wanted to not only dip them in chocolate (my favorite…
My parents seem to opt for all of the cookie-sharing possibilities. There’s cookie exchanges at work, the cookie walk at church, and then they make some for when the kids come home, of course. That’s a lot of cookies, and baking. But these days, there are a lot of gluten-sensitivities and allergies to worry about…
These pumpkin cookies are more of a cake consistency than that of regular dough. In fact, perhaps their light and fluffy texture is a disadvantage of the cookies, because they seem to disappear. My batch did not last long; almost all of the cookies vanished in the first day. It seems that I have not…
This recipe can be ready in 5 minutes. How’s that for a quick pick-me-up? And you can easily double or even triple it to serve more. I highly recommend using frozen bananas (or berries, if you want to use those instead) instead of ice, because ice further dilutes the flavor. When adding water to the…
This recipe is perfect for those chilly mornings when you can’t seem to drag yourself out from under your blankets. What usually gets me out of bed is the promise of a warm breakfast, and heating one of these up is the perfect way to start your day without much effort. If you bake a…