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Banoffee Pie
Last month, a lovely reader by the name of Anne requested that I healthify Banoffee Pie. I have never heard of, let alone tasted, Banoffee Pie, but from what showed up on my internet search, I...
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Maple Pumpkin Pie Mousse Pudding
Mousses and puddings are supposed to be light and creamy desserts, the type of sweets that won’t leave you feeling full and heavy like if you were to eat a dense slice of cake or a brownie (or two)....
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Apple Pie Blondies with "Brown Sugar" Frosting
You know, one great thing about the holidays is that sweets are around more than usual. Not so different to me, since dessert can always be found around my kitchen, but it’s definitely out of the...
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Millionaire’s Shortbread Bars
Shortbread. Caramel. Chocolate. No wonder these are called Millionaire’s Shortbread Bars… they’re so rich you feel like royalty when you taste it. More than anything, though, you will feel like a...
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Chocolate Pear Layer Cake with Caramel Frosting
Just by looking, would you ever guess that this cake is… dare I say… healthy? *gasp!* It’s true, it’s true. I would never lie to you! Most desserts are bad for your health, horrifically caloric and...
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Butterscotch Mousse Pudding
My family devoured that Maple Pumpkin Pie Mousse Pudding a few weeks back, and after hearing comments (or hints?) here and there about it, I knew I needed to make it again. Don’t tell my family, but...
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Cinnamon Rolls [two ways]
I guess I’ll just admit it. I’m a total newbie when it comes to baking with yeast (kind of like how I’m an amateur at baking cookies!). The only yeasted recipe I have had success with are these...
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Homemade Caramel Sauce
Oh yes. Homemade Caramel Sauce… HEALTHY Homemade Caramel Sauce! Oh yes x 2. It all started with those Millionaire Shortbread Bars. I was shocked at how the caramel layer turned out perfectly. As...
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Super Soft Homemade Caramels
After making Millionaire Shortbread Bars and Homemade Caramel Sauce, the next step in my caramel quest was to make… well, caramels! I thought the only thing I had to do was reduce the amount of...
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Homemade Butterscotch Chips [two ways]
I have always had an obsession with butterscotch flavor… not necessarily butterscotch candies, just butterscotch flavor. It’s like caramel but with more depth. It’s like brown sugar but with more...
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Healthy Bananas Foster Caramel Ice Cream
When it comes to ice cream I am pretty old fashioned — I like vanilla and chocolate. When I was a kid though, I would always get vanilla ice cream because for some reason I was never a fan of the...
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Healthy Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting
It’s about freakin’ time!!! I might have shouted that out loud in my head when I took my first bite of this cake. It was a long time coming. And by that, I mean, this healthy Peanut Butter Cake took...
View ArticleHealthy Homemade Churros
I don’t think the words “healthy” and “churros” have ever gone into the same sentence before today, but alas my fellow health-seeking friends… healthy homemade churros finally exist! (and no deep...
View ArticleHealthy “Brown Sugar” Spritz Cookies
Experiment #1: SPRITZ COOKIES! What just popped into your head when I typed shouted that? I don’t know about you, but the first thing that came to my mind was butter. Then sugar. And then refined...
View ArticleHealthy Peanut Butter Banana Cake with Caramel Frosting
What would we ever do without peanut butter? The thick, rich and creamy spread that pretty much goes well with anything… jelly, chocolate, maple syrup, butterscotch, celery (ew) and especially...
View ArticleHealthy Gluten Free Cinnamon Rolls [revisited]
I’ve made healthy Cinnamon Rolls before, but like I explained in that post, they weren’t the most authentic-tasting (you know, the completely artificial stuff that comes in a tube at the grocery store…...
View ArticleHealthy Homemade Psyllium Fiber Supplement (like Metamucil)
I don’t like psyllium. Never did, never will. When it’s dissolved into water, juice, smoothies, etc it turns into this disgusting gel-like goo. Not to mention, it clumps up and feels like you’re...
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