These soft and chewy vegan molasses cookies are made with oats, whole wheat flour, avocado oil and baking spices. They're the perfect holiday season treat! It's the most wonderful time of the year... which means it's Christmas cookie baking season! I love to bake up holiday treats and share them with loved ones, and it's even better when I can incorporate a few swaps in to make them a bit of a healthier treat. Vegan Molasses Cookies This recipe puts a dairy free spin on traditional molasses cookies. It also features a few better-for-you ingredients than your typical Christmas cookies. But I promise you, they're a crowd pleaser full of delicious flavor! The base of the cookies are oat + whole wheat flours, making them a bit heartier than your run of the mill ... [Read More]
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Mini Vegan Strawberry Cheesecakes
This mini vegan cheesecake recipe is made with an easy graham cracker crust + a cashew & plant-based cream cheese center, and they're topped with a fresh strawberry sauce - making them the perfect sweet tooth bite! Hello Berry Season! It's getting towards the end of May in the northeast and the weather is (finally!) warm, the sun is shining... and berry season is upon us (yay!). I'm a big fan of all kinds of berries, and strawberries are high on my list of favorites. I try to make it to a local farm for berry picking every year. I'll get a huge crate full of berries, and then my household has fun enjoying them. And of course, I enjoy making recipe favorites & coming up with new recipes to enjoy summer berries with! I've had a mini vegan cheesecake recipe on my "to test" list for ... [Read More]
Skip the Ice Cream Truck & Try These 8 Healthy Summer Desserts
When I hear the sound of an ice cream truck permeating through the neighborhood in the summertime, I usually think, "Ooh, a frozen sweet treat sounds good right now!" It happens more frequently than I'd think it would. Surprisingly, those old school trucks are still around! And I mean, what better way to quench my thirst and cool me down, right? Once in awhile I splurge on indulgent desserts. But most of the time, I satisfy my summer sweet tooth with treats that aren't full of tons of sugar and calories... and there's no shortage of options to choose from! Today I'm sharing some ideas for healthy summer desserts to try. From homemade banana ice cream and popsicles to health-conscious, store-bought pops and bars, this list includes some of my favorites. 8 Healthy Summer Dessert ... [Read More]
Healthy Caramel Apple Dessert Pizza {vegan}
This healthy dessert pizza features an oat crumble & almond butter "caramel" combined with fresh apple slices on an easy homemade pizza dough! Recently I put together an article for Shape that rounded up healthy dessert pizza recipes, and it got the wheels turning in my head for a caramel apple dessert pizza. Especially since it's autumn and time for all things apple! I thought why not combine a few of my favorite things? After all, pizza + dessert + apples must = a heavenly recipe! Am I right? And so here we are with this vegan caramel apple dessert pizza, which features an oat crumble & almond butter "caramel" atop fresh apple slices on an easy homemade pizza dough. I've made a healthy caramel sauce with several different recipes, and the combination of maple syrup with ... [Read More]
Easy Strawberry Crumble Pie {vegan}
This easy summertime pie is bursting with fresh strawberries and features an oat crumble topping! Recently my little family went to a local farm to pick strawberries, and we came home with a huge amount of berries to enjoy. When I go fruit picking, I always look at it as a challenge to use up the produce in as many ways as I can - and to not let any fruit go to waste. Today's strawberry pie recipe is the product of my recipe testing with my CT-grown berries. I've always loved being a locavore, and hope to instill a love of eating locally and being connected to the food we eat in my daughter. Camryn had been iffy on eating fresh strawberries on their own, but when I put our haul of strawberries in front of her to snap a photo, she started going to town on them. It was worth letting her ... [Read More]
Vegan Chocolate Chip Rice Crispy Cookies
These vegan cookies are chocolatey, gooey, buttery, and a little crunchy on the outside while being soft on the inside. Plus, the rice crisps cereal gives the cookies a bit of a unique crackle factor. In other words? They're addictive! Amidst quarantine life, cooking and baking a lot gives me joy. Plus we're eating at home all of the time nowadays, and I like to help keep us healthy and strong with nourishing foods and homemade meals. Last year when I was pregnant I kept craving cookies, and my love for cookies seems to have stayed with me. A couple of cookies is the perfect sweet tooth treat in moderation. I've been baking up a storm lately, so there have been a lot of batches of cookies made over here! This leads me to today's recipe. These vegan chocolate chip rice crispy treat ... [Read More]