This healthy snack cake recipe includes hearty ingredients like oats, banana, and cashew butter - making it a great recipe for the whole family to enjoy for breakfast, brunch, snack or dessert! Cake for breakfast? Count me in! Have your cake and eat it too with this healthy snack cake recipe. You only need a handful of ingredients to make it, which you probably already have on hand in your kitchen. This healthy snack cake recipe was born out of a quirky celebration in my house: my dog Harley's 13th birthday last fall. While I usually commemorate the occasion with a pet store-bought treat, last year I decided to whip up a cake that both my dog and humans would eat and enjoy. My 4-year old was beyond excited to celebrate her "puppy sister's" birthday and bake the cake ... [Read More]
healthy Valentine's Day recipes
Chocolate Pretzel Almond Butter Granola Bites
Happy Friday! Let's kick off the weekend with something sweet, shall we? With Valentine's Day on the horizon, I've been finding myself with dessert on the brain. I just can't help it! Also, my hubby and I are celebrating our friend's 30th birthday tonight, and I can't let a friend's birthday pass without baking them some sort of sweet treat... #foodieproblems Recently Nektar Naturals sent me some of their new dark chocolate covered pretzels dusted with honey crystals to play around with, and I came up with this fun granola snack: Does anyone else love mini-sized foods? I find them to be so cute and fun, so instead of making regular granola bars, I cut them into little squares for granola bites. Made with oats & hemp hearts and sweetened with honey, dark chocolate ... [Read More]
Healthy Valentine’s Day Dessert Recipes from Super Sister Fitness
One of the best parts about being involved in the healthy living world is getting to meet other health pros and bloggers that share my love for leading a balanced, active lifestyle full of yummy, healthy food. It's always so inspirational and fun chatting with people that share my passions! Recently I got to meet Liz, who runs Super Sister Fitness with her sister Sara. The two trainer sisters share tons of easy healthy recipes, free workouts and women's challenges on their blog, and I've teamed up with them to share a fun post with you today. Like me, Liz & Sara teach women that eating healthy doesn't have to mean restricting or depriving yourself of chocolate. As Sports Nutrition Specialists, they rely on the mentality of "all things in moderation," but these sisters believe it's ... [Read More]