Made with healthy ingredients like oats and hemp hearts, these blueberry cashew energy bites make for a great on-the-go snack! Lately I've been ALLLLL about energy bites. Whipping up a batch of them is one of the few meal prep things that I do most weeks. I have a few go-to recipes, including my nut-free sunflower oat energy bites. Today's recipe is another favorite. In my household, energy bites are one way we avoid getting to the point of hangry - when you’ve gone too long between meals, blood-glucose levels dip, and you start feeling shaky and irritated. But if you go for junk food simple carbs as a snack, like potato chips, your blood-glucose levels will rise quickly, and then crash again quickly. The best kind of snack is one that provides your body with a ... [Read More]
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The Best Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Looking for a vegan chocolate chip banana bread? This delicious recipe is a crowd pleaser that features a few healthy baking swaps. Whenever I've got a bunch of ripe bananas sitting in my fruit basket, the first thing I think of is always... BANANA BREAD TIME! Today's recipe has been my go-to vegan chocolate chip banana bread for years now. Everyone in my house loves it, and it's a crowd pleaser for guests as well. The recipe puts a spin on the more traditional banana bread recipes in several ways. My Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread This banana bread leaves out the refined sugar, eggs, and dairy and adds in a few healthy ingredient swaps: For one, we use half whole wheat flour – which helps to give the banana bread a nice little dose of fiber. Instead of loading the recipe up ... [Read More]
5-Ingredient Healthy Caramel Apple Slices
Looking for a way to use up some apples? These 5-ingredient almond butter caramel apples are an easy, healthy apple recipe! Happy September! I find fall to be such a fun time... It's the season for mild, cool weather. The start of football season. All things pumpkin. All things spooky. And all things apple! I love going apple picking. It's an annual tradition in my family to embark on an apple picking afternoon, then come home and whip up some delicious apple recipes in the kitchen. Healthy Almond Butter Caramel Apple Slices Today's seasonal recipe is a more nutritious take on caramel apples. It's a fun recipe to make with kids. It's crazy easy to whip up, and kids can get creative with whatever toppings their hearts desire - from sprinkles and chocolate ... [Read More]
Baked Crispy Truffle Fries with Lime Greek Yogurt Dipping Sauce
These flavorful truffle fries require just a handful of ingredients, and they're baked instead of fried for a healthier side dish. Pair them with my easy lime Greek yogurt sauce for dipping! If you adore a side of crispy, flavorful fries, I’ve got good news: They’re not hard to make at home yourself. And there’s no need to cook your fries in loads of oil or buy a deep fryer. Baking versus deep frying your spuds leaves out the empty calories, and your fries will turn out crispy and delicious if you follow my truffle fries recipe below! Baked Truffle Fries I take these fries up a notch with the addition of truffle oil, grated parmesan cheese, chives, a sprinkle of truffle salt, and a lime Greek yogurt sauce for dipping. Making the Greek yogurt dipping sauce is optional – an aioli ... [Read More]
Healthy Blueberry Biscuits (vegan & easy to make!)
These healthy blueberry biscuits are a vegan recipe that comes together with just a handful of ingredients and couple minutes of prep time. Perfect for breakfast, brunch or snack time! My Blueberry Picking Trip Every year, I love to go fruit picking at a local farm. I usually do apple and pumpkin picking come early fall. And in the summertime, I think it's fun to pick different seasonal fruits. I've been in New Jersey with my family since July, since selling my home in Connecticut. I'm not too familiar with the farms here in Monmouth County, and wanted to find a place to go berry picking with my toddler. I had my heart set on blueberry picking for the first time. Most of the farms around here were already picked over when I was searching in mid July (partly thanks to a ... [Read More]
Peach Brown Sugar Banana Bread {vegan}
Made with ample bananas, whole wheat flour, brown sugar & a flax egg, this vegan banana bread recipe is a great way to use up a few ripe peaches that you have on hand! Summertime is my favorite time for peak season produce - especially the fruit. From watermelon and peaches to strawberries and blueberries, I adore summer fruit! Sometimes I feel like my peaches feel not quite ripe enough for forever, and then all of a sudden they're soft and super sweet smelling.. and about a day away from being overripe! These are the perfect instances to bake with peaches. In fact, this recipe was born out of me having a couple of ripe peaches on hand. I realized that on my long list of recipe ideas to test, peach banana bread had been on the list since last summer. A few banana bread experiments ... [Read More]