Baking

I love making traditional desserts a little bit healthier. These delicious and moist Chocolate Chip Quinoa cookies are a perfect example. Loaded with chocolate chips and chunks I wouldn't call these cookies totally innocent, but they are way better for you than traditional chocolate chip cookies. They're also suitable for vegans, people who avoid grains and soy, and gluten intolerant folks. They're easy to make and made with nutritious and high-protein flours like quinoa and buckwheat, alternative sweeteners like coconut sugar, and better-for-you fats like coconut oil.  I threw this recipe together on a whim last weekend and it was a hit in my house. My husband ate most of the cookies in a day (which rarely happens these days as he tries to limit his dessert intake). I was shocked and amazed by how much he enjoyed these as I really didn't know how they'd turn out (and he's a bit of a cookie purist). This recipe is definitely going to be made again and again. I ...

Valentine's Day is coming and I know what I'm making...do you? I am kind of in love with this easy-to-make Marble Cheesecake dessert. It's super creamy and delicious, but also fairly low in sugar, and manages to conceal 6 cups of sweet potato! I'm so in love with it that I have been making it every weekend for several WEEKS -- sometimes twice! Not kidding. When I say this dessert is easy, I mean it. It's no-bake and comes together in less than half an hour, then sets in the fridge or freezer in 1-3 hours (depending on how you want to  serve it).  If you can boil water and operate a blender, you can make this. Unlike most no-bake vegan desserts, there are no cashews in this. I don't eat tree nuts (I have a food sensitivity) so I use coconut milk and coconut oil instead, and before you yell at me --> coconuts are not tree-nuts, they're drupes, and most people who are sensitive to tree nuts can tolerate coconut. This dessert can be served two delicious way...