Muffins are usually a bad choice for the waistline. Harsh, I know, but really they usually pack in hundreds of calories, are full of sugar, oil, shortening, etc. Just really not the healthy choice you think they would be. Luckily, you can make your own, and make them healthy, like these! These tasty little
Snacks
Baked Zucchini Dill Fritters
Recently I discovered the wonderful vegetable zucchini… not as in I had never heard of it before or anything, I just honestly never used it in my cooking! So when I made the ever so popular Baked Zucchini Chips, I figured I should start looking into more ways to make this lovely little vegetable
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Dairy Free
Crispy Cinnamon Apple Chips
So I had a day off ealier this week and used it as a perfect opportunity to get some much needed cleaning (or..facebook/pinterest/foodgawking/recipe making) done around the house… as you can imagine I got a lot of cleaning done… So as I was “cleaning” I thought, what a great time to make some apple chips! These
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Gluten Free
Margherita Pizza with Cauliflower Crust
Justin and I are going to Europe in September and for a good part of our trip we will be in Italy *insert squeal of excitement here*!!! So I have been dreaming of delicious Italian food… mmmm pizza, salad, olives, wine. Yum. All this dreaming has been causing me to crave these delicious foods
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Desserts
Raspberry Goat Cheese Swirl Brownies
I was contemplating wether or not I should actually put “black bean” in the title of this recipe, because honestly, if you made these, gave them to your husband, and said you made yummy fudgy brownies… he would never know they were made of black beans… ever, and you would get away with secretly
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Watermelon & Feta Salad
Think watermelon. What’s the next word you think of? Summer! Well, at least I do anyways! Watermelon is one of my favorite summer treats, so when I first heard of this salad combination (shout-out to my good pal Keynon for introducing me)… watermelon, feta, red onion?! I was like whoa, what are you doing
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Dinner
Grilled Shrimp Tacos
We have had some crazy hot weather lately, and I am not complaining! It’s not often we get heat like this here in Edmonton, so I am taking it all in, one bead of sweat at a time! So I thought, in honor of this heat, I’d make some of my favorite Mexican food …
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Dairy Free
Banana & Peanut Butter “Ice Cream”
It’s a lovely summer Sunday, a perfect day to relax on the deck and enjoy the weather and some healthy ice cream. Wait, what?? Something doesn’t sound right there… “healthy” ice cream you say? YES! That’s right! I am so excited about this lovely little recipe and wonderful discovery! I first heard
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Gluten Free
Grilled Peach & Goat Cheese Salad
This is the ideal summer salad, it really doesn’t get any better than this. Peaches are in their prime and it is totally BBQ season, so combining the two into a salad, makes heaven on a plate. Really. This salad can be made vegetarian, or like in the picture, with chicken breast. For the hubby,