A Healthy Lifestyle with Dessert First
Healthy pumpkin spice cake pops are a combination of a healthy spice cake mix and sweet pumpkin frosting. Cover in melted white chocolate and decorate as a mummy for Halloween. This weekend Burken and I are throwing our fourth annual Halloween party! Usually I feel very prepared for this party, but some how it just …
Raspberry chia jam is fresh, healthy and naturally sweetened. It only requires one blender and five minutes of your time to enjoy a homemade jam. Do you have an all-time favorite jam or jelly? One that takes you back to your childhood or is a comfort food? I’m not sure what it is, but toast …
Apricot walnut granola bars are the perfect combination of sweet and salty. Made with wholesome ingredients and less sugar than a traditional granola bar, you can feel good about eating these homemade granola bars every day. Can you believe that Easter has already come and gone? Burken and I spent Easter with my family back …
Super soft pudding cookies are all in the name. They’re likely the softest cookie you may ever eat. Keep this recipe on hand for any time you need a go-to, simple homemade cookie recipe. I think I may have mentioned in the past that Burken isn’t huge on sweets, which totally sucks for me since …
Guinness chocolate Rolo cookies are pillowy soft with a little hint of Guinness and a whole lot of chocolate flavor. With a caramel filled Rolo stuffed in the center, these homemade cookies are a quick and easy treat. For two seconds I thought this month was going slow, and then I snapped back to reality …
Cranberry cream cheese loaf is the perfect healthy bread to have on Christmas morning {or really any morning}. It’s lightly sweet, with a creamy cream cheese layer and bursting with sweet-tart cranberries. Try not to eat the whole loaf before your family gets to it. {this post contains affiliate links} When I first started thinking …
Eggnog waffles incorporate all the flavors of traditional eggnog {rich heavy cream, milk, cinnamon and nutmeg} , but without all of the heavy calories. {this post contains affiliate links} This weekend my mom and I baked all of our Christmas cookies. This is a tradition she and I have kept up for a very long …
{this post contains affiliate links} A quick five minutes in the blender and you have a homemade blueberry chia jam that you’ll want to slather on everything. I’ve always been a big fan of peanut butter and jelly. You really can’t go wrong with soft squishy bread smeared with salty peanut butter and cool sweet …
{this post contains affiliate links} Oh my gosh my sweet treat lovers! These healthy chickpea waffles are the bomb.com {yes, bringing the 90s saying back!}. They’re a protein packed breakfast that you’ll definitely want to make extras of. I crave these healthy waffles every morning now. They have the same fluffy on the inside, crispy …
{this post contains affiliate links} Classic vanilla cupcakes. Is there anything better than a simple vanilla cupcake topped with homemade buttercream frosting? For the moment, I’m going with no. My birthday was yesterday and cupcakes have always been my go-to dessert {specifically funfetti}. Saturday we were at a gorgeous outdoor wedding to celebrate two good …