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Orange Cranberry Scones {Christmas Brunch}
Welcome to our Third Annual Christmas Brunch. I decided that I had to begin with this Orange Cranberry Scone recipe. Wow, they are yummy! My favorite ingredient is the orange juice because of the...
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Christmas Truffles and Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
Need a couple more yummy treat recipes? Try my recipe for Chocolate Caramel Truffles or Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles. Both of these make great gifts! And, you can use the Peanut Butter Chocolate...
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100% Juice Punch {Christmas Brunch}
Many of you know how much I used to love drinking Pepsi – and how giving it up has been a great decision for my health. But you probably also know how much I miss that “burn”! For the occasional...
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Balls {Christmas Brunch}
I love treats like this that are on the healthy side, plus very easy to put together! With four simple ingredients that many of us have on hand – I’ll bet some of you will hop right off your chair...
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Homemade Caramel Brownies
How’s this for a great way to begin the new year?! :) I got this idea from my friend Kim. Smart! You can either bake these in a 9×13 inch pan, or in muffin cups for fun, individual servings....
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Homemade Nutella ~ Real Food Recipe Makeover
Have a recipe you’d like me to try and make over? Submit your recipes on this Real Food Recipe Makeover Submission Page. “Homemade Nutella” is a recipe request I’ve had over and over. I never got...
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Red(less) Velvet Cake
Have a recipe you’d like me to try and make over? Submit your recipes on this Real Food Recipe Makeover Submission Page. Looking for a special treat for Valentine’s Day? How about a Red Velvet Cake?...
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Whole Wheat Quick Mix “Very Vanilla” Cookies {Sneak peek into our upcoming...
I have to say thank you for giving my younger two boys a bit of educational entertainment this evening. I called them in to help me count the “votes” to determine which Whole Wheat Quick Mix recipe I...
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Whole Wheat Quick Mix Fruit Pizza
This Fruit Pizza is so yummy - you’ll feel like you are eating something naughty. But in fact, because it is made with whole wheat, honey, and fruit, I believe you could serve it for breakfast....
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Homemade Healthy(er) Twinkies
Have a recipe you’d like me to try and make over? Submit your recipes on this Real Food Recipe Makeover Submission Page. Twinkies bring up a very special memory for me. The only time we ever got...
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Granola
I’m guessing that many of the greatest recipe ”inventions” have happened by accident. Asa (our 15 year old) really didn’t mean to create this wonderful Peanut Butter Chocolate Granola. His real...
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Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
What’s great about having a recipe that is flourless? If you have run out of flour, you can still make this cookie. Profound. But there’s more. Because these don’t have flour in them, they turn out...
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Strawberry Shortcake Muffins
It’s no secret that I like to serve fun treats for breakfast. If it’s made with whole grains, is low in (natural) sugar, can be served with fruit and/or eggs, and will keep my family nourished and...
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Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups {Real Food Recipe Makeover}
This recipe was inspired by Laura S., someone I met at the Colorado Springs Meet and Greet. Not only was her idea brilliant, I think her name is absolutely beautiful. ;) I wasn’t able to make these...
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Homemade Chocolate Caramel Cups
Can I interest you in a Chocolate Caramel Cup recipe to go along with the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup recipe I shared earlier this week? Upon typing that sentence, I am suddenly reminded of Mrs....
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Caramel Oatmeal Bars {High Five Recipe}
I wanted to include a recipe or two in my Celebrating 40 festivities. But how was I supposed to do that when everything about the celebration has to do with the number 40? I don’t have any recipes...
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Crustless Cheesecake Cups
Cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts. In fact, I believe I will have my boys make these for my birthday on Saturday. Since I’m turning 40, perhaps I could have them double this recipe so we can...
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Flourless Fudge Cookies
You can’t go wrong with a recipe that has the word “fudge” in its name. These cookies are very easy to make and live up to their name. Mmm, fudgy cookies. Yes please. Flourless Fudge Cookies 2 1/4...
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Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix Without Dry Milk or Creamer {With Free Printable...
I can’t tell you (because I can’t remember) how many requests I’ve received through the years for a healthier hot chocolate mix. Non-dairy creamer and powdered milk are two ingredients in every...
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Peppermint Cream Cocoa {or Coffee}
It was a fun experiment – creating a whipped cream topping for yummy hot drinks. But I had to wonder, would simply adding a little sweetener and peppermint extract to whipped cream really make cocoa...
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