Desserts & Sweets without shortening mango buttermilk

My kitchen has seen everything from Chocolate Oatmeal to Peanut Butter Oatmeal. And a quick google search for β€œoatmeal recipes” will show you that I’m[...]

Go read the title of this post again. It’s worth reading twice. And if you’re like me, you need to read it twice for the words to register: Samoas Girl[...]

It might seem strange to see the author of β€œthe healthy dessert blog” holding a book all about junk food. Contrary to what one might assume from reading[...]

Time to make the doughnuts! Sticky, sugary-sweet Krispy Kreme homemade donuts. So do theseΒ homemade donutsΒ (doughnuts or donuts?) taste exactly like real[...]

1 cup whole rolled oats 2 cups finely ground Cascadian Farm 'organic' Granola oats & honey cereal 2 heaping tbsp. heart-smart Biscuik 2 very ripe bananas[...]

1 Cup - Peanut Butter ( Creamy or Crunchy your choice/ i used the latter). 1 Cup - Quick cooking Oatmeal (Quaker's oats is what i used). 1 Cup - Sugar( of[...]

3 cups flour 1 and 1/2 cups sugar 3 teaspoons baking soda 6 tablespoons cocoa powder 1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 1 and 1/2 cups cold water 1 and 1/2 cups[...]

Bananas (frozen) Peanut Butter (1 Tablespoon per banana) Peel ripe bananas and put them in a zip lock bag to freeze Freeze for two hours (if you leave them[...]

1 C packed brown sugar 2/3 C butter 1/4 C dark or light colored corn syrup 1/4 C peanut butter 3 1/2 C quick cooking rolled oats (Oatmeal) 1-12 oz package[...]

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup honey 1/2 cup reduced fat peanut butter 3 cups original spoon size shredded wheat coarsly crushed 3/4 cup raisins[...]

OK...maybe not quite illegal, but I'm sure glad I'm waking up in Texas this morning instead of New York City where I feel sure Mayor Bloomberg would be[...]

Really, you might as well call these health food cookies. I know, we all pledged to "eat better" in 2013, and I'm here to help you out. Chocolate:[...]

Salted caramel. Have you tried it? Now, I'm a chocolate girl, through and through, but salted caramel has me a bit smitten. I had a salted caramel cupcake in[...]

Last year if you would have told me that I'd write two blog posts on running, I would have laughed (and laughed, and laughed some more). What I always said[...]

My mom made these every October. And, yes, they are SCARY!!! Scary because you CANNOT.EAT.JUST.ONE. First, gather your ingredients... You will need: and and[...]