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Desserts and Treats That are Both Decadent and Healthy…
No bake, Paleo friendly, no sugar, gluten free healthy meals are becoming a trend these days and desserts and treats are no exception.
The “old” belief that eating healthy eliminated treats and sweets is no longer valid.
Nor is the…
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Pumpkins Pay Big Health Dividends…
Pumpkins are oftentimes associated with the fall season, but this stand-out super-food is an excellent ingredient to use year round in both savory and sweet dishes.
The beautiful orange unique globe shaped squash is low in calories with only 83…
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Carrots, Sweet Potatoes and Beets in Your Sweets…
Veggies are highly versatile but unfortunately for the most part their role in our diets has been primarily as a salad, side dish, casserole or munchie snack.
Of course there have been a few veggies that have served multiple purposes…
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Protein Fluff Your New Favorite Dessert
Do you love ice cream but hate the effects if leaves your body with?
Do you wish someone would create a frozen decadent dessert that was not loaded with dead calories?
Your dream has come true.
You need only 3…
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Hidden Nutrition in Every Bite…
What has the power to add vibrant color, added moisture, texture and nutrients to all types of recipes, and is easily at home in breakfast, snack, and treat or dessert recipes?
Veggies of course. With the array of color choices…
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Create Healthy Brownies with Coconut Oil and Avocado…
Without a doubt, coconut oil is a super-star ingredient that I use a lot in my recipes including my newest veggies based dessert recipe book.
Coconut oil offers so much. It helps to simulate the thyroid which in turn increases…
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Chia Seeds Provide Super Nutrition
As science opens the door to the secrets of nutrition, more and more foods are surfacing as super-foods…foods that go beyond the norm when it comes to providing nutrition for our bodies.
Chia seed is one of those super-foods. As…
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Protein Plays an Important Role…Even in Dessert
If you are dieting. you want to lose fat and as little lean body mass as possible and the macro-nutrient protein is the key player to help us do just that.
Yet, if we take a look at the macro-nutrient…
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Super Smoothie Bowl…
Love ice-cream and frozen yogurt but not the results of eating them?
You have new choices…
Whip up a Smoothie Bowl
Smoothie bowls are fast becoming the “go to” and perfect replacement for ice-cream or frozen yogurt.
Just like ice-cream,…
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Yummy Green Coconut Fudge…
Adding taste and color to desserts using veggies is not a new idea but is gaining serious attention once again as more and more people get focused on getting nutritional benefit from every bite they eat…including dessert.
Let’s face it,…
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