Apple Date Energy Bites

We all know it, we’ve all felt it, we’ve all been there. When you get home from work or school, are ravenous, and grab whatever snack is in the immediate vicinity and scarf it down before you could say “guilt”. Because that’s most likely what you’ll feel after realizing you’ve eaten 2 1/2 Ghirardelli Brownies and…

Double Chocolate Muffins

I can’t come within thirty feet of a bakery. Because I know if I do I won’t be able to resist stopping in, and possibly sampling a few baked goods. Or as many as I can carry… And I must admit, my #1 weakness when it comes to any bakery is the fresh batch of…

Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cake Squares

Healthy Cake. Yes, I repeat: Healthy Cake…. Cake so healthy you can eat for breakfast. These cake squares are my three favorite things: healthy, delicious, and cake!! In all seriousness: I initially intended for these babies to be “granola bars”. But after baking them and tasting them for the first time, I discovered that they…

Hearty Strawberry Maple Bread

My inspiration for this bread? Okay, if I’m being honest it was French Toast. Allow me to explain: I always top my French Toast with sliced fruit, specifically sliced strawberries. Then dust it in cinnamon… and drown it in maple syrup! Well, trust me when I tell you that the combination of strawberries and maple…

Fresh Fig and Almond Ice Cream

The first time I tried figs, I have to say I was very skeptical. I wasn’t sure about the texture of the skin of the fruit, and the inside looked like nothing I had ever eaten before. Not to mention, the taste was definitely unique. But regardless of my initial impression, after finishing my first…