Healthy French Crullers

When I was a kid, the day report cards came out was the best day of the marking period. Way back in third grade, the kids could care less about the grades or teacher comments. We didn’t even glance at how many tardies or sick days we’d accumulated over the past nine weeks. All we…

Dark Chocolate and Coconut Ice Cream Bites

If you’ve ever had a Klondike bar, you know what I mean when I say they’re pure heaven. Unless you take more than 5 minutes to eat them, in that case they’re pure… melted. Otherwise, for the first few minutes the combination of smooth and creamy ice cream and delicious, crunchy chocolate is unimaginably divine.…

Guiltless & Delicious Shamrock Ice Cream

I scream! You scream! We all scream for… healthy ice cream!! Not what you were expecting right? Some days I just can’t bring myself to eat any more veggies. And unfortunately, this means that I end up far from fulfilling my daily recommended allowance of vegetables and my “food plate” (or food “pyramid”) ends up being fruit, carbs,…

Strawberry Shortcake Gluten-Free Cupcakes

Strawberry Shortcake is my favorite spring treat. It combines my favorite two ingredients: whipped cream and strawberries. Oh, and sponge cake. Who could forget about the cake?! Unfortunately, unless you’re willing to make your own sponge cake (or generic cake of any sorts), the only other option is to make these treats with those processed,…

Secretly Healthy Seven Layer Bars

Every Christmas my entire family goes over to my grandparents’ house for dinner, dessert, and present-opening. Usually, we start with dinner (after we’ve each eaten a million and one appetizers, of course), which consists mainly of ham, carbs (ie. about 10 different potato dishes), and fruit salad. About 10 minutes before all the kids rush…