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Desserts and Cookies

Healthy Light Dessert and Cookie recipes made with whole ingredients to satisfy your sweet tooth

My Mom’s Coconut Sticky Rice Cake for Chinese New Year

February 16, 2015 by Jeanette 30 Comments

Mom's Coconut Sticky Rice Cake - this is a recipe handed down to me by my mom - it's like rice pudding and is perfect for celebrating Chinese New Year

I fondly remember eating My Mom’s Coconut Sticky Rice Cake growing up. It’s the perfect ending to a Chinese meal – not too sweet and full of coconut flavor. Recently, my mom gave me a copy of all her treasured recipes she’s been collecting over the years. Some of the recipes are original recipes she…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free Tagged With: Chinese New Year, coconut milk, Mom's recipe, sticky rice, year of the goat, year of the ram, year of the sheep

Sugar-Free Low-Carb Dairy-Free Chocolate Mousse Recipe

February 10, 2015 by Jeanette 43 Comments

Sugar-Free Low-Carb Dairy-Free Chocolate Mousse - just 145 calories! The perfect Valentine's Day treat!

This Sugar-Free Low-Carb Dairy-Free Chocolate Mousse is secretly healthy, the perfect treat for chocolate lovers. Valentine’s Day is this Saturday and I’ve got the perfect chocolate dessert for your loved one that is healthy and sugar-free too! After all, what’s Valentine’s Day without some chocolate. This recipe for Sugar-Free Low-Carb Dairy-Free Chocolate Mousse comes from my friend…

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Filed Under: book review, Chemotherapy Recipes, Clean Eating, Cooking For Cancer, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: avocado, Brenda Bennett, chocolate mousse, cocoa powder, dairy-free, low carb, sugar-free, Sugar-Free Mom

Gluten-Free Hot Fudge Chocolate Pudding Cake

January 29, 2015 by Jeanette 10 Comments

Gluten-Free-Hot Fudge Chocolate Pudding Cake - ooey, gooey chocolatey goodness made a little healthier with raw coconut sugar and oat flour. So decadently delicious, no one will ever know :)

Gluten-Free Hot Fudge Chocolate Pudding Cake reminds me of chocolate molten cake with an ooey gooey center. Sponsored by The Hershey Company. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I’ve been trying to come up with some decadently delicious chocolatey desserts with a healthier twist. After all, what’s Valentine’s Day without chocolate? I remember…

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Filed Under: Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: cocoa powder, coconut sugar, glutenfree, sponsored post, The Hershey Company

Toasted Coconut Chocolate Chip Oat Sorghum Cookies

December 4, 2014 by Jeanette 13 Comments

Toasted Coconut Chocolate Chip Oat Sorghum Cookies - these are a wonderful addition to your holiday cookie tray - they're healthy and naturally gluten-free too!

These Toasted Coconut Chocolate Chip Oat Sorghum Cookies are perfect for your holiday cookie tray. Made with whole grain oat flour and sorghum flour, they’re a healthier holiday treat. I don’t bake much, but Christmas time is the one time of the year when I make a lot of cookies. Everyone’s got their favorite Christmas cookies,…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: Christmas cookies, coconut, gluten-free cookies, oat flour, sorghum flour

Warm Apple Buttermilk Custard Crisp Recipe

November 25, 2014 by Jeanette 14 Comments

Warm Apple Buttermilk Custard Crisp - warm your belly with one of these luscious treats - no crust required!

Cozy up on the couch with this Warm Apple Buttermilk Custard Crisp. I’ve always dreamed of making a picture perfect pie, but to this day, I still haven’t been able to. I usually start out with good intentions, but I just don’t have the patience to crimp the edges perfectly, so halfway through, my pie…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, vegetarian Tagged With: Cooking Light, gluten-free dessert, Progressive Eats

Decadent Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake Recipe

November 19, 2014 by Jeanette 71 Comments

Decadent Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake - so chocolatey and rich, no one will guess it's gluten-free...perfect for the holiday dessert table.

This Decadent Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake is a treat that all your guests will enjoy, just in time for the holidays. Sponsored by The Hershey Company. Are you starting to think about holiday baking? I am. I don’t bake much during the rest of the year, but once the weather turns cooler and the holidays start…

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Filed Under: Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, vegetarian Tagged With: gluten-free desserts, Hershey's "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake, The Hershey Company

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Cookies Recipe {Cookies for Kids’ Cancer}

September 4, 2014 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cookies for Cancer © Jeanette's Healthy Living

These Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Cookies are full of sugar, spice and everything nice. Today, I’m baking a difference to help raise awareness about childhood cancer.  Did you know that cancer is the number one cause of death by disease of children in the U.S.? Even so, less than 4% of the National Cancer Institute’s budget goes…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free Tagged With: almond flour, childhood cancer, gluten-free cookies, oat flour, pumpkin, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin spice

Healthy Frozen Fruit Punch Mocktail Recipe

August 14, 2014 by Jeanette 7 Comments

Frozen Fruit Punch Mocktail © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Cool down with this Healthy Frozen Fruit Punch Mocktail – it’s the perfect summertime treat! Summertime is the perfect time to keep your family hydrated and nourished with fresh fruits in season. I find making frozen drinks or popsicles using fresh fruit is an easy way to get my kids to eat fruit during the…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: frozen drink, healthy fruit punch, mocktail

Hawaiian Shaved Ice with Mango and Coconut Milk

July 28, 2014 by Jeanette 13 Comments

Shaved Ice with Mango and Coconut Milk © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Hawaiian Shaved Ice with Mango and Coconut Milk is a great way to cool down on a hot summer day. It’s been so hot lately that I’ve been craving shaved ice. I used to have a hand crank shaved ice machine, but gave it to a friend a number of years ago because her…

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Filed Under: Asian, Clean Eating, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: Asian, coconut milk, frozen dessert, Hawaiian shaved ice, mango, organic simple syrup, shaved ice

How To Pit Cherries with a Chopstick

July 24, 2014 by Jeanette 4 Comments

How To Pit Cherries with a Chopstick © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This easy and inexpensive way of pitting cherries with a chopstick is a trick that’s good to have in your back pocket when cherries are at their peak. Have you ever wondered how to pit cherries without a cherry pitter? Well, recently, I made Healthy Fruit Punch Popsicles with fresh cherries and needed some pitted…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, Desserts and Cookies, How To, vegan, vegetarian, Videos Tagged With: cherries, how-to, pitting cherries, video

Chinese Almond Float with Fresh Fruit Recipe

July 22, 2014 by Jeanette 16 Comments

Chinese Almond Float with Fresh Fruit © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Chinese Almond Float with Fresh Fruit is the perfect summer dessert when you’re looking for something cool, refreshing and light to top off a meal. Today, I’m participating in The Recipe ReDux’s “Healthy Recipe with Spirit” themed event, where participants are sharing recipes that include spirits, extracts and other alcohols. I chose almond extract for my spirit….

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Filed Under: Asian, Clean Eating, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies Tagged With: almond extract, Asian, Chinese dessert, gelatin, light dessert, longan, mango, pineapple, Recipe Redux

Healthy Fruit Punch Popsicles

June 26, 2014 by Jeanette 13 Comments

Healthy Fruit Punch Popsicles © Jeanette's Healthy Living

These Healthy Fruit Punch Popsicles are packed with goodness – they’re a treat your kids will happily eat on a hot summer day. Summertime is the perfect time to keep your family hydrated and nourished with fresh fruits in season. I find making frozen drinks or popsicles using fresh fruit make getting my kids to…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, Cooking For Cancer, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: cherries, frozen treat, fruit punch, healthy popsicle, nectarines, pineapple juice, strawberries, summer

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free “Crumbs” Cupcakes Recipe

June 12, 2014 by Jeanette 21 Comments

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Crumbs Cupcakes

These Gluten-Free Dairy-Free “Crumbs” Cupcakes are fun for summer entertaining, and will satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth, whether they have food allergies or not. Last weekend, we celebrated one of the twin’s graduation with his buddies and their families. I learned that one of the families had gluten and dairy allergies, so I decided to make a…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, Holidays, Special Diets, vegetarian Tagged With: dairy-free desserts, dairyfree cupcakes, desserts for food allergies, food allergies, gluten-free desserts, glutenfree cupcakes

Strawberry Almond Cream Tart Recipe {Virtual Baby Shower}

May 6, 2014 by Jeanette 34 Comments

Strawberry Almond Cream Tart © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Strawberry Almond Cream Tart is perfect for celebrating a special occasion or for Mother’s Day. Elegant and beautiful, guests will be impressed without knowing how easy this was to make. Today’s a very special day~ we’re celebrating my friend, Georgia’s, soon to arrive baby girl! For those of you who don’t know Georgia, she’s…

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Filed Under: Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices Tagged With: almond flour, almond flour crust, baking with almond flour, baking with coconut flour, coconut flour, coconut flour crust, gluten-free tart, strawberry tart

Gluten-Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies Recipe

March 20, 2014 by Jeanette 12 Comments

Gluten-Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Serve these Gluten-Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies hot out of the oven for a special treat. Fresh baked cookies are a real treat in our house. There’s nothing quite like the smell of homemade cookies baking in the oven, and it’s almost impossible to resist a fresh baked cookie hot out of the oven….

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Filed Under: Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, snacks, whole grain Tagged With: chocolate cookies, Comfort Food Feast, Food Network, gluten-free cookies, peanut butter chips

Fresh Citrus Fruit Salad

March 12, 2014 by Jeanette 19 Comments

Fresh Citrus Salad © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Fresh Citrus Fruit Salad is packed with vitamin C and other vitamins and minerals. It’s so pretty, and perfect for dessert. I am always amazed by the bounty of nature and the rainbow of colors that can be found in different varieties of fruits and vegetables. Whether it’s purple cauliflower, yellow carrots, blood oranges…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: cara cara oranges, citrus fruits, citrus salad, mandarin oranges, Meyer lemon, minneola oranges, rio red grapefruit, Sunkist

Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Quinoa Oat Cookies Recipe

February 27, 2014 by Jeanette 18 Comments

Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Quinoa Oat Cookies

These Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Quinoa Oat Cookies are full of good-for-you ingredients and will satisfy your sweet tooth. I don’t bake very often but when I do, I try to incorporate a few healthy ingredients into my recipes. Lately, I’ve been playing around with quinoa in sweets, like my Quinoa Fudge Brownies and Quinoa…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: clean eating dessert recipe, gluten-free peanut butter and jelly cookies, oat flour, organic, quinoa, quinoa flour

Quinoa Fudge Brownies Recipe

February 13, 2014 by Jeanette 47 Comments

Quinoa Fudge Brownies

These Quinoa Fudge Brownies are dense and full of dark chocolate goodness, perfect for Valentine’s Day. No one will guess that these are actually healthy. A few weeks ago, my husband and I met a lovely couple who happen to be vegetarians. I was instantly intrigued and started peppering the wife with questions about what…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, vegetarian Tagged With: avocado as substitute for butter, coconut oil, Comfort Food Feast, Food Network, gluten-free brownies, quinoa, quinoa brownies, The Daniel Plan

Gluten-Free Triple Chocolate Banana Muffins Recipe

January 9, 2014 by Jeanette 36 Comments

Gluten-Free Triple Chocolate Banana Muffin

These Gluten-Free Triple Chocolate Banana Muffins are the perfect treat for breakfast or as an afternoon snack. Shhh…they’re actually on the healthier side. I’ve got a special treat today ~ super chocolatey Triple Chocolate Banana Muffins. Decadently rich tasting, no one will guess that these muffins are actually on the healthier side. These muffins are perfect…

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Filed Under: Breads, Breakfast, Clean Eating, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: clean eating recipe, gluten-free chocolate cupcake, gluten-free muffin recipe

Peanut Butter and Jam Bar Cookies Recipe {gluten-free and vegan}

December 11, 2013 by Jeanette 25 Comments

Peanut Butter and Jam Bar Cookies © Jeanette's Healthy Living

These Peanut Butter and Jam Bar Cookies are perfect for the holidays. They’re gluten-free and vegan too, so almost anyone can grab one from the cookie tray. Lately I’ve been bitten by the baking bug and getting ready for the holidays by baking easy cookie recipes like these moist and delicious Peanut Butter and Jam…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Clean Eating, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, Holidays, vegan, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: clean eating dessert recipe, gluten-free cookie recipe, healthy Christmas cookie, healthy dessert, healthy Holiday cookie, vegan cookie recipe

Cranberry Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

December 9, 2013 by Jeanette 18 Comments

Cranberry Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie

These Cranberry Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies make a festive addition to any holiday cookie platter. Chock full of cranberries, coconut and mini chocolate chips, and sweetened with banana and honey, these cakey cookies are naturally delicious. Sponsored by Hain Celestial. With just a few short weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, there’s less time to…

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Filed Under: Christmas, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: gluten-free cookie recipe, vegan cookie recipe

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