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Desserts and Cookies

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

Gluten-Free Jewish Apple Cake Recipe

September 12, 2012 by Jeanette 29 Comments

Gluten-Free Jewish Apple Cake

My youngest son read a lot of books this summer, including a few books about kids entering middle school. I wanted him to get a feel for what it might be like since he’s entering middle school this year. One of the books (we can’t remember the name) had a recipe for Jewish Apple Cake that…

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Filed Under: Breads, csa, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, farmer's market, gluten-free, snacks Tagged With: Food Network Summer Fest, gluten-free apple cake, gluten-free Jewish apple cake

Quinoa Banana Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

July 27, 2012 by Jeanette 13 Comments

Quinoa Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies (gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, vegan)

It is with great sadness that I am informing you all that Cody passed away on August 5, 2012 after a valiant fight with neuroblastoma. Thank you all for your support in this fundraising effort for Cody’s family. They greatly appreciate everyone’s support. Today, I am posting the recipe for these Quinoa Banana Chocolate Chip…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, snacks, Special Diets, vegan, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: cancer, Cookies for Cody, gluten-free chocolate chip cookies, gluten-free cookies, quinoa cookies

Healthy Mixed Berry Popsicles for Cancer

July 2, 2012 by Jeanette 29 Comments

Berry Popsicles for Cancer

Today, I am thrilled to present the very first video on Jeanette’s Healthy Living, produced by two of my incredibly creative kids, Kyle and Alex. This video (at the end of this post) is especially meaningful because my youngest son, Alex, is making popsicles for a friend with cancer – he gets it. He has…

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Filed Under: Cancer, Chemotherapy Recipes, Cooking For Cancer, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, smoothies, Special Diets, vegetarian Tagged With: cancer, food as medicine, food during chemotherapy, food for mouthsores, HopeFULL Company, kids channel, kids cooking, kids in the kitchen, kids video, popsicles

A Life Interrupted and Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Fudge Brownie Recipe

June 21, 2012 by Jeanette 33 Comments

Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Fudge Brownies

Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Fudge Brownie is rich and fudge-y, a treat when you want a chocolatey sweet. Have you ever felt as if your life gets interrupted at the most inconvenient times? I know I hate it when my life is interrupted. We all have grand plans for what we think we want to do…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, Faith, gluten-free, snacks, whole grain Tagged With: dairy-free brownies, fudge brownies, gluten-free brownies, healthy brownies, whole grain brownies

Easy Chocolate Mousse Recipe (egg-free, dairy-free) – {Secret Recipe Club}

May 28, 2012 by Jeanette 57 Comments

Chocolate Mousse - Dairy Free and Egg Free

On this Memorial Day, I would like to take a moment to thank all the veterans who have sacrificed their lives so that we might have freedom of religion, press, speech, the right to vote, the right to assemble, and so much more. Today is my youngest son’s birthday – he’s turning ten! I can’t…

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Filed Under: allergies, Breakfast, Cooking For Cancer, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, snacks, Special Diets, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: dairy free chocolate mousse, egg-free chocolate mousse, healthy breakfast, healthy snack, secret recipe club

Chocolate Marbled Cupcake Recipe {Gluten and Dairy-Free}

March 26, 2012 by Jeanette 195 Comments

Chocolate Marbled Cupcakes (gluten-free)

Over the past year since my youngest was diagnosed with a wheat allergy, I have tried all sorts of gluten-free flours for baking. Although I’ve had pretty good success with almost all the gluten-free flours I’ve tried, the one flour that has stumped me is coconut flour. Coconut flour does not behave at all like…

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Filed Under: Breads, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, Family, gluten-free Tagged With: almond flour, chocolate, coconut flour, gluten-free cake, how to bake gluten-free, how to bake with coconut flour, marbled cake

Dark Chocolate Walnut Pomegranate Clusters Recipe

February 11, 2012 by Jeanette 21 Comments

Dark Chocolate Walnut Pomegranate Clusters

These Dark Chocolate Walnut Pomegranate Clusters are so easy to make and make the perfect party sweet. Next Tuesday is Valentine’s Day and I’ve been collecting cheery and bright ideas on my Valentine Pinterest Board the past few weeks, some healthier than others. Since February is Heart Disease Awareness Month, I wanted to come up…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, vegan Tagged With: dark chocolate, Heart Disease Awareness Month, heart health month, heart healthy, pomegranate, Valentine's Day, walnuts

Poached Pomegranate Spiced Pears In A Rice Cooker Recipe

December 19, 2011 by Jeanette 25 Comments

Pomegranate Spiced Poached Pear made in a Rice Cooker

This time of year, holiday cookies and desserts seem to be the star of the show. Last holiday season, I made some gorgeous Pomegranate Poached Pears simply by poaching pears in pomegranate juice, grape juice and some warm spices. They were such a hit with my kids that I wanted to make more this year….

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Filed Under: Christmas, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, Holidays, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: healthy desserts, holidays, poached pears, pomegranate juice, rice cooker, steamed pears, vegn

Chocolate Mousse with Pomegranate Gelatin Recipe (Dairy-Free)

December 16, 2011 by Jeanette 18 Comments

Chocolate Mousse with Pomegranate Gelatin and Pomegranate Seeds

This time of year, it’s hard not to notice all the decadent drop-dead gorgeous desserts on magazine covers, in bakery shops, and all over the internet. However, if you’re on a gluten-free, dairy-free diet or just trying to eat a little lighter this holiday season, it can be a challenge. Not so, however, if you…

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Filed Under: Christmas, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, Holidays, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: 50 Women Game Changers In Food, agar agar powder, Anne-Sophie Pic, Chocolate and Zucchini blog, dairy free chocolate mousse, pomegranate gelatin, pomegranate gelee, pomegranate jelly, vegan chocolate mousse

Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies with Dark Chocolate Drizzle (Vegan)

December 15, 2011 by Jeanette

Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies with Dark Chocolate Drizzle

These Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies with Dark Chocolate Drizzle remind me of peanut butter kiss cookies, just a little bit more grown up. I used to make lots of cookies around the holidays, but I found myself tasting a few too many from all the batches of cookies. This past year, with the discovery that…

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Filed Under: Christmas, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, Holidays, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: cookies, gluten-free peanut butter cookies, holiday, holidays, vegan peanut butter cookies

Orange Pear and Persimmon Cake Recipe

November 14, 2011 by Jeanette 41 Comments

Orange Cake with Pear and Persimmon

Orange Pear and Persimmon Cake is a beautiful, fragrant cake that is naturally gluten-free. I’ve been doing a lot of gluten-free baking lately in anticipation of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Today’s Orange Pear and Persimmon Cake is another recipe I experimented with for the holiday season. You might call this a test run for Thanksgiving or Christmas….

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Filed Under: Christmas, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, Holidays, Thanksgiving, vegetarian Tagged With: cake, gluten-free cake, orange, pear, persimmon, secret recipe club

Cranberry Ginger Upside-Down Cake Recipe

November 11, 2011 by Jeanette 45 Comments

Gluten Free Cranberry Ginger Upside Down Cake

Cranberry Ginger Upside-Down Cake is an elegant holiday cake that will please any guests. Thanksgiving side dishes and desserts have been on my mind the last few weeks. I’ve been a little stressed about coming up with gluten-free foods that will taste good, look good and meet the dietary restrictions of my son this Thanksgiving,…

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Filed Under: Christmas, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, Holidays, Thanksgiving Tagged With: 50 Women Game, christmas, dairy-free cake, gluten-free cake, holidays, thanksgiving

Gluten-Free Apple Oatmeal Crisp Recipe

November 6, 2011 by Jeanette 25 Comments

Gluten-Free Apple Oatmeal Crisp

Gluten-Free Apple Oatmeal Crisp is an allergy-friendly dessert, perfect for Fall, Winter, and the holidays. One of my kids’ favorite desserts when the weather gets cooler is apple crisp. This season, I’ve played around with a few gluten-free apple crisp toppings since one of my kids is on a gluten-free diet. I’ve made a few…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized, vegan, whole grain Tagged With: apple crisp, apples, gluten-free apple crisp, Gluten-Free Thanksgiving, holidays, oatmeal, Side Dishes, thanksgiving, vegan apple crisp, whole grain

Gluten-Free Dark Chocolate Brownies

October 4, 2011 by Jeanette 20 Comments

Gluten Free Brownies

Oh my, can you believe these deep chocolatey brownies are gluten-free? I couldn’t, and my little guy was over the moon about these brownies. Even my skeptical boys who are not on a gluten-free diet thought these were amazing. Over the past nine months, I’ve learned to bake gluten-free and dairy-free for my little guy,…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, snacks, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: Adopt A Gluten-Free Blogger, allergy-free, brownies, chocolate, dairy-free, desserts, gluten-free, snacks

Oatmeal Peanut Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

September 23, 2011 by Jeanette 24 Comments

Gluten Free Oatmeal Peanut Chocolate Chip Cookies

These Oatmeal Peanut Chocolate Chip Cookies healthy, and are gluten-free and vegan. Sometimes I just need an excuse to make cookies. Believe it or not, my kids actually are not huge sweet eaters (although they do love their ice cream), but they do appreciate good home baked cookies once in a while, especially chocolate chip…

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Filed Under: allergies, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, snacks, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: allergy-free, allergy-friendly, dairy-free, gluten-free

Steamed Ginger Peaches with Greek Yogurt {Vegan}

September 5, 2011 by Jeanette 20 Comments

Steamed Peaches with Greek Yogurt

Although fall is around the corner, there is still plenty of time to enjoy summer peaches. There’s nothing like a juicy summer peach, eaten out of hand, or cut up and eaten with yogurt for breakfast. But, what about dessert? Sure, there are peach crisps, peach pies and peach crumbles and cobblers that are summertime…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, vegan Tagged With: fruit for dessert, Greek yogurt, healthy dessert, steamed peaches, vegan dessert

A Healthy Banana Split

August 25, 2011 by Jeanette 7 Comments

Healthy Banana Split

Did you know that today is National Banana Split Day? Created by a 23-year old pharmacist in 1904, the banana split is a popular American dessert, traditionally served with a banana split in half, three scoops of ice cream (chocolate, strawberry and vanilla), and topped with chocolate syrup, crushed pineapple, walnut ice cream topping, whipped…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, vegan Tagged With: banana ice cream

Vegan Mango Panna Cotta with Kiwi, Mango and Strawberries

August 1, 2011 by Jeanette 36 Comments

Vegan Mango Panna Cotta

During the summertime, I love all the fresh fruit that’s available, especially berries, melons, and tropical fruits like mangoes, kiwi fruit and papaya. Recently, I was sent a box of Zespri Kiwi Fruit, and had the chance to experiment with both Green Kiwi Fruit and Gold Kiwi Fruit. I have to say that I am…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: agar agar, vegan panna cotta

Frosty Kiwi Cooler and Kiwi Popsicles

July 9, 2011 by Jeanette 14 Comments

Kiwi Coolers

Green Kiwi Popsicles Recently, I received a sample of Zespri Kiwifruit in the mail, and was so excited to find that the box included both Zespri Green Kiwifruit and Zespri Gold Kiwifruit. Although I have enjoyed Green Kiwifruit over the years, I had never tasted Gold Kiwifruit until the BlogHer Food conference I attended last fall. Kiwifruit belongs…

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Filed Under: Cooking For Cancer, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, smoothies, snacks, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: kiwi, popsicles

Stewed Rhubarb with Star Anise and Ginger

June 1, 2011 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Stewed Rhubarb with GInger and Star Anise

This past weekend, I picked up some fresh rhubarb from ourlocal farmer’s market. I have never cooked rhubarb before, but have been meaning to try it for a while. The rhubarb I usually see in the supermarket is red, but the ones at the farmer’s market were light green speckled with pink. As I stood…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, farmer's market, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: rhubarb compote

Gluten/Dairy/Egg Free Blueberry Crisp

May 26, 2011 by Jeanette 18 Comments

Gluten Free Blueberry Crisp

Recently, I came across a recipe for a gluten-free blueberry cobbler at our local natural foods store that looked and sounded amazing. However, the cobbler topping used four eggs, along with coconut flour, so I thought of making a blueberry crisp instead due to an egg allergy in our family. So far, my experience baking…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: blueberry, crisps and cobblers, gluten free crisp

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