I can't express how much you need this bacon in your life. I may be a vegetarian (just celebrated my two year veggiversary!) and not know who Cody Simpson is, but I'm not completely out of it. I am no stranger to the magical powers of bacon. There was many a day where Little Read More »
Healthy Easy Sticky Toffee Pudding
Filed Under: 100-150, 50-100, Almond Meal, Almond Milk, Applesauce, Cakes and Cupcakes, Coconut Flour, Desserts, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sugar Free, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
Allow me to introduce you to your new food soul mate. If you've never had sticky toffee pudding, then I'm setting up on the greatest blind date of your life. Drop dead gorgeous, very sensible, and as sweet as can be. Can I sing at your wedding? In its typical unhealthy Read More »
Easy Homemade Soft Pretzels
Filed Under: 50-100, Bread, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Snacks, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
Welcome to Pretzelpalooza. It's time to get excited. I know I said I already had a favorite recipe, but I think that just changed. These pretzels are pretty darn flippin' fantastic. They're easy (ready in under 45 minutes!), low calorie (90 calories!), and whole wheat (whole Read More »
Monday Morsels {Castello Moments Cheese Lovers Edition}
Filed Under: Attempts of Humor, Monday Morsels, Product Review, Recipe Roundup, Sponsored Posts, Teaser
The recipe roundup towards the end of this post was sponsored by the wonderful Castello Cheese via Honest Cooking. As always, all opinions and attempts of humor are completely my own. 1. Because of my unfailing punctuality, I published this post while it was still Monday. I Read More »
Healthy Chocolate Cookie Dough Bars
Filed Under: 50-100, Almond Milk, Chocolate, Chocolate, Cookies and Bars, Erythritol, No Bake, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Snacks, Sugar Free, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
Whatever you're doing, just stop. I want to be very clear about the following recipe, as it will change your life. You will be making a large hunk of chocolate cookie dough (chill out Mom, there are no eggs) filled with chocolate that is then covered with more chocolate. And Read More »
Healthy and Simple Chocolate Mousse
Filed Under: 50-100, Almond Milk, Breakfast, Chocolate, Cocoa Powder, Desserts, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Greek Yogurt, Low Carb, No Bake, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sugar Free, Vegan
Bonjour from crepeland! As I type this very sentence, I am coyly sipping my mint tea at an hour far past my bedtime at the très chic dining table of my even more très chic Parisian apartment. Very oh la la. (And now we know where the term cliché come from.) I do apologize Read More »
Sponsor Spoonful: Cauliflower Au Gratin with Castello Moments
Filed Under: 50-100, Almond Meal, Almond Milk, Appetizers and Sides, Cauliflower, Cheese, Entrees, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Product Review, Pumpkin, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sponsored Posts, Sugar Free
The following post was sponsored by the wonderful Castello Cheese via Honest Cooking. As always, all opinions and attempts of humor are completely my own. Cauliflower shouldn't be allowed to taste so good. You might not think much of an albino head of brocoli, but when Read More »
Tuesday Morsels
Filed Under: Attempts of Humor, Monday Morsels, Product Review, Sponsored Posts
The product review towards the end of the following post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of Nutrex Hawaii. As always, all opinions and attempts of humor are my own. 1. Despite my comedic inability to use iCal, I am indeed aware it is Tuesday. Quite miraculous Read More »
Healthy How to: Make Low Calorie Brown Rice
Filed Under: 100-150, Appetizers and Sides, Healthy How To, No Bake, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sugar Free, Vegan
You guys. You won't even believe how great this is. Let me test my post-Algebra II logic here: Everybody loves rice, and this is rice. Everybody loves low calorie tastiness, and this is low calorie tastiness. Therefore, by the transitive property of equality, everybody loves Read More »
Sponsor Spoonful: Homemade Chocolate Covered Fruit Bars with Fruttare {GIVEAWAY}
Filed Under: 100-150, Almond Milk, Chocolate, Chocolate, Desserts, Giveaway, Ice Cream, No Bake, Product Review, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sponsored Posts, Vegan
Summer is in the house! And do you know what that means? It's wild side time. Oh yeah. My theme this summer is "Just do it!" Go on that trip. Ask him/her out. Throw that party. Eat that fruit bar. You daredevil, you. You only live once! (Or as I believe them whipper Read More »
Coconut Flour Flatbread
Filed Under: 50-100, Almond Milk, Bread, Coconut Flour, Eggs/Egg Whites/Egg Replacer, Favorites, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, No Bake, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sugar Free, Vegan
You guys. I can't express my excitement. This is coconut flour! In bread! And it's flat! ... Why aren't you jumping up and down yet? Are you happy dancing internally? Let me walk you through this. Believe me, jumping will ensue. Read More »
Ah-mazing Baked Donut Holes
Filed Under: Almond Milk, Breakfast, Cakes and Cupcakes, Desserts, Eggs/Egg Whites/Egg Replacer, Erythritol, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Under 50, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
I thought about bringing you flowers, but then I realized how much better donuts are. Don't get me wrong. I love flowers. I stop and smell them all the time, just like the saying says so. (I know it says roses, but flowers, roses, tom-ay-to, to-mah-to... it's all the Read More »
{For a Reason} My Mom Was on That Plane
Filed Under: About, My Mother
See how wonderful these donut holes look? Yup. And you're not getting the recipe today. Sorry. My mother and I flew out to the east coast to pick up my grandmother a few days ago, and then planned to turn around to and fly to my cousin's graduation. Unfortunately, my Read More »
Becoming the (Wo)man of Steel
Filed Under: About, Attempts of Humor, Sponsored Posts
The following post is sponsored by Fitfluential LLC on behalf of Soldier of Steel™. As always, all opinions and attempts of humor are completely my own. Ever find yourself trying to do it all? Good. Glad to know I'm not by myself. Truth be told, I often try to do Read More »
Healthy Easy Biscuits
Filed Under: 50-100, Almond Milk, Appetizers and Sides, Bread, Breakfast, Erythritol, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sugar Free, Uncategorized, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
Someone please take these away from me. Actually, please don't. I would like to eat them all. *proceeds to kitchen* *eats superbly delicious biscuit* *debates finishing off bag...* Nope. Bad. Intervention time. For your benefit, I have taken the liberty of personally Read More »
Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookie Butter
Filed Under: 50-100, Almond Milk, Chocolate, Condiments and Spreads, Copycat Recipes, Desserts, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, No Bake, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sugar Free, Vegan
There is no better way to celebrate freedom than with cookie butter. Finals are over. I'm still recovering from the subsequent brain mush, and other exam side effects such as using effects correctly and saying subsequent in casual speech. Together, we can find a cure. Behold. Read More »
Chocolate Chip Olive Oil Cookies
Filed Under: Almond Meal, Almond Milk, Chocolate, Chocolate, Coconut Flour, Cookies and Bars, Desserts, Eggs/Egg Whites/Egg Replacer, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipes, Sugar Free, Under 50, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
I don't want to leave you ever again. So stay with me here. Seriously. These past few days have been... interesting. Apparently preparing for/freaking out over finals greatly increases one's capacity to ingest sugar. These cookies and I are tight. I'll let you know in a few Read More »
{The Cookies Are Coming}
Filed Under: Attempts of Humor, Teaser
I'm alive! Contrary to what my upcoming final exam schedule may lead you to believe, I am not dead. I may be a bit hopped up on caffeine, but I still have a pulse and a heartbeat and everything. While I'm working on that Read More »
Gooey Chocolate Pudding Cake
Filed Under: Almond Meal, Almond Milk, Applesauce, Cakes and Cupcakes, Chocolate, Cocoa Powder, Desserts, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sugar Free, Under 50, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
It's amazing how some of the most ridiculously delicious foods are the most ridiculously unphotogenic. I tried. I really did. Apparently gooey + chocolate + pudding = insanely fun to eat/not as fun to photograph. As long as you're not one of those people who have the Read More »
Cauliflower Risotto with Roasted Mushrooms (Low Carb/Paleo/Vegan)
Filed Under: 50-100, Appetizers and Sides, Cauliflower, Entrees, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sugar Free, Vegan
Making risotto out of cauliflower should not taste this mind-blowingly amazing... but it does. Believe me. It so does. This dish is a problem solver. It solves important, non-math related problems. It takes regular old risotto and makes it vegan, low carb, way way easier, 75 Read More »
Healthy Lemon Bars (Low Carb/Low Calorie/Gluten Free/Paleo/Vegan)
Filed Under: Almond Meal, Almond Milk, Applesauce, Cookies and Bars, Desserts, Eggs/Egg Whites/Egg Replacer, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Greek Yogurt, Low Carb, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Snacks, Sugar Free, Under 50, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
Heck with lemonade. When life gives me lemons, I'm making lemon bars. Let's face it: we all have to deal with lemons. And sometimes they're not even the cool lemons like the ones on 30 Rock played by Tina Fey. Nod your head because you understood that reference. Yes. Read More »
My Favorite Healthy Chocolate Biscotti (Paleo/Low Carb/Vegan/Gluten Free)
Filed Under: Almond Meal, Almond Milk, Applesauce, Breakfast, Chocolate, Cocoa Powder, Cookies and Bars, Desserts, Eggs/Egg Whites/Egg Replacer, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Snacks, Sugar Free, Under 50, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
Ha! I finally got biscotti out of that banana bread! Bask in the glory. I'm going to be brief because I've had a rather lousy (for lack of a better word) past few days and all I want to do is eat and hibernate. If you see me in real life and I look like I've been hit by a bus, Read More »
Healthy Banana Bread (Vegan/Paleo/Gluten Free)
Filed Under: 100-150, Almond Meal, Almond Milk, Banana, Bread, Breakfast, Desserts, Eggs/Egg Whites/Egg Replacer, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Snacks, Sugar Free, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
Honesty time? This healthy banana bread was supposed to be healthy vanilla biscotti. No judgement. You're impressed, no? You want to know how to replicate such a feat, yes? Make sure you start of with a good recipe. Even though your final product will be Read More »
Pure Natural Diva Botanicals {Giveaway Closed}
Filed Under: Giveaway
You are in for quite a treat. Although I'm all for change and growth, sometimes I feel that, in the fast-paced bigger is better mentality of today, the simple pleasures of yesteryear may be shoved to the side. The attention to detail and quality of a product and the Read More »
Chocolate Chip Coconut Flour Cookies (Vegan/Paleo/Grain Free)
Filed Under: Almond Milk, Applesauce, Banana, Chocolate, Chocolate, Coconut Flour, Cookies and Bars, Desserts, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Snacks, Sugar Free, Under 50, Vegan
Yes. This feels right. Hi everyone! My name is Kelly and I am a coconut flour junkie. I don't have twelve steps, but I do have twelve recipes. Let's see... there's coconut flour pancakes, red velvet cupcakes, mozzarella sticks, yeast bread , pan pizza, Read More »
Chocolate Peanut Butter Milkshake (Vegan/Low Carb/Paleo/Sugar Free)
Filed Under: 100-150, Almond Milk, Chocolate, Cocoa Powder, Desserts, Drinks, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Ice Cream, Low Carb, No Bake, Peanut Butter, Powdered Peanut Butter, Recipe Makeover, Single Serving, Stevia, Sugar Free, Vegan
Whoever said love potion doesn’t exist clearly didn’t get out very much. You want proof? Good. Let’s talk chocolate peanut butter milkshake. When you take creamy milk (I love almond, but full-fat coconut milk puts this over the top)) and blend it up with creamy frozen milk Read More »
Easy Healthy Yeast Bread (Paleo/Low Carb/Grain Free/Gluten Free/Vegan)
Filed Under: Applesauce, Banana, Bread, Breakfast, Coconut Flour, Eggs/Egg Whites/Egg Replacer, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Stevia, Sugar Free, Uncategorized, Under 50, Vegan
Congratulations! Your life just became inexplicably better. I have a lot of recipes. Lots. (Look! They’re well-organized now!) I have spent hundreds and hundreds of hours researching, testing, photographing, and typing recipes and, needless to say, a lot of work goes into Read More »
Healthy Red Velvet Cupcakes (Vegan/Gluten Free/Low Carb/Paleo)
Filed Under: 50-100, Almond Milk, Banana, Cakes and Cupcakes, Cocoa Powder, Desserts, Erythritol, Greek Yogurt, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Stevia, Sugar Free, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
Cupcakes can make me rich too you know. If Sprinkles can make gazillions of dollars turning bakeries into cupcakeries (deal with it. spellcheck), turning vending machines into cupcaking machines of bliss and happiness and unicorns, and turning people into walking Read More »
11 Adventures in Technological Competency (Your Opinion Needed)
Filed Under: Attempts of Humor, Eleven
1. The following events are portrayed by a professional with many years of experience with technological incompetency. You techie Facetwitter kids, don't try this at home. Please. My pride depends on it. 2. In case you haven't noticed, things look a bit different around here. Read More »
Healthy Eggplant Parmesan (Baked/Vegan/Gluten Free/Paleo)
Filed Under: 50-100, Appetizers and Sides, Cheese, Entrees, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sugar Free, Vegan
Dear everyone, I am launching a large-scale petition to make spring break a month longer. You should be receiving an email shortly. I'm not going to lie... I could totally get used to this not having eight hours everyday of this legally mandated school thing. I believe they Read More »
11 Ways to Make Spring Break Last as Long as Humanly Possible
Filed Under: Attempts of Humor, Eleven
1. Make sure you actually have a spring break. This is rather important. If you have a job that has the nerve to not give you a proper spring break, quit that job immediately and come work for me. I don't pay all that well, but I can give up to 52 weeks off a year! Unlimited hugs Read More »
Healthy Cookie Dough Brownies (Vegan/Gluten Free/Paleo/Low Carb)
Filed Under: Almond Meal, Applesauce, Chocolate, Cocoa Powder, Cookies and Bars, Desserts, Eggs/Egg Whites/Egg Replacer, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sugar Free, Under 50, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
*P.S. (PS = Pre-script) The Saveur Best Food Blog Award nominations are now open! I would be so incredibly ridiculously stupendously honored if you slipped in a good word about Foodie Fiasco. Thank you very much!!!* I know time heals all wounds, but I'm thinking brownies and Read More »
{Coming Attractions}
Filed Under: Teaser
So... there's good news and there's bad news. Let's start with the good news. The bad news is you can only have one by tomorrow. And I'm exhausted + indecisive, but that's a story for another day... that day most likely being tomorrow. Red Velvet Cupcakes, Read More »
Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil {Giveaway Closed}
Filed Under: Giveaway, Product Review, Recipe Roundup
Good news! Your Monday just got 117% better. You can make a vat of Tropical Traditions coconut oil come your way for FREE. I like free swag, don't you? Of course you do. You're human. Not only is this any swag, but we're talking a giant stash of the best coconut oil Read More »
Easy Healthy Pan Pizza (Vegan/Gluten Free/Paleo/Low Carb)
Filed Under: 150-200, Almond Milk, Bread, Cheese, Eggs/Egg Whites/Egg Replacer, Entrees, No Bake, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Single Serving, Sugar Free, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
Hi hi. Because I love being the bearer of good news, let me remind you it's the end of the week and you now have (easy healthy pan) pizza. Let me bring you up to speed. Technology and I aren't getting along right now and it's pi(e) day today and I'm trying to celebrate Read More »
Homemade Healthy Tagalongs (Vegan/Low Carb/Paleo)
Filed Under: Almond Milk, Chocolate, Chocolate, Cookies and Bars, Copycat Recipes, Desserts, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, No Bake, Peanut Butter, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Snacks, Sugar Free, Under 50, Vegan
Okay. I just had to make homemade healthy Tagalongs. I'm done with the Girl Scout cookies. Really. You do have to admit this has been fun though. Let's see... there are Samoas and Trefoils, and let us not forget the Thin Mints. I think I'll miss it just a little bit. There Read More »
A Night on the Town (and a Giveaway Winner)
Filed Under: About, Giveaway Winners
There's something about being in a room full of wonderful people. And no, being under a ridiculously fantastic chandelier while you do it doesn't hurt. God must be smiling on me because, courtesy of the always-incredible Chobani, I got to spend my humble Wednesday evening Read More »
Homemade Healthy Samoas (Vegan/Gluten Free/Low Carb/Paleo)
Filed Under: Almond Meal, Almond Milk, Banana, Chocolate, Coconut, Cookies and Bars, Copycat Recipes, Desserts, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Snacks, Sugar Free, Under 50, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
Dear woman with your girl scout daughters selling cookies (not nearly as good as these homemade healthy Samoas, FYI) outside the grocery store, Obviously you don't have older daughters, because you clearly don't know how to handle teenagers. Or adults. Or customers. Or people Read More »
Homemade Healthy Girl Scout Trefoils (Vegan/Low Carb/Paleo)
Filed Under: Almond Meal, Banana, Cookies and Bars, Copycat Recipes, Desserts, Erythritol, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Snacks, Sugar Free, Under 50, Vegan, Whole Wheat Flour
Uh huh. Go ahead and try to pass up these homemade healthy trefoils. Believe me, I love the Girl Scouts! I'm not trying to steal their thunder. And if I didn't love the Girl Scouts, would I have drawn up this nifty timeline? I think not. Life as it Relates to Girl Scout Read More »
The Rhythm of Life and a Giveaway
Filed Under: About, Giveaway, Sponsored Posts
Now and then there comes a time to step back and look. The breeze gently touches your cheek as you overlook the beautiful view, or perhaps the air is still, its lack of movement allowing you to take it in and be moved yourself. The world slows, if even for a moment, to Read More »
Guest Post: Ellen’s Spectacular Veggie Loaf
Filed Under: Guest Post
Happy midweek, my dear friends! It is my great honor and pleasure to present you with a post from one of my best blogging friends, Ellen of Scrumptious Gruel. We're tight. Oh yeah. In fact, we're so tight that she's going to invite me to this scmancy blogger party she's setting Read More »
How to Correctly Count Calories
Filed Under: How To, Uncategorized
Chances are you're doing it wrong. I'm sorry. However, if you don't care about the caloric information of anything ever, then feel free to just breeze on by and come back for cookies later! But for us humans who want to know this monumental secret I will most likely be Read More »
Low Fat Vegan Pumpkin Mac and Cheeze
Filed Under: Almond Milk, Appetizers and Sides, Entrees, Gluten Free, Grain Free, No Bake, Nutritional Yeast, Pumpkin, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Sponsored Posts, Sugar Free, Vegan
I’m not going to lie. I really want to take a bath in this cheeze sauce. I know. Fake cheese can’t taste good. It can’t! …I know. I used to feel that way too. But everything changed when Silk Pure Almond Milk entered the picture. Low calorie, vegan, low fat, AND drop dead Read More »
Healthy Mozzarella Sticks (Baked/Vegan/Grain Free/Paleo)
Filed Under: 50-100, Almond Milk, Appetizers and Sides, Cheese, Coconut Flour, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Healthy How To, Low Carb, Paleo, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Snacks, Sugar Free, Vegan
There will be no flying pigs here today. Only healthy mozzarella sticks. You have my word. Now I'm not going to lie, fried cheese is kind of up my ally. My seven-year old self is even nodding in profuse agreement. Cheese. Breading. Cheese. Greasy goodness. Cheese. It's Read More »
Calling All Top Chef Lovers!
Filed Under: Sponsored Posts
Okay, so there's this show called Top Chef. You've probably heard of it. I hope you've heard of it. I hope you watch it. A lot of it. For full disclosure though, I will tell you I only watch it when I'm in the mood to be made hungry from all the deliciousness and then go eat Read More »
Healthy Three Musketeers (Vegan/Sugar Free/Low Carb)
Filed Under: Almond Milk, Banana, Candy, Chocolate, Chocolate, Cocoa Powder, Copycat Recipes, Desserts, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Greek Yogurt, No Bake, Recipe Makeover, Recipes, Snacks, Stevia, Sugar Free, Under 50, Vegan
I have multiple healthy three musketeers in my belly. Nobody pinch me. I'm currently lying in a tranquil field of petunias, the gentle breeze caressing my cheek, with a healthy three musketeers bar in each hand as I watch this gorgeous unicorn trot down a rainbow toward Read More »
Chobani Giveaway Winner (And a Teaser!)
Filed Under: Giveaway, Teaser
Happy Monday, my friends! I do apologize for the minimalistic nature of this post, but I actually had a fabulous recipe all typed up and ready to go, but when I was about to hit publish, my server died and everything deleted. At about 11pm. Does anyone have some Read More »
Chobani Giveaway!
Filed Under: Giveaway, Product Review, Recipe Roundup
People. This is free Chobani. It doesn't get any better than this. So one day when unicorns were skipping along the rainbow to the pot of gold, the lovely makers of everyone's favorite Greek yogurt contacted me about reviewing some yogurt and hosting a giveaway. Free Read More »