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It all started with my recent recipe success - making the absolute best (& healthiest) Key Lime Pie, which happens to be Dear Hubby's favorite dessert.  If I could create an almost identical taste and experience to an all-time favorite, but with 70% less sugar using banana and squash puree & greek yogurt, then I could do anything! And, for the first time since I started blogging (over a year ago) Dear Hubby put in a recipe request this past weekend. ... Read more » about A No Sugar {Chocolate Torte} for my love

Ever since Pillsbury posted my Banana Cream Pie Bites to their Facebook page and one of their fans suggested a key lime pie version, I have been a woman on a mission: to make an even more perfect, low sugar, healthier version of this classic dessert recipe.  Perusing the internet only found me "healthy" versions that subbed in low-fat sweetened condensed milk instead of the full-fat version or used jello and cream cheese.   I knew I could do better. First of all... ... Read more » about The Absolute Best (and Healthiest) Key Lime Pie

I posted a question on my blog's Facebook page, asking for recipe requests to see what you wanted to see more of.  The resounding answer was "dessert."  Let me preface this with a couple things -- 1) I was once a dessert lover. I ate candy/sweets (at least one small piece) every single day.    2) I gained 75 pounds after getting married while I loved dessert and ate sweets every day.  3) I'm now different. And lighter. And svelter. And more energetic. ... Read more » about More Dessert + {Soft No Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies}

Ahhhhhhhh, the holidays. So much fun. So much baking. So many parties. So many cute Pinterest ideas. So much shopping. So much stress.  I guess you could say I have a love/hate relationship with the holiday season. So, I have set out to make your holiday party a little easier, a little healthier, and a lot more fun with these mini pie bites ----->  If you've spent much time on my blog, you know I'm not much of a dessert person. ... Read more » about Holiday Pie Bites: Chocolate Raspberry Pie & Apple Pie

First of all, thank you for your input last night on Facebook deciding whether today's post would be about White Chocolate Pumpkin Pie Bites or Slow Cooker Apple Sausage Stuffing.  It was a resounding "PIE!!!!!!!!!!!" And for those of you who voted "Stuffing," you only have to wait until tomorrow. Now, back to pumpkin pie.  I lovvvvvve pumpkin pie. I always have. It makes me happy just thinking about it and the traditions surrounding it. ... Read more » about Thanksgiving: {White Chocolate Pumpkin Pie Bites}

Since  I prepared a trial-run Thanksgiving feast this past weekend, creating a full menu of healthier items, Dear Hubby and I are in full-on Thanksgiving leftover mode right now...which you have to admit is one of the best parts of the entire process!!  All of the flavors meld together so nicely, and it's fun spinning off other meals from the original items.  Case in point, today's lunch: Buffalo Cranberry Grilled Cheese using the leftover cranberry relish. Oh.My.YUMMMMMM folks!! ... Read more » about Thanksgiving Leftovers + {Cranberry Pumpkin Relish}

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year to gather with friends and family and celebrate all we truly have to be thankful for in our lives. When things seems busy, crazy and out of control (sounds like MY life!!), stopping for a minute to refocus on what's most important is so huge. ... Read more » about Thanksgiving Menu + {Healthier Sweet Potato Casserole}

I don't know about you, but I am super tired from staying up so late watching the election results on the edge of my seat!! What I think is most interesting is how divided America really is. Half of us are ecstatic after last night's events; half of us are extremely disappointed. Regardless of which side you were on though, I think we all need to choose joy. Yes, the last four years were hard. Yes, we don't know how the next four will treat us. But I do know we all have a LOT we can be thankful for. ... Read more » about Choose Joy + {Tuscan Apple Cake}

Would you believe me if I told you it snowed inches upon inches last night in Denver and that Babycakes and I went sledding this morning?! Some of you probably woke up to nice 80 degree weather. Us, not so much. But, it was the first ever workday snow that I didn't have to commute in, and let me tell you...it was soooooooooo nice to be able to stay in, look at the pretty snow, enjoy some warm maple oatmeal, and think about sledding once the sun warmed things up a bit!  I pulled Babyckes around the field by our house. She had a blast, and I blasted some calories!!! ... Read more » about First Snow + {Honey Mustard Kale Chips}

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend!  I spent most of it up in the mountains, unplugged, with no cell service or Facebook (or blogging!).  It was refreshing for sure! I feel more alive there: surrounded by pine trees and wildlife, breathing in the fresh mountain air, exploring with Dear Hubby and Babycakes. But I'm back, and this is the day you've all been waiting for: THE recipe for healthy Pumpkin Muffins (or bread) is in this post! ... Read more » about {Healthy Pumpkin Muffins} + Bob's Red Mill Giveaway!