Tag: sweet

Skinny Pina Colada Cupcakes

In my ever-continuing quest to find healthier foods, I stumbled across this recipe.  Cupcakes, that are diet-friendly, in my favorite tropical flavor combo, made with only 5 ingredients!  Yeah – these are awesome.

For the cake part, you only need 2 ingredients (only 2!) – cake mix and canned crushed pineapple.  That’s it!  The pineapple takes the place of the eggs and oil making these super low-fat. (more…)

Blackberry Frozen Yogurt

I always crave ice cream during the summer – who doesn’t?  But now that I am trying to be more healthy, I am looking for alternatives.  I found this recipe for Creamy Blackberry Frozen Yogurt that only used 3 ingredients and had to try it!  Super creamy, sweet, and delicious – this was more than I was hoping for.  Plus this recipe will probably work with any fresh fruit.

Does anyone have any recommendations on what I can replace the sweetened condensed milk with to make it even more healthy?  Honey, maybe?

From Kitchen Corners:

3 cups fresh blackberries
3 cups Greek yogurt
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk

In a blender, puree the blackberries with the sweetened condensed milk. Strain the mixture through a fine mesh sieve to remove most of the seeds (optional).

In a medium bowl mix the puree with the Greek yogurt. Pour the mixture in to your ice-cream maker and follow the manufacturer’s directions.

Coconut Pancakes

I love all things coconut, especially during the summer.  I also love all things pancake – so when I saw this recipe for sweet and salty coconut pancakes posted on G+ I just had to try it.

Coconut milk is used in the pancake batter to give it coconut flavor.  But what really makes these pancakes stand out is the coconut syrup made with maple syrup, coconut milk, brown sugar, butter, and a pinch of salt to bring in that Thai flavor combo of sweet and salty (like coconut sticky rice, or salted caramel).

These are some seriously tasty pancakes.  Really.  Make them.  Right now. (more…)

Vegan Chocolate Stout Brownies

These brownies contain no dairy and very little fat, but they are still super tasty and moist!

Here are all the ingredients you will need, including the secret weapon – black beans.  These are pureed and stand in for the oil and eggs.  But fear not – you can’t even taste them! (more…)

Anniversary Dinner

A few weeks ago, we celebrated our 2nd Wedding Anniversary!  We went on a lovely trip to Texas over the weekend, but our actual anniversary fell on a Tuesday.  We had plans to eat at some very nice restaurants on our trip, so we decided to stay in on our anniversary and have a nice home-cooked meal.  I made steak with compound butter, spinach and Gruyere souffle, and vanilla bean panna cotta with mixed berries. (more…)