Whole Food Desserts

Creamy, dairy-free peanut butter and honey ice cream made with coconut milk instead of cow's milk. This ice cream is rich, delicious and easy to make! If your peanut butter already contains salt, reduce the amount of salt shown below (just add salt to taste). Don't forget to put the bowl of your ice cream maker in the freezer at least one day in advance. The recipe yields a little less than 1.5 quarts of ice cream.

I realize that most people don’t go to the City Bakery or their green Birdbath outlets for coconut cookies. They come in droves to load up on the legendary chocolate chip cookies, pretzel cro…

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I was standing in line at the corner store just trying to be still. I’m pretty sure I was a ticking time bomb and the slightest nudge would have been catastrophic. I had just walked half a mile with my groceries from a place that sells groceries to a corner store for a small bottle...Read More

Rich, fudgy brownies made with coconut oil and topped with shredded coconut. These brownies are divine!

You’ll never believe how easy these springtime cupcakes are to make! They might look fancy schmancy, but I promise they are not. At all. Really! To make these, I’m guilty of using a liiiiiitle secret ingredient known as Betty Crocker cake mix. Don’t judge! Sometimes you just gotta do it. I mean, you definitely don’t have to use cake mix here but it sure speeds along the process of these beauties. Filled with a lightly sweetened raspberry whipped cream, these cupcakes are perfect for Easter…

Hey, there's strawberries in it. In my book that means it's a well-balanced snack. Making it perfect for the 3:30pm munchies. At least to me anyway.

Super simple, moist and delicious almond meal and honey cake! This cake is gluten free and paleo friendly. Feel free to change up the flavors (see notes on how to do so). I think a lemon blueberry version would be delicious.

This recipe is part 1 of 2. Part 2 will be coming tomorrow. I figured I would give you a heads up so you can get all the ingredients for this first part today. Maybe you can even whip it up tonight? Just be sure you don’t eat it all because you’re going to need it tomorrow! You with me?

These simple and sweet Butter Cupcakes with Grapefruit Buttercream are delicious and finished with a light and tangy frosting using real grapefruit juice!

Salted Date Caramel Cashew Tart with Mocha Graham Crust is a healthier version of an indulgent dessert made out of cashews, dates, and chocolate chips.

Raspberries share some of the same qualities of a fresh tomato – they’re delicate and sweet yet have formidable acidity. I worried that plain browned butter on a raspberry might be odd, so after browning the butter, I dropped in some vanilla – which vaporized in the hot butter, magnifying its scent. Just as I'd done with the tomatoes, I spooned the butter on the raspberries, so it sizzled into the fruit, and then in place of the flaky salt, I sprinkled the wilting berries with raw sugar. As…

With all the chaos and businesses that is happening right now, I’m packing and heading back to Illinois today. My uncle turned 70 yesterday and my grandmother planned a large family dinner, one of the first I’d be missing since I moved. While I love California, one of the hardest things still has been being...

These lace cookies contain ground almonds, by the way. I love almonds, they’re good and good for you! They’re good for your heart and packed with antioxidants and nutrients. I found a great recipe for classic lace cookies, but decided to take a fresh and uplifting spin on it by adding freshly grated lemon zest to the batter.

We returned from a quick trip to Ohio on Tuesday and I always come back feeling emotionally exhausted and a little bit heartbroken. The older I become, the harder it gets to willingly fly 1,100 miles across the country and live my life in what feels like a completely different Universe. We returned from a longer visit in December and I don’t think I ever fully recovered from the weightiness of that trip. Since then, I’ve spent far too much time sobbing in the shower or at the dinner table…