This Pumpkin Spice Latte Parfait is the perfect light and healthy fall sweet treat, and this recipe includes gluten free and vegan recipe options!By the time September rolls around I tend to get a little bit glum, as the days get shorter and the mornings become cool and crisp. It’s not that I don’t like fall as a season, but it marks the end of summer, the vibrant and ...
Vegan, Paleo & Gluten Free
2 Ingredient 4 Minute Caramel Sauce {Healthy-Easy-Dairy Free}
This quick, easy, healthy, and dairy free caramel sauce is the perfect alternative to the real deal. Spoon it generously over ice cream, use it as a sweet and sticky dip for apples, or just simply eat it by the spoonful!You know that I love food, right? Food has always played a big role in my life. In fact, some of my most memorable childhood memories revolve around ...
Skinny Dilly Pickle Fries
These fries are super crispy and coated with dill pickle seasoning, and best of all they are healthy- baked, not fried! They will surely wipe out your salty french fry craving!I love pickles, do you? I eat them straight out of the jar, and can polish off the entire thing in one sitting. REALLY! Hey they are fat free and low cal, right? Maybe a bit heavy on the salt, but ...
Charred Asparagus, Popped Corn & Quinoa Salad with Lemon Parsley Dressing {Gluten Free&Vegan}
This salad is fresh and healthy- made with quinoa and topped with charred asparagus, blistered popped corn and a tangy lemon parsley dressing.Technically it is still summer- the last day is September 22nd, and it sure feels like summer here still with hot temps and high humidity. So let’s celebrate summer while we still can- with wonderful summer flavors. These flavors ...
Cinnamon Fig Shake {Healthy, Gluten Free, Vegan, Dairy Free}
This creamy, smooth, and sweet cinnamon fig shake is so delicious! You'll never know it's actually good for you, and it's vegan and gluten free!Figs, figs, figs! They seem to be everywhere this year! When did they become so popular? I mean I always knew Fig Newton’s existed, but now-a-days fresh figs are so abundant! Trader Joe’s even sells them in a bag-frozen. I ...
Cookies n’ Cream Stuffed Brookie {Gluten-Free,Vegan, Grain-Free/Paleo Option}
GOOEY, CHOCOLATEY, RICH, DECADENT- These Cookies n' Cream Stuffed Brookies are a combination of fudgey brownie, chocolate chip cookie, and have a cookies n' cream center. They are heavenly! And secretly HEALTHY! They are GLUTEN FREE, and VEGAN! You will drop to the floor when you try these :)Good luck stopping at just one…..I love to use my cupcake/muffin tin ...
Spicy & Creamy Sonora Dip {Gluten Free-Vegan-Healthy}
This creamy and spicy dip is so flavorful and pairs perfectly with tortilla chips, fresh veggies, and crackers. Not only does it taste amazing, but it is healthy, vegan, dairy free and gluten free!I love dips! There is something so fun and rewarding about dipping your favorite dip receptacles into a giant bowl of something really devine! Some of my favorite dips include ...
Caramelized Kimchi Fries {Lightened-up, Gluten Free, Vegan}
Confession- I am a food truck junky! Having lived in Austin, which very well may be the food truck mecca of the world, I have dabbled in all sorts of adventurous cuisine. The stranger the dish sounds, the better. For some reason I really trust food trucks, and expect that even though the dish may sound weird, it must be good, because after all, it’s a food truck, right!? It’s ...
Tuscan White Bean and Quinoa Salad {Healthy, Gluten-Free, Vegan}
This fresh and summery salad is bursting with Italian flavor.Do you grow tomatoes in the summer?Or do you buy local tomatoes from the farmers market or veggie stand?If so, than you know how amazing a fresh, juicy and sweet a tomato can be!There is nothing that compares to the taste of summer tomatoes, sprinkled with a dash of salt, some fresh basil and a drizzle ...
Pineapple and Orange Fluff Parfait {Skinny, Gluten Free and Vegan Options}
This beautiful layered parfait is basically an ambrosia copycat. I had no idea what ambrosia was until a few years ago when I encountered the strange concoction at a BBQ. I spotted a large glass bowl billowing with white fluffy fluff stuff, dotted with orange and yellow bits- What the heck is that I asked? "Oh that’s ambrosia- just try it," was the reply. Which I did, as I’m ...
