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Keto Mug Cookie made with 5 ingredients in under 3 minutes! This easy single-serve low-carb cookie recipe is mouth-wateringly delicious and a great option when you want a sweet treat

Healthy Apple Muffins are grain-free and naturally sweetened with fruit. This paleo apple muffin recipe is grain-free, oil-free, dairy-free and contains no added sweeteners!

Healthy Pumpkin Cake made grain-free, refined sugar-free, dairy-free, and paleo friendly. This easy-to-bake pumpkin cake is warmly-spiced and healthy enough to eat for breakfast.

If I know you at all, I have a sneaking suspicion this is the exact cake you’ve been craving.

Okay, perhaps that was a massive projection, but this is the exact cake I have been craving not only recently, but for several autumns past.

Imagine this: all the colors and flavors of fall jam packed into one healthy pumpkin cake. It comes together lightning fast, and gifts your taste buds an utter explosion of pumpkin flavor.

Have I mentioned it’s healthy? 

Recipe Features:

• Lower in sugar than a regular cake, but perfectly sweet.
• Paleo
• Grain-free, gluten-free
• Oil-Free
• Easy to make Vegan (see notes)
• Refined sugar-free
• Easy to make sugar-free/low-carb (see notes)
• Moist, fluffy, delicious

My secret ingredient to keep the cake lower in added sugar?: Ripe banana. The cake is mostly sweetened with one ripe banana (I can’t taste it over the pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice, but if you have ultra sensitive taste buds, you may be able to).

Oatmeal Cookie in a Mug with only 4 ingredients and 5 minutes needed! A single-serve no-bake dessert that’s gluten-free and vegan!

How to make gluten-free sourdough starter from scratch using gluten-free flour. Making your own sourdough starter is easier than you’d think! And yes, it works with gluten-free flour!

Gluten-Free Paleo Meatloaf Recipe made easy! This simple recipe comes with a low-carb meatloaf option and makes for a hearty meal.

6-Ingredient Vegan Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Chickpea Cookies made with basic pantry ingredients. Grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, flourless, and ultra peanut buttery!

Moist, rich, fudgy Gluten-Free Mug Brownie made with only 4 ingredients! This basic brownie recipe takes less than 5 minutes to make, and is an incredible vegan single-serve dessert. No eggs, dairy, baking powder, or baking soda required!

Paleo white chocolate macadamia nut cookies that are grain-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free and melt-in-your-mouth amazing! Whip up a batch to enjoy with the whole family.

40 recipes using pantry ingredients, covering breakfast lunch and dinner. If you have a hefty stock of pantry items but are low in fresh produce, you’ll love these easy nutritious recipes using staples.

 

Many of us keep a hefty stock of pantry items but don’t always have access to fresh produce. Coming from a small mountain town where it can snow non-stop for days, I’m very familiar with pantry cooking. 

When we don’t have control of mother nature, we can make the best of our food situation by whipping up delicious meals using ingredients we always have on hand.

You’d be surprised what you can do with a can of beans. I mean, Double Chocolate Chickpea or Black Bean Brownies, anyone? Suddenly being stuck at home doesn’t seem so bad.

Some of the recipes in this post include ingredients I would consider to be staples. For instance, I personally always have a supply of ground turkey, chicken, and/or sausage in my freezer, and keep bananas, potatoes, carrots, garlic and onion on hand.

If you are fresh out of anything on any of the ingredient lists, feel free to comment below, and I will do my best to provide substitutions! Here are some common substitutions you can employ when in a pinch:

Easy Substitutions:

• Meat: You can always replace meat with rice and beans for a complete protein. If you’re making soup that calls for meat, swap it for black beans and brown rice.
• Potatoes: Most potatoes can be used interchangeably, and butternut squash is a great replacement for potato.
• Carrot: Grated sweet potato, butternut squash, or regular potato can be used to swap out grated carrot.  Carrot and zucchini are interchangeable in baked recipes.
• Sweet Potatoes/Banana: You can often substitute applesauce for mashed sweet potatoes in breads or baked goods using a smaller measurement. For instance, if a recipe calls for 1 cup of mashed sweet potato, use ½ to ⅔ cup applesauce. Mashed banana can be used to replace mashed sweet potato and vice versa in a 1:1 change.
• Tomatoes: If a recipe calls for tomato sauce and you don’t have any on hand, you can blend up diced tomatoes. Similarly, you can often substitute tomato sauce for diced tomatoes if you are fine with a smoother versus chunky texture.
• Nut Butters: Use peanut butter, tahini, almond butter, and cashew butter interchangeably.
• Dried Fruit: Raisins, dried blueberries and cranberries can be used interchangeably. 
• Oil/Butter: Most cooking oils are interchangeable, and butter can almost always be used to replace oil and vice versa. Where I don’t suggest using olive oil is in sweet baked goods, unless you are okay with the olive flavor coming through.
• Dairy-Free Milk: Non-dairy milks such as almond milk, oat milk and coconut milk can be used interchangeably and can often be used to replace cow’s milk.
• Cream: Cream can be replaced with full-fat canned coconut milk.
• Sweeteners: All liquid sweeteners are interchangeable, but be sure to keep a watchful eye on a baked good that uses honey instead of pure maple syrup, as honey burns at a lower temperature.
• Sugar: Coconut sugar + a touch of pure maple syrup can be used to replace brown sugar, and vice versa.
• Eggs: If you don’t have eggs on hand, you can replace 1 egg with ¼ cup of something else. For instance, ½ of a banana, ¼ cup of mashed sweet potato, applesauce, and/or flax or chia eggs. To make 1 flax egg, combine 1 tablespoon of ground flax seed with 3 tablespoons of water and stir well. Allow the mixture to sit and thicken for 10 minutes, then use it as you would a regular egg. 

These easy, nutritious recipes will not only keep you satisfied, they make for fun cooking projects at home! Leave a comment telling me which ones you try, and enjoy!

xo

Happy Saturday! Have you had a chance to take a look at The BEST Gluten-Free Banana Bread Recipe I posted this week? It has been a huge hit with all who have tried it. If you’re in the mood for a baking adventure and/or find yourself banana rich, give it a whirl! On to this …

Check out my Top 19 recipes from 2019! These recipes are tried and true in my own home and throughout my audience!

Thank you for another amazing year! Truly, this site would not exist without your presence, and I’m so grateful you’re here! My hugs and kisses go out to you and yours.

At the end of every year, I like to do a little recap by sharing my top performing recipes from the year. If you didn’t see or try these throughout the year, give them a whirl! 

Let’s jump right into it! 

Here are my…

Top 19 recipes from 2019!

Paleo Vanilla Mug Cake made with almond flour, a vanilla bean, coconut milk, and pure maple syrup. This easy grain-free mug cake recipe can easily be made low-carb or keto as well! Ever need a hunk of cake NOW?! I’ve gotchu. For those of you who have a sweet tooth but don’t want to take …

A simple, nutritious and delicious vegetarian meal plan perfect for meal prepping! This approachable meal plan is great for folks of all cooking abilities! Print out the grocery list to make shopping for the week a breeze.

And JUST like that, it’s the first weekend of October!

If it’s cooling off where you’re at and you’re looking for a scrumptious yet healthier baking project for the weekend, be sure to check out the Paleo Double Chocolate Banana Bread I posted a couple days ago! It’s super moist, comforting, and is sweetened mostly with banana!

Let’s chat DINNER!

What we’re cooking up this week: Creamy Tomato Spinach Pasta, Southwest Stuffed Bell Peppers, Roasted Delicata Squash Salad, Best Vegetarian Enchiladas, Easy One-Pan Veggie Red Curry

Enjoy! xo

Sweet potato breakfast bake made with only a few basic ingredients! Grain-free, dairy-free, paleo, vegetarian, and delicious!>