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Delicious Low Sugar Chocolate Bundt Cake with Chocolate Glaze

February 5, 2019 by Laura 3 Comments

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Because I am your friend, I am sharing this Delicious Low Sugar Chocolate Bundt Cake with Chocolate Glaze just in time for Valentine’s Day. See, you can make this cake any time, any day. But Valentine’s Day is sort of an excuse to eat chocolate. So this cake recipe comes to you just in time!

Does the recipe look familiar? It should. I originally created and shared this recipe a few years ago, baking it in a regular cake pan. It remains my all-time favorite cake recipe, and I usually spread Low Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting over the top.

But sometimes it’s fun to mix things up a little by, you know, pouring your cake batter into a pan of a different shape. Do I know how to party or what?

Delicious Low Sugar Chocolate Bundt Cake with Chocolate Glaze

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Delicious Low Sugar Chocolate Bundt Cake with Chocolate Glaze
 
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Author: Laura
Serves: 15
Ingredients
  • 1 cup melted coconut oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
  • ½ cup sucanat or brown sugar
  • dash of sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 2 eggs
  • CHOCOLATE GLAZE:
  • ½ cup butter
  • 4 Tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 2 Tablespoons milk
  • 2-4 Tablespoons honey (sweeten this to your taste)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, sucanat, salt, and baking soda.
  2. Set aside. In a saucepan, bring oil, water, and cocoa to a boil.
  3. Pour liquid mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredient mixture.
  4. Stir well.
  5. Add sour cream and eggs, mixing well.
  6. Pour batter into a buttered bundt pan.
  7. Bake in a 350° oven for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  8. Allow cake to cool completely before drizzling chocolate glaze over the top.
  9. For CHOCOLATE GLAZE:
  10. In a small saucepan combine butter, cocoa, milk, and honey.
  11. Cook and stir over low heat until ingredients are well combined and mixture begins to thicken slightly.
  12. Remove from heat.
  13. Stir in vanilla.
  14. Drizzle over cooled cake.
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97 Real Food Dessert Recipes for the Holidays

December 6, 2018 by Laura Leave a Comment

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Christmas time is the time we tend to “need” a few dessert recipes to choose from. Today, I’ll hand you 97 real food dessert recipes for the holidays!

This ol’ blog has been around for quite some time. Eleven years to be exact.

When I began writing and sharing recipes back in 2007, I was fairly new to the “real food” scene. I had in mind that if I substituted white flour for whole wheat, and white sugar for sucanat, I was healthifying a recipe. Oops.

You can’t help what you don’t know, and you can’t do better until you know better. And shucks, I still don’t know what I don’t know, so I’m sure to come back in the 2020’s to share how much I’ve learned since 2018!

But I thought it was worth a mention, and before I send you looking through all 97 of these recipes, you should know this: The earlier the post, the more sugar-loaded the recipe will be! Yowza. I’ve edited many of these through the years to cut out some of the high sugar content. But I haven’t caught them all. Anyway, you’ve been warned. Merry Christmas. ;)

At least they all do call for real food ingredients. Real butter for the win!

97 Real Food Dessert Recipes for the Holidays

  1. Banana Cake
  2. Brownie Sundae Bar
  3. Butterscotch Bars
  4. Caramel Apple Dip
  5. Caramel Brownies
  6. Caramel Frosting
  7. Caramel Oatmeal Bars
  8. Caramel Sauce
  9. Carrot Cake – Low Sugar!
  10. Cheesecake Brownies
  11. Chocolate Cake – Low Sugar!
  12. Chocolate Caramel Cups
  13. Chocolate Caramel Truffles
  14. Chocolate Cheesecake Dessert – Low Sugar!
  15. Chocolate Cheesecake Pie
  16. Chocolate Chip Brownies
  17. Chocolate Chip Cookies
  18. Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies
  19. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
  20. Chocolate Frappe – Low Sugar!
  21. Chocolate Frosting, Honey Sweetened – Low Sugar!
  22. Chocolate Fudge Frosting
  23. Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake – No Bake
  24. Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
  25. Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
  26. Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding Cake
  27. Chocolate Snowballs
  28. Chocolate Whipped Cream on Strawberries or In Your Coffee – Low Sugar!
  29. Christmas Spice Cookies
  30. Coconut Cupcakes
  31. Coconut Flour Brownies
  32. Coconut Macaroons
  33. Cranberry Orange Scones
  34. Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
  35. Creamy Pudding
  36. Crustless Cheesecake Cups
  37. Dark Chocolate Peppermint Mousse
  38. Death By Chocolate
  39. Flourless Fudge Cookies
  40. Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
  41. Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
  42. Fruit Crisp
  43. Fruit Pizza
  44. Fruit Topped Cheesecake
  45. Funnel Cake
  46. Gingerbread Men
  47. Homemade Ice Cream
  48. Honey Peanut Bars
  49. Honey Pecan Pie
  50. Hot Chocolate Mix
  51. Hot Chocolate Souffle
  52. Hot Cocoa
  53. Ice Cream Sandwiches
  54. Icy Cold Milkshake Treats
  55. Lemon Pound Cake
  56. Mini Apple Pies
  57. Mint Oreos
  58. Mock Frozen Yogurt
  59. Monster Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars – no flour!
  60. Mudballs
  61. Oatmeal Butterscotch Chip Cookies
  62. Orange Cream Cheese Cutouts
  63. Peanut Butter Apple Cookie Bars
  64. Peanut Butter Brownie Cups
  65. Peanut Butter Cake – Low Sugar!
  66. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cake
  67. Peanut Butter Honey Bars
  68. Peanut Butter Honey Fudge
  69. Peanut Butter Raisin Balls
  70. Peanut Butter Truffles
  71. Peppermint Cream Cocoa
  72. Peppermint Patties
  73. Peppernuts
  74. Pineapple Cream Dessert – Low Sugar!
  75. Pistachio Pudding
  76. Pumpkin Cheesecake – Low Sugar!
  77. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake
  78. Pumpkin Pecan Pie Squares
  79. Pumpkin Pie
  80. Red(less) Velvet Cake
  81. Reindeer Cuties
  82. Reindeer Brownies
  83. Rice Crispy Treats – the healthier way!
  84. Salted Caramel Apple Crisp
  85. Snickerdoodles
  86. Snow Ice Cream
  87. Strawberry Jelly Roll
  88. Strawberry Shortcake
  89. Twinkies
  90. Very Berry Brownie Cups
  91. Very Vanilla Cookies
  92. White Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn
  93. Whole Wheat Chocolate Cake
  94. Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
  95. Whole Wheat Vanilla Wafers
  96. Zucchini Cake
  97. Zucchini Brownies

Reading the list kinda makes me want to drink a glass of water to wash down all the sugar. :)

Need some Real Food Low Sugar recipes? Me too!

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16 Delicious Flourless Treats

November 18, 2018 by Laura 1 Comment

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I am a wheat eater and a gluten consumer. I use freshly ground flour several times each week. Even so, I love making Flourless Treats for a change of pace. After all, we all get plenty of grains in our diet. Making treats that are flourless is a great choice for all of us!

The beauty of this list of Flourless Treat recipes I’m sharing is that every single one of them tastes like something special. These recipes don’t include weird ingredients that make them seem “healthy.” Not that any of us are opposed to eating healthy, of course. It’s just that some healthy treat recipes are strange and awkward and leave the consumer wanting an actual cookie that isn’t made with banana paste and finely ground chicken feathers. Or some such.

So please, my friends. Enjoy the following delectable recipes that no one will suspect to be “out of the norm.” All will eat these and be delighted. They will share them with their friends, saying, “Hey, you’ve got to try this cake!” Meanwhile, over in the corner, you will be chuckling over the fact that once again, you pulled off the “I made treats without flour in them and nobody suspected” trick.

Not that we’re trying to be tricky. I mean, we can’t help it if our healthier food tastes just as good if not better than their less healthy counterparts. There’s nothing we can do about this. Making great food in healthy ways is simply what we do now. We can’t even help ourselves.

Without further ado…

16 Delicious Flourless Treats

  1. Flourless Brownie Muffins (my very favorite!)
  2. Super Moist Flourless Peanut Butter Brownies
  3. Super Moist Flourless Brownies
  4. Chocolate Cheesecake Fudge
  5. No Bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
  6. Low Sugar Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
  7. No Bake Cookie Cups 
  8. Honey-Sweetened Flourless Peanut Butter Bars
  9. Low Sugar Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
  10. Flourless Fudge Cookies
  11. Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
  12. Honey-Sweetened No Bake Cookies
  13. The Most Amazing Flourless Cake
  14. Flourless Peanut Butter Bread
  15. Flourless Peanut Butter Muffins
  16. Flourless Pumpkin Muffins

P.S. Every single recipe on this list is a perfect choice to make for your friends and family members who eat Gluten Free. Only beware of the recipes which include oats, making sure to use GF oats!

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Real Food Chocolate Pie Crust

December 12, 2017 by Laura 3 Comments

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Why make a regular pie crust when you can make a Chocolate Pie Crust?

chocolate pie crust

Well now. Sometimes we actually do need a regular ol’ pie crust. Though pie crusts around here are anything but regular. We use whole wheat flour and palm shortening in our pie crust so that it is actually nourishing. But other than that…normal. Regular. Absolutely average. Nothing to see here. Just a regular ol’ pie crust.

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Here I am calling pie crusts normal as if I make them all the time. No ma’am I do not. It’s rare that I actually take the time to make and roll out crusts these days. It must be a special occasion for me to “go to the trouble” to make a pie, because extra time I do not have.

But then suddenly, in between a History lesson with Malachi and taking time to proof-read a paper for Justus, I thought of the idea to turn a regular pie crust into a Chocolate Pie Crust. And would you believe? Tuesday afternoon became a special occasion, just like that. For no reason, I made a pie.

I mean, I do think one of the boys did exceptionally well on his math lesson that day. I did three loads of laundry like a boss. The mailman delivered some mail that wasn’t bills. The kitchen floor got swept. I answered several emails. For all these reasons and more, it seemed that a pie was in order. I can think of no other reason to celebrate, can you? Things like this call for pie with chocolate crust. Obviously.

Who says you can only make pie on special occasions?

Chocolate Pie Crust

Real Food Chocolate Pie Crust
 
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Author: Laura
Serves: 1 9"crust
Ingredients
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons brown sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • ⅓ cup Palm Shortening (or butter)
  • 4-5 Tablespoons cold water
Instructions
  1. Place flour, salt, cocoa, and brown sugar in a bowl or food processor.
  2. Stir to combine.
  3. Add palm shortening or butter.
  4. Blend until shortening is cut throughout the flour and the mixture resembles crumbs.
  5. Add cold water until a soft ball of dough has formed.
  6. Roll dough on a well-floured surface until it is slightly larger than your pie pan.
  7. Fold dough in half, then in half again.
  8. Place dough into pie pan and unfold to cover the pan.
  9. Shape edges as desired.
  10. Poke crust 4-5 times with a fork to prevent bubbles from forming while baking.
  11. Bake in a 450 degree oven for 10-12 minutes.
  12. Allow crust to cool before adding cream filling of choice!
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Real Food Chocolate Pie Crust

In a couple of days I will share a Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pie recipe with you that is simply perfect to fill this Chocolate Pie Crust. In the meantime, I also suggest filling your baked shell with:

  • Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie (which sounds like the new recipe I’m about to share, but I promise, it’s altogether different)
  • Chocolate Cheesecake Pie
  • Vanilla, Chocolate, or Butterscotch Cream Pie (use any of these pudding recipes to fill the Chocolate Pie Crust)
  • Peanut Butter Cream Pie (use this pudding recipe to fill the Chocolate Pie Crust)

And by the way, I get my palm shortening from Tropical Traditions. It’s fabulous and healthy. New customers at Healthy Traditions can get free shipping on their first order when you use the code FS10 at checkout!

Raise your hand if after seeing this recipe for Chocolate Pie Crust you just came up with a perfectly good (though random) reason to make a pie.

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7 Healthy Ingredient Holiday Drinks You’ll Love

December 20, 2014 by Laura 30 Comments

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7 Healthy Ingredient Holiday Drinks You'll Love

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There is something about special drinks at Christmas time that I just love! Below, you’ll find 7 tried and true holiday beverages that you’ll love too…

Homemade Hot Cocoa

Homemade Hot Cocoa

Warm Vanilla Soother

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Homemade Healthier Eggnog

Homemade Healthier Eggnog

100% Juice  Punch

Christmas Brunch Punch {with 100 juice!}

Chocolate Caramel Coffee Creamer

Chocolate Caramel Coffee Creamer

Chocolate Whipped Cream for Coffee

Chocolate Whipped Cream - Perfect For Your Coffee

Peppermint Cream Cocoa

Peppermint Cream Cocoa

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Delicious Candy You Can Make Yourself (with healthier ingredients)

December 11, 2013 by Laura 3 Comments

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As you all know, I don’t mind the occasional healthy food compromise, especially on special occasions. Christmas qualifies as one of the most special occasions of all, doncha think? But when I turn over a package and see that the yummy contents therein contain hydrogenated oils or high fructose corn syrup – I just can’t do it. (I know, I know. It’s best not to even read the label. Wait. What?)

What I love is trying to re-create some our favorite treats so that we can have our Christmas candy and eat it too. These treats are best shared and in moderation though, because they are full of sugar! (I know, I know. It’s best not to even think about how much sugar is in them. Wait. What?)

Here are some goodies I make every once in a while for a very special treat:

Homemade Peppermint Patties

These call for none other than mashed potatoes. Weird, but true. And they also have tons of powdered sugar in them. Better than high fructose corn syrup, but wowza. You’ll be amazed at how much these taste like the “real thing.”

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

This is my husband’s favorite. It’s super fun to make these for him every once in a while. We think they taste better than the packaged variety. It’s amazing how good peanut butter tastes when it’s only made with peanuts.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

Chocolate Caramel Cups

These are ooey-gooey messy. But having a drop of caramel resting on one’s chin never hurt anyone.

Chocolate Caramel Cups

Peanut Butter Truffles and Chocolate Caramel Truffles

Making these truffles is easier than you would think. And the result? Amazing.

Delicious Homemade Truffles

Peanut Butter Honey Fudge

This is the easiest fudge you’ll ever make. It contains only three ingredients – peanut butter, honey, and chocolate chips. So good!

Peanut Butter Honey Fudge

What’s your favorite Christmas candy? Ever tried making your own?

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Chocolate Covered Vegetables: Staying Healthy and Balanced During the Christmas Season

December 3, 2013 by Laura 20 Comments

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chocolate covered vegetables

It’s the question everybody is asking this time of year: What is your favorite holiday vegetable? Well don’t everyone speak up at once. Celery? Broccoli? Ahhhh, I am simply overwhelmed with magical Christmas warm fuzzies every time I think about cauliflower.

Oh, for real. Who gets excited about Christmas vegetables? Unless it’s a jalapeno stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon. Now we’re talking.

I giggle a little bit when I read magazine articles with encouragement about how to eat healthy during the holiday season. “At holiday parties,” they say, “fill your plate with raw veggies and nuts.” Spendid! Let’s party! Fill me a plate of festive Christmas cucumbers!

It’s not that I disagree with that advice. It’s a very good idea actually – to fill up on the good stuff so that you don’t over-indulge on the bad stuff. But when I think about my favorite Christmas-time foods, the relish tray isn’t at the top of my list. I eat those foods all the time, and praise God for vegetables. But at Christmas parties? Please pass the chocolate covered chocolate with a bowl full of chocolate for dipping purposes.

I kid. I mean, obviously there needs to be some cream cheese with that chocolate. And some chips. With dip. Okay then.

So what is reality, what can we do to stay healthy, and how do we maintain a good balance during this fun filled, food filled season? Here is my chocolate-covered advice:

Save the Treats for Parties

You’ll likely be at plenty of events during the next several weeks that will offer tables laden with sugar. Knowing this, avoid having lots of sugary foods in your own kitchen. Instead, focus on eating plenty of healthy foods at home – yes, I’m talking about vegetables here. Eat salads, eat good protein, blend spinach into your smoothies, eat all kinds of nourishing foods. Your body will thank you for it, and you’ll enjoy the party treats so much more.

Sugar is Made to Be Shared

But wait. What if you have goodies in your kitchen because you’re having fun making treats to share with others? Awesome, that’s part of the joy of this season! This gives you the opportunity to take a nibble or two of some of your favorite holiday treats, then package up the rest to give to others.

Make the Sugar Consumption Count

I say, if we’re going to have something sweet and a little bit naughty – for goodness sake we’d better swoon while we’re eating it. Pass over the crumbly boxed cookies, and go for the gooey, decadent, dish of amazingness. Why waste our indulgences on something that is just so-so?

Stop Eating When You’re Full

I think somehow many of us equate holiday time with over-eating. What? So we’re just planning on being gluttonous while throwing reason and self-control out the frosty window? That’s silly. Take small amounts of food, savor each bite, then when you are full, put down your plate. Christmas is more merry when you don’t have indigestion. (<– Someone should totally turn that sentence into a Christmas carol.)

Drink Lots of Water

Do I really need to elaborate on this one? We always need to be sipping on water. Even at Christmas. Just do it.

May each of us enjoy a holiday season that is healthy, balanced, moderate, delicious, and topped with a caramel truffle. I mean artichoke. No, no. I mean truffle. It is Christmas, after all.

What is one of your biggest struggles with staying healthy during Christmas? What would you add to this list as an encouragement to stay healthy and balanced during the holiday season?

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