Recipe Category: Snacks

Cashew Granola

Who doesn’t love cashews? Good with yogurt or pressed into bars for an on-the-go snack. Your mouth will thank you.

A different take on everyone’s childhood favorite: rice krispie treats. This version skips the marshmallows and instead uses honey and peanut butter to keep the cripsies together. Delicious and low calorie treats!

Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Chips and Peanut Butter

Not the traditional oatmeal cookie – my version skips the butter and enriched flour and instead is loaded with peanut butter, bananas, and protein. Great pre or post workout.

Coconut Macaroons

Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside and endlessly versatile. These macaroons are well worth the effort.

Apricot Ginger Croissants

I fell in love with fruit paste after buying some guava paste in a duty free shop in Mexico – apricot paste is easier to find in the states. The candied ginger adds a little unexpected zing!

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cake

This bread is one scoop of cream cheese frosting away from being labeled a cake.

Cranberry Syrup

Cranberries are high in nutrients and antioxidants making them a “super food.” Top your ice cream with this syrup or mix it 1:1 with maple syrup for a decadent pancake topping. A couple of tablespoons plus a shot of Maker’s Mark and a splash of water over the rocks ain’t half bad either.

Raspberry Ricotta Cake

Super easy, super delicious, and high in protein thanks to the ricotta cheese. This cake adds a special touch to your weekend brunch or weekday dessert.

Sweet Potato Chips

Low calorie, yummy alternative to store bought chips which have unpronounceable ingredients! Cheaper too. Substitute white potatoes, zuchinni, or beets from time to time for variety.

Fruit Salad

A summer staple when fresh, sweet fruit is aplenty. Get adventurous and throw in some fresh pineapple or mango.

I love data! Or, how activity-tracking apps motivate me.

I was dragging my butt up the mountain one day and thought, “I wonder how far I’ve gone today.” I had only been out 25 minutes so I knew it wasn’t that far. Nonetheless I was curious for a number. Then I thought, “I wonder how fast, or more accurately, how slow I’m going.” I was sweating like crazy and huffing and puffing, so I was thinking I was probably going Superman-fast. I realized that I needed to collect some data during my excursions. Later at home, I found an app that promised to track my location on a map, create routes, and save stats while I ran these routes. I learned I could do the same routes repeatedly and compare my pace from run to run. That’s a certifiable progress report! It’s like a mini challenge every time I go out. Fun! Sure, I don’t need something like this to know whether or not I’m improving. Seeing a…

One day I decided to lose a little weight.

I had an event to attend and wanted a new dress. I didn’t need a new dress, but I really like new dresses. So I went online to do a little shopping and there it was…the most beautiful cocktail dress designed by one of my favorite designers. As an added bonus it was an unheard of 75% off! It was meant to be. I went to make the purchase then bam! They only had one size left and it was a size (or two) too small. I closed the browser window and tried to forget about the dress. A couple days passed and I couldn’t forget the dress. I began thinking, what’s one or two dress sizes in terms of pounds? 10? 15? Maybe 20? With six weeks to the event, I figured I could drop those “few” extra pounds. Surely, there’s a lot of water weight that can go quickly, right? I…

All flours aren’t created equally.

As a semi-vegetarian (that’s a thing, right?) I’m always looking for ways to add protein to my meals. Recipe trial and error is common in our kitchen. Unfortunately there’s more error than trial but that’s OK – live and learn. After a few attempts I learned the hard way that substituting one type of flour for another is not an automatic win. For example, coconut flour, which smells heavenly and is great for your health, is super absorbent and has a tendency to feel grainy on the tongue when used in baked good. Pancakes, crepes, and cookies crumble just by looking at them. My husband had to give himself the Heimlich Maneuver over the kitchen sink late one night after a cookie-eating binge (sorry honey). I’ve read a bunch about this online and some folks suggest abandoning the effort of flour substitution altogether. A defeatist attitude if you ask me. I’m not trying to be gluten-free…

This site contains *mostly* healthy recipes made without processed ingredients that fuel my second passion: trail running, which accommodates my first passion: eating cake.

I’m not a trained chef, baker, or nutritionist but I am a flexitarian who recently shed 75+ pounds while learning to love to cook – and eat – again.

Note: I live at 6,200′ elevation so my recipes are adjusted to either bake longer, use less liquid or use more flour than folks living at 3,000′ or below.