Tag: Cakes

(No Sugar!) Flourless Keto Chocolate Chai Mug Cake

(No Sugar!) Flourless Keto Chocolate Chai Mug Cake

A moist sugar-free, grain-free, paleo, keto chocolate mug cake recipe to end your chocolate cravings in a flash. Complete with two slight changes to the recipe depending on how you like your cake. Cravings. They’re a bitch. Flat out. The way I see it, there are 2 different types of cravings… The emotional craving. You…

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No Grains! Classic Carrot Cake made with… cricket flour (grain-free, dairy-free + paleo)

No Grains! Classic Carrot Cake made with… cricket flour (grain-free, dairy-free + paleo)

A nutrient-dense paleo carrot cake recipe that’s rich in protein. Grain-free and dairy-free… made with cricket flour! That wasn’t a typo, I meant to write cricket flour. Before you go thinking I’m totally loopy crazy, hear me out… a lot of cultures eat bugs. With a naturally sourced nutrient profile of B12, iron, calcium and…

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No-Fuss Skillet Chocolate Cake (gluten-free + paleo)

No-Fuss Skillet Chocolate Cake (gluten-free + paleo)

Paleo chocolate cake baked in a skillet for a no-fuss approach to dessert. Sweetened with figs and topped with thinly sliced strawberries. Chocolate. You love? I love. And, if you’re sensitive or allergic to it, there’s this awesome stuff called carob – a lightly alkalizing, non-stimulating, naturally sweet and lower fat alternative to chocolate.

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Make a cake in a Crock Pot! Blueberry Maple Slow Cooker Cake

Make a cake in a Crock Pot! Blueberry Maple Slow Cooker Cake

Nutrient-rich, nourishing gluten-free blueberry cake drizzled with maple syrup… baked for 4 hours in your slow cooker. I bought this Crock Pot as a New Year’s gift… for myself. The 10 hours I spend in the kitchen, daily, testing + creating new recipes for the blog, leaves me with 0 creativity for family meals and…

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Oil-free Sweet Potato Fudge Cake (no sugar!)

Oil-free Sweet Potato Fudge Cake (no sugar!)

A vegan and gluten-free healthy fudge cake recipe made without oil or sugar. It’s moist, dense, and can be frosted! Oil-free recipes. I’ve been making lots of them. Not because I endorse a fat-free diet. Oil-free and fat-free are not the same. Healthy fats – avocado, nuts, seeds, oils, butters, olives, fish are GREAT. Dietary…

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Vegan Sweet Potato Falafel Cakes

Vegan Sweet Potato Falafel Cakes

Power posse post by David & Steve There are still great misconceptions about what following a plant based diet means and what it entails. For most people we’ve found the biggest hurdle is overcoming eating out, be it visiting friends houses or frequenting their favorite restaurant. Here are our Top Five Tips for Overcoming Social…

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Dark Chocolate Fudge Protein Cake

Dark Chocolate Fudge Protein Cake

I try to supplement my chocolate cravings in creative ways that help me avoid succumbing to sitting on the floor of the pantry with my arms elbow deep in a family-sized chocolate chip bag. While sometimes I end up turning to the dark side, other times I surprise myself and come up with a creative…

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Chocolate Banana Cake Bars (vegan + gluten-free)

Chocolate Banana Cake Bars (vegan + gluten-free)

I have a hard time walking away from a sale. I thought I’d learned my lesson from the 2011 canned pumpkin sale incident, but my freezer full of over-ripe bananas says otherwise. It’s just so challenging to say no to an over-ripe banana. They’re perfect for banana soft-serve, green smoothies, banana pops and can be…

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Paleo Chocolate Fudge + Vanilla Bean Mug Cakes

Paleo Chocolate Fudge + Vanilla Bean Mug Cakes

Have I mentioned how much I love Pinterest? I think my life has become more creative as a result of spending at least 20 minutes a day on the site. I have my eye on fork magnets, flower eggs, and perhaps a bit too many wedding ideas for a girl who’s not even engaged… yet. But…

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5 Ingredient Jam-packed Protein Cakes

5 Ingredient Jam-packed Protein Cakes

One of my biggest frustrations over the past couple of months has been my inability to build muscle. I changed up my workouts, tried out new activities, nothing was helping. As part of my shifting and staying motivated project, I decided to take a long hard look at my diet to see if there were areas…

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