Category: Sweet Bites

This sun has been making me do crazy things. Like make tropical cookies while Jack Johnson’s words float around my kitchen like happy little sunshine fairies. Wearing hula skirts. Welcome to my thoughts.  So, when those said cookies turn out to be soo good, but also great for you (as far as cookies go), you let those fairies […]

I made you this cake. Gluten-free carrot zucchini cake, to be exact. It’s pretty much like eating vegetables for breakfast, so listen up. But first a story. So, yesterday I was making this cake, and I started thinking about what a difference taking actual action has had in my life. Side note: this always seems to […]

You know how you used to eat a pack of graham crackers after school? Like literally– the whole pack. Dunked in milk with lightening speed on those little chubby fingers. Remember? You had to be on your A game. One second too long, and you got that big gross mushy glass of milk at the end. Crackers, […]

[originally published November 2014] So, we’re 1 week out.. And what are you bringing to the table this year? Lots of fall veggies and real food dishes? Check. And a little bit of the things that you LOVE [even those that are not nutrient dense]? Like wine. And….. maybe another glass of wine. Or the […]

I have a weird theory about ice cream. I get it. It’s summertime. It’s cooling. Refreshing. It’s the perfect balance of sweet and sugary, and heavy (in the best way) and creamy. Which is why it can get kind of addicting. Even the coconut milk stuff (my personal fav). Because little else gives us all of that goodness in […]

A dessert that you never have to feel bad eating, is dessert after my own heart. One that happens to make you feel like a little kid again, and I’m done for. So, because it’s hot and it’s summer and I can’t stop sneaking little cold bites of these in the fridge and smiling, I […]

As we zoom in on the week of cookbook arrival, I’ve gotten a few questions from people on why I chose to do this project, and how exactly it worked to do it in under a year’s time. So, I thought it would be fun to take you all through my process, and share a little […]

WHAT: Party, party, party-time. WHO: You, silly. And anyone you want to bring. To celebrate like crazy. WHY: Because after a year in the making, The Simply Real Health Cookbook will be here March 20th to have and hold. Woop de woop woop! BRING: Yourself, your book (if you pre-ordered one, and no it’s not too […]

A cookie you can feel great about eating for breakfast is my kind of cookie. Also in that category of things that are my jam– any cookie that actually comes out well enough that other people like it too. I’m not exaggerating. I have no shame about it. Baking is not my forte. All those rules […]

  When I first found this recipe [here], I kind of laughed. By myself. At my computer. A nerdy little chuckle. Pureed cashews? Yeah right. That’s going to be chunky and taste weird. Those vegans. My god. Their tastebuds are so clean, they think anything tastes good. Lucky ducks. But then, it started. The smarty pants […]

This is for real: don’t read this post unless you’re fine with a new addiction. Because, these. These grain-free, refined sugar-free, gluten-free, egg-free and dairy free treats are my favorite things to keep around as of late. And, with so much good stuff in them (coconut oil, walnuts, chia seeds and nut butter for great healthy fats and […]

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