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Peaches ‘n Cream Cake with Walnuts – Gluten Free

June 11, 2011
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I created this peach cake for a super cool event hosted by Amanda from Amanda’s Cookin’ blog. The Secret Recipe Club is a food blogger event in which we are given the name of a blog and we create a recipe based off something in their recipe box. Participants need to keep the info secret [...]

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Stevia Favorite Go-To Sweetener

February 24, 2011
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Stevia is my go-to sweetener. 99% of the sweets I create on Family Fresh Cooking are sugar free. Each time I post a muffin, cookie, cake, parfait, pudding or breakfast with stevia I get many questions about it. Stevia is becoming more and more popular for calorie conscious & low carb diets. I want to help [...]

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Sugar Free Lifestyle

February 24, 2011
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Most of my sweet recipes are sweetened with stevia. I chose to live a sugar free lifestyle and it has changed my world for the better. With this change it is so much easier to control weight. Workouts are shorter, which opens up time for more blogging! My moods are better, skin is clearer, I [...]

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Pomegranate Blueberry Coconut Muffins

February 14, 2011
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We adore muffins over here. They are perfect for any time of day, as grab and go snacks, breakfast or even pre or post workout meals. This recipe has a silky, delicate and moist texture. They are gobble ‘em up great. There is coconut in two forms, coconut flour and unsweetened light coconut milk. There is [...]

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Banana Almond Snack Cake

January 13, 2011
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On the heels of Food Blogger Camp I wanted to bring you a cake that epitomizes what this blog is all about. Healthy, whole food ingredients that taste great, make you feel energized & well fed. This is a banana nut bread recipe that pairs perfectly with a steamy morning cup of coffee or as [...]

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Happy Healthy Slimmer New Year

January 3, 2011
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I hope you all had a safe, happy, fun, tasty & peaceful New Years. Did you write down any resolutions? I did not, however I do have day to day benchmarks I strive for. Mindfulness, health, happiness, accessibility, openness, adventure seeking, love & honesty are a few key words that govern my life. Daily. Not just [...]

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Chocolate Pumpkin Cornbread Cake

November 8, 2010
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Cornbread. With pumpkin & chocolate. I think I will need to rename this the pumpkin blog as I can’t get enough of the stuff these days. Cornbread as cake is a fun thing indeed. Cornmeal shows up a lot around here lately in all kinds of cakes, muffins and cookies, pancakes, etc. It has a [...]

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Pear Spice Cake with Toasted Walnuts

November 4, 2010
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Ready, set, go! We have launched into Thanksgiving mode. Good bye Halloween, hello Turkey and trimmings. Over here we have all the Fall spices lined up and ready for action. Today I bring you pear cake. OMG. I came up with this cake to pay tribute to all of the beautiful pears I have been [...]

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Pumpkin Ricotta Stuffed French Toast

October 28, 2010
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On Tuesday I tweeted this “Should I go Sweet or Savory for my Thursday post??” @bodaciousgirl responded with  ”The other “S” – Spooky.”  That request fit in with none of the recipes I had in the posting pipeline. Truly, I thought I was done posting Halloween. Not. Quite.

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Raspberry Lemon Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting

October 21, 2010
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Can we divert from Fall for a second here? As much as I am LOVING posting all my cool season pumpkin, sweet potato & cinnamon spice recipes I need to de-rail for a moment. I had a special request from my daughter & it needed to be honored. How could I refuse? I know the raspberry [...]

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Sweet Potato Crisp

October 18, 2010
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Great news, you can have this crisp for breakfast, snacks, side dishes, brunch or dessert. You can even tuck a ramekin of this inside your lunchbox for a creamy, sweet, guilt free homemade treat to enjoy while on the go. In my world oats, butter and sweet potatoes need to be enjoyed year round. You can also substitute [...]

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Watermelon Frozen Yogurt Popsicles

July 27, 2010
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Anyone out there remember Dannon Frozen Yogurt Pops from back in the 80′s? Or was it the 70′s? I think I am starting to date myself. Anyway, I used to love those frozen treats. They were different from anything else in the ice cream aisle. They were creamy, sweet, tangy and dreamy. They were the [...]

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Grilled Coconut Sweet Potato Kebabs

July 23, 2010
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Thankfully I want and crave healthy food all the time. I desire simple preparations that let the ingredients speak for themselves. Sweet Potatoes (what we interchangeably call the Yam) is at the top of my list. Traditionally sweet potatoes are served in the Fall & Winter months. I need them and crave them all year round. [...]

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Chocolate Crepes with Cherry Jam and Ricotta Cheese

July 20, 2010
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With so much cherry going on these days I simply had to create a recipe using everyone’s favorite Summer fruit. I recently purchased a few pints ofBing & Rainier Cherries at Whole Foods. While many were enjoyed out of hand….most were added to these crepes in the form of a cherry jam. I have been [...]

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Green Tea Matcha Yogurt Parfait

April 5, 2010
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How about some green tea yogurt parfaits to celebrate the arrival of Spring. I know, I am the self proclaimed mountain girl who likes everything winter & snow. Perhaps I am softening up a bit and enjoying the fact that I live in the OC.  Apart from the small tremor we felt yesterday, Orange County [...]

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