I love making my own granola bars. When I make a batch, and wrap them up individually I am usually pretty darn proud of myself. I am proud for a few reasons; one because I know exactly what is in…
Blog Archives
gingerbread chocolate chunk granola bars
Tagged with: chocolate, coconut oil, gingerbread, gluten free, granola, molasses, money saver, oats, pumpkin
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts
rustic pumpkin pie with hazelnut crust
We have reached the last day of pumpkin-palooza. Now this doesn’t mean pumpkin is gone until next October, it just means I will be working in a little pumpkin here and there. Two straight weeks of pumpkin is a lot…
Tagged with: gluten free, hazelnut, homemade, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, rustic, thanksgiving, vegan
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts
pumpkin chocolate chip cookie pie
This recipe was inspired my favorite healthy vegan dessert blogger, Chocolate Covered Katie. What this girl can do with dessert is absolutely amazing. She crafts sweet beauties that taste so bad for you, but then you learn there are ingredients…
Tagged with: beans, chocolate, chocolate chip, chocolate covered katie, cookie pie, dairy free, deep dish, garbanzo beans, gluten free, oats, pumpkin pie, vegan, white beans
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts
gingerbread and pumpkin pie dip with cinnamon and sugar tortillas
Two of my favorite holiday flavors, gingerbread and pumpkin (the pumpkin preferably in the form of pie). Here these two fall favorites are blended together for a delicious dip. I served these with cinnamon and stevia coated gluten-free tortilla strips.…
Tagged with: cinnamon, dip, gingerbread, gluten free, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, tortillas, vegan
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts, dips
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts, dips
protein pumpkin pie dip
Day three of pumpkin-palooza! So far this love-affair with pumpkin has made an appearance in soup and in spaghetti. Today’s recipe is a versatile dip and can be used in a variety of ways: spread on rice cakes with apple…
Tagged with: dip, protein, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, smoothie, white beans
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts, dips
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts, dips
carob peanut-butter ice cream
Since summer has rolled around I have been making ice cream at least once a week. This is a three-ingredient ice cream that uses carob in place of cocoa powder. You could of course use cocoa powder, but here are…
Tagged with: banana, carob, chocolate, cocoa, dairy free, ice cream, organic, peanut butter, raw, sweet, vegan, vitamix
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts
banana peach sorbet
I love dairy-free ice cream. My favorite summer treat is organic coconut milk ice cream, only problem – it costs $8 a pint. A few months ago I made the best purchase of my life and invested in a Vitamix.…
Tagged with: banana, blender, coconut, frozen, gluten free, ice cream, kid friendly, mango, peach, treat, vegan, vitamix
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts
Posted in barefoot kitchen, desserts
chocolate avocado pudding
Bribe alert! ‘If you eat all your dinner you can have pudding’ – music to a 4-year-olds ears. Bonus – Jacob ate his dinner AND wanted to help make the pudding. When we made this batch, it was 40°C outside,…
avocado chard ‘put-in’
Pudding, or ‘put-in’ as Jacob calls it, is about as healthy as dessert gets. While I hesitate to even call these green vitamin-packed puddings dessert, kids think it’s a special treat and are oblivious to the fact that they’re eating…
