Category Archives: Dessert

Our Favorite Cookbooks Right Now

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As constant cookers (is that a word?  Quinn’s grandma says it, so let’s roll with it) we are constantly looking for new and fresh ideas.

Sometimes divine inspiration strikes when strolling through the grocery store or farmer’s markets, but sometimes we need to take it up a notch and seek it out at a stellar farm-to-table restaurant or in a kickass cookbook…

And our video below is all about the latter!  Watch to see our current faves for getting our “foodbrain” juices flowing and make sure to stay tuned until the end because we have a special announcement.

We created our own cookbook!

We are SO freaking excited to announce the arrival of our new baby, {Healthy} Cooking Camp’s {Healthy} Basics Cookbook!

It includes over 30 of our most tried and true recipes for mind-blowingly delicious, healthy food, and features some of our signature dishes that can only be found in this cookbook, like:

  • No-Bake Brownie
  • HCC Grab-n-Go Bar
  • Gorgeous Glazed Salmon
  • Mmm mmm Miso Pesto
  • Free Up Your Fridge Frittata

This is the perfect cookbook for someone who wants to start cooking healthier food but needs to know exactly where to begin. 

We totally break it down so you know exactly how many servings each recipe yields, how long it will take AND for each recipe we include 5 suggested “swaps” so you can play around with the ingredients and really make these recipes feel like your own.

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To purchase our brand new cookbook, click here!  

We hope you’ll add {Healthy} Cooking Camp’s: Healthy Basics Cookbook to your list of favorites too.

And a quick lil favor, we would reeeeeally appreciate if you could help us spread the word about our new cookbook so click here tell all your tweeps!  Think of all the recipes you and your friends can make together!  (And as we can tell you, together is oh so fun.)

We’d also love to know, what are your other favorite cookbooks for culinary inspiration?  Please share in the comments!

 

 

Everything Free Banana Bread Muffins

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Posted by: Robyn

These muffins have been eaten by all sorts of folks in dietary land and have been loved through and through. My hubs even proclaimed that if I made 3 batches and zip-locked them for him to take to work he would be good for breakfast FOREVER! Bold statement!

I hope you enjoy my favorite baking adventure treat. Feel free to make them in a loaf pan but be sure to bake the bread for 45-60 minutes and insert a toothpick to check when it’s cooked through (the toothpick should come out clean and the bread should feel firm in the middle when gently touched). Look at me getting all baking language up in this joint!photo 1

 Everything Free Banana Bread Muffins
Servings: 10-12
Time: 45 minutes

  •  4 bananas, yellow (they do not need to be overly ripe)
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup almond butter
  • 4 tablespoons melted butter
  • 1/2 cup coconut flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Combine your bananas, eggs, nut butter, and butter in a blender, food processor, or mixing bowl and mix well (if using a mixing bowl you need a good hand-mixer).

Once all of your ingredients are blended move mixture to a mixing bowl and add in coconut flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla, and sea salt and mix well.

Add natural cupcake liners to a muffin pan and pour in your batter evenly throughout the pans. You should be able to fill one standard 12 muffin sized pan.

Place in your preheated oven and bake for 30-35 minutes, the tops should be a golden brown. Remove from oven and allow muffins to cool on a baking rack (if you don’t have a baking rack you can just tilt them sideways in the pan to allow air to circulate underneath the muffins (I obviously do not own a baking rack).

Feel free to serve with chopped toasted pecans or walnuts and a little drizzle of honey. You could also include 1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips or chopped nuts in the batter. I’ve heard they’re delicious this way. :)

Two Food Filled Holidays!

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Passover and Easter.  Easter and Passover.  Both awesome holidays and both have their own fun food traditions.

Since we’ve been mega busy this time of year traveling, giving cooking classes and loving up our clients, we turned to the blogosphere for divine recipe inspiration.

If you’re looking to make your own matzoh or enjoy Easter the naturally sweetened way, our foodie friends have got you covered!

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Institute for Integrative Nutrition’s Gluten-Free Passover

Sweet Loren’s Homemade Matzoh

Health Coach Quinn’s Vanilla Mint Macaroon’s


 

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Recipe: Cabernet Sorbet

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With Valentine’s day looming we wanted to hook you up with with a super sweet treat to share with your sweet heart OR if you’re rolling solo this v-day this is an easy, guilt free recipe that will keep you feeling sexy and svelte.

We love chocolate as much as the next gal but sometimes it’s nice to switch it up a bit.  So dive into this beautiful dessert that will definitely make you moan and groan (even if you’re alone!)

These are ingredients you probably have around anyway so it’s an easy one to whip up and impress a special someone any time of year.

Cabernet Sorbet
Servings: 2
Time: 5 minutes

  • 2 cups frozen berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries or a mix)
  • ½ banana (ideally, pre-frozen)
  • ½ cup cabernet sauvignon wine
  • ¼ cup organic sugar
  • 1 teaspoon alcohol free vanilla extract

Directions

Put everything in the blender and mix until smooth.  Serve immediately.

As a make ahead option you can freeze the prepared sorbet in an airtight container with a layer of parchment paper or saran wrap placed directly on the surface of the sorbet.  This will keep oxygen from hitting your frozen treat and prevent freezer burn. Allow about 10 to 15 minutes for the sorbet to soften at room temperature before serving.

*NOTE* You don’t have to use Cabernet–or berries for that matter!  You can switch up the flavor profiles by using frozen mango with white wine, or raspberries and rosé.  Go cray-cray.

 

Rosemary Pear Compote

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Pears are often thought of as the red headed step child of the uber-adored apple.

But not in our kitchen!  We celebrate that funky shaped fruit and make it the main event in this sexy, sophisticated compote.  Yup, we just called a compote “sexy”.

Rosemary Pear Compote

Servings: 6-8
Time: 20 minutes

  • 3 pears, peeled, cored and finely chopped
  • 1 sprig of rosemary
  • 1 tablespoon finely grated ginger
  • 1 orange, zested
  • 2 tablespoons dried cranberries
  • 1-2 tablespoons honey
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

Directions

Prep your pears by peeling, coring and chopping them into very small chunks (the smaller you chop them the more quickly they will break down/ cook, and the easier it will be for the flavors to marry)

Put the pears in sauce pan on medium-high heat and mix with a wooden spoon.  As juices begin to release use a potato masher to mash the pears down.  Once they start to break down (5-7 minutes), add in the rest of your ingredients.  If the mixture seems like it is really dry or burning you can add some of the juice from the orange.

Mix again to combine everything.  Turn the heat down to medium-low and allow the flavors to mingle for another 10 minutes or so.

Fish out the rosemary sprig and put the compote in jars.  Allow them to cool to room temp before putting them in the fridge.  This is excellent with crackers and cheese.  Also great with turkey or lamb.