These simple and easy 8-ingredient Healthy Homemade Animal Crackers are the ultimate snack! They’re so simple, yet so addicting. They’re not overly sweet, but you’ll keep coming back for more. And more. And more… You’d never know these DIY Animal Crackers are whole grain, gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, and vegan! They sure don’t taste …
Read More »Healthy Homemade French Macarons
These Healthy Homemade French Macarons are refined sugar free, low fat, and gluten free, but you’d never know it — they taste like the original! I have made (failed) macarons over thirty times. Yes, thirty. The number of trials is quite laughable to me now, but looking back I remember the frustration …
Read More »Healthy Chocolate Muddy Buddies Bunnies
Can I tell you something? I eat bunnies. And smaller the better! … Whoa whoa whoa… not REAL bunnies, silly! I’m talking about these cocoa-covered bunny cookies! They’re super delicious, sweet and crunchy cookies stirred into thick, rich and delicious melted peanut butter, and then coated in intensely flavored dark …
Read More »Healthy Homemade Fruit Snacks — Strawberry Flavored
You’ve surely seen my Healthy Homemade Gummy Bears right?? Well, I keep getting asked, “What’s the difference between your gummy bears and fruit snacks?” The gummy bears are super chewy and “gummy” while the fruit snacks are softer and your teeth sink straight through (kind of like pate de fruit)! …
Read More »Celebrate “#GreenDessertMonth” With Me! 23 Healthy Green Dessert Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day
It hit me that I am coming up on my SIXTH year of blogging this April (how and why can time fly by so quickly?!?). So today I’m going through the archives and sharing a bunch of green recipes I’ve posted over the years, to bring you this ahhhmazing list of 23 …
Read More »Secret Ingredient Healthy Nutella Fudge
Do you like/love-so-much-you-could-marry Nutella? Yes? Me too! So I made it in fudge form ? This Healthy Nutella Fudge is sweet, chocolatey and satisfying. Oh, and it’s healthy too. It’s made with a surprising secret ingredient that might just gross you out but don’t worry, you can’t taste it. Trust me, nobody knew it was there! This fudge is packed full of protein, fiber …
Read More »Healthy Krispy Treats (Plus an Idea for Valentine’s Day!)
You really can’t go wrong with Krispy Treats — they’re crunchy, they’re chewy, they’re super sweet, and they’re packed with fluffy marshmallows. Oh wait, yeah, that’s the problem… they’re full of fructose and corn syrup, preservatives, and artificial food dyes (yuck). That’s why I made these Healthy Krispy Treats! LOOK AT …
Read More »Qumran Cave 12: New Dead Sea Scrolls Cave Discovered
Archaeologists working near Qumran in Israel have found a cave that previously contained Dead Sea scrolls. They now suggest ‘the cave should be numbered as Cave 12, along with the 11 caves previously known to have housed the famous manuscripts.’ Fault cliff and entrance to Cave 12. Image credit: Casey …
Read More »Archaeologists Uncover 38,000-Year-Old Pointillist Engravings
Pointillism — a painting technique in which dots are used to create the illusion of a larger image — was developed in the 1880s by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. However, a team of archaeologists led by New York University Anthropology Professor Randall White has now found evidence of this …
Read More »Remarkable Maya Pendant Unearthed in Belize
A team of archaeologists led by Geoffrey Braswell, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego, has found a remarkable artifact at a Maya archaeological site in Belize: a large piece of carved jade once belonging to an ancient Maya king. The Maya jade pendant is inscribed with …
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