Tag Archives: sugar

  I love baking things with French names because they make me sound like a better baker than I really am or ever will be.  We all know that French = Fancy, and you can’t deny it.  Doesn’t the Apple Gateau Breton with Salted Caramel Sauce sound so much better …

If you are looking for a quick way to spruce up your cookies any time of year, a bit of chocolate is a fabulous way to do it! You can really take almost any cookie, dip half in chocolate, and suddenly it transforms from looking good to looking amazing. Sugar …

SUGAR COOKIESSSS!!!  I am a girl obsessed.  I’ve baked my Healthy Sugar Cookies THREE times in the last two weeks.  Every single batch gets gobbled up as if we are getting paid to shove them in our pie holes.  I was dying to use my DIY Rainbow Confetti in yet another recipe, and since I was …

There’s a good chance that you’re consuming more sugar than you should on a daily basis. The sweet stuff hides in everything from the sauce you put on your pasta to the (seemingly healthy) almond milk you pour on your breakfast cereal. That’s not even counting all the places we …

Photo: Twenty20 Think back to the ’80s and ’90s when buying anything that didn’t don a low-fat label was simply taboo. Back then, butter and egg yolks topped the “do not eat” list, while refined carbs and packaged foods weren’t given a second thought. But times have definitely changed. These …

Photo: Pond5 If you eat dinner solely for the chance to chase it with dessert, we hate to break it to you, but it might be time to try a sugar detox. We’re not talking about a five-day fad cleanse, either. “The ultimate goal is to really downplay sugar in …

Photo: Pond5 It’s 3 p.m., and the sugar cravings are relentless. I’ve tried satisfying them with a handful of fresh blueberries and some chocolate-covered espresso beans that I found in the back of my desk drawer. But I’m still struggling not to sabotage my withdrawal progress with a chocolate shake …