Category: healthy

• healthier chocolate cake

  

  This chocolate cake has a few unusual things about it: There is a fair amount of oat bran in it. It also uses two apples that you puree with some molasses and coffee first. Lastly, there are a few healthier substitutions that keep it from being too decadent: whole wheat flour instead of cake flour, […]

  Dave G

  January 24, 2021

  60% cacao, baked goods, baking, bittersweet chocolate, cakes, chocolate, chocolate cake, cocoa, dairy-free, dessert, food blogging, healthy, low sugar, snack, snack cakes, whole wheat

  heart-healthy chocolate cake, low-sugar chocolate cake, molasses, oat bran chocolate cake, olive oil chocolate cake, stevia, truvia, whole wheat flour, yes-chocolate cake!

• red quinoa banana oat bars

  

  Sometimes you come across a recipe online that is so basic, so memorable, that you make a mental note of it and try to recreate it without needing to look at the source online, because it’s incredibly easy and basic. And after making it a few times, you’ve made some minor changes and tweaks, and […]

  Dave G

  September 5, 2017

  baked goods, baking, bananas, bars, breakfast, dairy-free, egg-free, food blogging, healthy, low sugar, snack, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian

  banana oat bars, granola bars, oat bars, quinoa, red quinoa

• malunggay pandesal

  

  Good Morning! If there was one constant on my recent trip to the Philippines, it was daily pandesal. Usually in the morning at breakfast. And I’d just have one, usually with margarine, along with other breakfast items. But you can also have it for an afternoon snack, or merienda, and stuff it with other things, […]

  Dave G

  August 19, 2017

  baked goods, baking, bread, buns, dinner rolls, filipino food, food blogging, healthy, savory, snack, yeast breads

  filipino bread rolls, filipino food, malunggay, moringa, pandesal, yeast bread rolls

• banana tahini muffins

  

  A question. At what point does an ingredient get to be part of the name for the recipe? Does it need to be a prominent flavor component? Does it need to be a certain percentage of the overall weight of the finished product? I won’t bore you with the details, but today I had the […]

  Dave G

  May 20, 2017

  baked goods, baking, banana bread, bananas, bread, dairy-free, food blogging, healthy, low sugar, low-fat, muffins, quick bread, snack, vegan, whole wheat

  banana bread, banana muffins, banana tahini muffins, black sesame seeds, cacao nibs, sesame seeds, tahini

• orange ginger carrot cake

  

  Hey! I had the day off, because I usually prefer to take a day off to go to my dentist, only I spaced out and forgot to set an appointment in time, so I just ended up not having anything planned. Except to make this! This was based off of, believe it or not, that famous […]

  Dave G

  May 10, 2017

  baked goods, baking, cakes, dairy-free, dessert, food blogging, healthy, low sugar, vegan, whole wheat

  carrot cake, orange ginger carrot cake, vegan carrot cake

• cherry rye hot cross buns

  

  This is based on 101 cookbooks’ recipe for Black Bread, substituting the carrots and caraway seeds with dried sour cherries. This came about because I’ve been wanting to make hot cross buns, but also wanting to use more rye and whole grains in my bread baking, so this is the culmination of those two goals. I […]

  Dave G

  April 9, 2017

  baked goods, baking, berries, bread, buns, cocoa, food blogging, healthy, low-fat, snack, yeast breads

  buns, cherries, cherry bread, cherry rye hot cross buns, cocoa powder, easter, hot cross buns, molasses, rolls, rye bread, rye buns, rye hot cross buns, whole wheat flour

• summer squash, corn and chiles over rice

  

  Summer Squash is abundant in our area, and since Ben worked the local farmer’s market, the other vendors gave him a whole bunch as barter for Ben’s pizza! But other than making zucchini bread, which we will still need to do, Ben cooked one of his typical meals for us tonight, which was awesome! This […]

  Dave G

  September 11, 2016

  cheap, dinner, food blogging, healthy, low-fat, mexican food

  cilantro, corn, mexican, mexican food, poblano chiles, summer squash, zucchini

• quinoa enchilada bake

  

  Ben continually surprises me with his unexpected dinners on Monday nights. It was so good the next day for lunch at work that I took the photo above using my phone. I ran out of avocado and tomato, but doesn’t it look good already? Please imagine some freshly chopped avocado slices and tomatoes! Carnivore Ben […]

  Dave G

  March 8, 2015

  baking, casseroles, dinner, healthy, vegetarian

  enchilada bake, quinoa, quinoa enchilada bake

• magic cassava coconut cake

  

  My mother used to bake mainly during Christmas, and occasionally for a few other events. She cooked a lot more than she baked. Having 5 children and working full time, she was an extremely time constrained individual, yet found the time to make home cooked meals for us on most nights, and we happily ate them […]

  Dave G

  November 8, 2014

  baked goods, baking, cakes, dessert, filipino food, gluten-free, healthy, island food

  cassava cake, cassava coconut cake, coconut, coconut milk, gluten-free, macapuno, tapioca, unsweetened coconut cream, vanilla, yucca