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An Epic Roundup of 18 Healthy Gingerbread Recipes!

December 11, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 39 Comments

Our love for gingerbread has been so real and were not sorry about it one bit! We hope your obsessed with gingerbread too because we have an epic roundup of 18 healthy gingerbread recipes for you to enjoy from our favorite bloggers that go beyond the traditional gingerbread cookie!

Gingerbread Oatmeal Brûlée from Athletic Avocado

Homemade Gingerbread Almond Butter from Emilie Eats

Quinoa Gingerbread Pancakes from The Balanced Berry

Healthy Gingerbread Energy Balls from In It 4 the Long Run

White Chocolate Gingerbread Mug Cake with Lemon Glaze from Athletic Avocado

Healthy Gingerbread Mousse from The Almond Eater

Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal from The Blissful Balance

Vegan Gingerbread Coffee Creamer from Diary of an Ex-Sloth

Pear Gingerbread from The Lean Green Bean

No-Bake Gingerbread Protein Bars from Fit Mitten Kitchen

Paleo Dark Chocolate Cranberry Gingerbread Coffee Cake from Athletic Avocado

Cranberry Gingerbread Scones from Love Me Feed Me

Coconut Gingerbread Protein Muffins from Healthy Helper

Gingerbread Donuts from Strength and Sunshine

No-Bake Gingerbread Cheesecake Truffles from Fresh Fit n’ Healthy

Soft and Chewy Paleo Gingerbread Cookies from Physical Kitcheness

Bourbon Peanut Butter Gingerbread Bites from Cotter Crunch

Eggnog Gingerbread Smoothie from Pancake Warriors

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We hope you enjoy these Healthy Ginerbread Recipes!

Pomegranate Dark Chocolate Grain-free Biscotti {Paleo & Vegan option}

November 9, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 44 Comments

I don’t know about you all, but holidays mean family time. I love gatherings with my big, beautiful italian family and creating amazing memories for a lifetime! Desserts in particular are always the center of our family functions (because we are italians and italians love to eat!). The most popular dessert is ALWAYS Grandmom’s biscotti ( not grain-free biscotti ) because grandmom is a specialty cookie artist.

NOTHING beats Grandmom’s cookies, I repeat nothing! She’s got 85 years of biscotti making under her belt and she’s still going strong at 90! Even if I follow her exact recipe, they still don’t turn out as good as hers does (she’s got the magic touch!).

Now I know I’ll never ever be able to compete with Grandmom’s biscotti, but I wanted to make my own healthy version. When I saw the Recipe Redux contest with siggi’s yogurt, I knew this was my calling to make the popular italian holiday cookie (yes with yogurt!).

Siggi’s Yogurt is an icelandic style yogurt that includes simple + delicious ingredients with minimal sugar. Another awesome aspect of siggi’s is that each flavor contains more protein than grams of sugar! Not all of national yogurt brands can say that!

I combined siggi’s amazing quality coconut 2% yogurt with other ingredients to create these healthy + decadent pomegranate dark chocolate Grain-free Biscotti! Seriously, these italian holiday cookies are bursting with flavor and will be perfect on your holiday table!

Pomegranate and Dark Chocolate Grain-free Biscotti

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 35

Total Time 50

Servings 16 biscotti

Ingredients

2 cups Ottos Cassava Flour
1/2 tsp/ baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 eggs beaten (use 2 flax eggs for a vegan option)
1/4 cup coconut oil melted
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1 5.3 container Siggi's 2% coconut yogurt*
1/2 cup coconut milk
seed from one pomegranate
1/2 cup dark chocolate chunks
CHOCOLATE COATING:
3 Tbsp. coconut oil melted
3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
1 Tbsp. maple syrup
2 Tbsp. shredded coconut

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and cinnamon.
Add in remaining ingredients excluding pomegranates and chocolate and mix to a well-formed dough.
Carefully fold in pomegranate and chocolate chunks using your hands.
Place parchment paper on a cooking sheet and add on dough.
Shape dough into a flat log and bake for 20 minutes.
Take out of oven and slice diagonally in 1 inch thick strips. Bake for 15 more minutes.
Combine ingredients for chocolate coating and dip ends of biscotti in. Sprinkle coconut on top.
Enjoy!
*for strictly paleo or vegan, sub coconut yogurt or 1/2 cup coconut cream for siggis dairy yogurt
Adapted from Every Last Bite

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Gluten-free Peppermint Brownies

December 19, 2014 by Bethany And Rachel 18 Comments

With christmas peeking behind the corner, I just couldn’t help myself getting into the christmas spirit a little early. I always look forward to baking desserts for holiday parties, but this year things are going to be a tad different. Instead of using tons of butter and unhealthy ingredients, my plan is create healthy clean eating recipes without my family evening knowing! The same great taste but way less calories and tons of health benefits! Peppermint is one of the official flavors of Christmas so what better way then to make healthy clean eating peppermint brownies? Packed with loads of health benefits like fiber, vitamins, healthy fats and so on, you won’t know they are healthy!

Gluten-free Peppermint Brownies

(adapted from Fit Foodie Finds)

1 cup garbanzo bean flour (or any gluten-free flour)
3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg or 2 egg whites, beaten (or flax egg)
1/4 cup agave nectar/maple syrup/honey
1 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
1 tsp. peppermint extract (use 1 1/2 tsp if not using stevia)
1/2 tsp. peppermint stevia
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips, melted (can be vegan)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl combine flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Mix well.
In a separate bowl combine egg, agave, coconut oil and extracts. Combine well.
Combine wet ingredients into dry ingredients, making sure to mix well and scraping sides of bowl to ensure evenly mixed.
Add melted chocolate and stir batter well to evenly distribute chocolate.
Spray cooking spray in a glass pan. Spoon in batter and spread evenly throughout pan.
Bake for about 20 minutes, or until done.
Enjoy!

Health Benefits

All-natural
No preservatives
No processed sugar
Refined sugar-free
Healthy fats
Full of fiber
Clean ingredients
Gluten-free
Dairy-free(if using dairy-free chocolate)
Vegan
Vegetarian
Tons of antioxidants and vitamins

Clean eating Cinnamon Sugar Mango Jam

November 30, 2014 by Bethany And Rachel 8 Comments

This delicious and healthy Cinnamon Sugar Mango Jam is the perfect spread on toast, waffles, pancakes or swirled in yogurt or ice cream!

Did you ever like something so much that you buy more of it than you can actually eat? Yeah I made that mistake more than once. I LOVE mangoes so when there was a sale I bought 5 too many and well, 3 ended up in the trash. The others were super ripe, so I knew I needed to make something with them pronto! I’ve been wanting to make jam, but never thought I was gonna make mango jam. But I did, and it turned out super awesome! The cinnamon and coconut sugar make it out of this world! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Clean eating Cinnamon- (Coconut) Sugar Mango Jam

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Ingredients

2 cups ripe mashed mangoes you can also puree them if you prefer
2 Tbsp. coconut sugar
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a larger bowl. Mix well.
Add mixture to a saucepan and place on low heat. Let simmer for about 20 minutes , stirring mixture every few minutes.
Let cool and Enjoy!

Health Benefits:

All-natural
No preservatives
No processed ingredients
No refined sugar
Fiber
Grain-free
Dairy-free
Gluten-free
Vegan
Vegetarian
Paleo
Whole 30

Gingerbread Spiced Almonds

November 16, 2014 by Bethany And Rachel 6 Comments

With Thanksgiving and Christmas quickly approaching, I am always looking for new and unique gifts to give out to my family and friends. I always love making some kind of holiday food in a healthy way! I decided to adapt a gingerbread spice almond recipe that I found on the internet, making it with whole and better-for-you ingredients. I am sure that everyone from young to old will enjoy these gingerbread spiced treats! No one will know that they are the least bit healthy because they are so delicious! These are the perfect treat to bring to your Thanksgiving/Christmas parties or are a great gift!

Gingerbread Spiced Almonds (recipe adapted from Crosby’s)

1 tbsp Earth Balance Organic Coconut Spread
2 tbsp Molasses
1 tbsp coconut sugar
1.5 tsp ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
2 cups unsalted almonds

1. Melt Coconut spread, molasses, sugar and spices in a small sauce pan on low heat, about 5 minutes, or until sugar dissolves

2. Toss in almonds and mix well to combine

3. Cover a jelly roll pan with wax paper and spread almonds in a single layer on pan

4. Bake at 300 degrees for about 20 minutes or until

5. Enjoy

Health Benefits

Whole Recipe:

Paleo
Vegan
Protein
Refined sugar free
Gluten-free
Clean
Healthy fats
Vitamins
Minerals
Fiber
All natural
No Preservatives

Almonds:

Vitamin E, B2, Biotin, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Manganese, Copper
High in Healthy Fats
High in fiber

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Pomegranate and Dark Chocolate Grain-free Biscotti

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Gluten-free Peppermint Brownies

Clean eating Cinnamon- (Coconut) Sugar Mango Jam

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