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{Healthier} Double Chocolate Muffins

September 1, 2014 by Cate 30 Comments

These double chocolate muffins are a chocolate lovers dream breakfast. And you can feel good about starting the day with chocolate because these are actually light!

Did everyone have a nice labor day weekend? TheBetterHalf and I were in St. Louis visiting my family. In fact as you read this, we are on our way to the airport to head back to NYC. The weekends always fly by way too fast!

Tomorrow morning is going to be rough – not only is the long weekend over, but summer is over. I am definitely going to need something good for breakfast to cheer me up, and Double Chocolate Muffins will be just the thing. Light and fluffy chocolate muffins full of chocolate chips – who wouldn’t smile if that was on their breakfast plate?! And the fact that they are actually light and healthy is just icing on the cake!

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Skinny Desserts

August 30, 2014 by Cate Leave a Comment

You won’t believe that these 15 skinny desserts are actually light! Healthy twists on classic desserts means you can go back for seconds!

(Click the images in the slideshow above for the recipes. The collection of recipes is on Foodie.com)

It is no surprise that I have a HUGE sweet tooth. I love anything sweet and eat dessert pretty much every night. I just can’t resist sugar! And that is why skinny desserts are my best friend. I love lightening up classic dessert recipes whenever I can. I’m always subbing in Greek yogurt, applesauce, and almond milk in my recipes. This collection of recipes is full of healthier versions of classic desserts. You won’t even miss the fat or calories – all of them taste absolutely delicious! And since they are skinny, you can have seconds 🙂

Disclosure: This is a sponsored opportunity with Foodie.com. All opinions are 100% my own.

Baked Blueberry Donuts & a Giveaway!

August 29, 2014 by Cate 21 Comments

Light and fluffy baked donuts are full of fresh blueberries and topped with a homemade blueberry glaze. These Baked Blueberry Donuts are bursting with berry flavor!

Happy Friday! Labor Day Weekend is so bittersweet. I love having a day off work, the promise of my favorite season ahead, and Notre Dame football starting tomorrow (!). But on the other hand, it means the end of summer which is always kind of sad. So to send summer off in style I drank a bottle of Rosé with my friends last night and made baked blueberry donuts for you – because nothing says summer to me more than fresh berries! And Rosé.

Also, today marks the year anniversary of the Mystery Dish group!! I joined the group late, but I still get to celebrate with them, right?! We are giving away a copy of two fabulous cookbooks – Luca Manfe’s My Italian Kitchen and Christina Ha’s Recipes from My Home Kitchen – scroll to the bottom and enter to win!

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Vanilla Frozen Yogurt

August 14, 2014 by Cate 35 Comments

Homemade vanilla frozen yogurt is a perfect summer treat. It is lighter than ice cream but still has all the creamy goodness and delicious vanilla bean flavor!

Whoa, how is the summer almost over? Some of my blogging friends have already started posting pumpkin recipes! I’m not complaining – pumpkin is my second love (after peanut butter) and I bake with it year round. But I have so many summer recipes I still want to make before the summer ends. Things with corn and tomatoes and berries and peaches and zucchini… I have a lot of baking to do between now and Sept 1 🙂

So since I’m not quite ready to embrace the pumpkin, today I have a perfect summer recipe for you – Vanilla Frozen Yogurt!

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{Healthier} Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

August 7, 2014 by Cate 17 Comments

Healthier Chocolate Chip Zucchini bread is the perfect way to use up your zucchini this summer! It is light, although you would never know it – it tastes so delicious!

One of the most popular recipes on my blog is my Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread. And today I have a variation on that delicious loaf – Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread! I love making zucchini bread in the summer – it seems like fresh zucchini is all over the place all summer long and zucchini bread is the perfect way to use it up. You can’t beat having two whole zucchinis hiding in a delicious treat. The whole loaf only has 1/4 cup of oil, yet it is still super moist thanks to Greek yogurt and the zucchini!

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