I ♥ Low Fat, Healthy Brownies

HEART-HEALTHY BROWNIES Easy, Chocolaty & Guilt Free (Also Cute)! I first tasted black bean brownies at a party after an Aikido seminar in Boston.  I thought they were fantastic; fudgy dense and chocolaty.  These will definitely appeal to kids and are easy to make with a little adult help with the food processor. These brownies [...]

Puppy Bread – Healthy, Wholegrained, Cute and Yummy

PUPPY BREAD (Made with birdseed!) This recipe is from Cooks.com.  The only change I made was adding a handful of walnuts (although I think I might also add extra sunflower seeds in the next batch). I was looking for a recipe for “Kilkenny Bread”, it was a wonderfully delicious bread that my mom used to [...]

Butterflies in your Stomach…The Yummy Kind!

  It’s spring, and one of the ways I’ve been celebrating it is by making delicious tidbits with the Kaleidoscope Butterfly mold. The Butterfly Brunch page shows how to make butterfly appetizers with port wine cheese spread and crackers.   Today I made cheddar cheese butterflies on butterfly-shaped crackers and made sweet bean paste butterflies [...]

Butterfly Brunch

How to make a Butterfly-Themed Garden Party/Tea Party   Yes, I had to wait patiently for the apple tree to bloom for this shot – and for a sunny day! Jump over to the Zanda Panda website to see how to make all the goodies pictured above, such as butterfly cake and cupcake toppers, embossed [...]

Heart-Healthy Cream Cheese Cake

Heart-Healthy Cream Cheese Cake   This cake is very easy to make, even for kid chefs and novice bakers.  The recipe has lots of room for experimentation to give it your own special twist.  It also uses the tub from the cream cheese to measure the other ingredients, so clean-up is very easy. The recipe [...]