Feasting on Fruit
Tons of peanut flavor in the form of creamy ice cream and chewy date chunks, this Chunky Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream is a healthy breakfast or dessert!
When it comes to food holidays I am usually a beat behind and a day too late. Actually that is pretty much true when it comes to trends in general, but that’s a conversation for another time.
Did you know March is National Peanut Butter Month? (Just peanut, not butter–see how lost I am with this stuff?!)
Naturally sweet coconut complimented by the bright citrus combination of lemon and lime makes these macaroons a perfect sweet simple 5-ingredient snack!
My one and only health food store is a bit of a drive away. Only about 30 minutes, but I do have to cross the ocean to get there. Okay it’s technically a bay and the bridge is only a few miles, but that somehow makes it feel like a bigger effort. That bridge is a good deterrent really, otherwise it is likely I would end up going every day for one thing or another (not to say I still don’t make the drive at least weekly). But only health food store = expensive health food store, so I try to stay away as much as possible.
Moist fluffy oat flour cake with two layers of cinnamon streusel and a silky glaze on top–this Vegan Coffee Cake is a delectable baked morning treat!
Sometimes when I finally crack a tricky recipe and am completely in love with how it turned out I cannot wait to share. I want to shoot the video as fast as possible, edit even faster, and have it posted yesterday. My excitement turns into an urgent need for you to know all about whatever this tasty treat is too.
With two kinds of cookie in every bite, these Chocolate Vanilla Marble Cookies are swirly soft-baked snacking at it’s sweetest! Vegan, gluten-free, oil-free.
There is something unusual about this recipe.
No it’s not the melding of two kinds of cookie into one, although this is my first time making a half-and-half cookie.
No it’s not that this is the first cookie recipe since last Christmas.
No it’s not the scrumptious soft-baked texture or the sweet baking scent of these two-toned cookies, although those things do come with. I don’t know what made these cookies so especially aromatic, but the cookie fumes they pump into Disney World could be based off of these exactly.
This Birthday Cake Overnight Oat Parfait is all the fun flavors of a sprinkle-studded birthday cake in one healthy fruit-sweetened breakfast jar!
It’s almost my birthday so I will put sprinkles in my breakfast if I want to.
In years past I have planned a cake or cupcake recipe for right around this time, sticking with classic b-day tradition. But this year I decided on a sprinkle-studded breakfast parfait because it’s as much of a party but without all the multi-layer messy frosting fuss. You could even stick a candle in top if you wanted to, but I am not responsible for any fire damage that may lead to.
Now I know I said there wasn’t any tricky layering involved in this birthday breakfast, but to earn the title of “parfait” there still have to be a few deliciously distinct layers…
The cake crumbles. At the very bottom of the jar is one of my favorite vanilla cupcakes crumbled into sweet cake chunks. A delicious end note of cake after you make it through all those sprinkles. Be sure to really smush the crumbles in though (or even put a thin layer of frosting on top) otherwise the oats will seep through and take over the bottom spot.
The funfetti oats. The main component of this party-in-a-jar and the only reason we can justify calling it breakfast is the overnight oat layer. Just because they are technically a breakfast food doesn’t mean they don’t taste like birthday though. Cake flavor courtesy of sweet vanilla extract, squishy dates, optional vanilla protein powder for extra thickness, and of course SPRINKLES!
Since we are sweetening with dates here, you will need a blender. I like to blend everything except for the oats and sprinkles until very smooth and creamy, then add the oats and briefly pulse them in. Sprinkles are best saved until the next day, and stirred in right before eating. I went with classic funfetti-style sprinkles but you could use these homemade coconut ones too.
The coconut “frosting”. Since the oats are already so thick and rich, I decided to go light and fluffy for the frosting. Coconut whipped cream works perfectly, or Cocowhip. Because sprinkles look most birthday-appropriate when resting on a fluffy cloud of something creamy!
Toppings. I don’t think the extra cake and sprinkles on top even require an explanation. It is my birthday in a couple of days, remember?
You can keep this birthday jar all to yourself, but with the cupcakes in there too it really is enough breakfast to share. Or save for dessert later–up to you!
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This Birthday Cake Overnight Oat Parfait is all the fun flavors of a sprinkle-studded birthday cake in one healthy fruit-sweetened breakfast jar!
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