Lightened Up

Homemade French Onion Dip made with sour cream, mayonnaise and caramelized onions.

Gingerbread with Applesauce is a lighter take on the original recipe, but this is true gingerbread. Spicy, moist, and impossible to resist.

Strawberry Oatmeal Bars sweetened with Truvia Baking Blend.

Emily from Jelly Toast is back with another fabulous guest post – Chocolate Coconut Scones.

Pairing tender gingerbread cookies with fluffy and sweet cinnamon cream cheese filling puts a modern twist on a holiday classic.

A perfect blend of fresh fruit combines with strawberry jam to create a deliciously sweet and summery dessert salsa.

Homemade granola bars with almonds, dried cherries and dark chocolate.

Brian and I decided to stay home for Easter and also decided on a less than traditional lunch and dinner menu. We headed to the market with no real plan (which is completely unlike my list driven self) and decided to the let the ingredients guide us. We picked up shrimp, rotisserie chicken, fresh jalapenos, …

I am not a huge breakfast fan, most of the time I roll out of bed with enough time to shower and get ready for work. Honestly, I would prefer an extra ten minutes of sleep over preparing and eating breakfast. This comes back to bite me in the butt when I am starving by …

With summer vegetable crops overflowing, it seems like everyone with a garden is passing out veggies. Earlier in the week, Bri came home with summer squash from a co-worker and I had no clue what to do with them. I love vegetables, but squash does not rank high on my list. Although I find it …

In the past month or so I have gotten quite a few emails from readers looking for lightened up baked goods to to serve to their families and friends. If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that butter, cream cheese and sugar are amongst my best pals, but I figured I …