When I transformed my diet a few years ago, I started out not knowing or realizing that every food I was indulging in could be made healthy and taste just as good if not better. I have definitely curated a collection of favorites over the years that I always find myself coming back to or to make for family and friends. I will link the recipes to all of my favorites below if they come from an outside source. My absolute favorite places for healthy baking are Rachel Mansfield + The Sweet Laurel Cookbook. Baking with ingredients like coconut flour, and sweetening with alternative sweeteners like coconut sugar or maple syrup is a whole different animal from normal baking and I find both Rachel and Sweet Laurel’s recipes are very easy to make and pretty foolproof.
DESSERT:
-Sweet Laurel Chocolate Cake:
Chocolate cake is hands down my favorite thing to eat. I have always, always ordered it for dessert at any restaurant and I always am craving chocolate after a meal. Let me just tell you now, this is the best chocolate cake you will ever have. No one will ever believe you when you tell them it is gluten free, dairy free, and refined sugar free. My other favorites from Sweet Laurel include the Oatmeal raisin cookies, the banana bread, and the waffles. (You can’t go wrong with anything though, I’ve never been disappointed)
-Dates with Almond Butter
-Hu Kitchen Crunchy Mint Bar
-Purely Elizabeth Almond Butter Granola with almond butter + Hu Kitchen Gems mixed together (My version of cookie dough :) )
SNACKS:
I am a big sweet tooth so my snacks are primarily fruit. I love fruit and usually have 5-6 servings a day!
-Lundenberg Brown Rice Stackers (lightly salted) w/ almond butter
-Organic Honeycrisp Apples
-Strawberries + almonds or pistachios
-Smoothie with spinach, almond milk (I love Malk Organics), banana, either frozen berries or cacao powder
-Clementines
-Mary’s Gone Crackers (plain) with Hummus or Treeline Nut cheese
-CoYo coconut yogurt with Purely Elizabeth Almond Butter Granola
BREAKFAST:
-Oatmeal with almond butter, cinnamon, and berries
-Ezekiel toast (either cinnamon raisin with almond butter or plain with avocado + lemon)
-Waffles + pancakes: Sweet Laurel, Rachel Mansfield, or Simple Mills Mix
LUNCH/DINNER:
-Salad w/ vegan pesto, chickpeas, red onion, cucumber, tomato
-Avocado toast with lots of lemon or EBTB seasoning
-Melissa Wood Health’s Vegan Penne Vodka
-Brown Rice Pasta with Kite Hill Almond Milk Ricotta + Pesto
-Simple Mills Pizza Crust with Kite Hill Almond Milk Ricotta
-Pesto Chicken Meatballs with Rao’s Sauce + Roasted Broccoli
