Category: Desserts & Snacks

• Fudgy Dark Chocolate and Raspberry Brownie Cookies – v, gf

  These cookies are deep, dark, fruity, and delicious. Not exactly a health food, I’ll grant you, but read the recipe before you judge too harshly. You’ll be pleasantly surprised. And I figure, it’s April, there is a sniff of spring in the air, and before the rhubarb pokes its nose out of the warm earth and the […]

  Emily Joldersma RHN

  April 19, 2015

  Desserts & Snacks, Healthy Recipes, Uncategorized

  brown rice flour, chickpea flour, cocoa powder, coconut milk, coconut palm sugar, cookies, Dark chocolate, dark chocolate chips, gluten-free, naturally-sweetened, raspberries, vegan

• Orange, Cranberry and Dark Chocolate Scones (or Bannock, for you Outlander fans) – v, gf

  Is this an Easter post or an Outlander post or a scone post, you might ask? It’s actually all of the above. Fact is, I’m reclaiming guilty pleasures. I saw we unabashedly own the pleasures in life that we enjoy, without adding the “guilty” qualifier. Simple pleasures are simples pleasures, and what brings us joy […]

  Emily Joldersma RHN

  April 5, 2015

  Desserts & Snacks, Healthy Recipes, Managing Stress

  brown rice flour, coconut milk, coconut oil, Dark chocolate, dried cranberries, gluten-free, guilty pleasures, outlander, scones, simple pleasures, vegan

• Homemade Chocolate with Pumpkin Seeds and Goji Berries (v, gf, raw)

  With Easter approaching, stores everywhere are packed with chocolate everything: eggs, bunnies, lambs, bars, slabs, truffles, and so on. Chocolate and Easter seem to go hand-in-hand. But sometimes the chocolate from the store is a little…dubious with respect to ingredients, quality, and ethical-ness. So let me tell you a little secret: making your own chocolate is […]

  Emily Joldersma RHN

  March 29, 2015

  Desserts & Snacks, Healthy Recipes, Managing Stress

  cocoa butter, cocoa powder, Dark chocolate, DIY, easter, easy dessert, gluten-free, goji berries, homemade chocolate, maple syrup, naturally-sweetened, Pumpkin seeds, raw, superfoods, vegan

• Love Your Heart: Easy No-Bake Energy Bites with Chia, Dark Chocolate, and Coconut Oil – v, gf

  Ah, the delicious and nutritious “energy bite”: a bunch of nuts, grains, healthy fats, and super foods smushed up together and rolled into a ball for snackable ease and delight. Throw in some dark chocolate chips (I always do) and you have yourself something magical. Energy bites are very hot these days. Google “energy bites” (or “energy […]

  Emily Joldersma RHN

  February 11, 2015

  Desserts & Snacks, Healthy Recipes, Uncategorized

  chia seed, chia seeds, coconut oil, Dark chocolate, dark chocolate chips, easy dessert, easy snack, energy, gluten-free, naturally-sweetened, no bake, nut butter, raw cashews, rolled oats, shredded coconut, soy-free, vegan

• 23 Delicious and Indulgent Clean Eating Dessert Recipes for the Holiday Season

  If you are anything like me, you spend a good deal of time in December planning what to bake (or non-bake, for my raw friends) for the holiday season. You want recipes that are straightforward, healthy, simple, delicious, and produce results that are pretty, because, heck, if it’s ugly, no one wants to eat it. […]

  Emily Joldersma RHN

  December 14, 2014

  Desserts & Snacks, Healthy Recipes, Uncategorized

  clean eating, coconut milk, coconut oil, Dark chocolate, desserts, gluten-free, holidays, naturally-sweetened, vegan, vitality, winter

• Perfectly Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies (v, gf)

  The countdown to Christmas continues! This week: the spicy, sweet, chewy perfection of the ginger molasses cookie. A saucy little cookie, the ginger molasses really thrives this time of year, when people are open to the spicy beauty of ginger and the sweet bite of molasses. These cookies are kind of a combination of healthy […]

  Emily Joldersma RHN

  December 1, 2014

  Desserts & Snacks, Healthy Recipes, Uncategorized

  brown rice flour, Christmas party, cinnamon, coconut oil, coconut palm sugar, cookies, ginger, ginger molasses cookies, glutenfree, molasses, naturally-sweetened, oat flour, vegan

• Festive Apple Cider Scones (v, gf)

  I think it’s fair to start a countdown to Christmas now, no? I mean, we are almost exactly a month away. And these scones definitely communicate a festive, cinnamon-y, “I love winter” kind of feeling, which is what one certainly wants to cultivate in the weeks before Christmas. And in the weeks after Christmas, come […]

  Emily Joldersma RHN

  November 23, 2014

  Desserts & Snacks, Healthy Recipes

  apple cider, apples, breakfast, breakfast ideas, brown rice flour, brunch ideas, cinnamon, coconut oil, gluten-free, holidays, naturally-sweetened, scones, vegan, winter

• No-Bake Seedy Granola Bars with Brown Rice Syrup and Almond Butter (v, gf)

  I’ve talked about granola bars before on the blog – my Twice Baked Oat and Raisin Granola Bars with Dark Chocolate – so perhaps it will come as a surprise that I’ve venturing into granola bar territory again. Why this enduring granola bar fascination? Well, to my mind, the granola bar is among the ultimate in portable snacks. Portable, customizable […]

  Emily Joldersma RHN

  November 9, 2014

  Desserts & Snacks, Healthy Recipes, Uncategorized

  almond butter, brown rice syrup, Dark chocolate, dark chocolate chips, dried fruit, gluten-free, granola bar, granola bars, healthy snacks, no bake, puffed quinoa, Pumpkin seeds, raisins, rolled oats, sesame seeds, shredded coconut, vegan

• Vegan Apple Cinnamon Muffins with Pecan Oat Streusel

  A quick glance outside tells me that most, if not all, of the beautiful yellow, orange, and red leaves that used to be on the trees are now on the ground. This is the next phase of Autumn – when the air becomes a bit sharper with that note of winter, you have to dig […]

  Emily Joldersma RHN

  November 2, 2014

  Desserts & Snacks, Healthy Recipes, Uncategorized

  apple, apples, applesauce, autumn, baking, cinnamon, coconut oil, coconut palm sugar, muffins, oats, pecans, spelt flour, vegan

• Autumn Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Crust (v, gf)

  Well, it’s almost Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. The weather is crisp, the leaves are changing, and I’m getting ready with a vegan and gluten-free Sweet Potato Pie. For all of us Autumn-ites, Thanksgiving is one of (if not THE) most beloved holidays. Of course, every holiday typically gathers family and friends to eat delicious, seasonal, […]

  Emily Joldersma RHN

  October 9, 2014

  Desserts & Snacks, Healthy Recipes, Uncategorized

  autumn, chickpea flour, cinnamon, coconut milk, coconut oil, Fall dessert, gluten-free, maple syrup, naturally-sweetened, pecans, soy-free, Sweet Potato Pie, sweet potatoes, Thanksgiving, vegan