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Happy New Year!
Hello everyone. I hope you had a good New Year’s Eve. I’m sad to say goodbye to 2010 but I’m also welcoming the New Year and hope to make it a good one. One of my resolutions for this year is to be vegan once a week. I’ve always been interested in the vegetarian or vegan diet but have been hesitant to become one myself. I’ve tried being vegetarian for a week and did not have any trouble doing it. Although I’m afraid about how difficult it would be if I became a vegetarian. More recently I have become interested in a vegan diet as I finding that many health benefits that…
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Gluten Free Apple Crisp
It’s a tradition in my house to eat apple crisp for breakfast on Christmas morning. We used the same recipe for many years but when my mother discovered that she had a gluten intolerance we of course had to switch it up a bit. After searching on the internet for recipes I remained unsatisfied with everything I found. I instead decided to make my own using a few as templates as well as the recipe we always used. In our recipe we use a technique where we add cornstarch and water to the apples. I could not find this technique with any recipe but I like it as it gives more…
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Stollen for Daring Bakers
Stollen has always been a part of my Christmas. My German dad buys it every year from the store. I can’t remember a year that I haven’t eaten a bit of Stollen. Sometimes filled with marzipan or rum flavored. I’ve been looking for a reason to make it myself and what better reason than my first Daring Bakers challenge? Plus its a great way to practice my German. Fröhliche Weihnachten! Stollen is a sweet bread, much like fruit cake but denser and I think usually not as sweet. Traditionally Stollen is filled with a role of marzipan to symbolize the baby Jesus wrapped in cloth. I chose not to fill my…
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Cream Cheese Topped Gluten Free Coffee Cake
My mom’s birthday comes the day before the first day of winter. As I’ve mentioned before, she has a gluten allergy. Of course no birthday is complete without cake so I make her a special gluten free dessert. By the way I honestly started making this the second I got home from my exam. I think I went into baking withdrawal for those couple weeks that I was only studying. I found this recipe off Hey That Tastes Good. I changed it to match the types of flours I had and it still turned out amazing. This cake is absolutely delicious, you will not even believe that its gluten free! The base…
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Joy to the World Exams are Done!
Sorry for the long hiatus. I wish I could say that I was doing something exciting but I spent most of my time studying 🙁 and then imaging all the yummy things I was going to make over winter break. I can’t wait! And now for the long awaited oatmeal recipe! Mmmm…chocolate, banana, and peanut butter. These are possibly the best foods in existence! I’m not sure about you guys but I need to eat peanut butter and chocolate every day. What’s not to love about this great combination? If you thought that putting juice in oatmeal was a great idea just wait until you try hot cocoa mix powder! This…
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Cranberry Oatmeal
I’m not much of a juice drinker but one morning I had a revelation and thought “Hey, why don’t I try cooking oatmeal with some juice?” we had some cranberry juice so I decided to use that. Oh my, was it ever marvelous! Honestly it was all I could think about every morning and I haven’t gone a week without making it since! The juice adds extra taste and sweetness to the oats, bringing it to a whole new level. I would say this is the perfect bowl of oatmeal to have around the holidays. What says Christmas more than cranberries? Oatmeal with whipped cream just for fun Cranberry Oatmeal…
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Joy to the World Exams are Done!
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Gluten Free Oatmeal Almond Butter Cookies
My mom has a wheat allergy so naturally I bake a lot of gluten free things for her. Recently a gluten free diet has become increasingly popular as we are finding that the gluten in wheat products is covering our digestive tracts, resulting in less than optimal absorption of nutrients. Therefore, many people are beginning to believe that cutting out all gluten is healthy. This is good for my mom as now many companies are offering gluten free options. I really like this cookie recipe because not only does it not use any flour, all the ingredients are easily accessible. These cookies are delightfully crunchy and perfect for dunking into your beverage of…
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Honey Cupcakes
I always choose natural alternatives when I sweeten something. My favorite is agave followed by maple syrup and then delicious honey. I also like to tell myself that I am baking something slightly healthier when I use these. Natural sweeteners are still like sugar because they are essentially empty calories. However, they are less harsh on your blood glucose levels than refined sugar and also may offer some healthful properties such as antibotics (specifically in honey) and zinc (specifically in maple syrup). You can also take into account that typically natural sweeteners are sweeter than sugar so you can use less. This helps save in calories! My reason for choosing natural sweeteners is simply…
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Day One
Hi everyone and welcome to my blog!To start off let me introduce myself. My name is Katarina, I am 18 years old and in my first year of Kinesiology. I love health and wellness and try to incorpoarte healthy living every where I go.I’ve been reading blogs and collecting recipes for a long time. I love healthy food and I LOVE to bake.and oh yeah I adore cupcakes!
