My favorite healthy, real food desserts & recipes for busy families can be found below. All recipes are grain-free, dairy optional and kid-approved. Need help meal planning? Check out my meal planning service!
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Katie Wells
Healthy chocolate is never a bad choice when it comes to dessert (or a midday snack!). These chocolate meringue cookies have a unique texture with a chewy center and a…
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Katie Wells
If there’s one guilty pleasure all moms enjoy, it’s chocolate! Thankfully there’s a way to justify indulging a little because chocolate (like wine) has some fantastic health benefits. The key…
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Katie Wells
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but when the kids ask for a dessert, I want to make sure it’s a healthy version. Dark chocolate fondue is simple…
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Katie Wells
Cool treats on hot days are one of the best things about summer. What’s not so great are the artificial dyes and processed sugars that come in most of them!…
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Katie Wells
My kids have been begging for ice cream lately. Since many of our family’s summer activities involve gettingoutside in the heat andhumidity, I decided a strawberry ice cream break was…
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Katie Wells
I’m not usually one for elaborate, time-consuming dessert recipes. Give me a piece of fruit or healthy energy balls and I’m a happy mama. These fruit and nut cake bars…
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Katie Wells
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but if I’m going to have dessert I want one that features nourishing ingredients. These meringue nests are an adorable springtime dessert…
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Katie Wells
Sometimes I’m craving a little chocolate and want to get a healthy fix. Instead of turning to a sugary chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream though, there are plenty of…
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Katie Wells
I’ve never been much of a cookie-maker, but one year the kids requested gingerbread cookies. They’d been visiting friends and making gingerbread houses. The result was these chewy molasses cookies…
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Katie Wells
Sometimes I like to rub chocolate on my face (as a face mask!), and sometimes I like to eat it too. This chocolate mousse is the perfect yummy chocolate dessert…
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Katie Wells
Ahh,fall… the glorious season of apples, pumpkins, changing leaves, and cooler weather (finally!). I definitely get in on the fall pumpkin craze and start making pumpkin spice everything this time…
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Katie Wells
While I don’t have a big sweet tooth, my favorite dessert option is fresh berries. This mixed berry tart recipe is an easy way to dress them up a little…
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Katie Wells
We love all things coconut at our house. I have 101 ways to use coconut oil, many of which aren’t even food related.Coconut macaroons are one delicious way to get…
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Katie Wells
I’ve made a gluten free vanilla layer cake on special occasions before, but I wanted to try my hand at a crepe cake. My version is made with protein packed…
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Katie Wells
These coconut butter cups are like mycoconut clusters, but easier to make and without the coconut texture many kids don’t like. They provide a lot of healthy fats and are…
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Katie Wells
Sometimes you just need some chocolate. Our chocolate cravings are more than just a sweet tooth, but have some genuine health reasons behind them. This healthy adaptogen truffle recipe satisfies…
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Katie Wells
Summer is coming, and with it, strawberry season. Nothing beats the flavor of fresh-picked berries. And since summertime also means warmer weather, I like to have a few dessert recipes…
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Katie Wells
This is probably my favoriteCrock Pot experimentso far. I decided to try it when someone posted a recipe onPinterest, but the link was broken so I had to try to…
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Katie Wells
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth. When I want something sweet, I’ll eat a piece of fruit or add a little honey to my tea. Another option isthis…
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Katie Wells
I’ve always let my kids help out in the kitchen when I’m cooking. It was important to me that they be confident in their ability to cook their own healthy…
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Katie Wells
What would Thanksgiving (or fall!) be without something pumpkin? Whether it is aspiced pumpkin latteor pumpkin pie, the taste and scent of pumpkin are the perfect companions to cool fall…
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Katie Wells
Ice cream is a kid-favorite dessert (and let’s face it, adults too!), but store-bought ones often contain high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors and flavors, or other ingredients that we…
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Katie Wells
Before a reader by the name of Sarah suggested this recipe, I didn’t have a banana bread ormuffin recipeon the site. I’m not a big fan of bananas so I…
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Katie Wells
When I come across a good deal on strawberries in the summer, I tend to take advantage of it. We have a lot of strawberry lovers in this house so…
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