Virtually sugar free as well, this cheesecake will ROCK your socks off! Who knew you could lose weight eating peanut butter cheesecake?! I think I shared with you a while back that my husband became a pastor this year in July. It’s been so much fun to be on this journey together! I’m proud that […]

I thought I had struck it gold when I made my lemon 80 calorie cupcakes. Then I was in love when myChocolate 80 calorie cupcakes were a huge success. I thought that was the best we could do for a low calorie cupcake. However, I have beat all odds and created a 60 calorie cupcake – Angel Food Cupcakes. Now […]

So here you have it, the best gluten-free chocolate cake recipe you’ll ever eat/bake! Everyone needs to have a good chocolate cake recipe in their repertoire.  I already had one. It is amazing, but the technique can be a little tricky. You have to mix boiling water with cocoa into a paste, and make a normal […]

I’m one of those sad people who has never been blessed with an abundance of zucchini. We’ve tried to grow it in our garden several times, but with no success (yes, we have total black thumbs…). And somehow our friends and relations just never seem to share much zucchini with us. It’s kind of a […]

Ingredients 400 ml can coconut cream. 1/2 cup raw cacao powder. 1/4 cup rice malt syrup. 1/4 cup chia seeds.  cacao nibs, optional.   Directions   1. Place all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Whisk ingredients together until well combined and smooth. Pour into 4-6 serving glasses. Sprinkle with cacao nibs if you like. 2. Chill in the […]

This seems to be the summer for pizza crust experiments at Chez Kalyn, and this recipe for Vegetarian Zucchini-Crust Pizza Margherita was inspired by the Cauliflower-Crust Vegetarian Pizza I made last month.  After trying that pizza with a crust made of cooked cauliflower, cheese, almond meal, and an egg, I started wondering why you couldn’t make a […]

Spinach and mushroom quinoa sauteed in garlic and olive oil. I’ve made this delicious dish over this past weekend and it was so good, I can’t wait to share this simple recipe. Not only is it super tasty, this quinoa dish is healthy, low in carbs and calories, high in fiber, it’s gluten free, vegetarian, […]

Photos by Lindsey Johnson.Hello all! My name is Alissa and I blog over at a little vegan site known as Connoisseurus Veg. I’ve been a vegetarian for over twenty years, and I’ve been a culinary enthusiast as long as I can remember, so most of my veg tenure has been spent doing some kind of experimentation in […]

Crock  Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup is a flavorful and healthy soup recipe make in your slow cooker. Turn it on in the morning before you head to work and come home to the wafting smell of spicy chicken tortilla soup ready to enjoy for dinner! Our family recently got hit with a bug these last few days. We […]

Chicken noodle soup is as comforting as comfort food gets, but only if it tastes good. All too often, the broth is thin, the chicken bland, and the noodles mushy. To avoid these pitfalls, we turned a supermarket staple — store-bought rotisserie chicken. It worked perfectly for this recipe (and made it even easier to throw […]

As you know, I LOVE SOUP! And what I love even more is soup that I can cook in thecrockpot.  Yes it takes longer, but I’m a set-it and forget-it kinda gal. After posting my 25 Comforting  Crockpot Soups post, I had SEVERAL emails requesting a crockpot chicken noodle soup. Well, I listened, and here it is my friends! […]

One of my favorite ways to eat zucchini is in slow cooker lasagna in place of noodles.  Oh yum.  Here’s the recipe so you can make it too! Last summer, I shared my five favorite zucchini recipes and slow cooker zucchini “lasagna” was one of them.  Replace the lasagna noodles with thinly sliced zucchini and you’re good […]

Author: Kitchen Nostalgia Serves: about 4 lb (1.8 kg) dough Ingredients 2½ cup non-dairy milk, lukewarm 2 tsp sugar 80 g fresh yeast (or 4 tsp active dry yeast or 4 tsp instant yeast) 6⅔ cup (1 kg) all-purpose flour 4 tsp baking powder 3 tsp salt ½ tsp lemon juice 4 Tbsp + 1 tsp oil […]

I’ve actually posted a recipe very similar to this before (here), but considering the photo was appalling and this recipe really deserved better, I thought I’d redo it. Now, if you’re one of those people who cooks everything from scratch, you might hate me for this one, because it’s a bit of a cheat’s recipe. I enjoy making things […]

Oh wow!  These healthy flourless chocolate muffins are seriously good!  They are also super easy to make.  All you need is 4 ingredients!  These chocolate muffins are very rich, and would probably be great for cupcakes as well.  These healthy flourless chocolate muffins only take about 20 minutes from start to finish.  No mixer required.  […]

Are you wondering what clean eating is? Would you be surprised to hear that there really aren’t any health goals you can achieve without it? You just cannot get healthy without eating healthy. You can exercise the most of your time, but the food is the most important thing for a good health. If you eat whole, healthy and fresh foods, your body, skin and soul will […]

Sure, you like the idea of homemade salad dressing. Who wouldn’t want to top their salads with a French or Asian dressing that tastes amazing and is free of scary ingredients? The only problem is that some dressing recipes are so intimidating—and then you have two weeks’ worth of raspberry balsamic vinaigrette that you have to use […]

Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup Ingredients 1 1/2 cups carrots, chopped 2 ribs celery, chopped 1 medium cooking onion, peeled and sliced (in large pieces so picky eaters can easily pick them out) 2 slices ginger (approx. 1/4 inch thick each), peeled 2-3 stocks fresh rosemary 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs (I used a few more […]

After the HUUUGE success I experienced with my cauliflower crust pizza marinara and cheese pizza, I felt the time was ripe to try something new involving cauliflower crust. As I was making up my mind, the other day – on my way back from the gym – I walked by a pizza parlor and noticed some pretty good looking […]

Easy Crockpot Black Bean Soup is the easiest, tastiest soup ever! With only a few ingredients and spices this soup is super delicious and good for you. Not to mention that the cost for this soup is super low. Which is a huge plus for my family of 5! I kept a tally of the prices […]

You know that I know all about guilty pleasures. It’s pretty clear that good things are created from guilty pleasures because my iced maple chai tea latte evolved from one. And, since we’re on the topic of guilty pleasures, I thought I’d share another guilty pleasure of mine: chocolate mousse. I’m not talking about just any chocolate […]

Have you noticed I seriously love avocados? I could eat them every day alongside just about anything. Okay, maybe not cupcakes and cookies, but you get the point. I even add them to my smoothie on occasion. So it only makes perfect sense that I post an avocado salsa recipe. This is basically guacamole meets salsa. It […]

One of the most viewed recipes on the blog, this spin-off of Panera Bread’s Autumn Squash Soup is sure to be a Fall favorite! If you like Panera Bread’s vegetarian version, you’re going to love my simple vegan version. Don’t believe me? Head on over to the original post and check out the comments for reader feedback! […]