Walnuts

These banana nut almond pulp muffins are a great way to use leftover almond pulp from making homemade almond milk. A nutty & slightly sweet healthy snack!

This Dutch oven bread is an easy no-knead bread that rises overnight and bakes right in the Dutch oven. It’s loaded with cranberries, walnuts and dark chocolate and hints of cinnamon making it perfect for the holidays!

This warm quinoa cereal is topped with a caramelized banana and walnut compote, drizzled in almond butter and garnished with superfoods like goji berries and chia seeds. It’s also easily made with buckwheat groats as an alternative.

These healthy carrot cake cookies made with oats and whole wheat flour are packed with raisins, walnuts, lemon zest and ginger. Drizzle them with the optional almond butter cream cheese topping for a true creamy carrot cake like bite. No added sugar, no butter, still completely delicious and guilt-free.

This candied bacon nut brittle is spicy, sweet and outrageously delicious. It also makes the perfect DIY food gift for the holiday season! Put the name brittle in something and usually I can assure you it will dissuade me from wanting it. It’s weird, for as much of a sweet tooth I have when it …

I shared this orange ginger pear and quince crisp on My Baking Addiction earlier this fall. It’s too good of a fall dessert (perfect even for an easy Thanksgiving option) to not share with you guys here too though. Enjoy! —— This orange ginger pear and quince crisp will make your whole house smell like …

Note: This post first appeared on October 6, 2011. The recipe has been edited slightly (just a few tweaks to make these pumpkin chocolate chip bars even better!) and the photography updated so that you might actually want to eat them now (wow – someone should’ve just taken the camera out of my hands 5 …

This golden beet gratin is made with gorgeous orange beets, coconut milk, chopped walnuts, parmesan cheese and thyme for a decadent yet healthier side dish option perfect for your holiday table. I’m sitting in a hotel lobby in the middle of Paris. Today is our last day in the city, a day we intended to spend …

These power cookies are packed full of antioxidant rich tart cherries, oats, nuts and seeds. They’re perfect for healthy on the go snacking. I’ve never understood bird feeders. You spend money on a bunch of food that you have to pour into a contraption (you also have to spend money on) and hang somewhere (close …

This winter chopped kale salad is filled with pears, dates, gorgonzola and topped with a tang cranberry vinaigrette dressing. I seriously cannot get enough of cranberries right now. It’s to the point where an entire section of my freezer is being occupied with two 2 pound bags from BJ’s (how can you say no to …