Like brownies, these banana bars can be addicting – and they are made with honey and whole grain flour. Nutritious. The brownie-like banana bars make a good snack for kids (no white sugar in these baked goodies to get them all hyped up on). Take your children or grandchildren out for donuts one morning, and watch how quickly the sugar takes effect. No wonder some moms refuse to give their children any sugary foods or snacks. They act about like adults who are addicted to coffee when they don’t have any caffeine for a day or two. Irritable. Snappy. Whiny. Baking with Grandchildren The grandRead More →

What is a haystack? Look the word up on the Internet and find multiple definitions: an app, digital business cards, piles of dried and cut grass stored for grazing animals. That’s not all. Do an online search for food haystacks, and you’ll come up with a zillion types of haystacks such as: a starchy food dish Butterscotch Haystacks vegetarian haystacks a haystack dessert Frito Haystack Amish Haystack Hawaiian Haystack Cherry Chocolate Haystacks Adventist Haystacks Mexican Haystacks Mennonite Haystacks Peanut Butter Haystacks Three Haystack Recipe Ideas This post contains affiliate links which means if you click on them and make a purchase, I make a commission. ThisRead More →

Here’s a Southern-style light slow cooker peach cobbler dessert. Feel like eating something sweet but can’t have the sugar? Pattycakespantry.com published Canned Fruit Cobbler. It is a fantastic recipe. I’d actually been craving peach cobbler for weeks when I made her cobbler. I so enjoyed every bite of Patty Cakes’ cobbler. Lighter Version of Canned Fruit Cobbler   I decided to make Patty Cakes’ recipe but with a variation. Southern-Style Light Peach Cobbler is a lighter version and cooked in the slow cooker. The texture is a little different, and it isn’t as sweet as the Canned Fruit Cobbler. But if you’re looking for a peach cobblerRead More →

Cooking a Slow Cooker Dessert for Two is Easy with this Mango Bread Pudding If you like mango, try this quick and easy bread pudding dessert in a slow cooker. Enjoy the richness of a southern sweetness without all the loaded calories and carbs. It’s a creamy delight and only takes two hours to cook. People who are careful about eating healthy food but who like dessert might hesitate at making a bread pudding dessert because bread: has a lot of carbohydrates makes you feel bloated can cause weight gain, if too much is consumed when it’s a dessert, only makes you want more Some peopleRead More →

Pears for a Nutritious Dessert Do you love fruit, or do you have to think to include enough of it in your eating plan? Pears are often overlooked for their health benefits. Consider including them as a nutritious dessert with a special treat of grated cheese on top (see recipe below). You can purchase pears in their own juice (the best kind that’s canned), or buy the raw fruit. Pears contain great health benefits: improving insulin sensitivity decreased risk of type 2 diabetes containing phytonutrients which contain antioxidant, anti-inflammatory flavonoids good source of fiber Leave the skins on to get the best nutrients from the pears.Read More →

Pudding in a jar

Satisfy dessert cravings with Easy Shortcake Pudding in a Jar. Make sugar free. Puddings make wonderful summer desserts. Preparing pudding in jars ahead of time makes them handy to serve. Can’t find the lids? Just cover the top with Glad Press’n Seal. Use Colorful Jars Use colorful jars like purple and blue ones for fun. Cover with regular jar lids, or use Press’n Seal which works perfectly. You can pack these jars with pudding and put them in a cooler with ice. This works for taking them on a picnic. Mix Milk and Buttermilk in Pudding I like to mix milk and buttermilk in myRead More →