Healthy Makeovers

Whole Wheat Cinnamon Cookies

May 19, 2009

My son loves cinnamon, anything cinnamon. He loves cinnamon toast, cinnamon bread, cinnamon rolls. You get the idea. He enjoys snickerdoodle cookies. I enjoy them too, but I wanted something a little different. So I tweaked my favorite snickerdoodle recipe to come up something a little healthier. This recipe uses whole wheat flour and incorporates [...]

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Soy Sauce

March 27, 2009

In my effort to avoid a lot of processed foods, I have been reading a lot of labels. This has made me aware of things like vanilla that contain things like corn syrup. One of the labels I never thought to check though was soy sauce. I mean it is soy sauce right? No, it [...]

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Whole Wheat Molasses Ginger Cookies

March 2, 2009

My husband love molasses cookies. In fact he loves just about anything that has the flavor of molasses. I have several different versions of molasses cookies that I make. I have been adapting my favorite recipe some. I have also add some whole wheat to it to make it a little healthier. This is one [...]

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Homemade Vanilla Extract

March 1, 2009

Those of you that have read my blog for awhile know that I am trying to avoid packaged and processed things. Vanilla extract was one of those things that I had never thought about really being processed. I never thought about making my own. But after seeing a couple of sites talk about making their [...]

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Green or Semi Green Smoothie

February 23, 2009

My sisters are going to think I am crazy for doing this and even crazier for posting about it. But I decided to post about it anyway. Plus they probably already think I am crazy. I have read on several other blogs about putting spinach in smoothies. When I first read this I thought what [...]

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Making Pancakes Even Healthier

February 10, 2009

I have been experimenting with making my overnight pancakes healthier for a while now. I have tried several versions using different amounts of whole wheat and/or ten grain flour. They have all been really good. The basic version of this pancake recipe has become one of my favorites because you make the batter up ahead [...]

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Whole Wheat Brownies

January 5, 2009

One of the challenges of trying to cook healthier has been making desserts. Yes, you can make desserts from scratch thus avoiding the packaged and processed part, but most desserts are still very unhealthy. I am slowly trying to adapt some of my recipes to make them healthier. The main way I am doing this [...]

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100% Whole Wheat Cookies

October 28, 2008

Today I am posting my Gratituesday and my kitchen tip in one post., because I am thankful for this great recipe. I have been struggling with making my desserts healthier. When we want dessert, we want dessert, not a healthy, not very good dessert. But I know that I need to make at least some [...]

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Homemade Brownie Mix

September 4, 2008

The main thing I am doing right now to eat and cook healthier is trying to avoid packaged and processed items. One of my favorite convenient, packaged desserts is brownie mixes. I would get them on sale or use a coupon. I would always keep them on hand to use for a fast dessert. I [...]