Friday Favorites – My Favorite Healthy Food Blogs

Favorite Healthy Food Blogs

While clearly there is liberal usage of butter and sugar on this blog, truth be told I do enjoy and try and use quite a few healthy recipes.   My daughter’s lunch box isn’t packed full of cakepops, and much to her dismay it doesn’t include any desserts, except on her birthday.  We don’t eat brownies for breakfast (though for the record, I find that completely acceptable) and there isn’t an all you can eat cupcake buffet after dinner each night.   {Read More}

My Favorite Bakers and Bloggers – Must See Sites

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There are so many amazing bakers and bloggers out there, and I love sharing them with you through my Bites From Other Blogs posts.   Today I thought I would share some of my favorite baking (and cooking) blogs with you.  I love that so many women open up their kitchens and share their recipes, creativity and ideas.   These are some of my favorite places to find great recipes that are tried, tested and true.   I also love seeing everyone’s {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking Blogger Spotlight – Sweetopia

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I still have a few more great blogs that I have to share with you – and one of those is Sweetopia.   When I think of Sweetopia one of the first words that comes to mind is pretty.  Everything Marian does is amazingly pretty.   Look at this gingerbread house?   Gorgeousness! Absolute beauty!  And there are others… It’s like Candy Land.  I kind of want to live in her blog.  Just amazing!   She has so many great tutorials, tips, tricks, advice {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking – Blogger Spotlight – A Guest Post By Sweet SugarBelle

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I am SO excited to have this guest post to share with you.   Many of you know of the amazingly talented Sweet Sugar Belle from her website The Sweet Adventures of SugarBelle.   It’s hard to call Callye a baker, because she is truly an artist.  Her cookies blow me away every time I see them.  I can’t even begin to pick just a few to share with you, because everything she does is phenomenal.   I mean look at these cookies, {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking Blogger Spotlight – Cookies & Cups and Confessions Of A Cookbook Queen

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I’m running a bit behind on my Blogger Spotlights.  I blame my kids, they seem to expect things like meals, transportation and help with homework.   Crazy children.   In order to get caught up, I’m going to be sharing two great bloggers with you today, which actually works out well because they are good friends and even have a great new website together.    They also happen to both be amazing bakers and hysterically funny, so it’s like a {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking Blogger Spotlight: Healthful Pursuit

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While we certainly love butter, sugar and all things dipped in chocolate around here, realistically we can’t eat cake pops for every meal, which is why I’m excited to share an amazing blog with you today… Healthful Pursuit. Leanne Vogel is the creative force behind Healthful Pursuit.  Leanne is a Holistic Nutritionist with a passion for creating healthy allergen free recipes.   Leanne is great at creating delicious yet extremely nutritious recipes.  A few months back she shared a great recipe {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking – Blogger Spotlight – Miss Candiquik

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I have a fun Blogger Spotlight for you today, especially if you are a fan of chocolate, and covering things in chocolate!   Today I’d like to introduce you to Sarah, otherwise known as Miss Candiquik.   Sarah whips up some incredible treats and inspiring creations like this Cake Bite Christmas Tree… Wow.  Like great big W-O-W. What an absolutely stunning creation.  And deliciously edible.  What a great centerpiece, topic of conversation and sweet treat this would be at a holiday party.   {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking Blogger Spotlight: In Katrina’s Kitchen

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I’m really excited about the Blogger Spotlight for today, because it’s a blogger who I adore AND she just rolled out a gorgeous newly redesigned website TODAY!    Well, that and because she makes this, and I’m kind of obsessed with it… Meet my friend Katrina from In Katrina’s Kitchen! Katrina and I both started our blogs in January and it’s been fun going on this blogging journey along with Katrina.  Katrina makes a lot of incredible and creative treats, {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking Blogger Spotlight: Kevin & Amanda

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There are many reasons why I adore the blog Kevin & Amanda, and I will tell you those reasons, but before I get ahead of myself, I simply have to show you this… Words could just not do that justice.  Ever.   That is the Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie n’ Fudge Oreo Brownie Bar from Kevin & Amanda.   THAT alone is reason to keep up with all of the great things Amanda shares on Kevin & Amanda.  I kind of feel {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking – Blogger Spotlight – Picky Palate

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One of my very favorite blogs of all time is Jenny Flake’s Picky Palate.  It was probably the first food related blog I started following, and whenever I’m stumped on what to make for dinner, I always headed over to Picky Palate. Jenny’s creativity and fun ideas are so refreshing, you never know what she’s going to come up with next.   From her Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies (yeah, she’s the one who came up with those amazing cookies that {Read More}