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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Fall is in the air, which of course makes us want to bake all sorts of pumpkin goodies.  Here’s a healthy version of one of my all-time favorite pumpkin treats: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. Sweetened with honey, liquid stevia and mashed banana, these pumpkin cookies are free of refined sugar as well as gluten.  Almond flour packs a nutritional punch and orange extract (or essential oil!) rounds out the flavor.

Happy fall, y’all!

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Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Chocolate Zucchini Bread {gluten & dairy-free, Paleo}

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Chocolate Zucchini Bread {gluten & dairy-free, Paleo}

This Chocolate Zucchini Bread is so easy, and so tasty.  You might also like to know how fantastic it tastes cold, straight from the fridge.  Especially while your children are resting upstairs and you’re all alone downstairs.  Just a thought.

It’s also gluten-free and Paleo, and it freezes well.  Plus it’s a perfect way to use up all the zucchini from your garden or CSA…

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Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Flour

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Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Flour

I may or may not have eaten four of these the other night.  In under an hour.

Not only are these cookies oh-so-delicious, they’re also free of gluten, sugar (except for the sugar in the chocolate chips) and eggs.  Almond flour makes them especially nutritious, which is what I may or may not have told myself as I ate (or did not eat) those four cookies.  As well as the four that I may or may not have eaten the next day.

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Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Make Your Own Chocolate Chips (and my favorite brand of chocolate)

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Make Your Own Chocolate Chips (and my favorite brand of chocolate)

Making these chocolate chips is not exactly rocket science, but I thought it might be helpful for those who are anything like I was at the beginning of our Strange New Dietary Journey: needing all the help I could get!Read More

Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Chocolate Coconut Bark

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Chocolate Coconut Bark

This easy, no bake recipe would be a great way to use the awesome coconut oil Tropical Traditions is giving away to one lucky Yankee Homestead reader on Monday.  [Click here for details and to enter the giveaway.]

It’s also a perfect holiday treat and would make a great gift!

Check out the original recipe, from Mark Sisson at Mark’s Daily Apple.
Check out another variation at Easy Paleo.  

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Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Pumpkin Nut Butter Brownies

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Pumpkin Nut Butter Brownies

One of my favorite easy recipes for a healthy treat, these yummy Pumpkin Nut Butter Brownies are gluten-free, dairy-free, and Paleo.  They’re a staple at my house!Read More

Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Chocolate Cake (with eggs) or Brownie Bites (no eggs)

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Chocolate Cake (with eggs) or Brownie Bites (no eggs)

This is my go-to cake here at the Yankee Homestead.  We’re chocaholics around here, and this recipe fits the bill.

A few notes:

  • When I want a cake, I do use the eggs.  (I’m experimenting with adding them back into my diet).
  • For the cake version, I usually double the recipe and use a 9 x 13 pan or muffin tins (for cupcakes).
  • This cake is AWESOME with berries–either fresh or cooked, like these Cooked Frozen Berries.
  • For the ganache, I use canned coconut milk.
  • When we want cookies that taste like brownie bites, I use the flaxseed egg-substitution.  Mr. Native Texan LOVES these!  And this should be obvious, but I form cookies and bake them on a cookie sheet, instead of pouring the batter into a pan.
  • I’m suspicious of xylitol, so I always decrease the amount by half and add some liquid vanilla stevia.  (I’m pretty sure that xylitol causes “gastrointestinal distress” for a few of my family members.  In fact, most packages of xylitol bear some sort of warning along the lines of “may cause slight laxative effect.”  So I recommend going easy on the xylitol until you know how it affects your family).
  • My favorite almond flour comes from Honeyville Food Products.  I buy it 25 pounds at a time, which is the most economical.  Check out this post for more details: Almond Flour: a GF girl’s best friend.

here it is, in cake form at a birthday celebration

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Kathleen

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page