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This low-carb and gluten-free Zucchini Bread is super easy to make and uses simple ingredients, such as coconut flour — a paleo, keto-friendly, gluten-free flour — and Greek yogurt — which is sugar free and high protein! It’s soft and moist, just like Banana Bread, but contains a vegetable you can’t taste! If you grow your own zucchini, or are looking for new recipes using zucchini, you’ve gotta give this healthy Zucchini Bread recipe a try!

Gluten-Free Zucchini Bread with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

I know it’s only March but I’m really looking forward to the summer months and the lighter, refreshing desserts that come along with it.  You know, the lemony ones and fruity ones?  It’s a...

This Healthy Green Velvet Cake tastes exactly like Red Velvet Cake, only it's GREEN!  It's super moist, flavorful, and delicious, you'd never know it's sugar free, low fat, high fiber, and gluten free too.  It also happens to be the perfect green Saint Patrick's Day dessert!

Healthy Green Velvet Cake

This Healthy Green Velvet Cake tastes exactly like Red Velvet Cake, only it’s GREEN!  It’s super moist, flavorful, and delicious, you’d never know it’s sugar free, low fat, high fiber, and gluten free too....

Healthy Lemon Sugar Cookies (sugar free, gluten free, dairy free, vegan)

Healthy Gluten Free Lemon Sugar Cookies

Would you ever guess that these thick, soft and chewy Gluten Free Lemon Sugar Cookies are healthy??  After one bite you certainly won’t believe me! These Lemon Sugar Cookies are packed with bright and refreshing lemon...

This Nutella Chocolate Banana Bread is so moist, fluffy, springy, and chocolatey! It doesn't taste healthy, sugar free, gluten free, dairy free, high protein, or whole grain ONE BIT. It tastes like it's from a bakery! Made with low carb, paleo, and keto-friendly homemade Nutella!

Healthy Nutella Banana Bread

This Nutella Banana Bread is what dreams are made of!  Not only is there Nutella inside the Banana Bread, but it’s drizzled on top before baking in the oven, too! Every slice of this is...

These Gluten Free Chocolate French Macarons are perfectly sweet and chewy, thanks to the almond meal and dark cocoa powder! Made without the bleached white sugar and artificial flavors, yet you'd never know! #chocolate #frenchmacarons #macarons #glutenfree #glutenfreemacarons #valentinesday

Healthy Chocolate French Macarons

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Let’s be real, the only way to celebrate this day is with LOADS of chocolate, amirite?  😉  Whether you’re single or taken, chocolate is an absolute necessity on February 14th!  A...

This NATURALLY RED Red Velvet Biscotti is crunchy, sweet, and drizzled with chocolate. You’d never know it’s sugar free, gluten free, dairy free, and vegan! Instead of flour, we use almond meal. Instead of butter (and to add color), we use beets. Instead of eggs, we use ground flaxseed meal!

(Naturally Red) Red Velvet Biscotti

I don’t care if you’re married or single, in a long-distance relationship, a brand new relationship, or heck, if you’re dating yourself…  you NEED this Red Velvet Biscotti!! This naturally red Red Velvet Biscotti is...

This recipe for Healthy Raspberry Lemon Hibiscus Marshmallows yields the lightest, fluffiest, and most flavorful mallows you could ever dream of! Sweet from the raspberries, tart from the lemon, unique from the hibiscus. Naturally sweetened (no corn syrup here!) and naturally pink from the hibiscus (no artificial food dyes whatsoever!) -- Healthy Dessert Recipes at the Desserts With Benefits Blog (www.DessertsWithBenefits.com)

Healthy Raspberry Lemon Hibiscus Marshmallows

This recipe for Raspberry Lemon Hibiscus Marshmallows yields the lightest, fluffiest, and most flavorful mallows you could ever dream of! They’re sweet from the raspberries, tart from the lemon, and totally unique from the...

These Healthy Coconut Cupcakes are fluffy, springy, and moist! They're the most nutritious, guilt-free treat! Made with quinoa flour, sorghum flour, coconut yogurt, and coconut milk, so they're gluten free, dairy free, vegan, and sugar free!

Healthy Coconut Quinoa Cupcakes

There are two types of people:  people who go with the flow and do things on the fly, and people who are totally anal rigid and need to plan things. I’m the planning type....

These Healthy Vanilla Quinoa Cupcakes are fluffy, springy, and moist! Top them with a healthy frosting and you've got the most nutritious, guilt-free treat! Made with quinoa flour, sorghum flour, coconut yogurt, and coconut milk, so they're gluten free, dairy free, vegan, and sugar free!

Healthy Vanilla Quinoa Cupcakes

I planned on baking my Apple Pie Blondies (idea courtesy of commenter miss Karin!) so I could cross it off my “Blondie Flavors To-Bake List” but completely forgot to buy the apples (doh).  I was...

5-ingredient Blood Orange Ice Cream

Healthier Blood Orange Ice Cream

Blood oranges are in season!!  And what do you do when it’s 70 degrees Fahrenheit outside?  YA MAKE ICE CREAM, that’s what.  PS:  I love you Texas. This Blood Orange Ice Cream is sweet,...