I love making traditional desserts a little bit healthier. These delicious and moist Chocolate Chip Quinoa cookies are a perfect example. Loaded with chocolate chips and chunks I wouldn't call these cookies totally innocent, but they are way better for you than traditional chocolate chip cookies. They're also suitable for vegans, people who avoid grains and soy, and...

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Valentine's Day is coming and I know what I'm making...do you? I am kind of in love with this easy-to-make Marble Cheesecake dessert. It's super creamy and delicious, but also fairly low in sugar, and manages to conceal 6 cups of sweet potato! I'm so in love with it that I have been making it every weekend for...

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Happy Holidays! I owe you one big apology if you follow my blog! I am so sorry that I have fallen off the grid for so long. Work and life have kind of swept me away these past few months, but I am hopeful the 2018 will be a great time to get back into Baking Backwards! To...

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I'm back! Sorry I've been insanely MIA here. I've got something sweet to thank you for your patience... Life has thrown me a ton of curve balls recently. Without going into too much detail, this past year was really difficult. But things are starting to look up for me and my little family! I moved to an exciting...

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I'm usually not a big fan of icing-less cakes -- the coffee cake genre in general, really. But apple cake has always been a favourite of mine. Lightly spiced cake stuffed to the brim with caramelized spiced apples -- what's not to love? Well, apart for the fact that its almost never vegan or gluten free -- until...

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When life hands me a hectic schedule and excess stress I hand myself a chocolate chip cookie... I'm not sure when the pattern started exactly but its been going strong for awhile now. My kind of baking therapy I guess. Rather than tackle some ambitious new recipe I reach for old faithful. But here's the thing -- you...

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Cauliflower is having what feels like 15 minutes of fame these days..or maybe that's already over now... Praised for its health benefits and versatility, cauliflower is popping up in a ton of special diet communities -- from vegan to paleo. Its been one of my favourite veggies for awhile -- ever since I realized that it could be...

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I"ll be honest -- I have a bit of a weird relationship with peanut butter. I love it but it doesn't always love me back...   Though it may not always hold a special place in my pantry, when peanut butter eventually finds its way back into my cupboard I always wonder why it ever left. For me,...

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