DIY Sweet Stuff

Blueberry Banana Greek Yogurt Pancakes  So on my healthy lifestyle to eating I have been experimenting with alot of recipes that exclude flour. Those that made it to my blog are the ones that got the 👍from myself and family. Now thus far rolled oats seems to be the most successful substitution I could find for flour. I found that you can enjoy some regular recipes such as this one with this ingredient and if I dear say it even tastes better!! I am still experimenting with the coconut flour, I don't know if my taste buds just doesn't like the taste or that it just doesn't qualify for a great substitution in recipes. I really believe it's the latter, I mean yes we want healthy but I believe that it should be tasty as well. So hope you all enjoy this pancake recipe. NB: Although it required Greek yogurt I substituted for one that I had at home at the moment. Coburn Farms Vanilla Yogurt, purchased at Sav-A-Lot.  Recipe: Yields 4 Pancakes Ingredient...

Cannoli Seeing these on television seemed like the perfect bite of happiness, so on my last visit to NYC this was one of the things on the to-do list. My cousin took me to Michael's bakery in Brooklyn so that the craving could be put to rest. However, on returning home the cravings returned. This is not something that local bakeries sell, so just imagine my dilemma. Persistent to not let this deter me from having it again, I quickly searched for a recipe to try at home. This one took a little more effort, okay it was a lot of effort! I had to order the cannoli tubes online for preparing the shells. With patience the mission was soon accomplished. Conveniently the packaging for the tubes contained a recipe for the cannoli shell which I utilized. Hope this can add a variety to your dessert list! Ingredients: 3 tablespoons shortening 2 cups flour 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 cup any cooking wine (marsala etc)1 egg  (slightly beaten) Vegetable ...