A Clean Bake

Cinnamon Banana Pudding (Gluten Free, Paleo, and Vegan)

Though I certainly appreciate all desserts, you won't ever catch me choosing a creamy dessert over a dense, cakey one, and I rarely choose fruity desserts over chocolate. My husband is the opposite: he never met a cream filled doughnut, a cannoli, or a bowl of pudding he didn't like. So, for him and all the creamy, fruity dessert lovers out there: this one's for you. It's a thick, creamy, sweet and cinnamon-y banana pudding that I only really made as an excuse to use up some frozen bananas that ... Read More about Cinnamon Banana Pudding (Gluten Free, Paleo, and Vegan)

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus With Lemon Balsamic Reduction (Gluten Free, Paleo, Vegan, and Whole30)

Butcher Box is offering A Clean Bake readers a bonus of free bacon with your first box, plus $10 off and free shipping! Sign up here. I can't believe that, of the hundreds of posts on this site, not one involves bacon. Well, I can believe it. I have never been a big bacon person, until recently. Don't ask me why, but for awhile lately, we were eating bacon like it's going out of style. Actually, here's why: I still don't like pork, but I only just discovered that turkey ... Read More about Bacon Wrapped Asparagus With Lemon Balsamic Reduction (Gluten Free, Paleo, Vegan, and Whole30)

Double Chocolate Brownie Cookies (Gluten Free and Whole Grain)

It's entirely possible that I've been on a bit of a cookie bender for the last few weeks, and for that I'm not the least bit sorry or even ashamed. Life's too short to skimp on the cookies and, since I can only eat them sparingly, I like to make them count. Like twice-the-chocolate kind of count. From the title (and, admittedly, appearance) of these chocolate brownie cookies, you would think they would be kind of...horrible for you. While they are soft and dense like a brownie, and oozing ... Read More about Double Chocolate Brownie Cookies (Gluten Free and Whole Grain)

Classic Grain Free Carrot Cake (Gluten Free and Paleo)

Sometimes, it feels like it’s all been done. Like every creative opportunity has been seized and every novel idea has been conceived and executed upon. It seems like food blogging is all of a sudden characterized by a rejection of the "boring" classics, and has turned into a race for bigger and better examples of, I don't know, "innovation!", "mashups!" and that horrid phrase (and activity) "trashing up!", but to be honest, that’s just not me. Though cooking and baking is mostly about the ... Read More about Classic Grain Free Carrot Cake (Gluten Free and Paleo)

Simple Dairy-Free Whipped Cream (Gluten Free, Paleo, and Vegan)

Few desserts cannot be improved by a dollop of whipped cream. Though your definition of dollop might change once you taste this whipped cream. It's kind of perfect - it's dairy-free, vegan, paleo, sugar-free (depending how you sweeten it) and gluten-free - and definitely hard to stop eating once you've started. The base of this whipped cream is coconut cream, which is that thick, luxurious layer that floats to the top of a can of coconut milk. Luckily you can buy an entire can ... Read More about Simple Dairy-Free Whipped Cream (Gluten Free, Paleo, and Vegan)

Better-Than-Scout Cookies (Gluten Free and Paleo)

It’s probably hard to grasp the importance of a cookie that is better than a Scout cookie if you’ve never had, let alone heard of, a Scout cookie. So, let me take a step back. One of my best friends lives in Denver, and in addition to the pleasure of getting to spend time with her, my second-favorite reason to visit Denver is Watercourse, an unassuming restaurant that serves, by far, the best vegan food you've ever had in your life. It's not crunchy-granola vegan; it's more like amazingly ... Read More about Better-Than-Scout Cookies (Gluten Free and Paleo)

Grain-Free Gnocchi (Gluten Free and Paleo)

I'm partnering with Simple Mills again today to bring you this recipe for grain-free gnocchi. Remember Simple Mills? They're that great grain-free, wholesome baking mix company that I've talked about before. In Troy McClure terms, you might remember them from such doughnuts as these. I've been working with them since those doughnuts to develop such recipes as this decadent pumpkin swirl pound cake and this seriously satisfying Irish soda bread. But I digress. We're talking savory today. The ... Read More about Grain-Free Gnocchi (Gluten Free and Paleo)

Baked Chicken Fingers with Sesame Orange Dipping Sauce (Gluten Free and Paleo)

I'm not sure how old you have to be to stop enjoying chicken fingers, but I hope I never reach that age. It seems like a sad place to be, devoid of crisp bready outer layers and tender, chewy innards. Not to mention dipping sauces, which are reason enough on their own to eat chicken fingers. I'm not talking about the monstrousities of plastered-together chicken-esq byproduct shellacked with mystery breading that you get at a fast-food outlet, or in the freezer section of the grocery store. That ... Read More about Baked Chicken Fingers with Sesame Orange Dipping Sauce (Gluten Free and Paleo)

Chocolate Chip Cherry Ginger Cookies (Gluten Free and Paleo)

I took a day off from work yesterday, for no particular reason. It was a long time coming. Call it a moment to myself, call it a mental health day, call it a much-needed break. Whatever you call it, it was fantastic. The thing is that no mental health day (or whatever you decided you were going to call it; I went with mental health day) is complete without a soft, chewy, ooey gooey chocolate chip cookie (or 3). So, before I knew it, I was stirring and scooping and baking and chowing. ... Read More about Chocolate Chip Cherry Ginger Cookies (Gluten Free and Paleo)

Creamy Roasted Sunchoke and Sage Dip (Gluten Free, Paleo, and Vegan)

  In the course of healing a dysfunctional digestive system, you learn - and consequently, start to casually use, in the coarse of casual conversation - words like "glutamine" and "prebiotics" and, subsequently, "sunchokes". You also start to chat nonchalantly with people about what potency of probiotics you're on, and how many milligrams of magnesium you're taking each day, the way I imagine hardened alcoholics backdoor-brag about their tequila tolerance. But that's a story for ... Read More about Creamy Roasted Sunchoke and Sage Dip (Gluten Free, Paleo, and Vegan)