Customizable Recipes with Ingredients of Your Choice
This easy Holiday Cocoa Bark is gluten free, vegan, and lower in sugar. A perfect way to satisfy your chocolate craving during the holidays. It also makes for a great gift. I love chocolate. And if you’re like me, when I get a craving for chocolate– I want it and I want it now. Well […]
Time for a healthy twist on a classic with cranberry orange carrot cookies. I love this recipe because it incorporates fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, seasonal spices and has less fat than your traditional cookie. We all want to sneak veggies into sweets without it tasting like veggies. That’s why carrots are perfect because they […]
This seasonal Brussels Sprouts and Sweet Potato Bowl is the perfect comfort recipe for fall. It is packed with nutrients and flavor. Plus, it’s gluten-free and vegan! What is a bowl? There’s not strict definition for this dish but they are typically a mix of grains, veggies, a protein source, and some kind of sauce. […]
Instead of a new diet (see my other recent blog posts where I tried out different trending diets), this week I focused on trying a way of life for some individuals. Since May 2018, nearly 40,000 Americans participant in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the new name for food stamps. What is the SNAP […]
The Mediterranean diet has been acknowledged as one of the healthiest ways to eat. Not only is it associated with some delicious meals but it’s also been linked with improved heart health and weight loss. Generally speaking, this diet focuses on eating fresh fruits, vegetables, seafood and healthy grains, while limiting red meat, unhealthy fats […]
The Ketogenic Diet has been in the spotlight for quite some time now as a featured diet for weight loss and athletic performance. But did you know the diet started as a treatment for epilepsy in the 1920s? Doctors noticed that some epilepsy patients who fasted had fewer seizures, so they created a diet meant […]
Welcome to Cheerful Choices! I’m Mackenzie, a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN), nutrition expert, and recipe developer. I create simple recipes with customizable ingredients “of your choice.”
