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Small Batch Healthy Chocolate Banana Muffins

Small Batch Healthy Chocolate Banana Muffins

June 29, 2017

These small batch healthy chocolate banana muffins are naturally sweetened and made with 100% whole wheat flour. They make a perfect grab-and-go breakfast for kids! After going to the same preschool everyday since he was two years old, Owen started day camp this week! We thought he might ...

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One-Bowl Skinny Pumpkin Bread

One-Bowl Skinny Pumpkin Bread

September 6, 2016

This one-bowl skinny pumpkin bread is moist, tender, and loaded with warm fall spices--for less than 250 calories a slice! My idea of a perfect fall breakfast: a thick slice of spicy pumpkin bread, slathered with apple butter, and a piping hot chai latte. The only problem is, most pumpkin ...

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Black Sesame Scones

Black Sesame Scones

May 2, 2016

Sweet, flaky, and impossibly tender, these black sesame scones make the perfect breakfast or afternoon snack! As you might have guessed from yesterday's post, I'm having a moment with green tea. It's funny because I've never been a huge tea drinker. And in fact, my friend Peter would tell you ...

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Gingerbread Challah

Gingerbread Challah

December 6, 2015

It's a Chrismukkah miracle! Can you tell that I am half Jewish? But not even, really. My dad is of Jewish decent, but I grew up celebrating Christmas. Alex, on the other hand, is fully Jewish. Now that we have Owen, we are trying to find a middle road. We celebrate both holidays, but we try ...

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Healthy Cranberry Orange Kefir Cake

Healthy Cranberry Orange Kefir Cake

October 26, 2015

I tried kefir once, 10 years ago, when another waitress at the wine bar I worked at brought some in and offered me a sip. I hated it, and for the next decade I never gave it a second thought. But tastes evolve, or maybe she just had a really gross kind? Because two weeks ago, standing in the ...

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Vegan Mocha Swirl Banana Cake

Vegan Mocha Swirl Banana Cake

May 27, 2015

For years, I wrote a column for Serious Eats called the Mixed Review. Each week, I made something from a boxed mix and assessed the results. There were cakes, muffins, donuts, brownies, cookies. The day after testing I would bring all the leftovers into work and deposit them in the office kitchen ...

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100% Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins

100% Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins

May 12, 2015

Last Saturday my parents came to visit. Their train was late, and while I was waiting I decided to pop into this cute little bakery by the station for a cup of coffee. They always have a really nice selection of healthy(ish) baked goods, like oatmeal breakfast cookies and gluten-free scones. That ...

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Coconut Lime Banana Bread

Coconut Lime Banana Bread

February 20, 2015

It was -2°F degrees out this morning when I loaded Owen into the car to go to daycare. Still, he refuses to wear a hat. Every time I put one on him (a sun hat, a baseball cap, even a jacket hood) he rips it off and yells "Noooo!" When I tried to put it back on I said, "Doesn't that feel goooood?" ...

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Maple Applesauce Cake

Maple Applesauce Cake

September 23, 2014

When I was in the fifth grade, we moved across town to a new house with several huge apple trees in the backyard. My parents simply let them grow wild, never spraying them or cutting them back, and every fall to this day they shower the yard with hundreds of lumpy, spotted, and sometimes wormy ...

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Hi! I'm Lucy. Turnip the Oven is my vegetable-focused food blog, but sometimes I'm sidetracked by dessert. My recipes are simple and approachable, and I use fresh, seasonal ingredients. I hope I inspire you to eat more plants…and cookies.

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