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    Desserts

    Easy and delicious dessert recipes made with whole grains, less sugar and less butter. Feeding your family well doesn't mean you have to miss out on sweets!

    Fruit

    • Thirds and halves of pineapple rings with one end covered in chocolate and topped with crushed freeze dried strawberries.
      Chocolate Covered Pineapple (So Easy!)
    • Banana milkshake in a glass topped with banana pieces and served with a blue and white striped straw.
      Easy Milkshake Recipe with Banana
    • Top view of strawberry crumble in a white square baking dish with one serving of crumble removed and a serving spoon laid on top of the remainder of the crumble.
      Easy Strawberry Crumble
    • Apple and pear crumble in a white baking dish with a gold spoon.
      Easy Apple and Pear Crumble
    • Two Raspberry and White Chocolate Blondies on a white platter with a bar pan of blondies in the background.
      Easy Raspberry and White Chocolate Blondies
    • Roasted peach slices on a lined baking sheet.
      Easy Roasted Peaches
    • Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
    • Top view of a bowl of fresh fruit salad.
      15-Minute Fresh Fruit Salad

    Chocolate Desserts

    • Double chocolate chip banana cookies on a white plate.
      Banana Cocoa Cookies
    • Three dairy-free chocolate cupcakes in colorful cupcake liners.
      Simple Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
    • Top view of one chocolate cupcake in a turquoise silicone baking cup, topped with chocolate frosting and sprinkles. The corner another cupcake and a few sprinkles are around the cupcake.
      Best Homemade Chocolate Frosting
    • Chocolate chia pudding in a small white ramekin with a spoon and topped with fresh raspberries. One small glass bowl with fresh raspberries is behind the white ramekin.
      Quick & Easy Chocolate Chia Pudding
    • Three Vegan Chocolate Truffles on a white platter.
      Vegan Chocolate Truffles (No-Bake)
    • Chocolate chip vegan blondies on a white plate.
      Super Easy Vegan Blondies
    • A stack of chocolate chip cookie bars on a white plate.
      Chewy Chocolate Chip Pan Cookies
    • Four images of food with text in the center, "Meals for After Wisdom Teeth Removal."
      Meals for After Wisdom Teeth Removal (Ideas from a Dietitian)
    • Blue chia pudding topped with hemp hearts and fresh blueberries in a small white round bowl.
      Easy Blue Chia Pudding
    • Top left: several pieces of biscotti on a round wooden platter with a bag of California Walnuts. Top right: Four quarters of a round waffle overlapping on a white plate and topped with banana slices; a small glass bowl with maple syrup is on the plate. Bottom left: Banana oat chocolate chip cookies on a sheetpan lined with parchment paper. Bottom right: Top view of a strawberry banana smoothie topped with one frozen strawberry in a glass with a red and white striped straw.
      21 Overripe Banana Recipes
    • Pieces of fresh fruit on toothpicks and bamboo skewers on a white plate with yogurt and granola in separate ramekins.
      Favorite Fruit on a Stick
    • Pink applesauce in a white bowl with a spoon.
      Homemade Unsweetened Applesauce
    Kristi Ruth RD wearing a green top with jeans and holding a white platter with tri-colored carrots.

    Welcome to Carrots & Cookies! I'm a Registered Dietitian and busy working mom of 3 on a mission to show you that eating well doesn't have to be complicated! Follow me for easy recipes and practical nutrition tips! More about me...

    Popular Recipes

    • Five cooked jerk lime boneless pork chops overlapping each other one a white plate with broccoli to the right.
      Best Oven Baked Boneless Pork Chops
    • Top view of a bowl of fresh fruit salad.
      15-Minute Fresh Fruit Salad
    • One roasted beet on top of a piece of foil.
      Easy Roasted Beets in Foil
    • Granola in a white ramekin with pieces of granola scattered around the base of the ramekin.
      Easy Granola Recipe (Low Sugar)
    • Chicken in white sauce served in a white bowl with a golden spoon.
      20-Minute Chicken in White Sauce
    • Cherry tomato sauce topped with two small basil leaves and a sprig of fresh oregano served in a white bowl with a white spoon.
      Easy Cherry Tomato Sauce for Pasta

    Summertime Recipes!

    • Three pieces of barbecue chicken with two ears of corn topped with pieces of cilantro and served on a white plate.
      15-Minute Air Fryer BBQ Chicken
    • Chunks of fresh watermelon topped with Tajin and cinnamon.
      5-Minute Tajin and Watermelon
    • Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad in a large white serving bowl with tongs.
      Easy Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad
    • Top view of a pitaya smoothie in a glass jar topped with pieces of pitaya and a pink and white striped straw .
      Delicious Dragon Fruit Smoothie
    • Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
    • Six pieces of caprese bruschetta drizzled with balsamic glaze on a white platter.
      Easy Caprese Bruschetta

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