Desserts |

Pluot Gallette

September 5, 2015 by AHS

Do you ever pass by bakery windows or stare into their cases while waiting for coffee and long to order one of the beautiful treats therein, to enjoy both studying it for its beautiful shapes, colors and texture and eating it for its deliciousness, but stop yourself because it’s too indulgent from, well, all angles? Or fall down the rabbit hole of gazing at said treats online, but worry that you won’t get the assembly right, or it will take […]

Categories: Desserts, Pies, Gallettes & Tarts • Tags: Dessert Recipe, Desserts, End of Summer, Galette, Healthy Dessert, Pluot Thyme Galette, Pluots, Recipe, Thyme

Triple Berry Hybrid

August 24, 2015 by AHS

My berry addiction continues as squeezing in summer recipes feels all the more imperative – the shadows are getting longer earlier in my favorite sunny nook off our kitchen. To the urgency add a coincidental l stop at a farmer’s market that had an overage of black berries, plus a huge berry sale at Whole Foods to make this special treat justifiable (it requires a ton of berries), and an all-berry bake was inevitable. I’m not sure if my favorite […]

Categories: Baked, Desserts, Pies, Gallettes & Tarts • Tags: Baking, Blackberries, Blueberries, Desserts, Dinner Party, Food Photography, Healthier Dessert, Low Sugar, Raspberries, Recipe, Seasonal

Summer Berry Pops with Coconut & Lime

August 21, 2015 by AHS

The end of summer has never crept up so fast, and the end of the season wouldn’t necessarily be on my mind if it weren’t for the fact that in anticipation of our first small dinner party in our new home, I thought to make an apricot galette only to realize that due to our unusually packed travel schedule coupled with our cross-country move, I’ve missed the better part of the summer produce season. And while we’re off the road […]

Categories: Desserts • Tags: Blackberries, Blueberries, Coconut Milk, Coconut Milk Ice Pops, Dairy Free, Desserts, Food Photography, Frozen, Healthy Dessert, Lime, No Refined Sugar, Recipe, Summer, Summer Berries

Double Chocolate Mexican Wedding Cookies

May 1, 2015 by AHS

Is it just me or are the weeks flying by now that it’s Spring? May 1st already!! This First Friday feels a little more special since the the two are aligned, PLUS there is a very fun excuse for making all things Mexican-inspired in early May. (As you may already know we’ve been working through a mini-Mexicican Appreciation Month around here.) For these First Friday Cookies I tweaked the Double Chocolate Chip Cookies we’ve come to rely on, including by adding chili […]

Categories: Baked, Cookies, Desserts • Tags: Chili, Chocolate, Cinco de Mayo, Cinnamon, Desserts, Double Chocolate Cookies, Food Photography, healthier cookies, Healthy Cookies, Recipe

Granola Cookies with (Optional) Chocolate Chips

April 3, 2015 by AHS

Happy First Friday of April! Aka the first Friday of the month, when a health(ier) cookie is featured here at From the Athlete’s Kitchen. This concept came to be when I resolved to find a middle ground between over the top sugar bombs and clumps of sawdust claiming to be cookies. In March, a few less successful granola cookie tests finally led to the angle of modifying an oatmeal cookie recipe, namely by replacing the oats with granola. I turned […]

Categories: Baked, Cookies, Desserts • Tags: Cookie Recipe, Cookies, Desserts, Food Photography, Granola Cookies, healthier cookies, Recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookies

March 6, 2015 by AHS

First Friday in March… That makes today cookie day! For those who are catching up, I’ve dedicated the first Friday of every month to featuring a cookie that bridges the gap between the sawdust/cardboard cookie where fun goes to die and the half-your-daily-calories fat and sugar bomb. I love this project, even if it is admittedly a little more challenging than I first thought – there are only so many indulgences that can be omitted before a cookie is just […]

Categories: Baked, Cookies, Desserts • Tags: Chocolate Chip Cookies, Desserts, Food Photography, Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies, Healthy Cookies, Paleo, Photography, Recipe, Vegan

Sun & Snow

February 20, 2015 by AHS

Lots of sun and snow this week, and hello, COLD. Curious to see its rare frozen state, I went to check out the fountain in Bryant Park early this morning. Here it is, looking to me like a cauldron boiled over: The snow/sun pattern all week left a striking visual and had me wondering how it could translate in the kitchen. When I got home from the frozen fountain outing, I noticed the pineapple I picked up earlier in the […]

Categories: Breakfasts, Desserts, Snacks • Tags: Coconut, Desserts, Food Photography, Grilled Pineapple, Pineapple and Coconut, Recipe, Seared Pineapple, Unsweetened Coconut Flakes