If you're looking for ways to reduce how much refined sugar you're eating, but you're not quite ready to give desserts up entirely, try out this Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough recipe. It uses the delicious sweetener -- Coconut Sugar. Coconut sugar is marginally healthier than refined sugar, contains some nutrients and is made from natural ingredients. I'm not telling you to go all hog wild and use it as a health food, but it's a good alternative to white sugar. It can easily be swapped for brown sugar. It has a mild taste that isn't coconut-ty and blends in well. You can use it in your coffee, granola recipes and Keep Reading

How to Freeze Applesauce Apple season is just getting good so head to your local farmers' market, produce stand, or apple orchard and get in on this year's harvest. With our apple haul, we do four things: eat, bake, and can and freeze applesauce. We eat apples fresh until the thought of eating another apple in January is like the thought of picking another zucchini in August. If the "apple a day" motto is accurate, then we are in good shape. I also bake several apple pies or crisps. When my husband walks through the door after a long day or the bathtub faucet is leaking or I accidentally run over something with the car that should not have been Keep Reading