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This week's giveaway is a copy of Smart Sweets--or buy it here now for 25% off using code Humbled25! The winner of the Your Blogging Business: Talk Talk & Tips giveway was Courtney Dunkin! Congrats, Courtney! If you didn't win the book, you can get it here for only $4.99!

Welcome back to Sizzlin' Soups! Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy, Day2Day Joys, Christian Mommy Blogger, Intentional by Grace, The Purposed Heart and myself have had a lot of fun bringing you our favorite wholesome soup recipes.

We've already featured:

Creamy Chicken and Vegetable Chowder from LeighAnn

Sausage & Kale Italian Zuppa from Rachel

Sweet Potato & Sausage Soup from Nikki

and my Creamy Chicken & Rice Soup.

We will have a free gift for you after our last installment (next week!) that you will definitely want to take advantage of! Be sure to subscribe to one of the above blogs, so you don't miss out!

Now on to this week's soup:

This week Anne at Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy is bringing us Chicken & Dumplings, healthified and simplified with the aid of a slow cooker. Here's what she says about it:

"I’ve had fun experimenting with Chicken & Dumplings in the crock pot. Delicious comfort food that I will definitely be making again and again. I started with this chicken and dumpling recipe at Goodbite.com and modified it to make it easier and healthier. I don't do extra work. Keep it to the minimum! So this is simplified for anybody like me who doesn't have time for extra steps."

Get the recipe for Slow Cooker Chicken & Whole Wheat Garlic Dumplings over at Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy today! And don't forget to check back next week for our last soup of the series, and news about our free gift to you!

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When it comes to real food, many people may think desserts are a big no-no. But that really doesn't have to be the case!

Over the past year, I've learned that simple switches--like using honey instead of sugar--can make a world of difference when making sweets.

And for those of us who need some extra help tweaking old recipes to meet our new diets, Katie of Kitchen Stewardship's newly-released Smart Sweets eCookbook comes to the rescue!

With 30 healthier-than-normal dessert recipes, Smart Sweets will satisfy your sweet tooth without ditching your real food diet.

Some of my favorites in this book include the black bean brownies, the peanut butter bars (grain-free!) and the dark chocolate truffles. Check out the other recipes in the table of contents, here!

I was blessed to be a recipe tester AND editor of this book! I've read it cover-to-cover...and it's a keeper!

And here's what you've been waiting for...one of my favorite recipes from the book--a gluten-free apple crisp!

Gluten-Free Apple Crisp
Ingredients

1⁄2 c. brown sugar OR sucanat OR palm sugar
1⁄4 tsp. nutmeg
1⁄4 tsp. powdered ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 Tbs. lemon juice
3⁄4 c. gluten-free rolled oats
1/3 c. rice flour
pinch of salt
1/3-1/2 c. butter
optional: ground cloves*
optional: 1⁄2 c. apple juice OR cider OR water
optional: 1⁄2 c. raisins optional: 1⁄2 c. chopped walnuts

How many apples? 2-4 pounds apples, or about 5-10 small or 3-4 large apples, any type. Fill your baking dish to at least an inch.

Method

1. Grease an 8x8 or 9x13 baking dish. (Double the topping amounts for a 9x13.)

2. Peel, core and slice apples and cover the bottom of your dish at least an inch deep.

3. Combine the sweetener and spices in a medium bowl, then fold half of that mixture in with your apples in the baking dish along with all of the lemon juice. Also add optional add-ins at this time.
4. Mix the oats, flour, and salt with the remaining sugar-spice mixture in the bowl.
5. Cut the butter into the mixture and add in the optional liquid.
6. Spread the topping overtop the apples.
Bake uncovered at 350°F for 45 minutes OR 375°F for 30 minutes or until the apples are soft.

Serves 4-8+

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Check out all of Katie's books here. She just came out with the second edition of her Healthy Snacks to Go eBook (my favorite eCookbook of all time), and I am also a huge fan of her The Everything Beans Book!

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Sizzlin' Soups: Slow Cooker Chicken & Whole Wheat Garlic Dumplings {at Quick & Easy, Cheap & Healthy}

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Gluten-Free Apple Crisp & Smart Sweets Review and Giveaway!