Easy recipes made with nutritious ingredients

Welcome to A Sweet Alternative, where you’ll find easy recipes that are nutrient dense and delicious. Cooks of any experience level can easily make these nutritious recipes.

Nutritious Dessert Recipes

Six chocolate covered dates on a white plate.

Chocolate Covered Dates

Seven coconut oil cookies on a white plate.

Coconut Oil Cookies

Five flaxseed cookies on a white plate.

Flaxseed Cookies

Maple syrup chocolate chip cookies piled on a white plate with a bite missing from one.

Maple Syrup Chocolate Chip Cookies

A slice of frosted chocolate black bean cake.

Chocolate Black Bean Cake

Five coconut flour peanut butter cookies on a white plate with a bite taken out of one.

Coconut Flour Peanut Butter Cookies

A slice of buckwheat cake with three raspberries on top.

Buckwheat Cake

Amaranth cookies on a white plate.

Amaranth Cookies

Buckwheat cookies on a white plate with a bite missing from one of them.

Buckwheat Cookies

Strawberry truffles on a white plate.

Strawberry Truffles

Three lemon popsicles on a white plate.

Lemon Popsicles

A bowl of dark chocolate hummus next to a pile of strawberries.

Dark Chocolate Hummus

Nine spelt flour cookies displayed on a white plate.

Spelt Flour Cookies

Four chocolate covered pineapple rings on a white plate.

Chocolate Covered Pineapple

Coconut candy bars displayed on a plate.

Coconut Candy Bars

Four chickpea flour cookies on a white plate.

Chickpea Flour Cookies

Eight almond butter chocolates on a white plate.

Almond Butter Chocolates

Chocolate walnuts on a white plate.

Chocolate Walnuts

Seven vegan almond butter cookies on a white plate.

Vegan Almond Butter Cookies

Eight monk fruit cookies on a white plate.

Monk Fruit Cookies

Caramelized peaches on a white plate.

Caramelized Peaches

Three banana chocolate popsicles on a plate.

Banana Chocolate Popsicles

A large slice of date sweetened cake on a white plate with a stainless steel fork.

Date-Sweetened Cake

Four chickpea flour brownies on a plate.

Chickpea Flour Brownies

A white plate piled with vegan oat flour cookies against a white background.

Vegan Oat Flour Cookies

A slice of white cake with almond butter frosting.

Almond Butter Frosting

A vegan microwave cookie on a piece of parchment paper.

Vegan Microwave Cookie

Eight peanut butter date cookies on a white plate.

Peanut Butter Date Cookies

Six coconut flour brownies on a plate.

Vegan Coconut Flour Brownies

Seven coconut flour banana cookies on a white plate.

Coconut Flour Banana Cookies

Nutritious Dinner Recipes

A white bowl filled with pasta in a creamy sauce.

Tahini Pasta

A white bowl filled with vegan rice noodles with sesame seeds sprinkled on top.

Vegan Rice Noodles

Vegan butternut squash risotto in a bowl with fresh sage sprinkled on top.

Vegan Butternut Squash Risotto

A single vegan stuffed portobello mushroom on a white plate against a white tile background.

Vegan Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

Meatless meatloaf on a plate with two thick slices cut.

Meatless Meatloaf

A piece of vegan roasted chicken sprinkled with chives on a plate with lemon wedges.

Vegan Roasted Chicken

Simple Side Dish Recipes

Baked okra piled in a bowl.

Baked Okra

Balsamic roasted asparagus spears on a white plate.

Balsamic Roasted Asparagus

Nutritious Breakfast Recipes

A loaf of vegan whole wheat bread on a marble cutting board with slices cut.

Vegan Whole Wheat Bread Recipe

A chickpea flour omelette on a white plate.

Chickpea Flour Omelette

Five spelt muffins on a white plate.

Spelt Muffins

Vegan apple muffins in a basket lined with a red striped towel.

Vegan Apple Muffins

Five buckwheat muffins on a white plate.

Buckwheat Muffins

Chickpea flour banana bread with two slices cut off.

Chickpea Flour Banana Bread

Vegan Applesauce muffins in paper baking cups on a white plate.

Vegan Applesauce Muffins

Snack and Appetizer Recipes

Stuffed dates on a white plate.

Stuffed Dates

Spelt crackers on a white plate.

Spelt Crackers

A bowl of caramelized almonds.

Caramelized Almonds

Kale cookies on a white plate.

Kale Cookies

Chickpea flour tortillas displayed on a plate.

Chickpea Flour Tortillas

Spiced sunflower seeds in a glass bowl.

Spiced Sunflower Seeds

Chickpea flour crackers and dip on a white plate.

Chickpea Flour Crackers

Kale muffins in a basket lined with a linen napkin.

Kale Muffins

Salad and Dressing Recipes

A white plate full of salad with maple vinaigrette.

Maple Vinaigrette

Salad on a plate with almond butter salad dressing drizzled on top.

Almond Butter Salad Dressing

A white bowl filled with baby kale salad.

Baby Kale Salad

Beetroot and sweet potato salad in a white bowl.

Beetroot and Sweet Potato Salad

Soup Recipes

A bowl of vegan cream of cauliflower soup with parsley sprinkled on top.

Vegan Cream of Cauliflower Soup

A white bowl of butternut squash soup with chives sprinkled on top.

Paleo Butternut Squash Soup

Sauce Recipes

A green lemon herb sauce in a glass bowl with an antique silver spoon.

Lemon Herb Sauce

Vegan puttanesca pasta on a plate.

Puttanesca Sauce Without Anchovies

Popular Categories

Three vegan strawberry cookies on a plate with some strawberry halves.

Cookie Recipes

Donuts stacked on a plate.

Coconut Flour Recipes

A stack of dairy free buckwheat pancakes dripping with maple syrup.

Buckwheat Flour Recipes

Five slices of chickpea flour cake on a white plate.

Chickpea Flour Recipes

Oat flour pancakes stacked on a plate.

Oat Flour Recipes

Four muffins on a plate.

Whole Wheat Flour Recipes

Nine chocolate cookies displayed on a white plate.

Spelt Flour Recipes

Amaranth crackers on a white plate.

Amaranth Flour Recipes

Date paste in a glass dish.

Date Paste (a Nutritious Refined Sugar-Free Sweetener)

Chocolate covered dried cherries on a white plate.

Chocolate Covered Fruit Recipes

Seven paleo sweet potato muffins arranged on a white plate.

Gluten-Free Muffin Recipes

A glass dish full of chocolate spread next to some toast.

Sauces, Spreads, & Jam Recipes

A loaf of grain free banana bread with two slice cut.

Paleo Recipes

Ginger ale with ice, lime, and mint in a glass.

Refined Sugar-Free Drinks

Coconut flour in a metal measuring cup next to measuring spoons.

Informational Posts

Six vegan olive oil cookies arranged on a white plate.

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