Mini Cupcakes with Natural Flavors

Cooking time: 20 minutes + 20 minutes baking time | Difficulty level: Medium | Makes: About 2 dozen

Love cakes but worried about the calories? These mini cupcakes are the perfect guilt-free snack to satisfy the sweet tooth, and the frosting uses natural flavoring!

Clockwise: Strawberry, blueberry, orange and lemon

Syrups / Jams

Cooking time: 15 minutes | Difficulty level: Easy

For a while I relied on store bought strawberry and blueberry syrups. But then I started getting sick of all that high fructose corn syrup in all the syrups, so my Mom gave me the recipe to make my own syrups / jams. It is super easy, super fun and so much healthier! Besides, it lets me get creative and make my own flavors (next up: Orange and Lemon).