Recipes

Sweet Cream Cornmeal Protein Pancakes

My mom always told me to make the best cornbread, you need buttermilk. After growing up eating her true-to-southern recipe nearly every week, I...

Caramel-Chocolate Protein Tart

It’s tart! No, not the lip-puckering kind of tart. This dessert is a lick-the-bowl-and-your-chocolate-covered-fingers tart. Three layers paint the perfect protein treat, using chocolaty...

Raw-Vegan Strawberry Shortcake with Homemade Cashew Cream

Who hasn’t slacked off and squirted whipped cream from a can on a spongy store bought cake topped with non-organic strawberries? Break free from...

Cake Batter Protein Cookies

Every kitchen should have a cookie jar – especially with kiddos in the house. After every hard workout or chore checked off the to-do...

The QUEST-ion Is: What’s For Dessert??

Are you familiar with Quest bars? They’re one of our most popular products at Vitacost.com—people love the taste, and because so many of our...

Clean Cheating Cherry Cobbler

A cucumber with ketchup, a plate of cheesy fries, a peanut butter cookie dipped in dark chocolate. Whether you’re pregnant or in peak training,...

Spicy-Sweet Cardamom Vanilla Chiller

Subtract the sugar and triple the spice—that’s what a healthy smoothie is made of. This chilly concoction combines a dash of exotic cardamom, a...

Quest Bar Banana Cream Pies

Steamy summer days call for a light dessert that can help you chill out. Sometimes, milky ice cream is too heavy (or too hard...

Gluten-Free Chocolate-Cherry Granola Bites

Bars and bowlfuls are the most popular ways to enjoy granola, but sometimes just a bite is enough. Made from non-GMO ingredients, these cute...

Baked Low-Fat Mexican Tortilla Wedges

You could eat just over a quarter cup of almonds. Or a piece of string cheese and an apple. Or a half cup of...

Vitacost Haul: Restocking for the New House

Moving from house to house – or state to state as we did – requires scaling down temporarily. Since we packed most of our...

5 Fermented Foods to Add to Your Weight-Loss Plan

Fermented foods sounds like the office refrigerator when people forget about their plastic containers of food until they smell strange and turn green. But...