Bloggers Go Au Natural With In The Raw

Bloggers prepare a recipe from In The Raw's website using In The Raw products (Stevia In The Raw, Sugar In The Raw, Agave In The Raw) and share a pixelated photo of their creation generated by the new Au Natural In The Raw app. Read their posts below to take a peek at their creations, get recipes, and enter to win a $100 Cooking.com gift card!

The Au Natural In the Raw app gives you maximum viewing pleasure and helps you slip just the right amount of coverage over hot, tempting food photography. Using all-natural In The Raw products heightens that sense of achievement because you know you're using the best all-natural ingredients for your creation. Desserts have never been so bad, and yet soooo good. Turn up the heat...try the Au Natural In The Raw app today.

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Carrot Pineapple Muffins

Did you know that of all the photos posted to social media, food photos are posted more than anything else? And of those photos - guess what is the most popular?Dessert, of course! There is just something about a little something sweet that gets almost all of us going. I know I love my sugar fix and have something sweet at least once a day. When you love sugar like I do, (and I'm guessing like most of you - since those are always the most popular photos), it's important to try to be smart when choosing what kind of sugar to use in your baked goods.

Homemade Whipped Marshmallow Creme

During the past couple of months, I've cut back big time on the amount of sugar I eat. If you've seen my obscenely large dessert category on my recipe index, this is probably a little shocking. I love desserts. I mean, I loved baking before I loved cooking, and it was brownies and cookies and cakes, all the way. But I started thinking about my sugar consumption after I came across an interesting post on the Family Fresh Cooking blog. It was a post about why Marla chooses to live a sugar free lifestyle.

Pumpkin Cake with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Food bloggers rejoice! We are finally on the cusp of Fall Baking!! Pumpkin, cinnamon, apples... oh my goodness-- can't you just smell all of those aromatic autumn flavors already in the air?? And I simply can't think of a Fall flavor that doesn't taste even better with cream cheese frosting. Although, come to think of it, is there any season that doesn't taste better with a little cream cheese frosting? Probably not. I recently was given the opportunity to do a review for In The Raw.

No-Bake Peanut Butter Oat Cookies

I'm sure everyone remembers eating those no-bake oatmeal peanut butter cookies as a kid? They were always one of my favorite cookies. I still really enjoy them, and as a bonus, they have no egg in them, so they're a big treat for Caroline, too! These cookies are a bit of a take-off from those. They are no bake, and contain oats, peanut butter, and chocolate. Yet they are so much more. They also have toasted almonds, dried cranberries, and chocolate chips.

Pumpkin Pie Frappe

Is it just me, or is anyone else done with summer?Maybe it's because I'm currently lugging around a 2 1/2-pound watermelon in my stomach, but I am totally over this season. It doesn't help that Fall is my absolute favorite time of year, and I probably got a taste of it too early going up to Canada a few weeks ago. I want it to be here NOW!I want cool, crisp air. I want jeans and sweatshirts. I want fallen leaves and apple-picking.I want PUMPKIN SPICE! Who's with me on that?

Tropical Cucumber Cooler Cocktail

This has been my summer of discontent. That’s not to say that there haven’t been moments of contentment, but it’s simply been almost unrelentingly too hot and humid. And in the midst of all this sweltering, most of you will know what I mean when I say working 24/7 is the only way to make a real living these days!

45 Calorie Chocolate Truffles

No, you don't need glasses, you totally read that right. These chocolate truffles are deliciously decadent AND they are only 45 calories a piece! Woot! I seriously feel like I found the holy grail of chocolate truffle recipes. And the reason for this recipe's waist line approving awesomeness is its secret ingredient...Stevia! Stevia In The Raw, to be exact. Stevia In The Raw is a 100% natural, zero-calorie sweetener. Have you ever tried it before? This was the first time I have ever used it, and I was pleasantly surprised with the ooey gooey, melt-in-your-mouth results.

Spicy Tequila Sunrise

As summer draws to a close, I thought it would be appropriate to celebrate with a beautiful sunshiny drink -- this colorful Spicy Tequila Sunrise. The recipe for this drink is actually courtesy of In The Raw -- the brilliant folks behind the line of Sugar In The Raw, Agave In The Raw, and Stevia In The Raw. You have probably seen their cute, little, brown, sugar packets in restaurants before. But I recently began cooking at home with the Agave and Stevia, and am in love!

Coffee Cake Muffins

I'm sure it's no surprise to most of you that I'm sort of addicted to Pinterest. The crafty things I'll never make, the crazy hair styles and fancy finger nail polish, the home decor, and, of course, the food. The gobs and gobs of food. I sometimes get embarrassed by all of the food I'm pinning and will pin some random craft or hair style just so people don't think I do nothing but look at food photos. True story.

Chocolate Chip Brownies

I was lucky enough to receive some "In The Raw" products to use in my baking. I headed over to recipes section on their website and after searching through several different options, I decided on this one: Chocolate Chip Brownies. I was actually surprised with the variety of food you can make using Stevia In The Raw. You can make breakfast, lunch, dinner, or dessert! I chose to stick with what I knew best ... dessert.

Turbinado Energy Bars

School is officially under way, and I have to say I'm having mixed feelings about it. I'm the kind of person who craves structure, so as convenient as it is for me to schedule work and time for myself when my guys are in school, I miss the lazy mornings of laying around in our pajamas and spending leisurely afternoons at the pool.I love being able to plan a hike with my girlfriends each week, but I hate packing lunches every morning. So whether I'm ready or not, it's time to settle into a routine!

Banana Daiquiri Bread

Coming up with new things to bake can sometimes be a challenge. I'm always trying to find ways to make something I already feel like I know everything about seem new and interesting, and thankfully, this time I got a little bit of help. I'm pleased to bring you into my partnership with Sugar In The Raw in order to show you the benefits of baking with raw sugar. I had only done it myself on a few occasions, but you'd be surprised to know how well replacing regular, granulated sugar with the raw version works.