Ms. Mrkonjic's Genius Hour Blog

After what it seems to be only a few weeks, my Genius Hour project is coming to an end. I had so much fun baking recipes that I've never tried before and challenging myself to keep them as healthy as possible. My Genius Hour question was "how will making healthy dessert recipes affect my overall physical health?" Throughout this process of baking healthy goods, I've noticed my cravings for sugar has lessened overall. Even having a few spoons of ice cream or a bite of a chocolate bar is good enough for me to satisfy my sweet tooth. In terms of my physical health, I have noticed I have a little more energy and I'm excited to see where this will take me in the future! The best part about having snacks prepped and ready to go to take with me on the go has been a life saver in the morning. I'm the type of person to hit my snooze button five times before I decide its time to get out of bed. So having these baked sweets already ready has been great! I...

Here we go, the last and final recipe of Genius Hour! I sure hope this goes a lot smoother than the past two recipes. It is crazy how fast the time has flown not only since this project started, but all of September! When I began this project I researched and found a few recipes in advanced to help with time so I didn't have to worry about what I was baking every week. As mentioned in my previous post, I started my student teacher placement last week. Especially working with kids you get tired more easily, and for me I was constantly hungry throughout the day. After finding out some of the students in the class had more allergies than just nuts, I had to go back to the search engine on google as I wanted to enjoy some homemade goods all throughout the week. Each week my challenge has been to try and find one vegetable in a dessert recipe which I have managed thus far. But on top of that, this week I had to look up dairy-free AND nut-free recipes which I found a tad tricky. I wa...