Recipies
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Shepherd’s Pie Soup
It’s fall and soups become a staple in our house. I stumbled across a recipe for shepherd’s pie soup that I added my own twist to and it was one of the best soups I’ve made. Here’s how I did it. Ingrediants Directions
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Chipotle Black Bean Burgers
This is my favorite lunch. It is filling and energizing for my day. I always use half a bun for my burger and add a side of cottage cheese for extra protein. Black Bean Patty Chipotle Mayo (mix it all together) Make it
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Quick Southwest Chicken Salad
Ready in 15 minutes! Instructions Assemble Top the lettuce with cooked chicken, 2-3 tbs corn, 2-3 tbs black beans, a hand full up tortilla chips (smashed), and drizzle with chipotle ranch dressing. Eat and enjoy!
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Date Caramel Cottage Cheese Toast
Saw this recipe on TikTok and had to try it – so glad I did! It’s seriously delicious. Ingredients Date Caramel Put it together
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Autumn Chicken Dinner
This time of year opens up some great dinner options. Texture is one of my favorite things about food and this meal supplies the comfort of fall and the texture of warmth.
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What I Eat In A Day – Protein Focus
I fully confess that I don’t fully have my nutrition dialed in. Sometimes I have ‘perfect’ days and sometimes I have some ‘comfort’ days. By comfort, I mean, I snack on cookies, homemade peanut butter cups, chocolate-covered dates, or chips and crackers. Nothing is wrong with any of these so if you have ‘comfort’ days…
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Protein French Toast
One of the main focuses I have is to incorporate more protein into my diet. As a female athlete and an aging woman. I see an increase need for protein to maintain my muscle tone and support my cycle. On Mother’s Day this year I went out to breakfast with my family and their special…
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Protein Yogurt
Getting enough protein is hard some days. Getting a healthy dessert is even harder. I heard of a protein yogurt dessert on tik tok and made it my own. Ingredients Directions Calories 359 | Protein 35g | Carbohydrates 30g | Fat 12g
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Colorful Tuna Melt
1. Preheat the oven/toaster oven 350 (also can be made in microwave but then fully toast the bread) 2. Pre-toast the bread just slightly 3. Top with hummus, tuna, spinach, and cabbage – cover with cheese and bake 10 minutes It is amazing – you wouldn’t think so – but dang! Calories 615g | 52g…
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
A dessert that is satisfying, healthy, and doesn’t spike our blood sugar… It’s not as hard to find as you think! Introducing the easiest peanut butter cups! One of my favorite cookbooks is Run Fast Eat Slow – the first edition is my favorite. Within this cookbook is a recipe for peanut butter cups –…
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Protein Mug Cake
Dessert…hard to go without, am I right?! Since Discovering I need more protein in my diet as a female, I started adding protein to dessert
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Pizza Crust for the Win
This pizza crust recipe is the best I’ve tried, and I’ve tried a lot! It is so crunchy and yet soft, easy to make and best with every topping
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Protein Oatmeal
One of my new focus’ is to get more protein in and breakfast is one of the best places to start my day off on the right foot. This is my breakfast most days of the week: Place oats, chia seeds, and water in a saucepan (microwave works too) bring to a boil then let…
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Golden Coffee – yummmm
I have been on the hunt for coffee creamer that is healthy, not toxic, doesn’t give me a stomach ache or add hundreds of calories… Well, I found one! Organic and fair trade coffee (brewed) 1/2 tsp. ground turmeric 1/2 tsp. ground ginger 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 2 tbls coconut milk (unsweetened) 1-2 stevia sweet…
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Quinoa Power Bites
I love sweets. Especially chocolaty, nutty and gooy ones. With my love for the gooy goodness I ended up making my own version of power ball that replaced oats with quinoa. Many recipes use quinoa puffs, but I can’t seem to find them so we use cooked fiber packed quinoa for ours. Ingredients Cooked Quinoa…
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Stuffed Butternut Squash
We’ve been doing meatless Mondays at our house for a change of pace. As grass-fed beef farmers we tend to have meat at almost every meal, but I’m trying to encourage my family to enjoy the large variety of color and flavor that vegetarian meals can provide. I took a few recipes and combined them…
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Apple Carrot Smoothie
1 Cucumber 1 Apple 1 Large Carrot Water Ginger Organic frozen kale 1 tbs almond butter 2 tbs lemon juice 1 tbs pre-soaked chia seeds 1 tsp olive oil Directions take one tbs chia seeds and soak in water while you prep the rest of the smoothie simply put all the remaining ingredients in a…
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Sweet Potato Black Bean Quinoa Bake with Garlic Sour Cream Sauce
Ingredients Directions Sour cream garlic sauce Finishing touches Once the sweet potatoes and quinoa are done, microwave the black beans and then combine the quinoa, sweet potatoes and black beans – top with the garlic sauce and enjoy!!!
