Remember when McDonald’s was healthy? Completely kidding but I did rock with those McDonald’s McSalad Shakers back in the early 2000’s! So, let’s make our own because I need more healthy convenient meals in my fridge. Listen, you can make these salads any way your heart desires, this is just my current hyperfixation. I use…
Easy Protein Energy Balls 3 Ways (GF)
I love a protein snack in between meals as a pick me up. So let’s try 3 different protein energy balls and see which is better nutritionally but also tastes great! We will try a cosmic brownie protein energy ball, a peanut butter chocolate chip energy ball and a blackberry cheesecake energy ball. Be sure…
Making Starbucks Potato Cheddar & Chive Breakfast Bakes Copycat Recipe
Oh Starbucks, how I love your food but you’re oh so expensive and full of sodium! I made this copycat potato cheddar chive bake recipe for a fifth of the cost of Starbucks! My Starbucks charges $5.45 plus tax! My beautiful thick and full and much more voluptuous potato cheese chive bites are only 75…
Creamy One Pot Pumpkin Heart Shaped Pasta (with Shrimp)
My favorite easy weeknight dinner that I go to in the fall and winter is my One pot creamy pumpkin pasta that I began making when we were vegan. I have since adapted it many times for whatever I have on hand and less sodium for our aging bodies. I made one with Butternut squash…
Chicken Bacon Ranch Puff Pastry Pinwheels Recipe
My pinwheel obsession continues to grow with these chicken bacon ranch pinwheels in the shape of hearts. I usually use crescent roll dough but this time I switched to puff pastry because it was on sale. These pinwheel recipes are perfect for parties, football games, any sports games really, Valentine’s Day, holidays or just a…
Easy Egg Bites Meal Prep Idea
Starbucks charges way too much for egg bites, they’re not even as good as you can make at home and one less stop when you’re rushing in the morning. My husband and I have breakfast for the whole work week but just making these on the weekends. We use these meal prep containers because they’re…
Buffalo Chicken Dip Puff Pastry Pinwheel Appetizer Snack Recipe
Buffalo chicken dip is the quintessential appetizer snack for holidays, game days, birthdays or your average weekday. And I’ve been on a crescent roll pinwheels kick so I figure let’s do that but with puff pastry. The amount of franks red hot you add to make your buffalo chicken dip is optional. We add a…
Strawberry Brownie (Crumbl Cookie Copycat Recipe)
Crumbl cookie came out with a Strawberry Brownie this week and it looked like everything I wanted. Let’s make it at home so it’s more delicious and MUCH cheaper! Crumbl cookie is charging $4.99 plus $1.49 (that’s $6.48!) for the strawberry brownie. Each one of these homemade strawberry brownies is less than $1! You can’t…
11 Easy Crescent Roll & Puff Pastry Pinwheel Appetizer Recipe Ideas for a Party
The humble crescent roll tube, it scares us when we open it but it provides the most delicious snack and appetizers for a night in or a party out. You could also use puff pastry, pizza dough or a homemade dough of sorts. Pretty much anything works for these. Jalapeño Popper Cresent Roll Pinwheel Recipe…
Grinch Themed Butter Cookies for Christmas
The story goes, if you give a grinch a delicious grinch themed Christmas cookie, their heart will grow three times to size! I was inspired by Sophia Mya Cupcakes on Facebook! For the butter cookies I used Cloudy Kitchen’s One Bowl 30 Minute Butter Cookies Recipe. I did, however, add green gel food coloring from…
Peppermint Mocha Blossoms Cookies
Peppermint mocha may be my favorite Christmas coffee flavor. I also love all the peppermint mocha sweets during Christmas time too…so, I present to you the BEST Christmas cookie, the Peppermint Mocha Blossoms Cookies for Santa! Blossom coookies are the quintessential Christmas cookie! I used Andes candies for my peppermint mocha cookie. If you can’t…
Dubai Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats for Christmas
Dubai Chocolate has a hold on me so I needed to use it for a Christmas recipe too! I start by browning my butter in a large pot for extra umami flavor. I used homemade pistachio cream from a bunch of free pistachios my husband brought me home from work. If you aren’t into that,…
Stranger Things Cupcakes for Christmas
I made Christmas light cupcakes last Christmas but since Netflix is releasing more of this seasons Stranger Things on Christmas, why not combine the two themes for a spooky festive vibe for the holiday! Joyce Byers talking to Will through Christmas lights in the upside down also helps bring home the stranger things theme. The…
Midnight Munchies & More! 