It’s officially fall and I could not be more excited for my favorite time of year. Ok, scratch that. Christmas is technically my favorite time of year, but I ADORE fall weather and… pumpkin everything. I have no shame in embracing my “basic” ways this time of year. What could be more ideal than enjoying …
Snacks & Sweet Treats
PB&J Energy Balls
How many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches do you think you ate as a child? And now as an adult? Many less, I am guessing. Let’s bring some of that PB&J joy back into your life with these PB&J Energy Balls! PB&J Energy Balls Taste Like Childhood This recipe was actually a spontaneous concoction that …
Paleo Honey Mustard Snack Mix
Reminiscing on Childhood Did you ever eat those Snyder’s Honey Mustard Pretzels growing up? Those little pretzel bites that were so addicting? And they left that delicious yellow honey mustard goodness all over your finger tips that you would lick off after enjoying your snack. Like Cheetos, but way better. If you know, you know. …
Double Chocolate Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
Cookiesssss (*said in the cookie monster voice*) but healthy 😉 That’s the best of both worlds, my dear! Boosted with collagen peptides, packed with chocolate flavor and made with a base of banana and rolled oats, these 5-ingredient oatmeal breakfast cookies are a MUST. Let’s Talk About The Macros They are chewy and taste oh …
Healthy Chocolate Fruit Dip
It’s not frequently that I can put the words creamy, chocolatey and high protein all in the same sentence. But guess what my friends, today I can, because this healthy fruit dip is smooth and creamy, packed with cocoa powder and has a great amount of protein for your snacking endeavors! Wahoo! Like seriously, how …
Top 7 Picks: Healthy Comfort Food Recipes
We’re all stuck at home these days and let’s be real, comfort food sounds good. A lot of the time. If only we could find a way to make healthy comfort foods! Maybe some recipes with better ingredients, less sugar, a little more protein, you know… the things that few comfort foods have. Well would …
Chocolate Energy Balls with Collagen & Cranberries
Amidst this very weird season of life, I have found a few go-to things that bring me peace in overwhelming moments. They are my devotionals, walks with my dog, crossing things off my to-do list and making energy balls. Classic me. Yes, making energy balls brings me peace, so you can bet that I’ve made …
Top 7 Picks: Healthier Chocolate Sweet & Treat Recipes
Easter is nearly here and that means there are chocolate treats to be made! How do some healthier chocolate recipes sound?! I know this is a wildly funky year to be celebrating something as wonderful as Jesus rising from the grave BUT I will be making the most of it with chocolate treats, Jesus time, …
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Oatmeal Cookie Energy Balls
Confession… I was that odd child who CHOSE the oatmeal raisin cookie at the bakery. There was something about the texture of the chewy oatmeal cookie and the sweet raisins that I loved. Don’t get me wrong, I also loved the chocolate chip cookies, but I was never the child who balked at finding a …
The Easiest Homemade Granola Recipe
I’ve been buying granola from the store for years. And years. And years. My last recollection of homemade granola is from a very young age, when my dad would make it. I really haven’t tasted it since then. The other day I decided that homemade granola sounded good, so I whipped up a recipe and …
PB Cup Banana Bread (Boosted with Protein)
This recipe exists today because… 1. I was craving a peanut butter cup on the day that I made this. 2. Y’all requested some chocolatey recipes that were healthy, yet tasted indulgent. 3. It’s almost Valentine’s Day and nothing screams chocolate like the month of love… maybe I chose to make that association because I …
Lemon Cookie Energy Balls
When I was a little girl, my mom, brother and I used to make my great grandmother’s lemon cookies every holiday season. They were these perfect little lemon sandwich cookies that held a whipped lemon frosting between two puffy butter cookies. They were the BEST. Every year that we made them, we would laugh over …
