Baking & Sweets

Healthy eating isn’t healthy if there isn’t balance. Find that balance here.

 

Perfect Summertime Oreo Ice Cream Cake

Perfect Summertime Oreo Ice Cream Cake

My mom has been making this Oreo Ice Cream cake for decades- it was a guaranteed dish to have at every lake trip and summer pool party. It's cool and refreshing, chocolately and fudgey, and the cherry on top of a warm sunny day. I think Oreo's are the best store...

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Ultimate Breakfast Pizza

Ultimate Breakfast Pizza

I have been scheming a way to create the best, most delicious, ultimate breakfast pizza- and I think we found a winner. Combined from different breakfast flatbreads I’ve had and ideas in the depths of my brain, I’ve concocted the winning recipe I believe. This...

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Thick and Creamy Chia Seed Pudding

Thick and Creamy Chia Seed Pudding

This thick and creamy chia seed pudding is a sweet and protein packed alternative for a quick breakfast! It’s hardly even a recipe, you mix up just a few ingredients and let it set for a few hours and it’s ready to go! Mix and match fruits and flavors for a new...

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Veggie Packed Chicken Pad Thai

Veggie Packed Chicken Pad Thai

Soul food but without the bloaty feeling that kicks ya a few hours later- what a dream. However, if you create the bold flavors but pack your meal with veggies you really can have your cake and eat it too. Here’s your answer- this veggie packed chicken pad thai. With...

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Crunchy & Clustery Granola

Crunchy & Clustery Granola

There’s nothing better than crunchy and clustery granola to top off a hearty breakfast (a new list of ideas below!) This granola is low in sugar but still tastes sweet and is the right amount of crunch to chewy ratio. This granola is made with simple ingredients, and...

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Better for You Triple Chocolate Donuts

Better for You Triple Chocolate Donuts

Donuts + coffee + chocolate - a trifecta that is truly difficult to beat. These better-for-you triple chocolate donuts are made with wholesome ingredients and take less than 20 minutes to whip up. Sometimes there's nothing better than a fresh hot donut, and making...

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Tropical Green Smoothie

Tropical Green Smoothie

One way or another, I try to get my greens in every day! This concoction of a tropical green smoothie has been my daily go to for the last few weeks.The girls at work will attest to my green smoothie I show up to work with, I call it my “pond scum”. I promise it...

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Caramelized Brown Sugar Bacon

Caramelized Brown Sugar Bacon

My mom has been making this caramelized brown sugar bacon for brunches and special occasions for as long as I can remember. I made it for all of our women’s team potlucks in college, but it’s been too long since I made it last. Time to change that!  This is a...

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Carrot Cake RX Bars

Carrot Cake RX Bars

Always on the hunt to make a new flavor of bars to take on the go or stash in my lunchbox. This week’s trial run- carrot cake RX bars! And I have to say, these produced one of the best textures of any that I’ve made.  My brother told me the raspberry chocolate...

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