Month: October 2021

Honey Chipotle Chicken Wet Burritos

Honey Chipotle Chicken Wet Burritos

These burritos are like a wet enchilada with a sweet and semi spicy filling.  These are easy to prep in advance and throw in the oven when you are ready to cook them.  Recipe adapted from Food Network Ingredients: Burrito- 1 tablespoon adobo sauce 1 

Cheddar BBQ Meatloaf Muffins

Cheddar BBQ Meatloaf Muffins

These meatloaf muffins are freezer friendly and exploding with amazing flavor.  I would recommend making these in advance and thawing and warming up when needed as a tasty weeknight meal. Recipe adapted from Food Network Ingredients: 1 pound lean ground turkey ½ cup whole wheat 

Espresso Almond Energy Granola Bars

Espresso Almond Energy Granola Bars

Instead of energy balls I have been in the mood for homemade granola bars with whole nuts lately.  These espresso almond protein balls are sure to fill you up and energize you any time of day.

Ingredients:

1 cup All Bran cereal

1 cup old fashioned oats

½ cup almonds

½ cup cocoa almonds

1 scoop chocolate protein powder

2 tablespoons flax seeds

1 tablespoon espresso powder

2 tablespoons dark chocolate chips

¼ cup pure/light maple syrup

¼ cup hazelnut spread (I used Pongo’s Plus Protein Hazelnut Spread)

2 tablespoons honey

Directions:

  1. Add honey, hazelnut, and maple syrup to a small saucepan.  Heat on medium low heat stirring occasionally until warm.
  2. Add cereal, oats, almonds, flax seeds, chocolate chips, espresso powder, and protein powder to a large bowl.  Mix to combine.
  3. Spray an 8×8 pan with nonstick spray.
  4. Pour the hazelnut mixture over the almond mixture.  Use a spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl and moisten everything.
  5. Transfer to the 8×8 dish pressing down.
  6. Refrigerate to set. Slice into squares or rectangle bars.
  7. Store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator until these bars disappear.
Pumpkin Pecan Crunch

Pumpkin Pecan Crunch

These are fantastic if you love pumpkin and pecans.  This reminds me of pumpkin pie with a crunchy pecan topping. Recipe adapted from Food Network Ingredients- 1 15 ounce can pumpkin puree 1 cup heavy cream 4 large eggs ¼ cup Stevia or ½ cup 

Tofu Enchilada Stuffed Acorn Squash

Tofu Enchilada Stuffed Acorn Squash

If you haven’t tried acorn squash I highly recommend it.  The original recipe used ground chicken and stuffed the acorn squash.  I decided to use tofu and a small glass baking dish so I had more room to mix the ingredients together.  This smelled so 

Pumpkin and Greek Yogurt Thumbprint Cookies

Pumpkin and Greek Yogurt Thumbprint Cookies

These cookies pack a punch of pumpkin with a tang in the center from Greek yogurt (or cream cheese). 

Recipe adapted from Food Network

Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon plus some for sprinkling

¼ teaspoon ground allspice

¼ teaspoon salt

½ cup packed light brown sugar

½ cup pure pumpkin puree

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 ounces nonfat vanilla Greek yogurt

½ cup confectioners’ sugar

½ teaspoon lemon juice

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, and salt in a medium bowl.
  3. Add brown sugar, pumpkin puree, egg, and vanilla extract to a mixing bowl.  Mix on medium for 30 seconds to combine.
  4. Fold in the flour mixture scraping down the sides of the bowl.
  5. Use a cookie scooper to form tablespoon size balls.
  6. Bake 6 minutes.
  7. Remove from oven and spray the back of a spoon with nonstick spray.  Gently make an indentation in the back of each cookie. 
  8. Return to oven and bake 5 more minutes until cookies are set.
  9. Mix yogurt with confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice.  Transfer to an icing bag/tool. 
  10. Use a round tip to fill the indentation in cookies with the yogurt filling after cookies have cooled. 
  11. Sprinkle cookies lightly with ground cinnamon.
  12. Store cookies in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
  13. Enjoy!
Steakhouse Pasta

Steakhouse Pasta

I certainly felt like I was eating out at a restaurant tonight as I enjoyed this dinner.  This combination isn’t something I would have come up with on my own, but it is definitely a dinner I would make again. Recipe adapted from Food Network 

3 Ingredient Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies

3 Ingredient Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies

These brownies come together in a matter of minutes for a quick rich and decadent dessert. These are also keto friendly if that is your thing. Ingredients-  1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut spread (I used Pongo Chocolate Hazelnut Plus Protein) 1 large egg 2 tablespoons  superfine blanched almond flour Directions- 

Nuts and Oatmeal Peanut Butter Granola Bars

Nuts and Oatmeal Peanut Butter Granola Bars

Instead of energy balls I decided to try making granola bars with whole nuts this week.  These use a heated mixture of honey, peanut butter, and maple syrup to bind the nuts and oatmeal together to form granola bars.

Ingredients:

1 cup old fashioned oat meal

1 cup all bran cereal

½ cup whole raw almonds

½ cup whole cashews

¼ cup honey

¼ cup peanut butter (I used BetterNButter)

1 tablespoon lite maple syrup

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

  1. Add nuts, cereal, and oatmeal to a large bowl and mix to combine.
  2. Spray an 8×8 pan with nonstick spray.
  3. Add honey, peanut butter, and maple syrup to a small saucepan.  Heat on medium until beginning to bubble.
  4. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract.
  5. Pour the peanut butter mixture over the nuts and mix to combine.
  6. Press the nut mixture into the 8×8 pan. 
  7. Refrigerate or let sit at room temperature to cool and harden.
  8. Store in an air-tight container.
  9. Enjoy!
Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies

Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies

My kids love these cookies so we make these every year.  I normally use “canned” frosting, but this year I used a 2 ingredient chocolate pumpkin frosting.  Feel free to decorate these any way you want. Ingredients- Chocolate Chip Cookies- 2 ½ cups all purpose