How To Create Healthy and Delicious Meals
I love muffins in the morning as my pre-workout snack. These are the perfect spring muffin when strawberries are fresh from the farmers market. I made strawberry yogurt glaze I added as I served the muffins so they wouldn’t get mushy. Ingredients: Muffins- ½ cup …
This dish works for breakfast or dinner. The roasted sweet potatoes and vegetables under a sunny side up egg pair well together. I served this with breakfast sausage and toasted whole wheat English muffins with jam. Ingredients: 2 sweet potatoes cubed 1 bell pepper diced …
Whenever I make grilled chicken, I like to marinate it in advance so it can soak up the flavor. This chicken was tender, moist, and bursting with flavor. I served this chicken with mango coleslaw and roasted sweet potato.
Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts cut into thirds/fourths
½ cup orange juice
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon Caribbean Jerk seasoning
1 teaspoon allspice
Directions:
One of my favorite things about this dish is the ability to add or subtract spice depending on your preferences. I prepared this rather mildly and then topped it with buffalo sauce and fat free ranch dressing when I was ready to eat. Ingredients: 3 …
If you are craving something sweet with hints of peanut butter and chocolate, then this is a simple dessert to try. This is lighter than traditional fudge since the dates provide a natural sweetener. Ingredients: 1 heaping cup of pitted dates 2 cups peanut butter …
For my son’s birthday I wanted to make a colorful cupcake with a yummy filling. He loves sandwiches with marshmallow fluff, so I decided to try something new and stuff cupcakes with some marshmallow fluff before baking. My kids said these were some of the tastiest cupcakes ever!
Ingredients:
Cupcakes-
1 box funfetti cake mix
1 cup water
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon marshmallow fluff per cupcake
Frosting-
½ pound unsalted butter at room temperature
4 cups powdered sugar
4 tablespoons milk (more if needed to thin frosting)
2 tablespoons colored sprinkles
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
If you like strawberries, then these cupcakes will make you melt. The strawberry filling and tasty strawberry buttercream are a delight. I used strawberry ice cream topping as my filling, but you can use pie filling, jam, or preserves as well. Freeze dried strawberry powder …
This is a tasty and simple recipe good for any night of the week. I simply mixed jerk seasoning with brown sugar and rubbed it all over the tenderloin. Then once the oven was ready I baked until the meat reached 160 degrees. I served …
I love fruity and light coleslaws in the spring and summer. Feel free to add/subtract ingredients depending on your personal preferences.
Ingredients:
½ head red cabbage sliced
½ cup matchstick carrots
4 tablespoons lime juice
2-4 tablespoons honey or agave nectar
2 tablespoons mango balsamic vinegar (a white balsamic vinegar works too)
1 tablespoon siracha
2 mangos diced
2 scallions diced
4 sprigs of mint diced
Directions:
Yum, yum, yummy! These blondies are so delicious. These taste like banana bread topped with the perfect frosting to complement the blondie and banana flavors. Ingredients: Banana Blondies- ½ cup unsalted butter melted 1 cup brown sugar 1 large egg 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract …