How To Create Healthy and Delicious Meals
My family loves pot pies, so I decided to try a new twist on chicken pot pie. This recipe uses a 9×13 baking dish (I have a BIG family) and puff pastry sheets as the crust. Ingredients: 1 package puff pastry thawed in the fridge …
If you are craving sloppy joes, but not in the mood for meat then I suggest you try these. The mushrooms, onion, and pepper work together to make a tasty vegetarian meal. Recipe adapted from Food Network Ingredients: 8 ounces white mushrooms 1 green pepper …
This cauliflower mac and cheese isn’t as light as other versions I have made, but it is certainly rich and delicious. The mixture of pepper jack cheese, goat cheese, and a little buffalo sauce make it full of flavor.
Recipe adapted from Food Network
Ingredients:
1 head of cauliflower cut into florets
1 cup nonfat milk
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
4 ounces goat cheese
½ teaspoon dry
1 tablespoon buffalo sauce
2 tablespoons grated parmesan
Directions:
These were a simple dinner that my children devoured! Simply unroll crescent roll dough, cut it into strips, and wrap the stripes around hotdogs. Then bake. Ingredients: 8 hot dogs (My kids prefer Nathan bun length dogs) 1 package crescent roll dough Directions: Preheat the …
I love the combination of apple and cranberry. These healthy muffins are loaded with fruit and cinnamon to make for a fantastic breakfast on the go. Ingredients: 2 Granny Smith apples peeled and diced 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon divided ¼ teaspoon cardamom 1 cup whole …
Peanut butter from top to bottom! These no bake cheesecake squares are so rich and insanely delicious. I used a box of Dos I Dos Girl Scout Cookies for the crust, mixed in some chopped Peanut Butter Lover’s Reese’s in the filling, and sprinkled a few peanut butter chips on top.
Ingredients:
1 box Dos I Dos or other peanut butter cookies
2 tablespoons extra virgin coconut oil
8 ounces reduced fat cream cheese at room temperature
1/3 cup nonfat vanilla Greek yogurt
¾ cup creamy peanut butter
8 Peanut Butter Lover’s Reese’s chopped up (or other Reese’s variety)
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
2 tablespoons peanut butter chips
Directions:
I don’t know about you, but my kids always get more candy at Halloween than they can ever eat. So I decided to snag some of their bite size candy to add on the top of delicious lightened up brownies. I made these in a …
I have seen recipes for Cincinnati chili all over the place, so I had to try it. I made this a vegetarian version purely out of simplicity. You can easily add a pound of ground lean been or turkey to this recipe. You can also …
My family loves crab meat, so I decided to try making a crab chowder on a crisp fall day. This chowder was easy to make, filling, and loaded with veggies just as I like it.
Recipe adapted from Food Network
Ingredients:
1 pound lump crab meat
1 bell pepper diced
2 stalks celery diced
½ onion diced
2 large carrots thinly sliced
2 cups corn off the cob
2 all purpose potatoes peeled and diced
1 bay leaf fresh or dried
1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
2 cups vegetable or chicken stock
3 cups fat free milk
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
Directions:
This week I decided to try baked granola bars. These granola bars are filled with whole nuts and held together with an olive oil, maple syrup, peanut butter mixture. You can substitute any nuts you prefer and add chocolate chips or dried fruit. Recipe adapted …