How To Create Healthy and Delicious Meals
I made turnip fries in the oven a few years ago and I wasn’t impressed. With the right seasoning and an air fryer these were amazing! Recipe from 2B Mindset Ingredients: 2-3 turnips cut peeled and cut into fries 1 garlic clove minced 1 teaspoon …
Lemon bars are the perfect summer dessert. These are light, tart, and a little sweet. Ingredients: Crust- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 4 tablespoons extra virgin coconut oil melted 1/3 cup powdered sugar Filling- 4 eggs 1 ½ cups sugar 6 tablespoons lemon juice with …
I love to eat fruit and I usually eat it plain. When we had a party I wanted a light fruit dip to put in the center of the fruit tray. This simple dip is delicious. You can also used this in a parfait with granola and fresh fruit.
Ingredients:
1 cup fat free vanilla Greek yogurt
3 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
Directions:
Pasta salad loaded with veggies always brightens my day. This light lemon vinaigrette coats the noodles and veggies and tastes amazing. Recipe adapted from Food Network Ingredients: Salad- 1 box tri color veggie rotini 12 ounces green beans 1 bell pepper diced (or 1 cup …
I made peanut butter stuffed (Tag-A-Long cookie) brownies a few months ago using a boxed mix. These are made from scratch and so sinfully delicious. There are a few adaptations from traditional brownies to reduce the fat, sugar, and carbs a little. Ingredients: Brownies- 4 …
I fell in love with radishes this summer. I add radishes to salads, coleslaws, eat them with hummus, and roast them with lime and chili powder. I normally buy bagged radishes, but the store only had radishes with the green stems and leaves attached. I didn’t want to waste all of those greens so I researched recipes using radish greens. I found a recipe for a radish pesto I decided to try. I added fresh basil leaves to my pesto because I love the taste of basil and it helped balance out the peppery flavor of the radish leaves.
Ingredients:
3 cups radish tops (washed with excess stems removed)
1 cup fresh basil leaves
3 cloves garlic
4 tablespoons lemon juice; zest of 1 lemon
¼ cup pine nuts
½ cup fresh grated Italian cheeses (Parmesan)
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
Directions:
If you like salt and vinegar potato chips then you will love these simple and delicious potatoes! Recipe adapted from Food Network Ingredients: 1 ½ pounds colored baby potatoes 2 cups water ½ cup white vinegar 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Salt Directions: Put …
OMG! This was so simple and delicious. I could eat this for lunch or dinner any day of the week. I omitted the artichoke since I was only making enough for 1 serving. Recipe adapted from Food Network Ingredients: 1 pound large shrimp peeled and …
I could eat Nutella by the spoonful right from the jar. These light and delicious peanut butter cookie sandwiches have a layer of Nutella in the middle. This is a recipe from Fixate and I lightened it up even more using my new favorite peanut butter BetterNPeanut Butter which has only 100 calories per serving and reduced sodium. This recipe makes about 18 sandwich cookies.
Recipe adapted from Fixate
Ingredients:
¾ cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup peanut butter
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
2 tablespoons powdered peanut butter
1 cup flour
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup Nutella
Directions:
If you like peanut butter cookies and you love PB&J then you will devour this tasty cookies. This is a recipe from Fixate and I lightened it up even more using my new favorite peanut butter BetterNPeanut Butter which has only 100 calories per serving …