These Coconut Oatmeal Protein Cookies are packed with wholesome ingredients so you can enjoy dessert with less guilt. I love protein cookies as a snack because they give you great, prolonged energy and satisfy your sweet tooth at the same time. My life consists of trying to keep the house in order, working on my business,…
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Chocolate Protein Cookies
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My biggest pitfall in sticking to a healthy diet is dessert. I have a demanding sweet tooth that isn’t easily satisfied with fruit or one square of dark chocolate. Rather than fight who I am, I’ve decided to embrace it and find ways to “healthify” some of my cravings. Some of these attempts are embarrassingly…
Clean Eating Apple Crisp with Caramel Sauce
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My biggest pitfall when it comes to eating right is my pervasive sweet tooth. I can forego dessert for a day or two, but then it’s all I can think about and I become obsessed. Over time, I’ve learned that I can indulge my sweet tooth without sabotaging my waistline, as long as I make…
Easter Pudding Cups
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I love all the ideas I see on Pinterest, but lack most of the ability required to recreate the adorable and imaginative creations I find there. That’s why I’m always looking for ways to deliver eye-catching treats that are actually easy to put together. Yesterday, I shared my Super Easy Easter Cake Mix Cookies. This…
Super Easy Easter Cake Mix Cookies
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I love helping out with my kids’ classroom parties. The problem is, my kids usually forget to tell me until the last minute (or I forget to jot them down in my calendar) so I am scrambling at the last minute to whip up something that doesn’t look like I just threw it together (even…
Crunchy Unfried Ice Cream
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My family is a big fan of Mexican food. At least once a week, one of our dinners is some sort of Mexican cuisine (e.g. tacos, fajitas, enchiladas, tostadas). But we rarely make Mexican desserts. Since I like to cook with my kids, I wanted to find a way to make one of our favorites,…
Birds Nest Cookies
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I just love all the adorable Spring desserts I see on Pinterest. Unfortunately, with 4 kids running around, I’m short on time AND energy to recreate most of them. I want stop-you-in-your-tracks cute but achievable in the half hour I have free right before the kids get home from school. After doing an elaborate search,…
St. Patty’s Popcorn Balls
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I think my favorite part of St. Patrick’s Day is trying to incorporate the color green into as many things as possible. So, I broke out the green food dye and looked around my kitchen for inspiration. My eyes fell upon our container of popcorn kernels and thus, this recipe for St. Patty’s popcorn balls…
Faster Homemade Fortune Cookies
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With Chinese New Year approaching, it seemed like the perfect time to learn how to make homemade fortune cookies. As usual, Pinterest made this look deceptively simple so I pulled up one of the recipes that claimed it was SO EASY. As I read through the instructions, I realized that the process was, of course,…
Roman Meal Whole Grain Bread Pudding with Caramelized Bananas
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“I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Roman Meal. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.” Years ago when I decided to start eating healthier and feeding my family healthier meals, I made the switch to whole wheat bread. Considering how…
Guilt-Free Cheesecake Brownies
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My dessert “war” with Susan at Organized 31 continues… For newcomers to this drama, it all began with Susan’s Oreo Surprise Cookies. I liked her idea so I came up with Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cookies. We went back and forth with a few more cookie recipes and recently moved onto brownies. Since Susan’s first…
Healthy Peanut Butter Brownies
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Loyal readers know that I am entrenched in a friendly game of recipe tag with Susan at Organized 31. For the past month we have been going back and forth with new cookie recipes. We decided to move on to brownies and Susan’s first batch was a healthy makeover of packaged brownie mix. So, in…
Pistachio White Chocolate Chip Cookies
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During my ongoing cookie surprise battle with Susan at Organized 31, I experimented with a lot of different cookie doughs. The one that I had the most fun with the pudding mix dough. During my last trip, I picked up every variety of pudding mix I could get my hands on, which is how I…
Almond Joy Cookies
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Regular visitors here might be aware of the ongoing cookie challenge between me and Susan at Organized 31. It started innocently enough when Susan posted a yummy recipe for chocolate chip cookies with an Oreo hidden inside. Inspired by this “surprise” concept, I experimented with a variety of doughs and candy combinations and came up…
Snickers Surprise Cookies
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Last week, I shared a recipe for Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cookies that was inspired by the Oreo Surprise Chocolate Chip Cookies that Susan at Organized 31 created. Apparently, we’ve engaged in a game of cookie tag now because she came back with Girl Scout Thin Mint Surprise Cookies. Since she’s sticking with surprise cookies,…
