Would you call me crazy if I said I use to dislike eggs? I also refused to eat any eggs that were runny. I only ate simple hardboiled eggs. Well, I’m glad that changed around because I like my eggs runny – YES I DO. I like them poached, scrambled, fried, hardboiled, etc. Eggs are… Continue reading Butternut Squash Nests
I had 2 pounds of sweet potatoes at home and decided to whip up a batch of sweet potato brownies yesterday! Even after baking them, I still had extra.. so I made these sweet potato ricotta quesadillas. Way to go with the leftovers! This is when I get to be creative. It was so easy… Continue reading Sweet Potato and Ricotta Quesadilla
I want to start doing some daily recaps here on my blog instead of only posting recipes. In these posts, I’ll be sharing in more detail what I ate for all meals, including snacks. For this post, I titled it “Listening To My Hunger/Fullness Signals”. This title represented my day because I received a lot… Continue reading Daily Eats – Listening To My Hunger/Fullness Signals
Baked carrot cake donuts. Shredded carrots, crushed walnuts and raisins. These textures work SO well together. The raisins give a subtle sweetness and chewy texture, the walnuts give a hit of crunch in every bite and carrots.. well, beta carotene! Nothing like getting some some veggies while eating donuts right? 😉 If you were to… Continue reading Carrot Cake Donuts with Cream Cheese Icing
These chocolate crepes are perfect for a breakfast or dessert. Stuffed with yogurt, fresh berries and topped with melted chocolate and powdered sugar. They’re simple and will be a family favorite in no-time! I’ve made regular crepes and matcha crepes before. I’ve never made chocolate crepes so you bet I had to make it happen.… Continue reading Simple Chocolate Crepes
Blueberries, raspberries, chocolate chips! I like the flavor combo here – the berries mixed in with some chocolate chips was tart yet sweet. I love chocolate so the addition of chocolate chips was necessary! I personally like using fresh berries rather than frozen. With frozen berries, baking time might need to be extended or extra… Continue reading Whole-Wheat Berry Chocolate Chip Muffins
These past several months has been a CRAZY roller coaster ride. I don’t mean Disneyland California Screamin’, even though I felt like screaming many times. I mean like Six Flags Tatsu or X2. No lie. Oh yeah, sorry if you didn’t get that comparison. Basically, it felt like a roller coaster with it’s drastic drops,… Continue reading Finally Accepted Into A Dietetic Internship: 5 Things I’ve Learned During This Process
In elementary school, I lived by a Pizza Hut with a small arcade. My dad always brought me there whenever my mom was out. He gave me several dollars to purchase game coins while we waited for our pizza. I never won anything big – just some bracelets (which broke in several days) and mini… Continue reading Prosciutto-Arugula Pizza
These cookies are soft, have the perfect amount of crunch from pecans & will satisfy any sweet tooth! I always love contrasting textures in my cookies. Walnuts + chocolate. Pecans + chocolate. I made them using all-purpose flour, cane sugar, brown sugar and butter. Those are the basics of baking. It’s real food. It gives… Continue reading Soft Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
What do you do when you have 5 pounds of sweet potatoes on your counter? You get creative and make sweet potato bars. I was going to make sweet potato brownies but that’s nothing new. I wanted to venture out so I made a two layer bar. I love contrasting textures so I made a… Continue reading Sweet Potato Bars w/ Granola Crust
