This is the easiest and the quickest Raspberry-Peach Cobbler recipe you have ever seen. It is extremely delicious and comes together in just under an hour!
August 11, 2015
Peach Recipes Roundup – How to Survive Peach Season
With peach season upon us, we could all use some new peach recipes to try. Check out these 6 recipes and tricks to help you handle the peaches’ attack 🙂
July 28, 2015
Recipes with Blueberries Roundup
It’s blueberry season! And while those blueberries are fun to go picking with the family, there comes the time to figure out what to make with them! I have selected 5 recipes with blueberries for you to choose from.
April 28, 2015
Mini Weekend Spring Cleanse – Spring Into Health
It’s finally spring! Rejuvenate and energize your body and soul with this mini weekend spring cleanse.
February 11, 2015
Yoplait Whips! – Whipping Up Healthy Meals
Whipped Greek yogurt? 100 calories? Yes, please! I’ll take these Yoplait Whips! as a healthy breakfast, snack, lunch and dinner 🙂
January 27, 2015
Delicious Eats Lately and Tasty Tuesday Linkup Party #51
Another round of the Tasty Tuesday Linkup Party is here! This time I’m sharing some delicious eats I’ve had lately as well as some exciting news for my linkup party attendees!
December 16, 2014
Baked Apple Oatmeal Protein Bombs and GNC PUREDGE Giveaway
Hey guys! It’s Tuesday again!
Which means we’re talking tasty stuff here on this blog.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been indulging in delicious cookies (both at work and at home) lately. With me teaching 2-3 cycling classes a week those are not hard to burn off, but what the what, right? 🙂
So. Since it’s holiday season and treats are mandatory, I’ve decided to make my treats healthy. HUGE thanks to GNC and their PUREDGE line of products for helping me create this recipe for Baked Apple Oatmeal Protein Bombs!Continue Reading
August 11, 2014
So…Whole30 Gets a….YES!
After careful consideration, my Whole30 Challenge is a go!
Won’t go into much detail as to why – I guess there’s both pro and con opinions out there – and plenty of both, too. I just feel it’s the right thing for me to do at this point in my health journey.
I’m missing something. And I’m hoping that Whole30 will help me find that “something”.
Anywho. It just so happens that Yuliya over at Welcome to Mommyhood is starting another round of hers over there in the Netherlands as well. How exciting is that? I have a Whole30 buddy!
We decided to cheer each other on and post recaps on our blogs for every 10 days of the challenge.
We will also be posting daily highlights over at Lean Lena and Welcome to Mommyhood Instagram pages.
Make sure you follow both our blogs and Instagram pages if you would like to follow along and find out what the first Whole30 feels like (that would be me telling you that) and how to make it enjoyable with Yuliya’s recipes and previous experience with this program. 🙂
Don’t miss out on the real experience and true recaps!
So… Whole30.
This weekend I sat down to plan my meals for the week. I’m saying “my” because my family is not following me along. They’re not crazy enough 🙂 Joking. They are. They just love pizza too much 🙂
The good thing is we don’t have the kids with us for the first 7 days of my Whole30, my husband is very flexible with food so we can eat program-friendly meals and hopefully, I will ease into it pretty quickly with less temptations.
So, back to the weekend prep.
On Saturday we went berry picking. It was so awesome! The place is wonderful and we had so much fun. If you’re in the area, check out the Yellow Hill Farm.
We picked a ton of blackberries.
We made blackberry cobbler that night, and I lie to you not – on Sunday morning my family sat down for breakfast and put away the whole 8″x8″ of it – right out of the pan 🙂 Ok, well…that wasn’t very Whole30 friendly 🙂
Back to the good stuff now.
On the way back from the berry picking we stopped by at the Peach Festival, and got a whole huge bag of peaches!
On Sunday our hot water heater said “I’m done!” My husband and the girl worked on it all day and ended up replacing the whole thing, while I was getting busy in the kitchen.
I made these awesome Turkey Ginger Breakfast Patties (stay tuned for the recipe tomorrow):
Got the pork roast in homemade marinade ready and in the over for dinner.
Cut up some fruit for my smoothies during the week:
Boiled some eggs, too.
I may or may not have made another 2 cobblers (peach and blackberry) for my hungry family 🙂
So, there you have it, guys! I’m ready for the Whole30 and I feel good about it. Bring it on!
Take care and stay healthy. Come back tomorrow for the awesome breakfast patties recipe!
July 30, 2014
30 Days Active Challenge: Week 4 Recap
Hey-hey my fit friends! It’s Hump Day and that means what?
Correct! Time for another 30 Days Active Challenge recap.
The past week was hectic and busy-busy-busy with both mine and my husband’s birthdays – I feel like all I ate was cake all week 🙂
But yes, I did have this challenge I put myself through on my mind all the time and even on the days when I didn’t have an “official” workout, I tried to stay active or eat extra healthy.
So here’s what happened last week:
{WEDNESDAY} was my birthday, so official workout didn’t really happen. I had a wonderful birthday celebration both at work and at home.
My awesome husband took me out to Rock Bass Grill for dinner where I had the 2nd best crab cakes in my life!
Guess what I got for my birthday? 🙂
Yep, I’m married to the BEST guy in the world, you know? 🙂
Exercise on Wednesday: walk-walk-walk!
{THURSDAY}
We had a yoga class at work over lunch time. I love those classes! It’s like somebody pushes your reset button in the middle of the day and you come back to your desk all balanced and calm.
Then somebody pisses you off again, but that has nothing to do with yoga 🙂
Anyway. After work on Thursday I needed to go to CVS. So instead of driving a few blocks like I usually do, I walked there.
{FRIDAY}
There was so much cake on Wednesday at work, and then dinner at the restaurant….so we didn’t get to my birthday cake at home until Friday 🙂
No official workout, but lots of activities and walking that day.
{SATURDAY}
On Saturday I finally got a chance to try an indoor cycling class with a recently hired instructor at our Y. She teaches in the mornings on weekdays, which of course I can’t make because I work.
So I was pretty excited to see her name on the Saturday rotation class schedule this past week. I signed up and bam! I was there at 8:00 AM on Saturday.
Here’s my blurry “Pilot” at the end of the class 🙂 It’s blurry because taking a picture while still pedaling is not the best idea in the world 🙂
The class was good, just a couple “funky” moves and that’s it 🙂 I still got an awesome workout, which was nice – just being able to concentrate on your own effort without having to guide anybody else. 🙂
After the class, hubby and I took a long walk to Cole’s bicycle shop where I almost agreed to buy a $1200 road bike… Crazy woman 🙂
That didn’t happen, though. $1200 is waaaaaaay over the budget I was planning for my first road bike. So…we’ll keep looking 🙂 I got fitted though and tried several bikes which was A LOT of fun!
Here’s the bike I was trying out on Saturday – Trek Lexa SLX:
$1200 is a good price for this bike. Just not good for my budget 🙁 (sigh)
Good steps that day!
{SUNDAY}
No official exercise on Sunday. Hubby and I had something planned which ended up taking up most of our day (More on that this coming Tasty Tuesday).
So…steps, steps, steps.
{MONDAY} Cycling
Monday was my husband’s birthday. As I usually teach indoor cycling on Mondays, and he wanted to come to my class this week, I designed a riding profile just for my him – with the happy birthday song in the beginning and some of his most favorite songs throughout.
My class is called “Road Trip”. So I announced this past Monday class as a “Rocky Road Trip” because most of the songs in the class were rock 🙂 If you would like to see the latest class playlist, check out this page here.
Good burn and fun class. My birthday boy was happy with the ride 🙂
We then got home and celebrated his birthday with his favorite coffee chocolate chip ice cream pie, and gave him a special birthday present he requested.
{TUESDAY}
Steps-steps-steps. No official workout.
Healthy choice of the day:
Watermelon, strawberry, mint and cottage cheese smoothie
And that was it, my friends.
I am not particularly happy with the past week for a few reasons: I didn’t run once (my knee was being funny pretty much all week), I had too much cake, I had too many days with no official workout. I did stay active every day, I did what I could when I could. I guess it’s the most important thing, but somehow it doesn’t feel like it’s enough…
Ok, so today is Wednesday and it is the beginning of the final week of the challenge. I’m gonna make it count!
Stay tuned for the next week’s recap and more!
This post has been shared on: Work Out Wednesday Link Up, The Hump Day Blog Hop
July 22, 2014
Cheesecake Cupcakes Recipe – No Guilt and Lots of Flavor!
Hey my foodies! How was your weekend?
Mine was an emotional roller-coaster, but I don’t want to go there right now – more on that on Wednesday!
I hope you enjoyed yours and are ready for some tasty stuff!
As always, it’s Tasty Tuesday Linkup time!
Don’t forget to check out other link up participants and there’s only one rule to the linkup – link back or grab the link up badge from the sidebar. Let’s spread the word so we can have more participants next week!
My tasty find this week – Cheesecake Cupcakes.
Do you love cheesecake? Is it hard to stop before you finish the whole piece once you have it on your plate? You bet it is (for me)! These cheesecake cupcakes are going to save your calorie budget 🙂 They are bite size, and I made some healthy substitutions to the ingredients on the original recipe (which was shared by a co-worker of mine). So here you go – paradise on earth – cheesecake cupcakes!
You will need (for 12 cupcakes):
For the crust:
1 cup Graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup very ripe avocado (who needs butter when you have avocado?)
For the filling:
1 block Philadelphia cream cheese
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 can condensed milk
1/4 can evaporated milk
Strawberries and fresh mint leaves (to garnish), or
1 can of crushed pineapple and 1/4 cup condensed milk (to top)
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350° F
Line cupcake pan with cupcake liners
Mix Graham cracker crumbs with avocado until well combined
Spoon the mixture into the cupcake liners (about 2 tsp per liner), and press down with the spoon to make crust:
Bake crust for 10 minutes at 350°F.
While the crust is in the oven, prep the filling by combining all the ingredients for the filling and mixing until smooth and creamy.
Pour filling into the cups over the prebaked crusts when they are ready. Normally you’d fill the cups until they are 2/3 full (for regular cupcakes). However, cheesecake normally rises pretty well, but falls back when you take it out of the oven. So, I filled mine almost all the way to the top:
Bake for 25 minutes at 350°F.
They should look like this when they’re done and just out of the oven (cracked on top).
Slice the strawberries, and put on top of the cupcakes while they’re still hot, garnish with fresh mint leaves if you like. Another tipping idea: mix crashed pineapple and some condensed milk and spread on top:
Refrigerate for at least a couple hours before serving.
Enjoy!
Your turn, guys! Link it up!
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Pro Cakes Review and Tasty Tuesday Linkup
Good morning, Healthy Eaters 🙂 Happy Tasty Tuesday to ya!
As always, I am sharing my tasty finds with you today and hosting a linkup for you to share yours!
Don’t forget to check out other link up participants and there’s only one rule to the linkup – link back or grab the link up badge from the sidebar. Let’s spread the word so we can have more participants next week!
So, let’s get down to the tasty business here. A while ago, I got an opportunity through FitFluential to review Pro Cakes.
Pro Cakes is a high protein pancake mix, which is also gluten free, wheat free, contains 14 net carbs and over 20 grams of protein per serving.
I received this single serving of pancake mix in the mail shortly after I signed up for the review with an information card and a thank you note from the Pro Cakes founder.
I have to say – pancakes are my guilty pleasure – I could eat them for breakfast every day. Making a batch from scratch is not always feasible with my busy schedule. Making a batch from the store bought mix is not always healthy. So we make pancakes very occasionally.
This mix is a great solution to both issues above – you get a mix that just needs 1/3 cup of milk and an egg added to it (substitute with almond milk and an egg white if you feel like it) and is healthy and packed with protein. (see the full list of ingredients here)
Another thing that I loved about Pro Cakes mix is that it comes both in 13 oz bags and in 1.6 oz singe serving bags (makes 3 medium size pancakes) that are super convenient if you’re making breakfast for one or two people on a busy morning when you just have no time to measure those ingredients.
I made 4 small pancakes from my single serving sample that I received.
The pancakes were fluffy and oh SO delicious! I have to say I was skeptical to begin with – mostly because I don’t like the artificial taste of pretty much any type of added protein.
I could not taste anything funky in these pancakes.
There was no artificial powder aftertaste whatsoever.
I punched in the numbers for just the pancakes into MyFitnessPal that morning and here’s what I got:
Of course that’s not everything I ate that day, but looks pretty balanced to me for one meal – especially taking into account that the meal was PANCAKES!
I loved these pancakes and the fact that they are packed with protein without the artificial aftertaste. I would definitely recommend them!
Now tell me all about your tasty finds, guys, and don’t forget to link up your tasty posts below. Please, share, link back or grab the linkup party badge from the sidebar.
Have a wonderful week!
DISCLAIMER: Pro Cakes has provided me with the complementary product in exchange for this review. All the opinions above are my own.
This post was shared on Healthy Tuesday Blog Hop.
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FitBloggin’ 14: Tastes and Sights of Savannah
Hey guys! How was Monday?
I was dragging after the FitBloggin’ weekend. Lil’ better today, but still catching up on my sleep and getting back to my routine.
So! As you may have noticed, yesterday’s brief overview of the whole experience did not touch the two exciting parts of the trip to Savannah – food and sights 🙂
Since it is Tasty Tuesday, I’m going to tell you what I ate in Savannah as well is what I saw.
If you get to Savannah by air, here’s what you see when you get to the airport:
yep, that is INSIDE the airport
Most of the meals were provided so we had just a few chances to go and explore Savannah and eat out. Here’s a glance at our typical breakfast:
fruit, eggs, sausage, potatoes and a muffin
On the first night, Jennifer and I decided to eat at the hotel we were staying at (Hyatt Regency Savannah) at their Lounge called “Windows”
I ordered a crab cake sandwich looking forward to tasting the delicious fresh crab in it!
Mmmmmm
Well, that crab cake was HOT! It was so spicy I could not eat it. Thankfully Jennifer came to my rescue and we swapped halves of our sandwiches. The lounge was so nice as to give us 50% off that crab cake sandwich since I didn’t like it.
After dinner we headed out for the Ghost Tour with Peg Leg Ron and his shipmate Jacob 🙂 It was a ghost tour in a real hearse!
Ready to Roll! Photo credit
I didn’t take many pictures on the tour. I mean I did but none of them really turned out. Mysterious, isn’t it? 🙂
except this one pic of this spooky house!
But don’t you think Savannah is all that spooky and dark. It’s not. It is a very beautiful place – full of history and beautiful places to see and go to.
View from our hotel terrace
One of the 23 squares in Savannah
City Hall
But back to the food….
FitBloggin’ 14 was sponsored by many yummy brands 🙂
California Almonds had a whole snack bar set up for us to use!
California Avocado Commission made THE BEST blueberry muffins ever!
Run Disney provided lunch one of the days while presenting to all the runners in the audience 🙂
We also had a chance to explore Savannah and grab some food outside of the conference venue, so Jennifer and I went wondering around and found this:
Pralines from River Street Sweets
Remember I got a Foodie Penpals box from Tiffani with a bear claw from this store in Charlston? Yep, that was the same chain and their sweets are ahhhhhh-mazing! They deliver, you know? 🙂
On Saturday we had dinner to ourselves (not arranged) so we ventured out to Ruan Thai Cuisine where I had this delicious reminder of my days in Thailand:
Fried rice with scallops. YUM!
All in all, guys – I am in love with Savannah! Despite the heat and humidity – I’m ready to go back TODAY!
Now link it up! Share your recipes or any food related posts below. Nothing to share? Tell your friends!
Take care and talk to you soon!
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Quinoa the Queen and 5 Ways to Easily Incorporate it into Your Diet
Happy Tasty Tuesday morning to you, my friends!
What fun things did you do this weekend? I was on a cleaning spree – so I scrubbed and cleaned, and washed and dusted, and vacuumed and what not 🙂
Love to have a clean house! Great feeling.
There was also some pool time on Sunday and hubby’s company picnic on Saturday.
FUN!
But back to tasty things 🙂 It’s linkup party time! Do you have something tasty you’re talking about on your blog? A new recipe? A restaurant review? Link it up below!
Don’t forget to check out other links!
Me? I am talking Quinoa today 🙂
Quinoa is a wonder-seed. Rich in protein (8 g, 16%), magnesium (118 mg, 30%) and fiber (5 g, 21%) it has become extremely popular among people with various dietary restrictions, preferences and tastes.
I personally discovered it about a year ago (thank you, Internet 🙂 ), and I have been hooked ever since I tried it for the first time.
If you’re looking into trying quinoa, here are some tasty ways to incorporate it into your diet.
{ONE} Salads
I usually make a whole batch of it on Sunday and add it pretty much to all my salads.
On a bed of fresh baby spinach
Here’s the link to my Quinoa Power Salad and ways to serve it.
Every salad (except the beet root salad) in this Sunday meal prep photo has white quinoa in it:
{TWO} Baking
I haven’t tried baking with it yet, but this Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Quinoa Snack Cake by Peanut Butter and Peppers looks super-yummy!
{THREE} Breakfast Recipes
Some people eat quinoa cooked as oatmeal for breakfast.
Or, you can make this awesome Quinoa Pudding by Honest Fare and have that instead!
{FOUR} Add to Soups
Add your quinoa to soups instead of that pasta! So much better for you!
This Black Bean and Quinoa Soup by The Post Punk Kitchen looks simply ah-mazing!
{FIVE} Add to Smoothies
Yes, you read that right! I can’t wait to try and add quinoa to my smoothie!
Check out the recipe for this beautiful Tropical Quinoa Smoothie by Rabbit Food for my Bunny Teeth.
And those are your 5 ways to incorporate quinoa into your diet.
Now it’s party time!
Share your tasty finds with me 🙂
Questions of the day:
Have you ever tried quinoa? How did you like it? What is your favorite recipe with quinoa?
Take care, my friends!
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S’more S’mores: 5 Recipes You Will Want to Make
Hey guys! Happy Tasty Tuesday! I hope you had a nice weekend.
As usual – we’re partying today and celebrating all the tasty stuff in our lives 🙂 Be sure to hop over to Meranda’s blog to check out what’s cooking over in her part of the cyber space, and check out the party participants in the linkup below. Hey, got something to add to the party? Link it up!
We went camping on Saturday. I. Love. Camping.
When I was a kid we’d go camping every summer for a week. We’d tent by the lake, swim, cook food over the camp fire and go fishing. I looked forward to it so much every summer! And that’s where my ability to start a camp fire came from, as well as my addiction to poking it with a stick all the time 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thankfully, my husband loves camping, too – so we try to make time and go camping every spring/early summer as a family.
One thing I discovered about camping when I moved to the US was S’mores (I know, right?). Oh. My. God. How come I didn’t know this goodness existed for the first 30 years of my life???
Anyway, no one can take that from me now – I love me some s’mores! 🙂 And because I love them so much – that got me thinking about ways to bring s’mores into my life any day I want – not just when we go camping. Check out what I found!
Yeah, that’s my hand holding on to that S’more for dear life 🙂 Anyway, back to the recipes! Click on the recipe name below to view the original recipe on it’s creator’s blog. Some of the recipes are quick and easy to make, others – more complicated and sophisticated. But one thing I can tell you for sure – those 5 will bring the camp fire favorite to your table any time you want it!
{ONE} No Bake S’mores Pie by Brown Eyed Baker
This pie looks mouth watering good, and according to the Brown Eyed Baker you only need 20 minutes to put it together! It doesn’t get any better, does it? 🙂
{TWO} 5 Minute Chocolate Fudge S’mores Mug Cake by How Sweet It Is
For all of you mug cake AND s’mores lovers out there. You’re welcome 🙂
{THREE} S’mores Stuffed French Toast by BS’ in the Kitchen
For this one, Bob over at BS’ in the Kitchen even has a video showing you how to make them!
{FOUR} S’mores Whoopie Pies by My Baking Addiction
Mmm….mmm…mmm… Right after I’m done with this post, I am going to look for a whoopee pie pan online so I can make these!
{FIVE} S’mores Fudge by the Novice Chef
Fudge AND s’mores? Yes, please!
And that’s how your get s’more s’mores, guys 🙂
Do share: Camping – yey or ney? Tent or cabin? Can you start a camp fire?
Take care, friends! And don’t forget to link up your tasty posts below.
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Apple Upside Down Cake Recipe
Hey-hey, my foodies! How was your weekend?
Mine was really relaxing (lots of pool time as I predicted) and quiet. I got some much needed rest and relaxation to get me ready for the new week.
So here I am with my Tasty Tuesday post!
Meranda is taking a break from co-hosting the linkup today as she has other commitments, so it’s just me and you this time 🙂 Don’t forget to link up your favorite tasty posts below and check out the links of other partiers!
If you read this blog regularly, you know I can’t let food go to waste. A lot of my recipes are using leftovers 🙂
So I had these 4 apples sitting in my fruit basket for a while that needed to be used before they went bad. I felt lazy to make apple chips, so I made an apple upside down cake.
This cake is super easy and delicious – ideal with a scoop of ice cream on top. Here’s what you need.
INGREDIENTS
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar (or sweetener of choice in an appropriate amount)
- 4 medium apples of any kind
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350°F
Take the core out of the apples, then peel them.
Cut them in half and slice.
Mix with cinnamon until evenly coated and place at the bottom of a greased baking form.
Beat the egg whites and sugar in a mixer until foamy.
Slowly beat in egg yolks and flour until well combined.
Slowly pour the batter over the apples.
Let the cake sit in the form for about 10 minutes or until there are no air bubbles on the surface.
Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out dry.
Let cool down, then remove from the form and flip it over “Apple Side” up.
Enjoy with a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream on top!
And that’s my Tasty Tuesday post, folks.
What’s yours? Tell me about tasty things you’ve tried lately. Link it up!
And keep having a great week 🙂
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