The other day I overheard a debate over a very important topic: what the best meal of the day is. One person said that dinner is their favorite because there are so many options, while another woman said that breakfast is the best because you can't beat omelets, toast and hash browns. The guy in the group said that brunch is the best because you can pick if you're more in the mood for breakfast or lunch/dinner food, and it's also an acceptable situation to drink alcohol before noon. Touché. For me, it's a toss-up between a tapas dinner - since I love little plates and taking a few bites of many things - or breakfast. If you've read this blog much at all, you probably already know that pancakes are this girl's favorite breakfast of choice (and sometimes for lunch or dinner too). Have I ... [Read More]
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Sweet & Spicy 4-Ingredient Trail Mix
Hi there! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. My weekend was filled with things like experimenting in the kitchen, gardening & house stuff, a beach date with friends on what turned out to be a cloudy day, playing tennis, eating dinner at one of my favorite healthy cafes and watching movies. It was the first time in three weeks that I got to hang out with my Marine without either of us having work or being away, and it was not too shabby of a weekend! Any who, onto today's topic: trail mix. It's one of those grab and go snacks that can be a healthy bite to give you lots of energy, but it can also be not all that nutritious if it's loaded with stuff like M&Ms. I generally like my trail mixes pretty simple: some type of fruit, some type of nut, usually a little ... [Read More]
Cocoa Banana Blueberry Protein Pudding
Happy Friday!! I'm currently en route to Miami for my friend Meaghan's bachelorette party - I haven't seen her since last fall and am really excited to have an awesome girls' weekend! - but I have a yummy recipe to share with you guys... If you read this blog often at all, you probably already know that I love making dessert-like recipes that are actually healthy and can be eaten as snacks or meals as well. Enter Cocoa Banana Blueberry Protein Pudding. Blue Diamond recently sent me their dark chocolate almonds as well as sea salt almonds to try, and not surprisingly, I'm kind of in love with the dark chocolate ones. ... [Read More]