Breakfast Cookies

This is a pretty busy week around here and it’s been difficult to eat breakfast before running out the door.  My sweet 2 yr old is taking swimming lessons M-F and it’s a pretty good drive to get to the pool. I came across this recipe on IG and thought these would be perfect for this …

Raw Chocolate Macaroons

Every time I go to the grocery store I have to buy something fun to eat in the car on the way home, and it usually involves chocolate.  I found something really special at the store today…something special enough to write about.  Raw Chocolate Macaroons made by a company called Hail Merry that are raw, vegan, …

Homemade Fruit Snacks

I’ve been wanting to make fruit snacks for my 2 year old for a while now.  She loves them and the store bought ones are full of sugar and food dyes, so today I made 2 different recipes and one of them was pretty good!  I had seen a couple different recipes going around Pinterest …

Asian Spicy Noodle Bowl

I have been craving a hearty bowl of comfort food all.week.long.  Grilled chicken breast and salad were on the menu for tonight, but that just wasn’t gonna do it for me tonight!  I went ahead and grilled my 2 chicken breasts, sliced them and used them in my noodle bowl.  We had a ton of left over veggies …

Healthy Nachos

These nachos are so good and so easy, not to mention, they are Whole30 approved and Paleo friendly. My husband and I just completed the Whole30 and this was one of our favorite meals.  My husband LOVES nachos so I’m sure this will be something that we will be eating regularly! The chips are made …

Making homemade buns today…

Let me start by saying, I’ve never made homemade buns before.  I’ve always figured it would be too much of a hassle and what’s the point…I can buy them pretty cheap at the grocery store.  Well, let me tell you that these little guys are game changers!  They are WAY easier to make than you …

My favorite chocolate cake…

My Whole30 is over and it’s time to EAT CAKE!  One of my favorite food blogs, Smitten Kitchen, posted a beautiful chocolate cake a few weeks ago.  I’m what I would call a chocolate dessert connoisseur…and this.is.good! It’s got all the perfect ingredients…butter, 2 kinds of chocolate, dark brown sugar, and buttermilk.  What’s not to …

It’s April 1st…

and that means my Whole30 challenge is over!  I’ve been waiting for this day for, well, 30 days!  I actually thought I would be more excited…all month long I’ve been dreaming about this chocolate cake recipe that I found here on one of my favorite cooking blogs.  I even kept a window open in my browser with …

Healthy Donut Holes…what?!?!

Yes, HEALTHY donut holes!  Today, I made a slight change to my pancake batter when making my pancake poppers, and much to my surprise they tasted like little heavenly donuts!  I dusted them with some powdered sugar and had to snap a picture of these beautiful gems before my husband and daughter grabbed them!  Do …