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You eat healthy, you exercise, but you have a few pounds that you just can’t seem to get rid of. No matter how hard you work (or don’t work) those last few pounds (or those first few pounds to kick-start a healthier you) just won’t …
Summer in a Glass How many of you grew up on those frozen juice concentrate cans and thought that was as good as juice or lemonade or punch got!? Then, one day, you tried fresh squeezed lemonade made with real ingredients and your life changed …
In case you need a reason to enjoy this healthier HUGE Chocolate Chip Cookie… I have a few for you:
Are you convinced yet?
If you were ever a fan of those big Chocolate Chip Cookie Cakes – this is reminiscent of those cookies, but with the additional benefits of having a cookie-dough texture to it AND being somewhat healthy from the addition of the Chick Peas. Continue reading HEALTHIER Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie
Cauliflower seems to be the “it” vegetable of the year! For most of my life, cauliflower was the leftover vegetable on a veggie tray, the soggy and lifeless when boiled, or just ignored on the grocery store shelves. Recently Kale and Heirloom Vegetables and Spinach and …
Thick, Creamy and Filling Soups are exactly what we crave on cold days. The way that this snowy winter has been, it seems all we want are delicious soups. If we indulge in every creamy soup craving, one might think that all we are going …
Soup Season is my favorite! Soup is perfect all year long. We have slurp-able Spring Soups, light Summer Soups, filling Fall Soups, and hearty Winter Warming Soups.
Going out to eat can often be a tough thing to do when you are trying to make sure to make healthy choices in all aspects of your life. Lucky for us all – Panera makes it easy to think about what you are ordering before you make any bad choices! I love that they list their fat/calorie counts right on their menu boards so you can figure your meal before you regret a decision. Recently when I went out to lunch with my Grandmother, we stopped at Panera for lunch and in my effort to eat healthy, I decided to give their Black Bean Soup a try.
Long Story Short… Continue reading Black Bean Soup *Panera Bread CopyCat Black Bean Soup