Same quesadilla, made at home, no drive thru needed. One tortilla, rotisserie chicken, cheese, and Taco Bell's own ranchero sauce straight from the bottle. Folded, pan fried, done. This one's saved us more than once when we're Hungry. Ten minutes, barely any cleanup, high in protein, and it still feels like an actual lunch instead of just grabbing whatever's in the … [Read more...]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars
No oven, no baking, just mix it, press it, top it with chocolate, and freeze. Five ingredients and you've got a protein bar that actually tastes like a treat. The dough is just peanut butter, maple syrup, vanilla protein powder, and a splash of vanilla extract. Press it into a pan, melt some chocolate chips over the top, then let the freezer do the rest. These are … [Read more...]
Gluten Free Mozzarella Sticks
Crispy on the outside, cheese pull on the inside, and gluten free. Bread and freeze the cheese sticks ahead of time, then a quick bake gets you that golden coating without any deep frying. These are gluten free thanks to the gluten free flour and gluten free bread crumbs. Just double check your specific bread crumb brand, since some can be processed in a facility with … [Read more...]
High Protein Cinnamon Sugar Bites
Soft on the inside, coated in cinnamon sugar, and gluten free. Four ingredients for the dough, no yeast, no proofing. Roll it, cut it, air fry it, coat it. That's the whole process. The dough is just gluten free flour, Greek yogurt, baking powder, and salt. Mix it, knead it, roll it into logs, cut into bite size pieces, then a quick trip through the air fryer before … [Read more...]
Lemon Pepper Salmon & Loaded Sweet Potato
A full dinner that's actually easy to pull off. Lemon pepper salmon straight in the oven, a sweet potato that gets a torched marshmallow finish, and some fresh peaches on the side. That's a real plate. The salmon is simple. Olive oil, butter, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and lemon pepper seasoning, then into the oven. The sweet potato takes longer, so it goes in … [Read more...]
High Protein French Toast Bites
35 grams of protein and gluten free. This one tastes like dessert but still hits your goals. Bread gets cubed, dipped in a protein mixture, pan-fried till golden, then topped with strawberries and chocolate. That's it. This is honestly the best high protein breakfast we've made so far. Use gluten-free brioche buns to keep this recipe gluten-free. Regular brioche buns … [Read more...]
Gluten Free Garlic Parmesan Bites
Crispy on the outside, soft and cheesy in the middle, and packed with protein. These come together in one bowl, no dough kneading, no waiting around for anything to rise. Mix it, scoop it, bake it. We used mozzarella, Greek yogurt, egg whites, gluten free flour, garlic powder, and parmesan. Everything goes in one bowl, gets mixed until it forms a sticky dough, then … [Read more...]
Easy Gluten Free Mexican Street Corn
All the flavor of street corn, none of the mess of eating it off a cob. Corn gets a quick char in a pan, then gets tossed with a creamy, garlicky, spicy mix and scooped up with chips. That's the whole move. It comes together fast: brown the corn in a hot skillet, add to everything else, mix, done. We used low-fat feta cheese, jalapeño, garlic, cilantro, white onion, … [Read more...]
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Soft, moist banana muffins loaded with mini chocolate chips. There's nothing better to do with a couple of overripe bananas than turn them into muffins. This one's soft, moist, and loaded with mini chocolate chips in every bite. It comes together with two bowls and no mixer needed, and the short rest before baking gives the batter a chance to settle in for a better … [Read more...]
High-Protein, Low-Calorie, 5-Ingredient Bagels
No yeast, no proofing, no fuss - just five ingredients and a hot oven. Bagels always seemed like one of those things you just buy instead of make - yeast, proofing time, boiling before baking, the whole production. This recipe skips all of that. Five ingredients, no yeast, no waiting around for dough to rise. Mix, knead for a minute, shape, and bake. The dough is … [Read more...]
S’mores Cookies
All the campfire flavor - melty chocolate, toasted marshmallow, graham cracker crunch - in cookie form. Chocolate, marshmallow, graham cracker - that combo just works. We wanted that same campfire flavor without actually needing a fire pit, so we turned it into a cookie you can make any night of the week. Here's how it works: graham cracker half on the bottom, … [Read more...]
Update: Back in the Kitchen
Hi everyone! You've probably noticed things have been a little quiet here lately, like years of quiet, lol! Between raising my four sweet babies who are almost all grown up now (high schoolers and college age, say what?!), running them around to their practices and meets (they are all swimmers, with two swimming in college!), and everything else that comes with running … [Read more...]
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