quick recipes

Gluten-Free Peanut Butter and Jelly Crepes

Growing up, my mom would always make crepes for Sunday breakfast. I have memories of us making the batter together and me stealing dollops of the whipped cream that we would fill our crepes with. Now as I’m older, I’ve come to realize that you can do so much with crepe recipes and get really creative. When reading Delight Gluten-Free Magazine, I came across an article that included a recipe for peanut butter and jelly crepes with a peanut butter drizzle…yes please! Not only is this recipe gluten-free, but the protein powder that is used is great for a post […]

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Eating Your Colors – Orange Glazed Vegetables

Now that we are into the New Year, I’ve made it my goal to stick to a clean diet filled with lean proteins, healthy fats, and complex carbohydrates, while increasing my vegetable intake. Vegetables are the one food that I tend to forget to incorporate into each meal, so I’m trying a new system of “eating my colors” to make it a point that I fill my plate with colorful vegetables for at least 2 meals per day. Eating vegetables with colors such as green, orange, yellow, and purple, will help vitamin intake, fiber, and overall nutrition. According to the […]

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Baked Chicken with Watermelon Jalapeno Salsa

There is usually not a lot of time or thought that goes into dinner some nights at my house. Between my husband playing softball twice a week and me getting off work into the later evening, we typically eat the same things week by week. On weekends I enjoy meal-planning and making my grocery list but sometimes life just gets in the way and before you know, it’s already Monday! I wanted to spice up this week’s meals and make something out of the ordinary and that was when I came across this recipe for Marinated Grilled Chicken Breast with Watermelon-Jalapeno […]

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