Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
Why I Made Butternut Squash Breakfast Pancakes I’m on a mission to get more vegetables into my life—and not just the usual suspects. Lately, I’ve been challenging myself to pick up veggies I don’t eat often and try them in new ways. Enter the small …
This breakfast was so good – I made it yesterday and dreamed about making it again today for breakfast! The loaded breakfast potato could be a new rotation for my breakfasts! You can customize it with whatever you have on hand. I microwaved the baked …
The breakfasts I mostly lean towards are 95% savory vs. sweet and something about a savory cheesy egg and chicken sausage skillet breakfast makes me feel like I’m ordering breakfast from a diner! Over the weekend, I visited a farm by my house and bought …
More times than not – I crave a savory breakfast over a sweet one. And sometimes just having scrambled eggs and toast gets boring. Cue instant polenta! This is a delicious savory breakfast idea – polenta with peppers and chicken sausage! What is Polenta? Frequently …
I can’t wait for you to try my Overnight Breakfast Casserole Recipe! If you are looking for a meal prep idea – or having guests stay at your house – I highly recommend this recipe. It’s mostly hands off – just a little bit of …
I can’t wait for you to try making these breakfast nachos as part of my “What I Eat in a Day” series! When organizing my pantry – I saw a can of fat free refried beans – ZERO points for me – and I was …
Update 2022: For my Weight Watcher Friends – use THIS LINK to have this recipe added t your recipe builder and it will calculate YOUR #personalpoints! How I make a breakfast hash in less than 15 minutes? I am pretty sure you have a combination …
I used my twin sister’s recipe for her Skinny Pizza Dough for the crust of the quiche. I love making quiches, because I use what vegetables I have, or for this instance – I used a whole bag of frozen mixed vegetables. Since I used …
I have my friend Brandi – @balancedbrandi on Instagram to thank for this very filling protein breakfast bowl. If you are looking for a high protein breakfast that tastes like you are eating dessert – this is it! I am following Weight Watchers – so …
I have a YouTube channel! Building it day by day – but here is probably one of my favorite breakfast ideas! Crunchy breakfast tacos! I fill them with various things, based on what I have on hand. This version I added 1 egg, peppers, turkey …
If you haven’t tried my twin sister’s – Skinny Pizza dough – you have to put it on your to-do list asap! She posted the recipe over a year ago and only in the last 4 months I would say it has taken off – …
I made a take off of Minimalist Baker’s Chocolate Quinoa Breakfast Bowl and ate it 3x last week I loved it so much! I’m following Weight Watchers again this year – just started again January 2018 – so I adapted this a little bit to make …
My HEALTHIER version of Denny’s All American breakfast slam. Just as good, but way less calories and fat!
Did anyone watch the new Biggest Loser last night? I thought it was a good one. I didn’t start watching it until late, so I fast forwarded through the workouts, but I like these contestants. There are a few of them who are my favorite …
This recipe actually comes from the Biggest Loser Cookbook. If you haven’t checked one of their cookbooks out, go to your library and I’m sure they will have a few. Then copy your favorite recipes and return the book! It was super easy to make …
This breakfast was a winner today! I took the leftover chili/cumin/garlic powder chicken I made last night and added it with a potato, egg and cheese to make a breakfast hash. This kept me full forever! Ingredients: 1 egg “fried” with Pam cooking spray 3 …
I bring my breakfast to work every day for a few reasons. Getting 3 kids out the door every morning takes up my time and I don’t have time to sit for a minute! If I eat at my desk, I can check e-mails, and …
A few weeks ago, I posted a recipe for homemade turkey sausage for breakfast sammy’s that came from The Biggest Loser recipe archives. This is the best ever breakfast sammy! It was super easy to make and this sandwich kept me full ALL morning. I …
This recipe actually comes from the Biggest Loser cookbook. Last week I made a breakfast sammy pretty much every day for breakfast and this week I am going to make my own breakfast patty to add to it.. I’ve been using The Arnold Thin bread, …
I read an interesting article today from the University of Michigan Health System. They devised a “healing foods pyramid” which is shown below. I’ve mentioned before that researchers are now saying its better to eat 7-10 servings of fruits and vegetables per day, and as …
Have you ever woken up and decided you don’t really feel like a “breakfasty” kind of meal. No pancakes, no oatmeal, no cereal, I want something different! So, this is what I made for my breakfast: 1 cup cooked quinoa sugar snap peas red onion, …
Yesterday I was thinking about all the wonderful things you eat when you stay at a bed and breakfast. I thought, why can’t I pretend I’m staying at a B&B? So, I decided to look up some bed and breakfast recipes to see what I …
I’ve posted so many muffin recipes that are sweet, I decided to make a recipe that is savory instead. I consulted a few places, and ended up finding one I liked as a base to go off of from Eating Well Magazine. I’m going to …
Since my weekend was so busy, I didn’t have time to go to the grocery store and do a whole weeks shopping, so I stopped by a local market by my house to pick up something for dinner and found a few new food finds. …
A long time ago, when my sister and I first joined Weight Watchers, (1999) we used to order these cookies called “Baker’s Breakfast Cookies”. We did so because these cookies were HUGE, and the calories were low and the fiber was high, so they were …