Making one giant air fryer chocolate chip cookie!

Making one giant air fryer chocolate chip cookie!

I’ve been dreaming about making one giant air fryer chocolate chip cookie for a while – this was my first attempt and it turned out great. I’ll be making more versions, tweaking this basic recipe – but wanted to share it asap! For my Weight 

3 ingredient crunch bar bites!

3 ingredient crunch bar bites!

Who loves candy bars? Before I was on my health and weight loss journey – it wasn’t unusual for me to grab a king sized bag of M&M’s, Kit Kat Bar or my favorite – The Crunchbar! Now – I am 100% ok passing the 

100 Calorie Pumpkin Chocolate Brownies!

100 Calorie Pumpkin Chocolate Brownies!

Rich, 100 calorie chocolate pumpkin brownies that are low in calories and delicious? Sign me up! Now that it’s September and the temperatures are starting to cool – it’s my favorite time to start baking again! And I am like so many people a huge 

What I Eat in a Day on Weight Watchers – Chicken Burrito, snack idea and homemade parmesan cod with french fries!

What I Eat in a Day on Weight Watchers – Chicken Burrito, snack idea and homemade parmesan cod with french fries!

Welcome to another day of What I Eat in a Day on Weight Watchers! I shared a breakfast I made recently for breakfast nachos using canned refried beans. I had a lot of refried beans leftover, so I decided for my first meal of the 

Edible Cookie Dough Recipe

Edible Cookie Dough Recipe

Who doesn’t love cookie dough?! I’m excited to share this edible cookie dough recipe! One of my favorite things about being a food blogger is that on all social media platforms I follow mostly other foodies and chefs so there is never a shortage of 

Jenn Cooks air fried banana chocolate frosting on wasa crisps!

Jenn Cooks air fried banana chocolate frosting on wasa crisps!

This is a great snack or dessert when you are looking for something sweet that won’t take all your #ww personal points for the day. The first star of this dessert – is Wasa crisps. Don’t sleep on these! You may remember your grandma having 

Biggest Loser recap/chocolate/marshmallow dessert

Biggest Loser recap/chocolate/marshmallow dessert

Biggest Loser Recap! I thought it was a really good show tonight, at some point I thought I would need a tissue! I think the highlight of the show was Arthur (the biggest contestant ever on BL) dancing on the scale after losing 13 pounds 

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Another successful day on my healthy weight loss journey. It’s day 8 already and I did really great eating wise. One thing that I am totally avoiding is food at work. On any given day there are donuts, muffins, candy, etc… and I’ve been able 

It’s that time of year again…homemade kit kat bars!

It’s that time of year again…homemade kit kat bars!

I’ve been making these for many years now, and its one of my favorite things to make during the holidays. The best part is all you need are 3 ingredients: graham crackers, peanut butter, and almond bark in chocolate flavor (a candy coating chocolate). One 

Blondie mini muffins

I have a blogger friend Celine who has a gorgeous Vegan recipe site. (Have cake will travel). She made these amazing looking blondies using of all things, chickpeas! I have no fear using strange ingredients to make things. I’ve added tofu to muffins I’ve made; 

Can you make chocolate chip cookies with no eggs?

Can you make chocolate chip cookies with no eggs?

The answer is YES! The other night I started to make a batch of cookies for my family when I realized I had no eggs. It was already late and I was already in my jammies, so I quickly googled this question. There were a 

Pumpkin/banana bread + awesome salsa

Pumpkin/banana bread + awesome salsa

This recipe I got from The Cooking Club of America. To be honest, I didn’t play around with it too much to try to make it less calories, I made it as is, and tried to keep the portion I ate smaller! This bread is 

Cooking with Mark/BSI Host this week

Cooking with Mark/BSI Host this week

Errign is hosting BSI this week, take a look at her blog to see the secret ingredient for this week! After her, then Dave from My Year on the Grill will be hosting. Sorry for any confusion! So last night my son Mark was telling 

Doughnut Muffins – 175 calories each!

Doughnut Muffins – 175 calories each!

Last week I was reading Food Buzz’s Top 9 picks of the day and one of the recipes was for doughnut muffins!! I knew I had to make them but I did tweak the recipe to make it more calorie friendly for me. The recipe 

Healthy version of banana stuffed french toast – only 225 calories!!

Healthy version of banana stuffed french toast – only 225 calories!!

Sometimes I feel like something savory for breakfast, but this morning I wanted something sweet. As I was looking in my fridge, I didn’t have time to make pancakes, or something more complicated, but I thought about french toast. Instead of using bread though, I 

Blueberry Zucchini Bread + My first homegrown tomato!

Blueberry Zucchini Bread + My first homegrown tomato!

OK, I have to start with my tomato!!! Last year for Mother’s Day, my husband got me 2 Topsy Turvy Tomato planters. Granted it was cooler last summer, but I kind of didn’t keep on top of them and I hung them too high, so 

Frozen Fruit Cups! + Free Coupon to a lucky reader!

Frozen Fruit Cups! + Free Coupon to a lucky reader!

My kids love Popsicles pretty much all year round, but especially during these hot summer days. I think its a much better alternative to ice cream and they love it more than that. When I was at Trader Joe’s last weekend, I stocked up on 

Black Dog Gelato – My nieces own shop in Chicago!!

Black Dog Gelato – My nieces own shop in Chicago!!

Last week my family went to my nieces gelato store which just opened a few weeks ago. It’s all very exciting, she’s worked so hard at it, and her dream of opening her own shop has come true! Her shop is at 859 N. Damen 

Guest post – Healthy desserts!

Guest post – Healthy desserts!

Hi everyone! I have my first ever guest post! I would like to thank Kitty for writing this post about some healthy recipe ideas! Healthy Desserts by Kitty Holman One of the biggest misconceptions people have about diets is that you have to starve yourself, 

Healthy Vending Machine? + Soft Serve banana ice cream

Healthy Vending Machine? + Soft Serve banana ice cream

This is for all you office workers out there who succumb to the vending machine…. Even though I try to be good through out the day and pass by all the donuts, leftovers from luncheons, cake, etc… there are days where I will admit, I 

Sugar free, no dairy chocolate cake

Sugar free, no dairy chocolate cake

March is a super busy month in my family. My son’s birthday is coming up in a few weeks, my twin sister and I will also have a birthday shortly, my 15th wedding anniversary is next week, and my two nieces will also have birthdays. 

What’s for a special treat? + Biggest Loser update

What’s for a special treat? + Biggest Loser update

This is what I get asked pretty much every night after dinner by my kids! When they were younger, it would be yogurt, or a piece of fruit, but somehow over the years, its changed to cookies, or a little ice cream, etc… I purposely 

Best Ever Pumpkin bread

Best Ever Pumpkin bread

I’ve read a bunch of blogs lately using pumpkin and I LOVE pumpkin! It’s one of those things that I bake that smells like fall. I’ve had a can of pumpkin in my pantry for several months now. Every time I would see it, I 

Gelato!

Gelato!

I wanted to introduce my niece Jessie who earns her living making gelato! How fun is that? Well, she did go to culinary school at Johnson & Whales in Rhode Island and she was the head pastry chef for her childhood friend Stephanie Izzard (winner 

Prickly pears?  + Winner of POM Tea!

Prickly pears? + Winner of POM Tea!

Congrats to Errign who wins a coupon for a free POM tea drink!! Thanks to everyone who left a comment! Errign, I will contact you to get your address. Do you know what this is? Neither did I. When I was grocery shopping over the