Mini chocolate chip waffles!

Mini chocolate chip waffles!

Mini chocolate chip waffles!  A great way to start the day! I like meal prepping certain items to keep in my freezer – egg bites, pancakes, quiche, burritos, etc. to be able to heat up in a pinch when I don’t feel like cooking, but 

How to make fish stick tacos

How to make fish stick tacos

I love to cook – and think about recipes, reading recipes, watching what I eat in a day videos for inspiration, but even I want a quick dinner once in a while and these fish stick tacos never fail! Here is how to make fish 

Vegetable Pizza Using Skinny Pizza Dough

Vegetable Pizza Using Skinny Pizza Dough

I’ve made this vegetable pizza using Skinny Pizza Dough 3x this week!  It’s so good.  What’s Skinny Pizza Dough?  My twin sister Biz’s recipe that she came up with about 5 years ago.  It’s gone viral and thousands are making this dough every week – 

Premier Protein French Toast

Premier Protein French Toast

This way of making french toast kind of happened by accident.  I wanted to make french toast – usually you make a dipping mixture of eggs, milk, vanilla extract and cinnamon – but I had no eggs.  I did have Premier Protein drink in my 

Chicken sausage and Vegetable Skillet Dinner

Chicken sausage and Vegetable Skillet Dinner

Weeknight dinner just better! This super delicious chicken sausage and vegetable skillet dinner is ready in under 30 minutes. The star of the show is Amy Lu Foods brand chicken sausages. The sausages are fully cooked – so reheating them with your favorite vegetables is 

What I Eat in a Day on Weight Watchers – protein oats, taco soup, burger and fries!

What I Eat in a Day on Weight Watchers – protein oats, taco soup, burger and fries!

Welcome back to another What I Eat in a Day on Weight Watchers. My hope is to give you inspiration as to how I spread out my points throughout the day. I love making great food that tastes awesome and keeps me satisfied. Breakfast – 

What I Eat in a Day!  Breakfast nachos, Fruit and Nut Snack & Ramen noodles with Chicken and Broccoli

What I Eat in a Day! Breakfast nachos, Fruit and Nut Snack & Ramen noodles with Chicken and Broccoli

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 

What I Eat in a Day 8-29-22/Pot Sticker Bowl, Yogurt Dip Snack, American Goulash

What I Eat in a Day 8-29-22/Pot Sticker Bowl, Yogurt Dip Snack, American Goulash

Great eats again today!! I kind of had a loose plan of what I was making today – I knew what I was making for dinner – my favorite childhood meal I loved growing up – slumgulion (most people call it American Goulash) but it’s 

My new favorite nut butter – American Dream Nut Butters!

My new favorite nut butter – American Dream Nut Butters!

Excited to share my love for American Dream Nut Butter Company! Recently my Instagram friend Jen @something.j ran a giveaway on her page for American Dream Nut Butter. I’ve seen many of my Instagram friends rave over it, showing delicious breakfast bowls, toasts and breads 

How to use your mini waffle maker to make totally easy delicious egg waffles!

How to use your mini waffle maker to make totally easy delicious egg waffles!

Your mini dash waffle iron can be used to make these delicious egg waffles – you just need 2 ingredients! If you haven’t seen the DASH mini waffle makers – they are the best! $10 – available at Kohl’s, Target, Walmart or Amazon to name 

How I make rich, chocolate peanut butter low calorie muffins!

How I make rich, chocolate peanut butter low calorie muffins!

If you are looking for a great chocolaty muffin – which is low in calories – read on! For my Weight Watcher Friends – Use THIS LINK to have the #personalpoints for your plan on the New #personalpoints plan 2021. I love finding inspiration from 

Baked Spring Rolls – 4 Smart Points

Baked Spring Rolls – 4 Smart Points

These were definitely tasty! I think next time I will just get egg roll wrappers when I want a crunchy vegetable roll. Have you made anything with spring roll wrappers? I invite you to follow me on Instagram @jenncooks – I post there almost every 

Taco Burrito – 6 Smart Points

Taco Burrito – 6 Smart Points

I am a huge fan of anything taco related. Nachos, tacos, burritos, I love it all. This delicious lunchtime snack really hit the spot! Of all the low carb tortillas on the market, Tumaro Wraps are my favorite. They are large, super pliable and taste 

Cold Tortellini Pasta Salad

Cold Tortellini Pasta Salad

Ingredients 1 package cheese tortellini 2 carrots 1/4 red onion 1 cup edamame 2 stalks celery 1 tsp. Italian seasoning salt and pepper Few slices deli salami, chopped 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup Paul Newman’s Light Balsamic Vinagrette There are so many variations to this. 

How to make Zero Point Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup

How to make Zero Point Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup

I have had a number of kitchen gadgets over the years that I thought I couldn’t live without, and once I got it and used it a few times, it goes right back on the shelf to collect dust! Examples are my spiralizer, my juicer, 

Marion’s Kitchen Marinade

Marion’s Kitchen Marinade

Marion’s Kitchen marinades were introduced to me by my twin sister Biz. She kept showing recipes she made using the marinade and I finally got my hands on some. So sorry I waited so long – my lunch was outstanding. This isn’t really a recipe, 

Easiest Chicken Parmesan

Easiest Chicken Parmesan

I love shopping Trader Joe’s . I am lucky to have one in my town, but before that I would drive 30 minutes to the closest one to my house. We affectionately call it “Chicken Joe’s” because when my daughter was little- that’s what she 

Mark’s chicken/great grocery store purchases!

Mark’s chicken/great grocery store purchases!

The Grocery store I go to sometimes called Caputo’s has probably the biggest fruit and veggies section I’ve ever seen. It’s amazing! Underneath some of the fruits/veggies on the floor are big boxes of things that need to be sold that day. I scored with 

Pace Picante Sauce/Chicken Tortilla Soup

Pace Picante Sauce/Chicken Tortilla Soup

I want to thank Food Buzz for sending me 2 free bottles of Pace Picante sauce as part of their Taste Testers program. I have to be honest, I never buy Pace because I thought it wasn’t that good, but after trying both the mild 

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 

Italian Baked Chicken

Italian Baked Chicken

I got this recipe from Giada from FOOD TV. I was browsing their site over the weekend looking for something new to do with chicken. Like most families, I make chicken a few times a week, so I am ALWAYS looking for new ideas! This 

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.