Strawberry Banana Smoothie

This isn’t your typical strawbana smoothie. The ingredients are a bit peculiar, but Corinne seems to have perfected the recipe, ensuring a creamy, smooth texture and blending of sweet and tangy flavors. You could just blend up some strawberries and bananas with water, but we hope you give this bold smoothie a try (and like …

Frozen Bananas

Frozen bananas are so versatile and easy to make; it’s difficult not to! This is especially a great idea when your bananas are beginning to ripen a little too much to eat! Freezing them will stop them from ripening and with preserve that sweet flavor. Ingredients bananas (preferably ripe) resealable baggies ehm…a freezer (preferably) Directions …

Dark Chocolate Avocado Pudding

This delicious dessert or snack is a great way to add unsaturated fats to your diet. Consuming too much saturated fats or trans fats (which are fats processed to act like saturated fats) can increase risks of heart disease, weight gain, and bad cholesterol. This is sadly, not very hard to do, as many foods …

Really Simple Green Salad with Strawberries

I didn’t believe people when they said that strawberries were good on savory salads. I honestly thought that people just garnished with their salads with berries for a photo’s sake. But a few weeks ago we I came home after a lunch barbecue and I wasn’t very hungry for dinner. It’s times like these when …

Grandmama’s Chili

This classic chili is a family favorite. Perfect for Sunday game days in the fall (and although I don’t watch much football, we always have this chili for the Big Game). It’s also great post-race or post-long run or when you’re craving a hearty meal but don’t necessarily feel like spending a lot of time …

Baked Sweet Potato

Ingredients sweet potato salt & pepper (optional) Directions Preheat oven to 410°F. Prepare a sheet pan with non-stick aluminum foil. Wash each sweet potato by scrubbing and rising under water. Use a fork to make small holes in the sweet potatoes. This allows steam to escape during the baking process and prevents them from exploding. …

Spinach Salad with Baked Sweet Potato

This simple salad is one of my favorites. It’s so quick & easy to make and leaves me feeling nourished. Ingredients baby spinach leaves cucumber 1/2 baked sweet potato (recipe) vinaigrette (I like Garlic Expressions Classic) salt & pepper (optional) feta cheese (also optional) Directions Drizzle salad with vinaigrette and enjoy! Grab a hefty handful …

French Crepes with Hazelnut Spread & Berries

Sometimes you just need to use the boxed mix. Growing up in a multicultural household, I was often exposed to Czech and Tunisian cuisine by my grandmother. Whenever I asked for crepes, she made these delicious, sugar coated latkes that my siblings and I devoured. But a few years ago, I stumbled upon photos and …

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