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Super Simple Tofu Parmesan

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I apologize for the abysmal photo. I had no intention to post this dish. I had once again arbitrarily categorized it as “too simple for a food blog.” We’ve talked about this before. I think we came to the conclusion that “too simple” is a silly concept. Yet once again,...

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Healthy Dinner or Game Night Snack: Chipotle Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potato Skins

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As my husband has been reminding me on a near hourly basis, football season is coming. And we all know that the start of football season is directly correlated with an uptick in the consumption of beer and all sorts of comfort foods: wings, chips and dips, mozzarella sticks, potato...

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High Protein Blueberry Muffins

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Yes, I am aware that nearly every recipe I’ve shared with you over the last two weeks has been a breakfast recipe. That’s because breakfast is the best meal of the day, obviously. Sorry I’m not sorry. Even though these muffins look a bit like a wrinkly old man, I...

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Peanut Butter and Fluff Protein Pancakes

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I’m 27, and I’m eating a Fluffernutter. For Breakfast. And it’s good for me. Is this real life, or is this a flashback to the fantasies of nine-year-old Jo? Well, Yogi Bear is no where to be seen and I’m not using dial-up, so it must me the former. These...

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Blueberry Banana Soft Serve

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Need a healthy and delicious dessert for this midsummer night? Coming right up! Blueberry Banana Soft Serve Ingredients: 1 frozen banana 1 cup frozen blueberries 1 cup almond milk (or milk of choice) 1 scoop cake batter protein powder Directions: Combine all ingredients in a blender. Freeze for a couple...

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Cheesy Cauliflower Hamburger Buns

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We’ve already eaten these twice this week, and if we had the ingredients I’m pretty sure we’d eat them twice more. They are very similar to the cauliflower pizza dough that’s been popular as of late, yet somehow I like them better. Perhaps because there’s a burger stuck in the...

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My Favorite Fit Foods + Seriously Delicious Protein Cake

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Mmm. Cake. Now that I have your attention! Meet my latest obsessions: Seriously, I have been putting these products in and on anything and everything. First, cake batter protein powder. At first, I thought I might get sick of it after a couple of days… nope. This is the second...

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Have Your Abs and Eat Cake Too: Cake Batter Protein Pancakes

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Wanting to get a little more protein in my usually oat-heavy breakfast life, I recently bought some cake batter flavored Muscle Milk protein powder. The first thing on my agenda was these protein pancakes. When I posted photos of this delicious creation, there was immediate demand for the recipe. And...

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How I’m Coping Without Godiva: Raw Vegan Carrot Cake Truffles

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During a recent trip to Godiva to get my monthly free truffle, the gentleman behind the counter alerted me that the perk was soon to be no more. “It’s too popular,” he said (i.e. “everyone who uses it is just as cheap thrifty as you are and comes in every...

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Attempt 197 to Break the Breakfast Rut: Vegan Tofu Scramble

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I’m in a serious breakfast rut. Not the kind of breakfast rut you’re in when you buy a box of cereal at Costco and then have to eat the same kind for two weeks, and by the end of that box of Raisin Bran all you want in the world...

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