Easy Chocolate Almond Butter Blended Baked Oats recipe. Made without banana, this breakfast idea is healthy, vegan and gluten free. Can you tell that I’m obsessed with baked oats? Honestly, it is one of the only ways I convince other people to start eating oatmeal for breakfast. But can you really call it oatmeal when…
Spring Recipes
Carrot and Lentil Soup
Easy Carrot and Lentil Soup recipe. This vegan and gluten dinner idea makes a great healthy last minute meal. Sure, the first day of Spring happened over the weekend. But Chicago weather doesn’t care about the seasons. so I know that it’s just going to get colder in a couple of weeks. Cold weather requires all…
Chocolate Chip Coffee Coconut Muffins
Easy Chocolate Chip Coffee Coconut Muffins recipe. The coconut makes this breakfast idea into a unique nut free treat. Since I may be moving next year, I’ve been doing these “clear out the cupboards” kind of recipes lately. You know, ones where you look at all the ingredients that need using in your pantry and…
Chocolate Cake Banana Graham Cookies
Easy Chocolate Cake Banana Graham Cookies recipe. Made with boxed cake mix, this dessert recipe only uses only 5 ingredients. The weeks leading up to spring break are always the hardest for a teacher. Tests to make and grade, report card comments to write.. the list goes on. But still I want to bake. What…
Guinness Shepherd’s Pie
Easy Guinness Shepherd’s Pie recipe. This dinner idea made with beer is a great meal idea to make for St Patrick’s Day. Less than one week until St Patrick’s Day! Do you celebrate? If I am being completely honest, I don’t. However, I do appreciate any excuse to make food using Guinness beer so maybe…
Nutella Milkshake
Easy Nutella Milkshake recipe. This drink tastes like a dessert. It is the perfect easy treat that every Nutella lover will enjoy. I bought ice cream the other day specifically to make this delicious Nutella Milkshake. And yes, I could have also just gone across the street from my work and bought an actual Nutella…
Strawberry Cheesecake Oatmeal
Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Oatmeal recipe. This breakfast idea is the perfect way to use up your extra strawberries. We are 18 days away from Spring, and I am already craving all things berry. And while I know that I should wait until berries are more in season, I just couldn’t resist buying strawberries this week….
Black Bean Sweet Potato Soup
Easy Black Bean Sweet Potato Soup recipe. This vegan and gluten free dinner idea is the best healthy comfort food on a cold day. It’s started to warm up a little in Chicago, but I am definitely not ready to let go of soup season yet. Lately, we have been making soup, stew or chili…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Dates
Easy Peanut Butter Chocolate Dates recipe. Made with only 4 ingredients, this healthy snack is ready in under 10 minutes. You have no idea how many times I have made these Peanut Butter Chocolate Dates. At the end of my pregnancy, when I really wanted to be done with it, I was doing all of the…
Hazelnut Nutella Cups
Easy Hazelnut Nutella Cups recipe. Made with only 3 ingredients, this last minute dessert idea is the perfect way to satisfy your sweet tooth. Is it bad that I am extremely obsessed with Mini Nutella Cups? They are just so quick and easy to make, it is my go-to recipe for when I am short…
