These delicious muffins make a welcome addition to any meal, or on their own as a snack or quick breakfast. When you have bananas that are over-ripened and need to be used up, muffins are a great option. Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter, softened 2 eggs 3 ripe bananas 1/3 cup water 1 2/3 cup Gluten-Free All Purpose Flour - recipe here) OR regular all-purpose flour Continue Reading
My favorite easy high-protein pasta recipe
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Here's a super simple pasta recipe that is a staple of my meal planning. It works great with any kind of pasta and any shape. I love using red or yellow lentil pasta, which offers 13 to 23g of plant-based protein per serving. It is gluten-free but the taste and texture is the closest to traditional wheat pasta than anything else I've Continue Reading
How to make your own all-purpose gluten free flour mix
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you're wanting to bake gluten free, it's not as simple as just substituting almond or rice flour for wheat flour. I mean, you could -- but it's probably not going to turn out anything like you hoped. Rather, all-purpose gluten free flour is a mix of ingredients. I've tried different brands with varying results. Then, I finally figured out how to Continue Reading
3 delicious air fryer recipes your whole family will love
The Air Fryer is one of the most popular countertop kitchen appliances of the last decade. Because you do not fry in oil, this method of cooking is considered healthier. With an air fryer, greasy foods can be a thing of the past, without losing the taste and crispiness of fried foods. That saves a lot of calories versus deep frying. I recently created three restaurant-inspired easy air fryer Continue Reading
Mexican Rice recipe: A favorite since my teens
I didn't do a lot of cooking when I was a youngster, but I found that I enjoyed what I did do. My earliest memory was making a "chocolate snack cake" while in 4-H for the state fair. Fast forward to high school and my next memory of cooking. In Spanish class we had an event where we went into the home ec kitchen and each person or group had a recipe to make. Mine was Mexican rice --- and I've Continue Reading
Healthier copycat Campbell’s Tomato Soup recipe
Tomato soup is one of the ultimate comfort foods. Is there anything better than a piping hot bowl of tomato soup and a grilled sandwich? It's a quick and delicious lunch or dinner that the whole family can enjoy. But when I launched my healthy living transformation and started reading labels, I sadly decided to forgo one of my lifelong favorites, Campbell's Tomato Soup. It contains some Continue Reading