Archive | February 2014

Cookie Dough Protein Bites

Feb11

These look yummy…and healthy to boot!! I, personally won’t add the protein powder, because I’m not into that. Can’t wait to make them…

Bon Appetit Everyone!! šŸ™‚

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I used to love raw cookie doughā€¦licking the bowl, the spoon and even eating the cookies before they went into the oven! I donā€™t know many people who donā€™t like it, as a matter of fact. Usually cookie dough is loaded with sugar, white flour, butter and eggs. It is definitely not something healthy to be snacking on. That is why I decided to make a clean, healthy, protein-packed recipe to snack on and I think Iā€™ve come up with a winner.

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Cookie Dough Protein Bites
1āƒ£Mix together
šŸ”¹1/4c pb, heated
šŸ”¹1/4c greek yogurt
šŸ”¹2scoops vanilla protein powder
šŸ”¹1t stevia
šŸ”¹1t vanilla extract
2āƒ£Add in and mix again:
šŸ”¹2T carob chips (or dark chocolate chips)
3āƒ£Roll into small ā€œbitesā€ and refrigerate

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Beer…Dip…Dessert…The Best Parts of Super Bowl 2014!!

Feb4

As you all know by now, the Super Bowl, was a pretty one sided and boring game…at least to me and my hubby!! But thankfully, we had some good beer and food, to make up for it. We came across this English beer called Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer. The description of the flavour is what caught my eye, with notes of toffee and vanilla. It was darker then regular, but not as dark as others, so it’s a good in between flavour profile. We liked it, and will have this again sometime šŸ™‚

I gave another Buffalo Chicken Dip a try this year, for the Super Bowl, andĀ it turned out better then the last one. It may have been that I subbedĀ flaked turkey, and ranch dressing, instead of blue cheese? Yes it was still pretty salty, but the flavour was just better. I halved the recipe, and it made enough for 2 medium ramekins, so we have another serving we can heat up and enjoy. Goes great with cut veggies, crackers or chips of your choice.

Buffalo Chicken Dip

I hadĀ 2 Mutsu/CrispinĀ apples, that were very much past their prime, since we picked them back in October LOL So, I looked up some recipes of what to make with them, and when I came across this simple apple crisp recipe – I knew I wanted to make it. The 2 apples made exactly 1 serving for each of us, so we ended up having it as our dessert on Sunday night. It was very yummy!! Though a bit sweet, since this recipe is more geared towards, a more tart apple. Ours were quite sweet, so if I use granny smith’s next time, it’ll be perfect. Definitely serve this with a half scoop of ice cream…it’s the only way we eat it!!

Apple Crisp

Cheers!! And Bon Appetit Everyone šŸ™‚

Somersby Apple Flavoured Cider

Feb4

I haven’t had alcoholic cider in YEARS. But, when we saw this one at our local LCBO on Saturday, we thought we’d give it a try. Normally, we hate canned alcohol, but this actually tasted all right. It’s quite evil though, because it doesn’t taste like alcohol, so you could drink a LOT of it LOL My hubby and I shared this one can though. If they put it in bottles, I’d try it again for sure!!

Cheers Everyone šŸ™‚