Dairy-Free Grapefruit & Banana Breakfast Bowl

March 22, 2016 Amanda Plott

Today I wanted to keep things rather simple for breakfast. Simple, but tasty and dairy-free! Like I've said, I'm trying to be a little more plant based lately. I decided that a breakfast bowl was the way to go, so I grabbed one of my leftover grapefruits from the fridge and knew exactly what I wanted to do.

I used the juices of the grapefruit along with some local honey to make a sort of faux fruit cocktail to go atop one into my breakfast bowl. A 'not quite ripe' banana will work best here.

If it's an overly ripe fruit you might just end up with a bowl of mashed banana instead and nobody wants that!

Of course, I had to have a little bit of a crunch factor on top with some local low fat granola to top it all off and pull everything together. One of the best parts though, is what was under all the fruity goodness...

Skinny Lemon Thumbprint Cookies (Gluten Free)

March 16, 2016 Amanda Plott

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I've said it before, and I'll say it again... Spring is most definitely one of my favorite times of year. There's just something to be said of the change in light, the fresh air, and everything coming back to life in the garden.

I don't know about you, but when I think about Spring and Easter, I think about the brightness of lemons. Maybe that's because it's about this time of year when my lemon tree starts to produce for me; giving me plenty of fresh beautiful lemons to use at my leisure.

To celebrate the arrival of Easter and Spring, I decided it would be the perfect time to bake up some tender, sweet and tart lemon thumbprint cookies - perfect for any basket; Easter or otherwise!...

Skinny 5 Ingredient Chocolate Cherry Crisp

March 1, 2016 Amanda Plott

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Sometimes we all just need a little chocolate in our lives, and in my opinion not much goes better with chocolate other than cherries. You really can't go wrong with the combination. Of course, coming off of an extremely busy weekend, I wanted to be sure to do something simple with few ingredients and lots of flavor.

What can I say? I needed something to curb my sweet cravings.

I've seen it done before where Honey Bunches of Oats have been used as a quick fix 'crisp' style topping for desserts, so I decided to take that idea and run with it. But, I didn't want anything plain-jane so I had to put my own chocolate lover's better-for-you spin on it....

Quick Raspberry Sweet Rolls with Mocha Drizzle (Sponsored)

February 23, 2016 Amanda Plott

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I love my coffee. I seriously couldn't imagine a morning going by without a cup of my favorite joe to pick me up and get me moving through my day. This morning I was feeling even more indulgent and decided to take my morning coffee to the next level by pairing it with some delicious and decadent quick Raspberry Sweet Rolls.

These aren't your ordinary plain-jane sweet rolls either. Not only are they super easy to whip up with a handy-dandy little trick with crescent rolls, but I also amped them up by adding a cream cheese mocha drizzle over the top as the hero of the show.

Trust me, these aren't nearly as much of guilty indulgence as you might think either - just a perfectly awesome mocha filled sort of indulgence...

Skinny Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake

February 10, 2016 Amanda Plott

A few weeks back, my brother was showing me this awesome breakfast/dessert that he had come across. He must think it's fun to tag me in some of the most 'un-skinny' recipe ideas that he comes across. Hey, if he didn't razz me I would think he didn't care!

Anyway, the thing he showed me was an amazing cinnamon roll french toast bake that truly had nothing good in it. To be a little bit of a smarty myself, I decided I was going to take that amazing looking bake and turn it into something that was still drool worthy but, also wouldn't have me bolting out the door to the gym after indulging.

That being said, this is still a sweet treat. Everything in moderation, people!...

Strawberry & Coconut Matcha Chocolate Bark

February 5, 2016 Amanda Plott

Valentine's Day is approaching quickly and I'm all for a little guilty pleasure every now and again. Especially when it involves a special holiday of sorts. Although, if I'm going to have any sort of treat, I always tend to throw in a few health aspects just to make it more guilt free. And this matcha chocolate is no exception!

I'm a pretty big fan of chocolate bark, in fact it's a pretty dangerous thing for me to make because tends to go pretty quickly around here. I've been toying with matcha powder for a few weeks now after buying my very first bag of it, and I have to say, it's good stuff.

I've even gotten my mom onto the matcha train too! So much so that she's asked me to come up with ways to add it into foods rather than just drinking it all the time...