Healthy Brown Bag Popcorn (Garlic Parmesan)

April 14, 2014 Amanda Plott

It was a little gloomy here Sunday and us girls (grandma, mom, daughter, and myself) were all a little tired out from the weekend. We decided to spend our afternoon being lazy with watching a movie and eating some popcorn.

So, I went in my kitchen and whipped out a brown paper lunch bag and my popcorn kernels and started to get to it. My mom is always curious about my popcorn. Seriously? You can just do it yourself? Without a box or some sort of expensive popcorn machine? Seriously. Yes. You can...

Healthified 'Bagel Bites' Pizza

March 29, 2014 Amanda Plott

I love pizza.

I will seriously almost eat it in any way, shape, or form. I am totally unbiased and nondiscriminatory against nearly every pizza. Unless of course it has seafood or some off the wall topping on it.

When I was younger (high school years and below), I could have put away my weight in Pizza Pockets, Pizza Rolls, or Bagel Bites. Seriously. These days I like to think that I'm a little older and a lot wiser...

Chile-Lime Avocados

March 26, 2014 Amanda Plott

Alright, so maybe I am slightly obsessed with avocados.

I'm always trying to find new and interesting ways to eat them! Though in all honesty, I could just as easily sit down with an avocado and a spoon and be quite the happy girl. Which is awfully funny considering up until about 5 years ago, I was anything but an avocado fan!

Can I please have all those avocados, guacamole, and naps back that I refused in my younger years? Sort of like roll-over minutes?...

Mixed Berry Salad

March 20, 2014 Amanda Plott

This salad has been my lunch regularly for about two weeks now. I just can't get enough of it! Everything I love the most is in there. Fresh berries, blue cheese, spinach, and this amazing Energy Crunch Trail Mix. I found the mix at my local grocery store, HEB. It has soybeans, dried cranberries, almonds & pumpkin kernels.

When it started out, I was using a bottled dressing. But this week I decided to switch it up and make my own - which turned out fabulous and even more healthy!...

Hot & Spicy Cheesy Kale Chips

February 28, 2014 Amanda Plott

A few weeks ago my mom and I took a trip to my new neighborhood Whole Foods Market. While we were there scoping things out, we came across some very special kale chips. Crispy, crunchy, nasty-hot, cheesy kale chips. The only problem was... $8? Yikes!

I immediately told my mom once again about my Crispy Kale Chips, and suggested that I try my hand at a spicy cheese version. After all, they would be a fraction of the cost of the little $8 container that we were munching on.

What? I had to see what they tasted like for comparison sake!...

Skinny 'Game Day' Meatballs

January 9, 2014 Amanda Plott

Some of my favorite appetizer style meatballs when I was younger were always the pre-made ones that you toss in the crock pot to simmer with cranberry and chili sauce.

However... canned cranberry sauce has quite a bit of calories to it and pre-made meatballs are not filled with the most health conscious ingredients.

So, this is my take on that game day classic!...