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Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Cups

Posted on April 25, 2014April 22, 2014 by Meredith Rines, MBA, CFP®

Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Cups. Four words that will change your life if you have a sweet tooth like mine.

This frozen treat hits the spot and makes me happy when all I want is ice cream. I found this recipe the other day and it stood out to me. I just had to make these freon yogurt cakes! I changed a little bit and made less just to make sure I liked them before making a huge commitment.

Here we go…Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Cups

10 oz. Greek yogurt in vanilla (I used Chobani 0% in vanilla blend)
5 strawberries
3 raspberries
1/2 banana
32 mini chocolate chips (optional, but in my mind – totally necessary)
Put 2 ounces of vanilla into 4 cupcake liners. Purée the berries and banana. Place a dollop over the yogurt. Spoon about 1 ounce of yogurt on top of the purée and add 8 mini chocolate chips on top. Place in the freezer for at least an hour before serving.
Now that they are made – I wish I would have made more!

1 cupcake per serving. Calories: 73. Carbs: 12. Fat: 2. Protein: 4

Sloppy Joe in a Bread Bowl

Posted on February 12, 2014February 3, 2014 by Meredith Rines, MBA, CFP®

The thought of having a sloppy joe sandwich for dinner brings back some pretty happy memories. I loved sloppy joes, sloppier the better in my book! So when I saw this recipe on Pinterest before the super bowl and decided instantly that it had to be made. I did make some revisions because I wanted it to be super-duper easy.

-1 lb. ground extra lean turkey meat
– 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
– 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
– 1 can sloppy joe mix
– 6 pretzel rolls
– 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Add turkey, garlic salt, and onion powder to skillet. Brown turkey meat until fully cooked. Add can of sloppy joe mix and cook for about 7-10 minutes (or follow directions on can). While sloppy joe mixture is simmering, cut rolls and hollow out center to make individual bowl. Add turkey mixture to bread bowls and top with mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for about 5-8 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve immediately.

These were ah-mazing! I wish I would have taken a few more pictures, but I didn’t want to wait to eat these beauties.

Easy Pita Pizza Recipe

Posted on January 14, 2014December 31, 2013 by Meredith Rines, MBA, CFP®

It’s hard coming up with creative and delicious dinner recipes every night. I always look for something that is somewhat healthy, easy to make, and does not require me to get 1000 pots and pans dirty. I had this idea to create some pita pizzas from a recipe I found years ago. All I needed was protein and then it hit me – this past week after eating out for a few dinners we had collected some leftovers. Steak and teriyaki chicken to be exact. They were just the amounts for an individual pizza.

I took the steak and J took the chicken.

Here’s what you need to make your pita pizza:

pita bread
steak – 2 to 3 oz.
string cheese
grape tomatoes

pita bread
teriyaki chicken – 2 to 3 oz. (make sure the chicken is fully cooked)
teriyaki sauce
string cheese
On his pizza I spread a little over a teaspoon of teriyaki sauce onto the pita, cut up the leftover chicken and piled on top. Then I took a piece of string cheese to cover it all.
For my pizza I cut up a few grape tomatoes, I just love the sunburst ones. I then cut the steak into bite sized pieces and piled both onto the pita. I again, took a string cheese and placed over it all.

Bake both pita pizzas at 400F in oven or toaster oven for about 10-15 minutes or until heated through.
It’s a nice, light and easy dinner recipe that I can’t believe I forgot about for years. You can also spread a laughing cow cheese mixed with a little garlic powder to use with plain chicken, but I did not have any on hand.

Lightened Up Chicken Salad Recipe

Posted on January 10, 2014December 31, 2013 by Meredith Rines, MBA, CFP®

Want a delicious chicken salad recipe that is easy on your pocketbook and on your hips?

Trying to save money is pretty tough work especially when you get sick of your daily lunch routine. It gets boring! You can find yourself wandering out for a side salad here and there, and then it can develop into a full lunch each day. So to keep my mind entertained I developed my own twist on the normal chicken salad recipe.
It’s a bit lightened up so that way I can stick with my resolution of eating healthier and it’s pretty tasty, too.
My Chicken Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
12 oz. Cooked Shredded Chicken
⅓ c. finely chopped celery
⅓ c. finely chopped carrots
⅓ c. light mayo

Mix all the ingredients together and voila! Store in airtight container in the fridge.

Reduced Calorie Chocolate Muffin Recipe :: DIY Vitatop

Posted on December 30, 2013December 30, 2013 by Meredith Rines, MBA, CFP®

I love healthy breakfast food that is disguised as something totally bad for you, and this Chocolate Muffin Recipe is just that.

If you have heard of VitaTops or VitaMuffins before then you know that they are a low calorie, high fiber, healthy version of a muffin. I love them, but sometimes I don’t love paying for them. I found this recipe and did a few tweaks to make it my own. Let me tell you these muffins turned out great. They are super moist and so good!
DIY Vitatop, Chocolate Muffin Recipe

Ingredients:

1 ½ c. white whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
¾ c. sugar
¼ c. cocoa powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. almond milk
2 egg whites
¼ c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions: Preheat oven to 400F. Line 12 muffin cups with cupcake liners (I ended up with enough to do 15). Mix together flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and cocoa powder. Add almond milk and vanilla. Mix until combined. Beat egg whites with a hand mixer until they hold peaks. Fold in egg whites and chocolate chips into mixture. Spoon into muffin cups until they are about 2/3 full. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Slow Cooked Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Posted on December 3, 2013July 13, 2016 by Meredith Rines, MBA, CFP®

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I love fall more than any other time of the year. Something about the crispness in the air, the dark pretty colors in the trees and all of the family time. The most natural thought of something that loves fall is that they must love soups because they scream fall. But, not so much. I love one soup, I tolerate a few others, and dislike quite a few.

The one soup I love is broccoli cheddar. I have always wanted to make it myself, but was never brave enough until I saw Dani’s recipe over on This Workman Life. I adapted the recipe and added a few things to make it my own. You can see her version here.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons butter
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 ½ cups milk
1 lb Velveeta cheese, cubed
10 oz pkg frozen (and chopped) broccoli
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon dried, chopped onion
⅛ teaspoon salt and pepper

Mix all ingredients into your slow cooker, turn to low and let it cook for about 4 hours. It’s best to stir the soup deliciousness occasionally while it cooks. Once done, switch your slow cooker to keep warm until ready to serve. My slow cooker is amazing and I can set the timer for how long I want it to cook then it will automatically change to the keep warm setting. I would recommend a slow cooker like this Slow Cooker so you don’t have to worry about your meals overcooking if you get busy and forget to switch the setting.

Let me tell you, this soup is pure deliciousness. Hello Fall!

Easy Cinnamon-Sugar Pull Apart Bread

Posted on September 3, 2013September 3, 2013 by Meredith Rines, MBA, CFP®

One of my favorite desserts, breakfasts or snacks ever is pull apart bread. The smell of fresh baked bread reminds me of summers at my grandparents when I was a little girl. My Aunt and I would get together, wear our cutesy aprons, and spend the day making homemade bread and cinnamon rolls. I have a lot of memories sitting around my grandma’s kitchen table kneading bread, rolling out dough…

Nowadays, I don’t have the time or the patience most weekends to make homemade pull apart bread. So, when I can cheat and have fresh baked from a can – I do!

This past weekend I pulled out an old favorite for breakfast.

The pictures do NOT do this gooey, sugar filled dough any justice. It was delicious!

Here’s what you need to make your own cinnamon-sugar pull apart bread with icing:

Pull Apart Bread:

1 can biscuisits, each biscuit cut into fourths
1 c. sugar
cinnamon
¼ c. brown sugar
¼ c. butter

Icing:

1 c. powdered sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
1-2 T milk

Preheat oven to 475 or as per the directions on the biscuits and spray a round cake pan with cooking spray. Mix the sugar, cinnamon and brown sugar in a bowl. Melt butter and let cool for a few seconds (that way you will not burn your hands). Dip a piece of dough into the butter and dredge in the sugar mixture. Shake of excess and place in pan. Bake per directions on the cannister, mine took about 20 minutes.

Mix the icing ingredients together. The more milk you add, the thinner the icing will be. I used mine as a drizzle, so I added the full 2 Tablespoons. Drizzle the icing over the bread.

Enjoy!

Easy-peasy Healthy Breakfast Bar Recipe

Posted on July 12, 2013July 2, 2014 by Meredith Rines, MBA, CFP®

Looking for a healthy breakfast bar recipe? Want a recipe for a delicious chocolate peanut butter banana oatmeal bar for breakfast? Well then you have come to the right place.

J asked for breakfast food the other day and suggested granola bars. The pre-packaged ones are good don’t get me wrong, but I just have a problem with filling our bellies with junk. I looked up a healthy breakfast bar recipe and found one that caught my eye. I did a little edit to some ingredients to make it a little healthier. And I ended up with a tasty, healthy breakfast bar recipe.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 c. whole-wheat flour
1 c. rolled oats
1/2 c. sugar substitute
5 t. baking powder (you can use 2 t. baking powder and 1 t. baking soda, but I was out of baking soda)
1/4 c. milk chocolate chips
1/8 c. Peanut Butter
1 large egg
2 large egg-whites
1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce
1/4 c. milk, fat free
1 c. mashed bananas (approximately 2 full bananas)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease 24 muffin cups

Stir flour, oats, sugar, baking powder (and baking soda) and chocolate chips in a large bowl.

Whisk egg and egg whites together; mix in applesauce, milk, peanut butter and banana.

Create well in middle of dry ingredients and pour in wet ingredients. Stir until moisten.

Fill muffin cups until about 1/2 full.

Bake for about 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool before serving.

There ya have it a healthy breakfast bar recipe that was super easy to make. Oh and the best part one of these little bad boys is only 2 weight watchers point plus value. Sweet!

Looking for other uses for Oatmeal around the house? Check out how I gave my dog a homemade oatmeal bath to soothe her itchy skin.

Cheers!

I adapted from this recipe from allrecipes.com.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Meredith Rines, MBA, CFP®

So this morning I concocted a yummy, healthy smoothie. It was super easy, super quick and did the trick.

Ingredients:
1/2 frozen banana (I already had it sliced and in the freezer)
1 c. fat-free milk
1 t. PB2 (powdered peanut butter is my favorite right now)
1 packet of Weight Watchers chocolate smoothie mix

Combine the ingredients in a blender until smooth. The frozen banana will give it a thicker texture and won’t water it down like ice will.

The best part of this smoothie? It’s only 4 PointsPlus values! The banana and PB2 are both 0 PP+ values.

If you haven’t tried PB2 yet then I recommend it. 2 Tablespoons are only 1PP+. It can be combined with water or your daily oil, which is my favorite because it makes it a bit creamier.

The only sad part about my smoothie was when I finished it! HA!

Cheers!

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