I was really excited to partner with Minute® Ready to Serve Rice on this post! As many of you know, Mexican food is my jam. I seriously love it. I love the flavors, the variety, the occasional spice….it’s the best. However, being a vegetarian really limits options when it comes to Mexican food. All the meat is usually substituted with cheese, and sometimes having a cheese filled enchilada is just too much cheese (sounds impossible, but true). I really love having vegetable substitutions and am obsessed with spinach and black bean enchiladas. Yum. Anyway, when I saw a recipe ...
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Waking up with Jimmy Dean Delights and a Quick Balanced Breakfast
Waking up in the morning is the absolute worst part of my day. I don’t even have to get up that early, but I dread hearing my alarm go off at 6:10am (the latest time possible), but I hop out of bed and begin our daily sprint morning routine. It has to be timed just right, because we have exactly 40 minutes from wake-up to pulling out of the driveway. I used to skip breakfast simply because I didn’t have enough time in the morning, and refused to wake up 10 minutes earlier to eat. However, now that I am pregnant, I am absolutely starving the minute I wake up so I need to ...
Skinny Mexican Stuffed Peppers
I am excited to share that I am guest posting over at Serenity Now today! I am sharing a delicious recipe for Skinny Mexican Stuffed Peppers, and they are so good! For meat eaters or vegetarians (just substitute cooked quinoa for the meat!), the recipe can be adjusted to your liking. They are also SUPER healthy, at only 160 calories a pop! Head over and visit Amanda at Serenity Now to see the full recipe and post! You can also connect with me here: Thanks for visiting! - Allyson ...
Snickers Cheesecake Bars
One of my all time favorite candy bars is Snickers. I also love Twix and Caramello….I think as long as it has caramel, I like it. As for desserts go, cheesecake is my ultimate favorite. When I was little I used to request a cheesecake instead of a regular birthday cake. Sometimes my mom would pick up on the the kinds that had all the different flavors…a sampler cheesecake. I would be so happy, because I love cheesecake…every. single. kind. Later in life, when I started baking and cooking, I always shied away from making cheesecake. I am not sure why, although I think it was ...
Coconut Almond Bites
I don’t know why, but I was at least in my 20’s before I tried an Almond Joy candy bar. For some reason I always thought that I didn’t like them. Maybe I tried them when I was a kid and forgot, but I had this weird negative association with them. Finally one day I decided to try one…and I loved it. I love coconut, almonds, and chocolate so the combo makes sense to me. While they aren’t something I eat often, I do enjoy them once in a while. So, when I had a bag of left over coconut, I started brainstorming what I could do with it. I browsed Pinterest and didn’t find ...
Creamy Jalapeno Ranch
Since 1992 Ranch has been the #1 salad dressing in the United States, and this is definitely for good reason. Ranch is good on everything. I remember back in my middle school cafeteria my friend, Holly, trying to convince me in that I should dip my pizza in ranch dressing. It sounded disgusting, and I didn’t do it. I liked my pizza how it was! Over the weeks though, I noticed it wasn’t just Holly dipping her pizza in ranch, it was everyone. Reluctantly I gave it a try and since then I haven’t turned back. Ranch is good on everything. Fact. It can be made as a thin ...