Air Fryer S'mores

February 17, 2023 Amanda Plott

It’s true. You don’t need a campfire to make a s’more! You can make a s’more in the comfort of your home with the same basic ingredients and an air fryer. One of the best parts is that you can have several of them done at the same time with no fussing around with sticks! Being as s’mores only require a whopping three ingredients, there isn’t much to make better-for-you here outside of the chocolate and graham crackers.

I went with a low fat graham and you can definitely swap in some dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate here too. Outside of that? A s’more is a s’more…

Strawberry Shortcake Waffles

February 14, 2023 Amanda Plott

I’ve made strawberry waffles before, but I was in a bit of a rush today so I thought instead of making them from scratch, I’d save some time with a box mix. Also, there’s a trick to packing as much strawberry goodness into baked goods as possible without adding moisture and that’s by way of powder!

I added plenty of dried strawberry powder to my favorite protein packed waffle mix along with some vanilla to doctor it up as well. Now, what really makes this strawberry shortcake waffles is the crumble. It’s the same crumble that they use on those strawberry shortcake ice creams from childhood. You know the ones…

Chunky Monkey Waffles

February 2, 2023 Amanda Plott

We all know that fun flavor of ice cream ‘chunk monkey’. It’s been one of my favorite of Ben & Jerry’s ever since I knew of it’s existence. It’s certainly not common to come across a banana ice cream, but let me just say, it’s so so good. Something about the banana and the chocolate chunks and pieces of walnut are amazing.

Sometimes I like to pair those three things together in other dessert or breakfast dishes to get that same trio of deliciousness. These Chunky Monkey Waffles are super easy to make with a power protein mix and then of course the chunk monkey add ins of banana, chocolate, and nuts!…

Extra Cheesy Baked Macaroni (Mac Hack)

January 30, 2023 Amanda Plott

Sometimes you just have to be a little cheesy. But today, we’re going to be extra cheesy! This Extra Cheesy Baked Macaron is made all in ONE PAN and is tossed together to bake up in the oven in just over half an hour. The best part is? It’s some of the most rich, creamy, decadent macaroni dishes that you’ll ever make. That blue box of powdered crap has nothing on these noods!

I’ve heard about this hack before of being able to one pan macaroni in the oven, but I’d never tried it until today. I’ll be honest in saying that I was super impressed that it worked so well! I mean, why would you make macaroni any other way?…

Honeycomb Lasagna

January 27, 2023 Amanda Plott

I’ve seen this Honeycomb Lasagna trending all over the place and I finally decided it was high time for me to make my own iteration of it. So, this version of the famous Honeycomb Lasagna is healthified. The very first thing I did was to make and use my own meat sauce. And this one right here has to be my favorite. Now, I know the sauce takes a lot of time but I promise that it’s worth it. BUT. You can really use whatever spaghetti sauce that you want, meat sauce or just standard spaghetti sauce.

I liked the meat sauce here because it gave the noodles something hefty to stand upright in. And making the sauce myself means that I got to reduce it down to be as thick and full of flavor as I wanted it…

Toaster Oven Egg-In-A-Hole

January 24, 2023 Amanda Plott

I feel like I keep saying ‘it’s at that point in the year when I’m too busy to…’ when in reality… I’m just always too busy. I remember hearing once, that while parenting, things get easier in some ways but harder in others. And let me just tell you, that’s the truth. I don’t spend the same amount of time toting the little around from dance class or cheer practice, that’s true. I do spend more time checking in, going to appointments, and working on homework and bigger projects.

Either way, I don’t have any more time now than I did before. But, I still enjoy each and every moment I get with the kiddo. This morning? We’re getting off to an appointment so early that I will barely time for breakfast. Enter this Toaster Oven Egg-In-A-Hole!…