Air-Fryer Mac & Cheese Balls

November 11, 2020 Amanda Plott

It’s fair to say that I'm not the biggest fan of fried foods. So when my brother moved back from Colorado and offered me his air-fryer (because he didn’t like it) I was pretty excited to get to play with it. Over the last year of air-frying I have learned a few tips and tricks. There is definitely a bit of a learning curve when it comes to the air-fryer.

Not everything is great when being air-fried rather than deep dried. And that’s just the nature of it. Of course, the deep fried things tend to be more greasy, but they are also more crisp and tend to take less time. So when making these delicious Mac & Cheese Balls, my brother and I decided to have a fry off…

Skinny Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

October 29, 2020 Amanda Plott

Usually around this time of year my daughter is begging my mom to make pumpkin chocolate chip bread or muffins, but since my mom isn’t around yet this year (for the obvious reasons and the not so obvious ones) , I decided to whip up a loaf of the family favorite myself.

This Skinny Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is lightened up in the best of ways without sacrificing flavor or texture. The bread is just as moist and decadent as it’s full on bad boy brethren - I promise! I only made a couple of swaps to this bread. One was subbing in some natural sweetener in place of sugar, and another was subbing out ALL of the brown sugar for a brown sugar/sweetener blend. That’s it. That’s all…

Blackout Brownies

October 27, 2020 Amanda Plott

A couple of weeks back I got my hands on some ‘black’ cocoa powder. It’s extra dark unsweetened dutch process cocoa powder and it is delicious! It’s a great way to get a naturally deep dark black chocolate for baked goods. Which means it’s absolutely perfect for blackout, black velvet, and Halloween sweets!

These Blackout Brownies are based off of one of my tried and true family favorite brownie recipes that’s been in my back pocket for a good while now. With Halloween looming just a few days away, I thought what better time than now to make my favorite brownies with this black cocoa powder…

Skinny Cranberry Cherry Cinnamon Rolls

October 24, 2020 Amanda Plott

There’s nothing quite like waking to homemade cinnamon rolls. They’re truly one of my favorite breakfast items. Soft, fluffy, sweet, and once you get the hang of it - they’re fairly simple to make too! These Skinny Cranberry Cherry Cinnamon Rolls really take the cake, especially around Fall and Winter when cranberries are all the rage.

I based these sweet rolls off of my fave holiday pie, which happens to be a Cranberry Cherry Pie. The mix of cranberries and cherries is hard to beat. It’s sweet with the cherries and also has some tang to it with the natural tartness of cranberries being added…

Sweet Potato Biscuits

October 21, 2020 Amanda Plott

Who says Fall has to be all about pumpkins anyway? Sweet potatoes deserve some love too! These Sweet Potato Biscuits are easy to make and just about as delicious as biscuits can get. They’re fluffy and light and the perfect addition to any Fall inspired meal, be it breakfast, brunch, or dinner! I topped mine with some apple butter and served them with fresh berries as breakfast, but they would be damn good with some gravy or served alongside a pot roast.

These biscuits would be super easy to make vegan too! How? Just sub in some vegan butter for the regular butter and bing-bang-boom, you’ve got vegan biscuits!…

Black Rice Vegetarian Sushi

October 19, 2020 Amanda Plott

As with most things coming and going from my kitchen right now, I decided to make my veggie sushi this week with a festive Halloween inspired black rice twist! I used a short gray black rice to make these veggie sushi rolls three different ways. The black rice is 100% naturally colored, so no food dyes here!

I made a standard veggie roll with carrot, zucchini, avocado. A ‘philly roll’ with a tofu cream cheese and vegetarian bacon. And finally, a spicy sriracha beet sushi roll. They were all super easy to make and perfectly delicious too!…