Today I ate cheesecake for breakfast. Before you think I’ve lost my mind, let me assure you this was no dessert sugar and fat bomb – it fact, quite the opposite. My No-Bake Green Chia Protein Cheesecakes are practically overflowing with wholesome goodness and make a smart, simply yummy choice for a healthier dessert, afternoon snack or, yup, even a morning meal.
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Category Archives: Low Carb
Ranch Black Bean Quinoa Dip Garden
What to do when a highly nutritious and yummy party dip, looks a little blah, bland and uninviting? “Plant” it with colorful veggies to resemble a spring garden and your guests will be anything but “quite contrary”. My Ranch Quinoa Black Bean Dip is a quick and easy appetizer for your next celebration or “whenever snack,” that is growing out of bounds with all sorts of plant-powered goodness – protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals!

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Turmeric Quinoa Egg Salad Spread
When I make hard-boiled eggs, I always do a dozen at a time. Between breakfast-on-the-go and lunchboxes, we usually polish off the stash in a couple days. But, when the family starts to bore of basic boiled eggs or I’ve made way too many (like a post-Easter surplus), I use them as the protein base for quick and easy recipes – like my Turmeric Quinoa Egg Salad Spread.
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Jalapeño Four-Cheese Frico (Cheese Crisps)
FricOMG. Frico are such a delicious crunchy treat made entirely of cheese, with the exception of herbs and seasonings, as in my Jalapeño Four-Cheese Frico. Ready to work for so many of the popular “diets” these days, these cheese crisps are gluten-free, low-carb, sugar-free, vegetarian and keto-friendly. 
Martha Stewart says Frico means “little trifles” in Italian; however, you don’t need to be a gourmet guru to make a batch and right out of your boring snack routine. My Jalapeño Four-Cheese Frico are so easy to eat right off the baking sheet and equally amaze-balls swapped for croutons on salad, for chips with dip, for crackers with salami and more! Read on to get the ridiculously easy recipe: Continue reading
Lemon Ginger Salmon for Sheet Pan or Sous Vide + Vacuvita Giveaway
This post and giveaway is sponsored by Hamilton Beach, however all opinions, editorial content and enthusiasm remain my own.
Creating fast, fresh, fit and filling meals for my family, which includes my hubby along with two growing teenage boys and one hungry young adult man, is my daily goal. And, one of my huge take-aways from years of being a competitive athlete is that you need a realistic, actionable plan and the right tools and gear to achieve any goal – because there will be a lot of obstacles trying to keep you from the finish line (or in this case, dinner table).
That’s where my Vacuvita® comes in. It’s an amazing, multi-function countertop kitchen appliance that makes being the house “kitchen manager” of my so much easier. Vacuvita works on the simple fact that when oxygen is removed from food, it can stay fresh up to five times longer! Read on to learn all the cool things Vacuvita does, get my recipe for Freezer-Friendly Lemon Ginger Salmon, and enter to win your own Vacuvita Home Base Set ($299 ARV) Continue reading