Breakfast

Healthy Hash Brown Casserole This healthy hash brown breakfast casserole ticks all the boxes for me:  1. comfort food 2. meal prep – cook once and eat all week! 3. it has a hash brown topping! For those of you who may be new to my page, I was a legal secretary for 30+ years in Chicago.  Breakfast and lunch options were by the dozens...

Healthy Granola Bars Recipe These healthy granola bars are not only delicious, but great for a quick on the go snack, or pre workout snack.  This is great to add to your weekly meal prep too!  These are perfect if you are on a Weight Watchers journey – not too many points! My favorite granola bar is Nature Valley Crunchy Oats N Honey.  They are...

Easy Apple Danish Recipe If you are one of those people who says that can’t bake – this easy apple danish recipe is for you.  The only skills you need are to be able to cut an apple and turn on your oven – it’s literally that simple! Tips to Know About Working with Puff Pastry Keep It Cold: Puff pastry rises due to the...

Simple Apple Walnut Cake Recipe If you’re like me, you love a dessert that feels indulgent but doesn’t derail your healthy eating goals. This Simple Apple Walnut Cake strikes that perfect balance—rich in flavor, packed with texture, and made with a few healthier ingredients. One of the stars of this recipe is the Fuji apple, which is my absolute favorite to bake with. Fuji apples...

Skinny Pizza Dough Apple Fritters These skinny pizza dough apple fritters will hit the spot this fall season.  Did you know that Dunkin Donuts apple fritters are 23 WW points?  Mine won’t break the WW bank – only 3 points on the regular plan, or 4 points on the diabetic plan. What is skinny pizza dough? In November 2017 the WW plan changed to make...

Sourdough Discard Scone Recipe If you’ve got a sourdough starter bubbling away on your countertop, chances are you’ve encountered the delightful dilemma of what to do with the discard. Instead of tossing it, why not turn it into something delicious? These blueberry scones are the perfect way to give that sourdough discard a second life. And if you don’t have sourdough discard on hand, don’t...

Healthy Cottage Cheese Quiche Recipe This healthy cottage cheese quiche recipe is perfect for meal prep, and a way to use up any leftover veggies at the end of the week. This recipe uses skinny pizza dough (click here for that recipe) but feel free to use store bought pie crust.  The points and calories will be a bit higher with store bought crust however....

Zucchini Bread Scones Recipe For some reason I always say this when I make a new scone recipe, but I think these zucchini bread scones are my new favorite! What is the best flour to use for scones? For making scones, the best flour to use is usually a low-protein flour like all-purpose flour or cake flour. Here’s why: All-Purpose Flour: This is the most...

Summer Breakfast Casserole Growing up, I don’t have any recollection of my Mom making a breakfast casserole, so I am not sure where I got my love affair from.  This summer breakfast casserole is perfect for meal prep and a great way to use up farmers market zucchini. Ingredients for Summer Breakfast Casserole whipped cream cheese – for some reason whipped cream cheese is less...

Skinny Pizza Dough Blueberry Danish One of the things I love about skinny pizza dough is that it is so versatile.  These skinny pizza dough blueberry danishes are the perfect sweet treat for breakfast. In case you are new here, I do have two cookbooks!  The first one is Skinny Pizza Dough – a collection of recipes using the dough for all sorts of things,...