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This simple, yet restaurant worthy dinner is how you can do Valentine’s Day Dinner on a Budget. My late husband and I met and were married before we even spent our first Valentine’s Day together.  So crazy!  I had the idea to spend it at a local restaurant.  We were tight on money, but I saw they had a few apps we could share, we’d...

These sourdough discard pancakes taste like cake to me – and I am here for it! Unleashing the Magic of Sourdough Starter Discard Embarking on the journey of creating your own sourdough starter is like cultivating a living, breathing kitchen companion. As you patiently nurture your starter to life, you’ll discover the joy of a tangy, bubbly concoction that’s not just reserved for baking bread....

Next up on my sourdough adventure is this sourdough focaccia bread. Truth be told, until I met my Italian (well, he was half Italian half French Canadian, but never accepted the french part!), I had never heard of focaccia bread. My first attempt to make it was in 2010 – you can check out that post here.  Please ignore the awful food photography in that...

Protein Waffles These protein waffles are perfect for meal prep.  Simply make on the weekend and you’ve got breakfast all week! You can use any protein powder you like.  In this recipe, I used FlavCity Butter Coffee protein smoothie mix and it was delicious.  25 grams of protein per scoop!  Don’t forget to use discount code Bizzy15 to save 15% on your order. Side note:...

Sourdough Blueberry Scones These sourdough blueberry scones are light, airy, not overly sweet and the perfect breakfast or snack treat.  Weight Watchers friendly too! There is sourdough starter in this recipe.  There are SO MANY sourdough starter recipes out there, and tips, tricks, etc.  My sourdough starter is all unbleached all-purpose flour.  Some starters add rye flour, whole wheat flour, but I went with straight...

Sourdough Discard Bagels These sourdough discard bagels are one of the tastiest things to ever come out of my kitchen. Hannah even said it’s the best bagel she’s ever had, and she used to work at Panera back in the day! How to make sourdough discard. My road to getting my sourdough starter to make bread has been a long one.  I started it on...

These jumbo blueberry lemon muffins are the bakery style muffins you crave, with less calories and WW points! Have you ever had Casey’s gas station blueberry muffins?  So delicious!  I found out after the fact that just one (and it wasn’t even that jumbo!) was 26 WW points and 600 calories. Below are two recipes, nearly identical.  However the baking time was different for each...

I know it can’t just be me that can never make a single serving of pasta.  These three leftover pasta recipes will come in handy when you make too much! Cooking starches ahead of time reduces glucose spike Did you know if you cook starches ahead of time, such as pasta, potatoes and rice, even if you reheat them, they can reduce the glucose spike...

Turkey meatballs get a bad wrap.  But in this quick post, I’ll show you how to meal prep turkey meatballs to use throughout the week. The secret to delicious turkey meatballs Because ground turkey breast does not have much flavor, you need to add a bit of fat to make them not only flavorful, but juicy.  I’ve used diced turkey pepperoni before, but in this...

Golden Mushroom Beef Stew This golden mushroom beef stew is the best beef stew I’ve made to date. The secret ingredient?  Campbell’s Golden Mushroom Soup. I must have been living under a rock, because in my 55 years on this earth, I’ve never heard of it until a couple weeks ago. According to the Campbell’s website: Campbell’s® Condensed Golden Mushroom Soup is a flavorful combination...