Monday, January 29, 2018

Monday Motivation (all about food)




  I like to cook.  I like to bake. I am not a professional but, since we have to eat and sometimes it's an enjoyable experience we do it.

  Today I was super motivated and made 3 things! Now as I stated I'm not a professional so I will also share the recipes of the items!

  I think the one thing I have on my side at least is that 2 of the 3 are healthy.  The bonus is that everything is kid approved.  As a mom of picky eaters that just makes me so happy!


I started my morning with a cup of hot mint chocolate.  This was a fun recipe with its green color and I even choose to make one red in honor of the upcoming Valentines Day! Easy recipe with minimal ingredients and tasty!

Find the cocoa recipe here.

Next up was a healthy spin on cookie dough bites.  I would never try to make cookie dough healthy but, I would try to make my kids eat healthier.  Guess what 1 out of 2 kids fell for it. That's OK thats a start!  This cookie dough balls although made with chickpeas are actually quite good.  I guess there's enough sweet stuff in them to kind of coat the taste.  I thought they were a little dry but, that just means we need a class of milk with our cookies!


Find the cookie dough recipe here.

Lastly we not only needed some chocolate but we needed a dessert.  Enter the chocolate brownies!  Since I was on a healthy role I decided to stick with it.  This recipe makes a nice moist cake like chocolate brownie.  2 kid approved on this one!



Find the brownie recipe here.

  Now I'm not saying get our of hand and make everything on Monday but, I am saying if your going to make something, make it a little healthy and a lot of good!


14 comments:

  1. Yum! I've never made cookie dough bites before, but those look absolutely amazing!

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  2. Oooh, cookie dough bites made with chickpeas is intriguing me! I love to feed my sweet tooth but I want to do it as healthy as possible.

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  3. oooo the cookie dough bites sound fantastic!

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  4. I am going to have to try your healthy chocolate cake brownies :) I am always for a bit of a splurge with a healthy twist.

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  5. Omg that mint hot chocolate looks so good!! I would have that for desert too!!

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  6. Yum- those chocolate chip cookie dough bites look amazing! Plus a healthier alternative- sign me up!

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  7. Yum, these look so delicious! I have never made cookie bites before, but I will give this recipe a try!!

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  8. Sneaking chick peas into cookie dough, wow you are tricky! I wonder if my kids would notice? Worth a shot!

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  9. You dont have to be a professional cook to be a good cook. Sounds like you are pretty good!

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  11. Any time you can make sweets healthier, it's a great thing. This are such creative ideas!

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  12. Those brownies look amazing! And your are right, 1 out of 2 kids is a good start! Lol!

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  13. My daughter would love all of these recipes. She loves cookie dough. And brownies are by far her favorite dessert. I, on the other hand would be totally about the hot mint chocolate.

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  14. I love the red hot chocolate! Cookie dough balls made with chickpeas sound very interesting.

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