Banana Bread

This banana bread is great for breakfast, snack or late night munchie.


Ingredients:
- 2 1/3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon (I like to add a little more . . actually a lot more)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup plus 2tsp sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup oil
- 4 bananas (very ripe & mashed) Putting the bananas in the freezer ripens them very quickly.
- 2 tbsp sour cream (I use light sour cream)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- If you like walnuts then you can add 2/3 cup chopped walnuts.

Directions:

Set oven to 350 degrees F. Line the bottom of a loaf pan with parchment paper.

Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Beat sugar and eggs until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Drizzle in oil. Add mashed bananas, sour cream, and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients and nuts or chocolate chips. Pour into a lined loaf pan and bake for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

If you want to lower your calories or sugar then try Banana Bread made with Splenda. The bread will look a little funny because of the splenda, but it tastes great. I like to add spray butter to the bread after heating it up for a few seconds.

ENJOY!!!!

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Say Goodbye to my dessert posts for a while because this is my new inspiration. Any and all recipes that aren't 'healthy' on my blog from here on out were made a while back and never posted! So jumpy on board and enjoy my healthy recipes!

I'm super excited to get my workouts started because I just joined LifeTime Fitness! I wont stop running, but will be adding a lot more resistance and weight training to my workouts. If you know me then you know I usually only run, so this will be a little bit of a challenge for me. I'm always up for running buddies. If you'd like to join me I joined the CityCentre Run Club.

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Great quote!!!

BeSt WAFFLE!

I was in NYC over Christmas and came across a waffle stand . . . now this wasn't any waffle stand, the best waffle I've had in my life!!! There was an array of assortments that I could choose to top my waffle with, from chocolate, peanut butter, fruit, nuts and the list goes on. I thought I had picked peanut butter, but oh no it wasn't peanut butter it was homemade hazelnut peanut butter, which I then topped with chocolate and powdered sugar!!! DELICIOUS!!!!!!

4 Ingredient Pie

Ingredients:
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter
- 12 ounces sweetened shredded coconut
- 11/4 cup heavy cream
- 8ounce bittersweet chocolate(61% cacao)

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
2. In a food processor, process 3/4 of coconut and butter until it forms a ball. Transfer to a bowl and mix in remaining coconut with your hands.
3. Butter pie pan. Add coconut mixture to pie. Cover the edges with foil and bake for 10-15minutes, until lightly brown. Remove foil and bake for another 5minutes until the edges begin to brown.
4. Chop the chocolate up finely or place in food processor to break down.
5. Bring the heavy cream to a boil. Once the heavy cream is brought to a boil pour over chocolate and let stand for a few minutes. Then stir the mixture until completely smooth.
6. Pour chocolate mixture into coconut crust. Place in refrigerator for at least 30minutes. ENJOY!!

Kelsey Nixon's Fettuccine with Yellow Squash and Parmesan-Lemon Cream Sauce

This is a very easy and yummy recipe! I made the pasta from scratch which is very easy and lots of fun, but if you don't have the patience then you can use store bought fettuccine. If you want to be adventorous and try making your own pasta then you can purchase a Westin Pasta Machine from bed bath and beyond for $35. I paired the pasta with a spinach salad. You could pair the pasta with any type of salad, but I suggest something simple because the pasta sauce is heavy. 

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Fruit Tart

Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cup crushed grahm crackers
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 2tbsp splenda
- variety of fruit, your choice
- one container of vanilla greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup sugar

Directions:
1. In a small bowl, combine grahm crackers, butter and splenda. Press ingredients into the bottom and up the sides of a pie plate.
2. Bake for 10minutes at 375F.
3. Let cool. Add greek yogurt to the center of the pie crust leaving the sides bare.
4. Cut and arrange fruit to your liking.
5. Boil equal part sugar and water until the sugar dissolves. Paint the simple sugar onto the fruit and place in the refrigerator.
6. ENJOY!!!

Turkey Meatloaf

So, who doesn’t have a memory of eating meatloaf as a child? I think very few. Well the other night I went to Zelko Bistro and tried their meatloaf . . . DELICIOUS!! I thought to myself I want to try and make meatloaf, but with turkey. Guess what I made my own version of turkey meatloaf. Here it is:


Ingredients:

-          2lbs turkey meat (93/7)

-          ¼ cup sundried tomatoes in oil

-          Salt & pepper

-          Minced garlic

-          Half of a large onion chopped finely

-          1 cup diced mushrooms

-          1 ½ cup bread crumbs

-          Olive oil

-          Shredded parmesan

-          Ketchup

-          Balsamic vinegar

-          Worceshire sauce

-           2 eggs

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375F.
First sauté the onions, mushrooms and garlic in olive oil over medium heat. As they are sautéing chop up the sundried tomatoes. In a big bowl add the turkey meat, parmesan cheese, eggs, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, worceshire sauce and the cooked vegetables.  Now its time to get down and dirty, use your hands to mix up all the ingredients.  If you think that it needs more bread crumbs then go ahead and add them.  Once all the ingredients are mixed in thoroughly place them in a cooking dish and place in the over for an hour.  
While the turkey meatloaf is cooking prepare the sauce to go on top.  In a sauce pan add ½ cup ketchup, ½ cup balsamic vinegar, garlic, pepper,  ¼ cup olive oil and ½ cup worceshire sauce.  Bring the ingredients to a boil and then reduce the heat to allow the ingredients to simmer for about 15-20 minutes.  Once the ingredients have simmered try the sauce, it’s up to you to add more of which ever ingredient that you like the most. I had to add a little more ketchup to mine. 

Once the sauce is to your liking then add it on top of the turkey meatloaf after its finished cooking.

The turkey meatloaf turned out so well! So moist and delicious! It's even great the next day microwaved!! ENJOY!!!!