Healthy Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cookies

Healthy breakfast ideas are always something I’m looking for! These healthy apple cinnamon breakfast cookies are a family favorite and so perfect for grabbing as you walk out the door.

They are high in fiber, low in fat and sugar and full of flavor! And who doesn’t want cookies for breakfast?!

I’ve had this breakfast cookie recipe in a photocopied hand-out for years. When my husband & I started riding the bus at 6:15 every morning, I started looking for fast and healthy breakfast recipes. I pulled this one out, made some changes to lower the fat and raise the fiber and this is what I got. In addition to a healthier recipe, the cookies turned out to be more moist and tastier than ever!

I feel like there are a few breakfasts that I love, but I know aren’t good for me (hello french toast and killer breakfast sandwiches!) and they won’t keep me satisfied in a healthy way which means I’ll be making poor decisions all day. I try to choose better breakfast choices all week, like these breakfast cookies and then save pancakes for Saturday morning. One day a week doesn’t kill ya, especially if you’re still smart about what you eat for your other meals.

What Do I Need to Make Healthy Breakfast Cookies?

These cookies are packed with healthy ingredients and loads of flavor. Here is what you will need:

• Whole Wheat Flour
• Oat Flour
• Baking Powder
• Salt
• Cinnamon
• Cardamom
• Apple Butter
• Brown Sugar
• Egg
• Vanilla Extract
• Apple
• Oatmeal
• Pepitas
• Raisins

The measurements for each ingredients can be found in the recipe card below.

How to Make Healthy Breakfast Cookies

These breakfast cookies come together quickly, and if you limit yourself to two a day (so hard!), then you’ve got breakfast for the whole week! Here are the basic steps:

1. Preheat the oven.
2. Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Add all the wet ingredients.
4. Fold in all the chunky ingredients.
5. Spoon the dough onto a greased baking sheet (or line it with parchment paper) and smash them down a little.
6. Bake and cool.

More detailed instructions can be found in the recipe card at the end of the post.

Is Whole Wheat Flour Better Than All Purpose?

Whole wheat flour is rich in vitamins B-1, B-3, and B-5, and contains riboflavin and folate.

Whole wheat flour also has more iron, calcium, protein, and other nutrients than white flour.

Is Apple Butter the Same as Applesauce?

Applesauce is lighter and has more water content than apple butter.

The BEST Chicken Tortilla Soup I Ever Made

I’ve made seemingly every Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe, but this is the first one I’ve been really excited about! Ready in under 1 hour and SO EASY!

Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

I know, you’re probably thinking that once you’ve had one tortilla chicken soup, you’ve had them all. There’s not much to them, right? I guarantee you that train of thought ends here! This tortilla soup is phenomenal!

It all starts with a flavorful base of all kinds of veggies that is smooth and oh so tasty. Then we add just the right amount of spice, all your favorite chunky tortilla soup essentials and top it with crunchy tortilla strips, slices of avocado, and more cheese!

Tip: This recipe requires a blender. Don’t have a blender or have one that’s not awesome? You guys, you HAVE TO get our favorite blender, the Blendtec!

What’s Needed for Homemade Chicken Tortilla Soup?

Here’s what you’ll need to make this Mexican tortilla soup recipe:

• Olive oil
• Vegetables: Carrot, Onion, Celery, Bell Pepper, Roma Tomatoes, Canned Fire Roasted Tomatoes, Canned Green Chiles
• Garlic Powder
• Taco Seasoning: You can buy a packet at the store or make it from scratch. If you make it yourself, you’ll need: Chili Powder, Ground Cumin, Smoked Paprika, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Fine Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Cornstarch, Cayenne Pepper, Coriander and Oregano
• Monterey Jack Cheese
• Black Beans
• Avocado
• Tortilla Chips
• Chicken Broth: I like to use low sodium chicken broth just so I can control the salt in the recipe.
• Water
• Cooked Chicken Breasts
• Corn
• Fresh Cilantro
• Crispy Tortilla Strips

The measurements for each ingredient can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post.

How to Make Chicken Tortilla Soup

Let’s get into the details of what makes the base of this soup.

1. We start by sautéing the vegetables.
2. Once the veggies are tender, we add some garlic powder and taco seasoning along with fresh roma tomatoes, canned fire roasted tomatoes, and fire roasted green chiles. As those simmer together, the flavors meld and become glorious.
3. Avocado and cheese are added, and everything is put in the blender and pureed to creamy perfection. That avocado in the base just puts it over the top! Black beans and tortilla chips are added and pulsed with the blender, leaving a few chunks.
4. Everything in the blender is added back to the pan, and the rest of the ch

Mom’s Cheesy Ham and Potato Broccoli Casserole [+Video]

Take your taste buds on a comforting journey with this delicious cheesy ham and potato broccoli casserole. It is creamy, cheesy, hearty and a totally comforting meal. Perfect for a family dinner or potluck!

My mom’s classic recipe that I hated for nearly my entire life, yes, even as an adult. I don’t know what has happened but in the last few years I’ve had such a craving for the classic recipes that I grew up on. Call it nostalgia, or maybe I’m just finally growing up and realizing what a gift it was that my mom made dinner literally every night and we always ate around a dinner table together.

This recipe is from her dear friend, Debbie, and I don’t remember a single year of my life that Mom didn’t make it, so it’s been around for a long time.

Ingredients for Ham Potato Broccoli Casserole

Grab your leftover ham and a few other ingredients, and let’s make this comforting casserole for dinner! Here is everything you’ll need:

• New Potatoes: a little sweeter and less starchy than regular russet or yukon gold potatoes, we love the flavor and texture!
• Broccoli: fresh or frozen broccoli florets work great
• Butter: used to salute and onions and mushrooms
• Onion: just a regular yellow onion
• Baby Bella Mushrooms: can be substituted with white button mushrooms or omitted if desired
• Salt and Pepper: adds flavor
• Ham: adds flavor and protein
• Cream Cheese: adds richness and creaminess
• Cheddar Cheese: adds flavor and gooiness

The measurements for each ingredient can be found in the recipe card down at the end of the post.

Substitutions and Variations

I love to use leftover ham in this recipe, but any protein tastes great in this casserole. You could use rotisserie chicken, ground beef, bacon, sausage, etc.

Growing up, Mom usually skipped the mushrooms or only put them on half of the casserole in order to please her picky kids, but they are in fact her favorite part. Sautéed with onions in gobs of delicious butter, I mean, what isn’t to love?

You can also change up the vegetables in this casserole. Peas or green beans would be super yummy!

How to Make Ham Potato and Broccoli Casserole

1. Prep: Butter or spray a 9×13 baking dish and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Parboil: Partially boil the potatoes for 8-10 minutes then drain and set aside. See section below for skipping this step.
3. Steam: Place the broccoli in a saucepan and steam until bright green.

Fast and Healthy Smashed Feta Chicken Recipe

Roasted chicken topped with a herbaceous lemon feta and crunchy seasoned chickpeas…this feta chicken recipe is our new go-to recipe for a quick and healthy chicken dinner.

I love feta and have been trying to think up new ways to eat it. I found a feta zucchini and thought, dude, I can make that into chicken! And so I did and we can’t get enough of this recipe!

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

Easy: The ingredients are easy and accessible and all the steps for making each component are simple.

Quick: Start to finish, you’ll have dinner on the table in only 35 minutes!

Healthy: Feta chicken is super high in protein with 57g in just one serving and very low carb (5g).

Flavor: The spice rub on the chicken and chickpeas is bold. The feta is tangy and the lemon zest/juice and fresh herbs are bright. It’s the most incredible combination!

Texture: I love the contrast of the creamy feta with crispy crunchy chickpeas. It checks all the texture boxes.

Gluten Free: All the ingredients are naturally gluten-free making it allergy friendly!

Ingredients Needed for Feta Chicken

This chicken recipe uses simple ingredients – chicken, olive oil, seasonings, chickpeas, feta, lemon and fresh herbs. It’s so bold in flavor! Here is everything you will need:

• Chicken Breasts: boneless, skinless
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil: helps the chicken crisp up on the outside and helps the seasonings stick to the chicken
• Seasonings: Chili Powder, Smoked Paprika, Garlic Powder and Kosher Salt

For the Chickpeas

• Chickpeas: canned chickpeas that have been patted dry with paper towels
• Seasonings: Cumin, Ground Coriander, Smoked Paprika and Garlic Salt
• Olive Oil: helps the chickpeas get crispy as they roast

For the Feta

• Lemon Juice and Zest: adds flavor and acidity
• Feta Cheese: a block of feta or crumbled feta both work
• Dill: definitely use fresh dill if you can, use 2 teaspoons of dried dill if you need to
• Mint: fresh mint is preferred, us 1 teaspoon of dried mint if needed
• Black Pepper: adds flavor

This is just meant to be an overview of the ingredients needed for the recipe. The measurements for all the ingredients can be found in the recipe card at the end of the post.

How to Make Roasted Feta Chicken

There are a few steps to this recipe but they can be made simultaneously and everything is so simple! Here is a step-by-step guide to making this recipe:

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Welcome to the weekend, my friends! My guys all managed to catch a cold bug over the holidays, but thankfully, everyone seems to be feeling a bit better at this point. There is a lot of comfort food and warm soup on our menu right now and I’m here for every delicious bite of it.

We didn’t put our tree up until late this year, so I’m happily enjoying the lights for a while longer. May this weekend be filled with whatever you like best, be that a fresh house cleared of Christmas already, or a house still glowing with the lights of the season.

ON OUR MENU THIS WEEK:  Dinner tonight is the best ever Green Chile Stew. It is loaded with bite-size chunks of pork that are seasoned with onion and plenty of garlic. The pork is simmered in a green chile sauce until tender enough to almost fall apart when you bite it.

Baked Potato Soup is a favorite with my middle son and when it’s served with all the toppings and a warm loaf of bread, we all enjoy it. Everything you love about a fully loaded baked potato is tucked into this rich and creamy soup. There are fluffy bites of baked potato in every bite.

This Pasta with Cabbage and Sausage is one of the meals I’ve craved the most over the past year and it gets serious bonus points for also being a lightning fast dinner to make.

The first time I baked Sweet Potatoes in the Air Fryer it was a game-changer for me. Over the past couple of years, this has been my lunch at least once a month, if not more often than that. Sometimes I top the sweet potatoes simply with a pat of butter, other times I may fill them with taco beef or stuff them with bbq chicken.

As always, this unforgettable Tomato Soup and crispy, gooey, Grilled Cheese sandwiches make frequent appearances on our menu plan when everyone is home on a chilly afternoon.

Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts with Bacon are pure awesomeness from start to finish. Adding salty bacon and a splash of vinegar makes this one heck of a fantastic side dish – although I eat it as a full meal more often than not.

This easy-to-make Chili is filled with beans, tomatoes, corn, and plenty of Mexican spices. I’ve made this chili with meat and without and it’s delicious both ways. My boys like to top their bowls with shredded cheese, sour cream, and a handful of Fritos.

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