This past weekend my friend Ashley and I made homemade poptarts. We really had no idea what to expect but they actually turned out to be delicious. It is an easy treat to make for a Friday night that only took about 15 minutes! 

Ingredients: poptart

• 1 whole pre-made pie crusts (they normally can be purchased in a two pack) 
• 1/2 cup of jam (any flavor; in our picture we did raspberry) 
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon butter

Ingredients: icing

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar 
• 1 tablespoon heavy cream 
• 1 tablespoon of jam

Steps: 

1. Preheat the oven to 400ºF
2. Lay the pie crust out on a cutting board and cut the pie into long strips.
3. Mix together the jam and cornstarch
4. Put the mixture on the slices of crust
5. Coat the edges with butter
6. Crimp the edges together so no jam gets out
7. Place poptarts in the oven for about 15 minutes 
8. While the poptarts are in the oven, mix the powdered sugar, heavy cream and jam together that is used for the icing
9. Once the poptarts are done, spread the icing gently on top and enjoy with a scoop of ice cream! 

Ingredients

1 3/4 cup of flour 

1/4 cup of sugar

2 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

3/4 teaspoon of salt 

1 beaten egg

1/2 cup of milk

1/3 cup of canola oil

3 ripe bananas

1/2 cup of chopped walnuts 

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Mix the dry ingredients

together ( flour, sugar, baking powder and salt). Then in a separate bowl combine the egg, milk and canola oil. After, mix the dry and wet ingredients together. Grease the muffin tins and cook for roughly 10-15 minutes. 

This salad is perfect for the summer season. Easy. Easy. Easy.  I suggest buying most of the ingredients in bulk at a Costco or BJ's because it is cheaper!

Ingredients

Spinach

Strawberries

Goat Cheese

Walnuts
Craisins

Raspberry dressing ( I recommend Marie's dressing )


1.) Take all of these ingredients and combine to make a delicious healthy salad! 

Ingredients 

3 cups of packed basil leaves

2 gloves of garlic

3/4 cup of cubed parmesan cheese

1/2 cup of olive oil

1/4 cup of walnuts

1/2 cup of parsley

Steps

1.) Boil water for pasta and add a pinch of salt

2.) Combine in a blender or food processor.

BLT Sandwich

This bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich took about fifteen minutes to make. I sliced tomatoes and peeled iceberg lettuce while the bacon sizzled on a griddle.

Then...

I made a simple side salad. In the spinach salad I mixed goat cheese, sliced nectarines and walnuts in a bowl. In another bowl I whisked 4 Tbsps of olive oil, 1 Tbsp of balsamic vinaigrette, a pinch of salt and pepper which was then poured over the salad.

Spinach Salad

About a week ago I went to a Dierks Bentley concert and had a tailgate in the parking lot. I opted to go to the local grocery store and pick up some food at the salad bar to nosh on. It may not look like a lot but it was filling. This was such an easy way to sit back and relax before going into the stadium. 

I got grapes, chicken salad that we ate with crackers, a summer slaw, mozzarella and mushrooms, strawberries, and sliced cheese! 

1. Yogurt with blueberries and strawberries and granola

- Personally, I eat Chobani Vanilla Blended Non-Fat Greek Yogurt but plain is definitely so much more healthy. I also put some Kind Granola with toasted coconut and throw in some all natural almond.

2. Multigrain Cheerios and bananas sliced up with 1% milk

3. Whole wheat toast with almond butter and fruit sliced on top with a glass of orange juice

4. Avocado toast on whole wheat bread and a poached egg with a glass of orange juice

**** I suggest right after you wake up drink a big glass of water with lemon. As much as you don't want to it is good for your body.