I never expected this to be as delicious as it was. MAKE IT.
Ingredients (serves 2 people)
- 1 peeled, frozen banana
- 3/4 cup light chocolate almond milk
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons fat-free Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter (or a bit more if you like peanut butter a lot)
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 6-8 ice cubes
Instructions
- Unpeel the banana and put it either a Ziplock baggie or container and freeze for 12 hours.
- Put all the ingredients in a blender and puree until your desired consistency.
I've been drinking these either late at night for a snack or when I'm in a hurry in the morning and can't make breakfast. My God, it's tasty. (Oh, and if you like that glass up top there, it's from Ikea and it was $2.50 and I love it. I bought two of them and one is my Q-tip holder in the washroom. Such great glasses.)
Before I begin, let me just say that I will NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT HOW YOU NEED TO GET A SLOW COOKER. Okay? You should be aware of this already. Moving on.
Look, I know that I've already had my Thanksgiving (over a month ago). But who says that you can't celebrate another country's special days as well? WHO?
So I decided to make the following recipe because:
- It's Thanksgiving
- I don't have an oven
- LOOK HOW GOOD IT LOOKS
This is technically the first kind of real (not ground) turkey I've ever cooked (and if you're side-eyeing me right now because I didn't get a "whole" bird to cook, you can f off) and it turned out ridiculously well. Who the hell knew it was so easy to cook a turkey? Why have sitcoms always made it seem so difficult? I must insist on you making this immediately, it was so crazy good.
Ingredients
- 1 turkey breast** {mine was bone-in and weighed a little under 3 lbs}
- 1 apple, sliced into rings
- 4 TBSP butter, cut into small cubes
- 2 tsp coarse salt
- 1 tsp chopped rosemary
- 1 tsp chopped thyme
- 1/2 tsp chopped sage
- 2 tsp onion powder
Instructions
- Cover the bottom of your slow cooker in half of the apple rings in the slow cooker. Combine the seasonings in a small bowl.
- Rub the seasonings onto the turkey breast, making sure to get some underneath the skin. Dot the turkey with butter cubes (again, put some underneath the skin). Then place the turkey in the slow cooker and put some apple rings on top of the turkey.
- There's no need to add any additional liquid, so don't fret.
- Cook on LOW for 5-6 hours, until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F. {After 4 hours, check every half hour to make sure you don't over cook it - though I happen to think that overcooked turkey is waaaay more delicious than it's "properly" cooked, almost-wet counterpart.
- **If your turkey breast is boneless, then you'll need to cook it for 3-4 hours on low.
- Let the turkey rest after cooking.
This recipe has been adapted slightly from Bread with a side of Butter.
If someone were to ever plant me a lemon tree outside my home, I'd consider that a proposal. Who the hell wouldn't agree that having a lemon tree in your yard would be the most heavenly accessory to any ordinary existence? Man, I love lemons. And pine.
I just ate this parfait for breakfast - and other than it being ridiculously easy to make, it was just a delight to eat (possibly 'cause it tastes like dessert). And please know that I'm not even into breakfast and I loved this.
Ingredients
1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
2 (3.5-ounce) containers fat-free (or sugar-free) vanilla pudding
2 tablespoons bottled lemon curd (I couldn't find this at my apparently-peasant-like grocery store so I didn't bother with it. Though, since it's just more lemon, I'm sure that if you find it and use it then it'll taste even better.)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons honey
Zest of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 cup strawberries (since that was all I had - add blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, etc. if you have them)
EAT IT!
Recipe adapted slightly from Health.com
