Peach Cobbler Protein Bars

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Appears courtesy of Fact: This Blog is Awesome. I haven’t chatted about this on here yet so why not today. On January 3rd 2011 I made a plan to lose weight and get healthy. So working out and eating well has been very important to me this past year. I did really well this year. [...]

Trick AND Treat Corn Muffins

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The following recipe appears courtesy of Linday Cotter of Cotter Crunch Trick AND Treat Corn Muffins Yes, I said trick AND treat, not OR treat. WHY? Because these muffins trick you with a hidden vegetable yet treat you with Nutella and Marshmallows. YUM!           (pic above- batter before oven baked) Ingredients: 1 cup cornmeal [...]

Raw Blondies

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Courtesy of Lindsay of Cotter Crunch Raw Blondies Have you ever had Tropical Traditions Coconut Peanutbutter? Let me just say, my husband and I put a MAJOR dent in jar in just the 24 hours we had it before we left for vacation.. It is so good that the hubs and I were fighting over who got the spoon. I tried [...]

Chocolate Cherry Chia Granola

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Appears courtesy of Aimee of I Tri To Be Me. I have been craving chocolate like crazy!!  Chocolate chip cookies?  Yes, please!  Thin mint frozen yogurt?  Yes, please!  Spoonfulls of peanut butter covered in chocolate chips?  Yes, please!  While I haven’t been going crazy with this chocolate stuff, I have let myself indulge a couple [...]

Lara Bars Homemade Blueberry Pie

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I have been on a Lara Bar tear for a while, necessitated by some seriously busy work days lately. They make a great on-the-go snack, especially when you’re seriously on the go. Since I figured out how to make a reasonable Lara Bar facsimile, I haven’t found myself willing to pay for one already made. Funny how that [...]

All Things Oats

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Hearty Blueberry and Coconut Oat Muffins Hello, Fitblogger readers! The oat addiction continues, and I am back with another awesome oat recipe for you. Did you try the French Toast Oatmeal? I hope you liked it. Today I want to share with you a hearty blueberry and coconut oat muffin recipe. These muffins are melt-in-your-mouth [...]

Peanut Butter Protein Bars

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Appears courtesy of Jessica Allen from Blonde Ponytail A favorite convenience snack of mine is a homemade 4-ingredient protein bar. Start with  2 c. peanut butter and 1 3/4 c. of honey   Heat for 90 seconds in a microwave safe bowl, then stir Add 2 1/4 c. vanilla protein powder    Mix completely, then [...]

Low Sugar Peanut Butter Oat Cookies

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Appears courtesy of A Healthy Passion. Adapted from: Daily Unadventures in Cooking Ingredients: 2/3 cup coconut oil 1/2 cup natural peanut butter 1/2 cup raw cane sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1/4c coconut 3 C old fashioned oats 1 1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 [...]

Banana Drunk Macaroons

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Appears courtesy of Leanne at Healthful Pursuit. On with the eats… I’ve been running into so many macaroon recipes over the last couple of days. From strong vanilla flavored macaroons, chocolate macaroons, and sinfully sweet macaroons… each one of them making my craving for coconut that much stronger. Come yesterday my body was screaming COCONUT! [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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Breakfast – Camping Cakes Ingredients: 3/4c Soy Flour, 3/4c Brown Rice Flour, 1 banana (smashed), 1/2c HoneyMilk (vanilla or honey flavored), 1 flax egg, 2tsp baking powder, 1tbs baking soda, 1/4c pecans (chopped), 1/4c dried cranberries Servings: 8 pancakes Combine flours, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl. In separate bowl combine milk, banana and [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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  Breakfast: Flash Point French Toast You cannot go wrong with this breakfast to start your day Ingredients: 2 slices whole wheat bread, 1/4c HoneyMilk, 1 egg, 2tsp cinnamon, 2Tbs Cherry Preserves, Choice of Fruit, 1tbs olive oil, Agave Nectar/Maple Syrup/Honey Servings: 1 Directions: Whisk HoneyMilk, Egg and Cinnamon Dip bread into mixture and coat [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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  This week’s healthy menu is in honor Summer Brooks who writes the blog The Blue Line Runner.  This woman is beyond inspirational.  Just take a look at the Local 5Ks that she runs, and by runs I should be saying skating because she is fast.  They all have a cause to them and to [...]

The Athletes Plate

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Enjoy our Guest Chef and please show him some blogger love by commenting here and visiting his site.  I will be back next week and have a great nominee from BDD that I can’t wait to start scouring their site and getting inspired. Oatmeal (Bike/Run) Brick ¾ cup oats 2 egg whites 2 scoops protein [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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  That’s right this week’s Athlete’s Plate is dedicated to Mandy of Caratunk Girl fame. It is an honor to present my version of Caratunk Cuisine. Breakfast – Healthier Breakfast Open Faced Sandwich Ingredients: 1 portobella mushroom cap, 1Tbs Pesto (make it homemade but use spinach, walnuts and parmesan instead of basil and pine nuts), [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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I cannot tell you how excited I am about putting this menu together.  When Jessica of Blond Ponytail nominated this person I immediately went to work on the menu.  I read their blog and comment all the time.  I have exchanged Twitter messages, emails, Facebook posts, and Blog comments.  I have even spoken to this [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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This week it is my pleasure to bring to you The Athlete’s Plate catered to Jessica of Blond Ponytail.

The Athlete’s Plate

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The Athlete’s Plate has the pleasure this week of creating a menu for Amanda from Runninghood.  I have not been to Amanda’s site before and when Nora nominated her I was excited to be able to go to another blogger’s site and learn. First few things I noticed about Amanda is that she is fast.  [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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The Athlete’s Plate is back from its hiatus.  We have launched a new channel on YouTube and it is titled CTER TV.  We are thrilled to have been able to secure a studio and hoping that we can present The Athlete’s Plate on our channel in the future. Today’s menu has been created for Nora [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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Welcome to this week’s healthy menu, be sure to join us every Friday for another day worth of healthy dishes! Breakfast – Reece’s Raspberry Pancakes Ingredients: 1/2 cup of whole wheat pancake mix, 1 flax egg (2tbs ground flax seed, 6tbs warm water), 2tbs wheat germ,1tbs canola oil, 1/4c of almond milk, 1/4c raspberries Servings: [...]

Raw Macaroons

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Recipe appears courtesy of Kathleen, from On Living Simply. I have been wanting to make raw macaroons for a while. Especially now that I have a dehydrator. I googled “raw macaroon recipe” and read the first 10 or so recipes that came up in order to get a feel for what exactly goes into a [...]

Peanut “Crunch Time” Bars

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It’s a classic story: one young entrepreneur had a dream, quit his job to pursue said dream, dream comes to fruition and success develops. In other words, what started out as one person’s love of peanut butter grew into a peanut butter sandwich shop in New York City, which then grew into an entire line of peanut butter products.

Athlete’s Plate: A Full Day, Healthy Menu

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Now onto this week’s healthy menu.  Last week’s menu was designed for CAUTION: Redhead Running.   This menu has become the number one post of all time here at Life Of An Aspiring Triathlete. As of right now that menu has been viewed 338 times and leads the menu for SUAR by 5 page views. Red [...]

Chocolate Heaven…A Healthy Truffle Recipe?

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The best part is they are even rich, like a gourmet store-bought truffle, so you can eat one (or two) and not feel the need to stuff ten more down your face.

Gluten Free Sugar Cookies

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I have always loved baking and decorating cut-out cookies. I have all kinds of great colors for icing and tiny brushes to ‘paint’ with. I have some great recipes, too, from a hazelnut shortbread and maple gingerbread to a simple sugar or chocolate cookie.

Healthy Pumpkin Pie Alternatives

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If your favorite part of pumpkin pie is the pumpkin, this recipe is an amazing alternative to pumpkin pie.