A Healthy Lifestyle with Dessert First
New year, new you, right? You’re starting out this brand new year with the best of intentions. Setting goals to help you achieve your desired weight loss. Vowing to yourself that this year will be different. You’ll definitely stick to your diet and exercise routine, surely making it past the first month when everyone else …
Well, it’s finally the last day of 2020. Some of us may be feeling ecstatic that this year is finally over. That there’s hope for 2021 to look and feel different. And while this fresh start will hopefully be what we all need, there was honestly a lot of goodness that happened in the Burken …
It’s December 2020, and we’re finally getting to the end of one of the craziest years we’ve likely all experienced. When we all went into lockdown earlier this year you likely had to make some pretty big adjustments. From your gym closing to eating at home way more often to your home becoming your office …
This is probably going to come as an unpopular opinion: Weight Watchers is still a diet. If you’ve ever looked up “best diet of [enter year]”, Weight Watchers is likely to come up. Diets are intended to help people lose weight. It’s likely the reason you started a diet in the first place; to help …
Healthy turtle bars are a soft cookie crust topped with healthy caramel sauce and chocolate making them the perfect holiday dessert. There’s a small candy shop back in my hometown that was known for their turtle candies. The traditional candy made with walnuts topped with homemade caramel and a hefty dollop of chocolate. I’ll be …
Chocolate peanut butter Ritz cookies are a simple holiday dessert that require just three simple ingredients. A sweet and salty treat best enjoyed frozen. The first Christmas Burken and I spent together with our respective families, his mom made these chocolate covered Ritz peanut butter crackers. I quickly found out that they were one of …
We’re getting closer to closing out 2020, which I’m sure most of us are happy that this chapter will be behind us. But here’s the thing. Just because we’re going to be ringing in a new year in about a month, doesn’t mean that everything’s going to magically change at the stroke of midnight. So …
Healthy baked pumpkin donuts are dense and chewy, bursting with pumpkin flavor. Topped with cinnamon sugar for an irresistible fall breakfast. I’ve owned a donut baking pan for years now, and I’ve rarely put it to use. The last time I probably used it was to make these incredible baked chocolate protein donuts. That was …
Healthy pumpkin cheesecake bars are a chewy pumpkin bar topped with a layer of smooth cheesecake. Refined sugar free, these pumpkin bars are a delicious holiday dessert. Thanksgiving is almost here, and I’m sure you’ve already started to plan how you’re going to celebrate this year. Things are still so different, and we’re planning on …
Healthy chocolate chip pumpkin bread is made without refined sugar, is moist and full of pumpkin flavor. It’s like the bat signal gets sent out in November. Calling all pumpkin lovers! Although, truly, pumpkin season starts long before November. It seems this year pumpkin season started even earlier than usual. Maybe it’s because 2020 has …