Cooking Thursday on a Friday

 

Hello dear Friends and happy Friday to you!

I meant to post this yesterday but I didn't get to it as I went out for the day with a girlfriend of mine. 

Do you have plans with your sweetheart for Valentine's Day this weekend? We are going to stay in and I'm going to make us a fun dinner and dessert. We will probably snuggle up and watch a fun movie too. 💗 We always exchange a few small gifts as that's both of our love language. 

We also continue to watch and enjoy the Olympics. The mixed doubles curling team that is from our area (the sister city with ours that's just a drive over the bridge from us) achieved a silver medal...yay!

Today I'm off to do some hospice work, but I thought I would first share these recipes for a couple yummy, but healthier, snacks.

First up are these banana oat muffins:

They were really tasty and a bit healthier as the bananas act as a lot of the sweetener so there is less sugar. Also, the oats give a bit more fiber and a chewier texture (which I like). I did add a small amount of chocolate chips because well....chocolate. Lol 😋 The batter was easy to prepare. I just sprayed my muffin pan well and didn't use liners and they came out just fine.  I enjoyed half of one with my coffee for several mornings. And I shared some with my Mom and step Dad and they really liked them as well. The recipe is below:

Next up, I'm not sure if you've seen the viral trend for putting a few biscoff cookies in some plain greek yogurt and chilling it a few hours? The yogurt softens the cookies and they say it tastes like cheesecake with the yogurt tang but the sweetness from the cookies. 

I made my own healthy version of that with my yogurt I enjoy as my treat most nights anyway. It's low cal, high protein plus greek yogurt has helped my gut health a lot. I put in a few oreo thins (I break some in half to fill in more of the yogurt area). Cover it and put it in the fridge so that it has at least a couple of hours to chill and soften until my dessert time. And it has been SO good!! It definitely gives cheesecake vibes for probably less than half the calories of a real slice of cheesecake - plus health benefits. It's been so good and I definitely recommend if you like cheesecake. 

And lastly, I just wanted to share this devotional reading from today. This world continues to feel so crazy. And when I read devotionals like this I just feel such comfort -and thought you might too. 

Blessings always and have a wonderful weekend.

xoxo