Author: Laura

Homemade Dry Rub for Ribs

This homemade dry rub for ribs recipe is EASY and delicious. The brown sugar and smoked paprika are the stars of the spice blend, adding mouth-watering sweet and smoky flavors. This dry rub is great for ribs in the instant pot, oven, grill, or slow cooker. It’s a versatile dry […]

Italian Pasta Salad (with extra protein)

This easy Italian pasta salad recipe features fresh veggies, italian dressing, pepperoni, and cubed mozzarella cheese. It’s a healthy pasta salad perfect for picnics, potlucks, backyard parties, and meal prep. This summer pasta salad is a crowd-pleasing side dish, and it will be a delicious option for your recipe rotation! […]

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Greek Pasta Salad (extra protein)

This greek pasta salad tastes like summer! Packed with extra protein, this pasta salad makes a great summer backyard barbecue dish. Featuring greek flavors of feta, parsley, cucumbers, olive oil, lemon, and more, this is a perfect side dish to share at pot lucks, picnics, staff parties, a birthday celebration, […]

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Chocolate Protein Mug Cake

Delicious and easy, this chocolate protein mug cake recipe can be prepared in minutes. Moist and decadent, this microwave mug cake will satisfy a chocolate craving after a long work day or as a post-workout snack. Over the past few years, I’ve grown to love cake, especially a moist, fluffy, […]

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Easy Crack Chicken (Instant Pot)

This crack chicken for the instant pot recipe is a quick, DELICIOUS meal that you can cook from frozen for those weeknights you forgot to thaw the protein. Made with three ingredients (cream cheese, ranch seasoning, and chicken), this recipe for crack chicken dip is one the family will love. […]

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Perfect Instant Pot Ribs (fall off the bone)

This perfect instant pot ribs recipe is comfort food at its finest. With smokey flavor, fall off the bone tenderness, caramelized barbecue sauce, you won’t believe you are eating ribs cooked in under an hour. This is a great weeknight recipe that results in restaurant quality ribs. I don’t use […]

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Air Fryer Chicken Wings

What are the ingredients for chicken wings in the air fryer? This air fryer wings recipe requires only four ingredients: chicken wings, olive oil, salt and pepper. Wings in the air fryer are crispy and delicious “naked” (as is), but they are also tasty slathered with your favorite barbecue sauce. […]

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Oatmeal Raisin Protein Balls

Enhanced with protein and healthy ingredients, these raisin oatmeal protein balls are an EASY and DELICIOUS meal prep food. Great for an easy snack or a post workout protein boost, these no-bake raisin oatmeal bites are packed with flavor! Growing up, my absolute favorite dessert recipe was a raisin oatmeal […]

Pizza-Stuffed Turkey Burgers

This low-carb, high-protein pizza-stuffed turkey burgers recipe is an easy low calorie meal the family will love. The mozzarella, tomato sauce, pepperoni, and turkey flavors make a delicious combination that will satisfy a pizza craving. This stuffed turkey pizza burger recipe is a quick, healthy weeknight meal that’s high in […]

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Fudgy Chocolate Protein Truffles

These fudgy, brownie-like, delicious chocolate protein truffles will melt in your mouth. These chocolate protein balls are coated with a hard chocolate shell but remain the perfect brownie-like chewy texture inside. Easy to make and no-baking required, this delicious protein-packed snack will be a great addition to a healthy meal […]