Peanut Butter Cookie Greek Yogurt!

I am calling this yummy treat Peanut Butter Cookie Greek Yogurt! I sliced up a Pinata Apple and dipped in!  It makes a wonderful snack!

1/2 Cup 2% Fage Greek Yogurt + 1 Serving (2Tbs./12g) PB2 (dry) + 2 Tbs. Torani Suger-Free Belgian Cookie Syrup stirred together.

Spicy Peanut Butter Toast

I've been enjoying Peanut Butter Toast lately but the thought occurred to me the other day that I could add some sort of chili heat and it might just be awesome like a Thai peanut sauce type idea! So today I tested out a sprinkle of Crushed Red Pepper! OH it was SO good!!!

I used a piece of Thin Sliced Dave's 21 Whole Grain Bread, with half a serving of Peanut Butter (1Tbs.), and a sprinkle of Crushed Red Pepper.

Garlic Carrot "Chips"

Simply slice up some carrot and sprinkle to taste with Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder and toss to coat!  Perfect snack for crunching on!

Rainbow Carrot and Cucumber "Chips"

Yesterday I sliced up some raw rainbow carrots and some cucumber and sprinkled it with my fave seasoning mix (McCormick Perfect Pinch Roasted Garlic Bell Pepper Seasoning) and it was SO GOOD! It seriously is so simple, no cooking, but so tasty and it's a whole plateful for about 100 cals and compare that to a serving of chips at a tiny bit for 150 and it's no comparison. The seasonings give you to bold flavors and the slices are nice and crunchy I just love it so much! You don't even need dip!

Sweet & Spicy Avocado Toast! Yum! I used Dave's Thin Sliced 21 Whole Grain Bread, 56g Sliced Avocado, Sprinkle of Crushed Red Pepper, Sprinkle of Smoked Paprika, 1/2 teaspoon Honey Drizzled, and Finished with a Sprinkle of Kosher Salt!

Cinnamon-Ginger "Baked" Apple

This is simply a nice snack for Fall, it's just an Apple diced up and mixed with 1 Tablespoon Maple Syrup and 1 Tablespoon Water with a sprinkle of Cinnamon and Ginger then microwaved until soft!  You get a nice baked apple taste really fast and easy.

Maple Pecan Greek Yogurt

I made a yummy snack that could also double as a dessert!!!  LOL  It's 1 Cup Plain 4% Whole Milk Chobani Greek Yogurt with 2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup stirred in.  Then topped with a teaspoon of Maple Sugar, that melts on the top of the yogurt like you see in the photo, and a teaspoon of Chopped Pecans!  Very yummy, silky yet crunchy!

Garam Marsala Kale Chips

This was the first time I made Kale Chips!  WOW they are so good!!!  I was so surprised and understand why everyone raves about them!  They are so light and crispy, very delicate!   I love how you get a bit of a crunch and then they just melt in your mouth!  I was scared to make them for a long time, worried that they wouldn't turn out right, but I'm glad I took the risk because these are simply amazing!!!

I went by this recipe's instructions from Jessica In The Kitchen: Three Ways To Make Kale Chips – Salty, Spicy and Cheesy

At first I just used salt and pepper and then I tasted one to see if they were done and it was so good but I thought hmm I bet Garam Marsala spice would be awesome on these so I went ahead and added some Garam Marsala to them. Then let them finish crisping (they aren't as good if not completely crisp so you gotta check them) and WOW I love that flavor with them too!!!  Success!!!

Toasted Sesame Miso Ginger Spiralized Carrot

1 Spiralized Carrot with 5-7 grams Toasted Sesame Seeds and 1 Tablespoon of Bolthouse Miso Ginger Vinaigrette Dressing!  It's amazing tasting!!!   The dressing was nice and silky and it reminded me of eating chow mein!  Also the toasted sesame seeds added a wonderful nutty flavor almost like peanut butter.  It's a good snack or it would be a good side, I could also see using it in other things like adding it to a wrap or lettuce cup with chicken.  I will also add a half ounce of chopped cashews the next time I make this!

Bruleed Banana

I have been making Bruleed Banana for a snacks but also as a little dessert here and there too!  It is just so good!  I loved the crunchy caramelized top, which tastes a lot like the golden brown part on a roasted marshmallow, and the banana tasted so sweet a lot like a banana chip or a banana muffin.  I just love the crunch mixed with the creamy banana!  Sometimes I really think I enjoy a Bruleed Banana more than actual Creme Brulee!

Simply cut a banana in half and add a teaspoon of sugar to each half and torch it with a brulee torch till golden! (You can google search bruleed banana using the oven if you don't have a torch.) I don't torch it with the skin still on like some instructions recommend, in fact I find that if a bit of the edges get a tiny bit blackened that adds to the roasted marshmallow flavor!

Cottage Cheese and Red Grapes

The other day I experimented and tried a grape with a bite of cottage cheese and it was amazing together like how pineapple is amazing with it! That was fun and I really enjoyed it!  It's simply a 1/2 Cup Cottage Cheese with 100g Red Grapes!

Heirloom Tomato Salad with Tarragon

The other day I was watching the Barefoot Contessa on Food Network and she visited a guy who grew heirloom tomatoes and she had him share a recipe for an Heirloom Tomato Salad that I just thought looked awesome! SO when I saw some heirloom tomatoes at the grocery store, and having just seen that and hoped to find some, I snatched a few varieties right up! As soon as we got home I made the salad for me and my hubby. The recipe calls for tarragon but I couldn't find any in my store so I had to settle for dried tarragon.

Slice up each variety slightly different. Sprinkle with salt, drizzle with red wine vinegar, and sprinkle with tarragon! Mix it all up and adjust as needed. Then you let it sit and do it's thing. They said no oil because the vinegar does something special with the juices of the tomato making it really sweet. AND IT DOES! It was so good! And each kind of heirloom tomato had a slightly different taste to it too. And I've not really had tarragon before so it's an unusual flavor to me, kinda like a minty taste and a tea type taste to me. Hubby said he thought it tasted a bit like caraway. And it looks like he was right since looking it up right now both have an anise flavor to them! Ina says she usually pairs basil with tomatoes so I think that would probably work well with this idea too. I hope I find some more heirloom tomatoes!

Looking at the recipe just now I see that I didn't add any pepper to mine, I think that would have been nice too. I'll have to do that next time.