Published 5/1/2023 Make it creamy with either cream cheese or Greek yogurt, and you’re on your way to the most flavorful white bean chili of your life. It’s chili season, friends! Whether it’s this white bean chicken chili or this simple green chili or this vegetarian chili, we got you covered with delicious chili recipes suited for every palate. Creamy Chicken Chili with White Beans If you’re a creamy chili lover like me, then this white bean chicken chili is calling your name!...

Published 11/30/2020 • Updated 3/17/2024 It’s Healthy Christmas Cookies Time We started Christmas cookie testing a few months ago and I’m so excited about all of the delicious and healthy holiday cookie recipes we have coming to Fit Foodie Finds. From Chewy Ginger Cookies to a yummy Peanut Butter Blossoms, we’ve got something for everyone. But first, here is a little list of healthy holiday baking staples that we like to have on hand every year for making Healthy Christmas Cookies!...

Published 10/4/2019 • Updated 8/6/2023 Why change pants when you can pair your Wunder Unders with a cute crop sweatshirt or cowl neck long sleeve? Today, we’re not only sharing some of our favorite lululemon Fall pieces, but also some outfit combos that you’re absolutely going to love. Lululemon Tops When it comes to lululemon tops, we’re all about the basics. AKA: how many colors and prints can we buy in the one shirt we love best....

Published 3/9/2024 These carrot cake pancakes 🥞 have become the ultimate freezer pancake in my house. We first posted this recipe in 2019 and I haven’t been able to stop making them since. They’re the perfect combination of sweet and spicy — just like your favorite carrot cake. BUT, they’re also something you can feel good about fueling up on first thing in the morning (insert vegetables). Carrot Cake Pancakes Ingredients We love how dense and delicious these carrot pancakes turned out....

Published 10/1/2023 Fit Foodie Finds has a pretty solid collection of pumpkin recipes including a whole grain pumpkin muffins recipe and a healthy pumpkin loaf. What we didn’t have in our recipe collection, was a pumpkin muffin recipe made with all of the basics — sugar, flour, oil, and pumpkin puree. That’s when I set out to develop a classic pumpkin muffins recipe that could be your go-to fall muffin year after year....

Summer is officially here! Bring on the steaks, pasta salad, potato salad, fruit salad (ALL THE SALADS!) corn on the cob, Dirt Cake, and Crock Pot Baked Beans. No summer get together is complete without baked beans and cooking them in the crock pot has been a total revelation! There’s no way I’m turning the oven on to bake my standard baked bean recipe for 2 hours in this weather – not when I can contain the heat in a crock pot and let it do the cooking for me....

One of my husband’s love languages is smoking meat, and I can’t deny that a rack of ribs smoked low and slow over hickory wood chips is a total treat. Since most people don’t own a smoker though, I’m sharing my recipe for oven-baked ribs that is BEYOND delicious and easy. Yes, you can get lip-smackin’, finger-lickin’-good ribs that fall off the bone from your oven. Every time I make these I’m stunned over how delicious they are....

Meet one of my very favorite family dinner recipes that’s not only easy to assemble, but so delicious that I make a double batch each time I pull the recipe out. Hiii, Easy Chicken Enchiladas with Red Sauce! Between my husband, three kids, and myself, we easily finish a full recipe, so the double batch comes in handy for having tasty leftovers for lunches later in the week. This luscious chicken dinner recipe is a STAPLE in our house!...

Anytime I test a new recipe, I jot down my thoughts while cooking and eating the dish, including what I feel its best qualities are. Let me tell you — the list for Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup goes on and on! Recently my husband declared that Chicken Tortilla Soup was going to become his new signature dish (RIP Ben’s Beef Stew?!) and that he was going to find the most elaborate, time consuming way possible to make it....

Published 10/2/2023 If you’re anything like us, you’re team fudgy brownie over cakey. That’s why we set out to come up with an epic pumpkin brownie recipe that was not only fudgy, but flourless! When testing these pumpkin brownies we realized that the secret to fudgy brownies is actually less flour (or none at all). That’s why you’ll only see 2 tablespoons of almond flour and lots of thick and creamy ingredients such as almond butter melted dark chocolate....

Published 7/17/2021 • Updated 8/8/2022 Zucchini Season is Here! Cheers to zucchini season! We love this time of year for many reasons, one of which is the delicious and nutritious zucchini is in season. You’ll find us grilling, baking and sautéing zucchini in the Fit Foodie kitchen, but many people forget you can actually eat this veggie raw, too. And that’s exactly what we’re doing with this fresh zucchini salad....

It is hot, hot, hot which makes diving into a refreshing Greek Dip Platter all the more enjoyable! This chilled, herb and veggie-packed dip is the perfect summer appetizer, but also a fantastic light dinner or lunch. The recipe is inspired by a cream cheese-based Mediterranean dip my Mom makes for parties all the time, but I swapped out the cream cheese for tangy Greek yogurt, and added a layer of silky-smooth roasted red pepper hummus on top....

Published 7/9/2022 Delicious Grilled Shrimp Foil Packets Why shrimp foil packets? Shrimp foil packets are an easy and delicious meal all wrapped up in foil. These shrimp foil packets are a whole meal in one. You’ve got corn, potatoes, kielbasa, tomatoes, and shrimp. These shrimp packets are easy to make and the perfect summer meal for a big group or for a family who loves leftovers. Featured Ingredients Jumbo shrimp: we suggest making these shrimp packets with jumbo shrimp....

Published 4/3/2023 • Updated 7/17/2023 Best Hummus Salad Dressing! If you’re looking for a quick, homemade salad dressing then you must make this hummus dressing. It’s packed with herbs, lemon juice, hummus, and a few spices to make it simple, yet flavorful. Take this recipe a step further and make our homemade hummus recipe! What You Need Hummus: we tested this recipe with original hummus, but any flavor that you have on hand will work!...

Published 11/7/2022 Everyone Should Brine a Turkey There are 3 main reasons why we love brining our Thanksgiving turkey. No need to serve dried up turkey every again. You’ll notice that typically only leaner cuts of meat such as chicken, turkey or pork chops and this is because of their low-fat content. Brining truly does help your lean cuts of meat come out nice and moist! Dry Brine vs. Wet Brine You’ll notice that our wet turkey brine recipe calls for water and that is because it is a wet brine....

I have a secret hack for entertaining, especially when kids are present: hold something back. What I mean by that is, after y’all have caught up, eaten some food, and there’s a lull in the conversation, or the kids need a distraction, pull something out that will delight. Spoiler alert: it’s usually more food! For example, present the kids with tray of sugar cookies plus icing and fruit to assemble and eat, or a fresh appetizer to pair with a post-dinner round of cocktails for the adults....

Published 7/16/2023 • Updated 8/16/2024 First, sear the chicken thighs in the Instant Pot to crisp them up. Then, slather them with a homemade honey garlic sauce, and pressure-cook them for just 5-7 minutes! This is one of our most popular Instant Pot Chicken Thigh recipes! So many of you have made this recipe and rated it 5 stars and rightfully so. The honey garlic sauce is incredibly flavorful and easy to make and your chicken comes out perfect every time....

Although I’m a summer girl at heart, I do get awfully excited when fall produce starts popping up in the grocery store. Take advantage of the change in seasons and make Maple-Bacon Brussels Sprouts — an EASY yet incredible fall side dish! This recipe is everything you think it is and more. The combination of bacon, brussels sprouts and a drizzle of maple syrup cannot be missed, but what’s also incredible is that all you have to do is toss everything into a skillet then let it cook together!...

The recipe for Minestrone Soup, aka “kitchen sink soup”, was sent to me from an Iowa Girl Eats reader. It contains everything except the kitchen sink, aka oodles of vegetables, a savory broth, tender pasta, and spicy Italian sausage. It is delicious, filling, and so comforting! Start the soup by browning Italian sausage in a soup pot. I love using spicy sausage, but mild/sweet sausage is totally fine too! If there’s a lot of fat that cooks out, drain the sausage then return it to the pot....

We had our first 90 degree day of the summer this week (woof/hooray!) That said, it’s been gloriously hot and humid which has me craving all things fresh and flavorful – which is exactly what I’d call Mozzarella Bruschetta Chicken. Meet your new go-to summer dinner! Watch How to Make It! Easy Summery Chicken Dinner This recipe is sunshine on a plate and SO, so good. It’s all about the homemade bruschetta which is a mouthwatering mixture of fresh basil, chopped tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, raw garlic, and my (not so) secret ingredient – freshly shredded parmesan cheese – layered between sauted chicken and melty mozzarella cheese....