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Published 3/13/2024 If you’re a Thousand Island dressing fan, hold on to your seat belts, because this special sauce will change your mind about ever buying the store-bought version! We love Thousand Island dressing here at Fit Foodie Finds because it is so versatile. You can use it on anything from salads (ahem, our crispy chicken salad was quite literally MADE for this dressing 😏), burgers, tacos, a dipping sauce for fried appetizers or raw veggies, and more!...

Published 7/21/2023 We’re excited to share with you a recipe that is all about embracing fresh, healthy ingredients without sacrificing flavor – our Honey Ginger Quinoa Kale Salad. It’s a team favorite this summer — we’ve been making it at least once a week for our families 😀 What’s In This Honey Ginger Quinoa Kale Salad? This salad starts with a lush bed of finely chopped kale, softened and enhanced by a massage with sesame and avocado oil....

Published 9/12/2022 The Best Hot Honey Sauce Say hello to our hot honey sauce that you can put on anything! It’s spicy, sticky, a little sweet and garlic-forward and so delicious. What is Hot Honey? Hot honey is a honey-based sauce that’s been infused with spicy peppers to create a sweet and spicy sauce that people just love. Hot Honey Sauce Ingredients All you need to make your own hot honey is the following 4 ingredients....

My interesting story about spaghetti squash is that one of my spaghetti squash recipes went mega-viral nearly a decade ago, not because it’s incredibly delicious (which it IS) but because Buzzfeed wrote an article about why it should be ashamed of itself. I guess it’s true what they say — there’s no such thing as bad publicity! ;) Point being, I’ve cooked my fair share of spaghetti squash over the years and have landed on the very best way to cook it: slice the spaghetti squash into rings then roast them....

Published 8/1/2024 I’ve been baking chicken breasts for 30+ years (okay, at least watching my mom do it!) and the perfect temperature that gets you juicy, tender chicken breast every time is 375ºF. At this temperature, you won’t dry out your chicken; it’s foolproof! If you use a lower temperature you might end up with tougher chicken breast and if you use anything hotter, you might end up with a drier chicken breast with a more well done outside....

Published 8/30/2023 Sear your chicken breast in a little butter over high heat for just a few minutes before flipping it and turning the heat down slightly to finish cooking. Pan seared chicken breast is hands-down one of my favorite chicken breast recipes! I love that you can get super juicy chicken on the stovetop in less than an hour. I grew up eating lots of chicken breast (hi, Mom!...

Published 7/9/2024 The Best Mango Smoothie This mango smoothie tastes just like sunshine and the beach — ya feel me?! This smoothie recipe is simple and made with frozen bananas, frozen mangos, plus a few other delicious ingredients to bring you this creamy and refreshing drink. My nephews Gus and Bode are huge fans of this recipe and love eating it out of a bowl with a spoon. If you love tropical smoothies, you’ll love our pineapple, pina colada, and tropical spinach smoothie recipes!...

Published 8/30/2023 We have tested our fair share of roasted vegetable recipes here in the Fit Foodie studio. From roasted Brussels sprouts to roasted broccoli, garlic roasted cauliflower to ranch roasted potatoes, and everything in between, oven baked veggies are our fave! This tried and true recipe for roasted sweet potatoes in the oven is super simple yet makes perfect sweet potatoes every time. All you need are pantry basics and about 30 minutes of bake time at 400ºF!...

I didn’t think belonging to a book club could make me any happier, then mine went ahead and started serving themed cocktails at each meeting. Sink me in the river at dawn! It was my turn to host last month and I knew exactly what I wanted to make: Pomegranate Peach Prosecco Cocktail. This gorgeous and easy prosecco cocktail recipe is fizzy and refreshing with a few unexpected flavors. Plus its made in 5 minutes with everyday ingredients — no fancy liquors required....

Published 12/20/2019 All you have to do is mix up a batch of pudding, divvy it up into meal prep containers, and you’ve prepped yourself the ultimate protein snack! Protein Packed Breakfast + Snacks Snacking is an integral part of our daily life here on Fit Foodie Finds. Whether we have long kitchen days, killer workouts, or just need to take in some extra nutrition throughout the day, we snack a lot....

Published 11/17/2023 When the holiday season comes along, we can’t help but crave every great dish served on Thanksgiving day. One of those dishes is stuffing. While traditional stuffing could never be replaced, it’s nice to switch things up every now and again. This savory quinoa stuffing is the perfect alternative for a gluten-free option or just to add some variety to your holiday meal. Hearty ingredients like ground pork sausage (or plant-based ground!...

Published 4/27/2023 The Best Smoked Pork Shoulder This delicious pork shoulder has a sweet and savory smokey flavor and an unreal tenderness after you let it rest and shred it. We love to smoke pork shoulder because it is cooked low and slow, leaving you with shredded pork that you can use in so many different ways. Plus, we used a yummy apple juice spritz to add even more flavor during the smoking time!...

If there was ever a time to try spaghetti squash – a popular fall and winter squash that resembles spaghetti noodles when cooked – it’s here and now with Low-Carb Spaghetti Squash & Meatballs! Here’s the skinny (literally) on spaghetti squash: it’s mild in flavor, easy to cook, and a popular replacement for pasta not only because of it’s aforementioned appearance, but also because it contains just 42 calories and 10 grams of carbs per cup, vs pasta’s whopping 210 calories and 42 grams of carbs per cup....

My favorite dishes to cook are the ones that I know will cause my husband to fake drool, slurp, then gulp when I tell him what’s for dinner. Something only a wife would love, I think?! “Roasted” Garlic Chicken Skillet elicited this classic, quirky response when I debuted it to my husband. This chicken dinner recipe is luscious and mouthwatering yet made in minutes using just one pan. Drool-worthy, for sure!...

If Saturdays are for the boys, then Saturday nights are for the girls. Well, at least this Saturday night is! Oh yes, tomorrow evening this Mama is swapping her stretchy pants and sweatshirt for…fancy stretch pants and a somewhat fancy sweatshirt and going out on the town. Aka having two cocktails then crawling into bed at 10:30pm. Still! If you’re a woman in your 30s you can probably relate to the fact that it feels next to impossible to get two or more of your gal pals together in one spot at the same time....

Published 7/25/2023 Our refrigerator is always fully stocked with some kind of Caesar dressing. When we have the time to make a homemade dressing, this Caesar salad dressing is one that we return to over and over. Especially when we are whipping up a chicken Caesar salad. We tested this recipe multiple times, testing it with eggs and without. We all preferred the eggless recipe with anchovy paste, but everyone also really enjoyed the freshness that the lemon zest added....

Published 2/21/2021 How to Make Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread We’ve all seen that perfect piece of banana bread in the window of our favorite bakery with a gorgeous cinnamon swirl right in the middle and we think–wow, I could never do that. WRONG! You can make your very own cinnamon swirl banana bread at home! This cinnamon swirl banana bread recipe isn’t that different that our perfect banana bread recipe!...

Published 5/16/2023 • Updated 3/17/2024 Creamy Cottage Cheese Ice Cream Flavor You all loved our blackberry cheesecake cottage cheese ice cream so much, so it’s time for another cottage cheese ice cream variety! Let’s make this amazingly creamy cookies and cream cottage cheese ice cream in the food processor. Ingredients You Need Cottage cheese: the star ingredient of cottage cheese ice cream is obviously cottage cheese. We recommend a full-fat cottage cheese such as 4%....

Summer is here and I can’t help but crave light and veggie-packed meals like Crispy Gnocchi with Zucchini, Sweet Corn, and Basil for dinner. Try it once and you’ll be making this farmer’s market-friendly recipe on repeat! The super-summery combo of zucchini, sweet corn, and basil are swirled with a little bit of cream then paired with crispy, sauteed gnocchi. The entire dish comes together in less than 15 minutes, and is packed full of fresh flavors....

When morning walks start requiring a hoodie, neighborhood trees begin to change color, and Halloween candy starts appearing on grocery store shelves — I know crock pot season has officially arrived! Not to say you can’t use a crock pot in the summertime – I mean it’s perfect in that it doesn’t heat up the house – but I usually associate crock pots with a warm and hearty dinner, like Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce, which goes much better with the cooler temps that are inevitably heading our way....