Tag Archives: Dessert

PB, Banana, and Coconut Cookies

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Ingredients.

  • 3 Ripe Bananas
  • 1/2 cup All Natural Peanut Butter (two or less ingredients in pb)
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups Dry Oats
  • 1/3 cup Bobs Red Mill unsweetened shredded desiccated coconut (or you can use unsweetened coconut flakes)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips (I also threw in a few pb chips as well)
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray.
  3. In a large bowl, mash bananas, peanut butter, canola oil and vanilla extract together until smooth.
  4. In a separate bowl, combine oats, baking powder, coconut and cinnamon.
  5. Slowly add dry ingredients into the banana mixture and stir until everything is combined.
  6. Fold in chocolate chips
  7. Place tablespoon sized balls of dough onto cookie sheet and bake 10 – 12 minutes, until cookies are slightly golden.
  8. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.

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Enjoy!

Protein Cupcakes!

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Dark Chocolate Coconut Protein Cupcakes.

  • 2 scoops Vanilla Sunwarrior Protein Powder
  • 1/4 cup Coconut Flour
  • 3 Tbsp unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips (or more Smile)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • dash of cinnamon
  • 3 egg whites
  • 2 Tbsp Agave Nectar
  • 2 Tbsp coconut extract
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla coconut almond milk

Pour ingredients into greased cupcake pan and bake for about 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

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Frosting

  • 2 Tbsp + 1 tsp Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter
  • 3 Tablespoons plain Fage 0% Greek yogurt
  • 1 packet of Stevia in the Raw.

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Shower with cinnamon, an additional dark chocolate chip, and enjoy!

What I’m Loving Wednesday

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Unsweetened Passion Iced Tea

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My free PINK dog from VS. It keeps Matt’s side of the bed warm until he gets home from work.

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Finally getting some of my David Yurman jewelry cleaned. Much needed.

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Drinking wine both on, and under the deck.

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Visiting Calrareso’s Farm Stand for some goodies

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Salt Water Taffy from York Beach Maine, where I will be heading to soon!

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Night time snackage of Healthy Chocolate Pudding

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  • 2 Tbsps. dark chocolate cocoa powder
  • liquid stevia
  • water added slowly.

Or Fat Free Cool Whip mixed with berries

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Top Secret: Fat Free Cool Whip mixed with dark chocolate cocoa powder tastes like a Oreo!

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Hit’s that sweet tooth just right Smile. You’ll thank me later.

If you would rather have a frozen treat, try Oikos Frozen Greek Yogurt.

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Their Frozen Decathlon kicks off tomorrow, so remember to vote for team PEACH MANGO to receive a $1.00 off coupon towards a pint of Frozen Oikos!

Keep voting daily to be entered for a chance to win the grand prize, and make sure to vote for me (Team Peach Mango)  on the days of my event on August 19-21st!

Visit the Frozen Oikos Decathlon Facebook Page for more information, and as always, thanks for your support!

xoxo

FULL time Trainer

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I am a Personal trainer who cannot say “no” to the smell of a burger, or desserts that look like this.

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Who could say no to that!?

Not me Smile

If you workout regularly and eat healthy 90% of the time like I do, then you shouldn’t feel guilty when you’ve eaten too much, or “cheated” on your diet.

What’s done is done, don’t dwell on it. Today is a new day to start fresh.

Get yourself back on track by eating clean, and making it a priority to get your workout in. By the end of the day, you will forget all about that oh so delicious slice of pie Smile.

Unless it’s still in your fridge, and in that case, throw it away immediately!

Ella is the queen of over eating, yet she remains confident, even after she splurges on table food

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Gorgeous

We headed over to the lake in Wakefield yesterday evening to walk around, listen to music and watch the fireworks. .

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They ended just as a thunderstorm began to roll in at a rapid pace. It was cool to watch a battle unfold between the colorful explosions and crazy zig-zaging lightning in the sky.

Unsafe..but cool

Matt and I were on his motorcycle, and I luckily only got pelted in the face with a few quarter sized rain drops on the way home.

No biggieSmile

This morning’s breakfast was similar to yesterday’s “Crumbled blueberry muffin”, however  this time I decided to scramble it at the end to make the consistency a bit more “oatmeal-ish”

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  • 1.5 Tbsp organic coconut flour
  • 3/4 cup liquid egg whites
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 sliced banana
  • blueberries
  • cinnamon and a few drops of liquid Stevia

cooked for 5 minutes in the microwave and scrambled with a spoon at the end.

It was good!, and kept me full all morning.

I just finished my pre-workout snack of Greek yogurt, chia seeds, raw almond butter and blueberries, and will soon be on my way to the gym for a workout.

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Today’s routine:

Cardio: 10 minute Incline walk. 20 minute Stair Mill. 20 Minute Elliptical.

Abs: 

  • 10 stability ball rollouts.
  • 10 plank knee twists (per side).
  • 10 mountain climbers.
  • 10 second plank with right leg lifted.
  • 10 second plank with left leg lifted.
  • 10 second plank.

      repeat 3-5x

Tomorrow is already Friday, and it looks like another HOT weekend ahead!

Let’s see what you’ve got, July!

A Cake and a Smoothie

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Six years ago, when Matt turned 20, he told me that his favorite type of cake was; “confetti cake with chocolate frosting”.

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nothings changed since then, really

Six years later, that is still what I bake for him on his birthday, and this year was no different.

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When it comes to cake, to me, the frosting is the best part of the whole experience.

In fact, I’d take a container full of creamy chocolate frosting over the cake any day!

Especially chocolate fudge frosting, which is what I used today.

It took some will power to keep the spatula aimed towards the cake instead of at my mouth.

  • Jenna: 1
  • Chocolate covered Spatula: 0

While I waited for the cake to cool, I completed day 3 of Insanity and let me tell you, my calves are SO ANGRY!

Damn you Shaun T!

My body is definitely responding to the workouts, and it’s a whole new level of “hardcore training”. No matter how in shape you think you are, he will  have you sweating buckets all over the floor.

But you feel so good when your done!

I replenished my shaking muscles with a green smoothie, topped with Kashi and some fresh blueberries

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  • 1 scoop vanilla Sunwarrior protein powder
  • 1/2 frozen banana
  • 2 handfuls fresh spinach
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
  • water and ice

Does a body good.

Off to spend some time with the birthday boy!

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Happy Birthday, Handsome! xoxo

Enjoy your Friday, everyone!

Easter Dinner 4/8/2012

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Pizzagaina, Antipasto

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Ravioli, Sausage and Meatball, Eggplant Parm

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Crown Lamb, Ham, and Chicken Breast for my sister-n-law and I Smile

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Roasted Potatoes, Garlic & Oil Roasted Asparagus

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Dessert!!

Struffoli’s, Pizzelle’s, Cookies, Pie’s, Gelato, Truffles, Cake Batter Brownies, Fennuccio..ETC

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Another successful and delicious Easter…That I’m still digesting.

Sweets and Sweats

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My nose has a permanent scent of sweets stuck inside from all of the baking these past few days.

Struffoli’s are fried and ready to be coated with honey

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Cookies are baked, and ready to covered in pretty pastel frosting

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And batch #1 of my Healthy(er) Cake Batter Brownies that are ready to be consumed.

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  • 1 box of chocolate cake mix
  • 2 Tbsps. canola oil and 2 Tbsps. unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 flax egg ( 1 Tbsp ground flax + 3 Tbsps. water.) Let sit for a few minutes to gel)
  • 1/3 cup fat free skim milk
  • 3/4 cup organic chocolate chips

Pre-Baked

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Baked at 350 for 20 minutes. Cooled for 25-30 minutes in pan

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Taste Tested…

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Jenna approved Smile.

I will also be making a vanilla batch with rainbow sprinkles to being some springtime color to the dessert table.

 Pre-workout breakfast

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  • 1/2 large Gala apple
  • 1/3 cup cottage cheese
  • 1/2 Tbsp organic crunchy peanut butter ( I’m out of almond butter!)
  • cinnamon

Today’s workout.

Warm up: 3 rounds

  • 25 jumping jacks
  • 25 high knees
  • 25 butt kicks
  • 25 mountain climbers

In my gyms fitness studio

  • Forward crab walk to middle
  • Flip over, perform 15 plank oblique twists
  • Forward crab walk back to starting point
  • Flip over, perform 15 plank oblique twists

Repeat entire list one more time through

  • Walking Lunge to middle
  • 12 Bicep Curl to Press
  • Walking Lunge back to starting point
  • 12 Bicep Curl to Press

Repeat entire list one more time through

  • Side shuffle the entire floor
  • 12 Push ups
  • Side shuffle back to starting point
  • 12 Push ups

Repeat entire list one more time through

  • Bicycle Crunch
  • Total body Crunch
  • Regular Crunch
  • Butterfly Crunch

Repeat 3x, 20 reps each

Stretch

I think that burned off some cookies and brownies and that I’ve snuck in these past 3 days..

Breakfast #2:  Blueberry muffin egg white oats with crunchy pb

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And mug of Lemon Ginger tea with a delightful morning message

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Enjoy your Saturday!! xoxo

Stuffed.

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 Who’s still full from yesterday?

ME!!!

Here’s a look into Thanksgiving dinner at the Vozzella’s

For Starters.

Escarole Soup

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Stuffed Mushrooms

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Stuffed Artichokes

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Tomatoes and Mozzarella with fresh basil

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For years my family always ate pasta before the turkey, usually raviolis or cavatellis. Understandably, once it came around to the actual Thanksgiving meal, everyone was still too full.

So instead, we switched to eggplant parm…a lighter choice? Sure.

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Turkey Dinner

(30lbs)

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Cold Green Bean Salad, with tomato basil sliced almonds and balsamic vinaigrette

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Stuffing

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Mashed Butternut Squash

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Mashed Potatoes

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and un-pictured cranberry sauce.

Dessert

Finocchio (Fennel) aids in digestion

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Homemade Pizzelli

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  • Delacre Chocolate Biscuit Assortment
  • Perugina Baci Chocolates
  • Torrone
  • Ferrero Rocher

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Gelato Truffles. So amazing!

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Struffoli’s

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Apple Pie (with French Vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and hot fudge, but of course)

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My Oat bran, Peanut butter, chocolate chip coconut cookies.

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  • custard pie
  • pumpkin pie,
  • lemon jello pie
  • pistachios
  • ribbon candy
  • fudge brownies.
  • figs

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Oh, and fruit

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I think I covered it all. I don’t know, it doesn’t seem like enough food.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Try to get in at least 30 minutes of movement today. You’ll feel better, promise! 

And yes, sprinting through the mall counts :) …Extra points for hurdling over people for that last flat screen tv!

 

It’s all Greek to Me.

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My heart almost skipped a beat when I saw my version of Heaven on a stick sitting in my grocer’s freezer.

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All natural, 70 Calories, 6 grams of Protein, Zero Fat!

….Greek (Italian) Goddess Approved!

As you know, I have been making Frozen Yogurt Bowl breakfasts for quite some time now, so I was more than happy to give this satisfying yet guilt free treat a permanent home in my own freezer

(I should have patented this idea when I had the chance!)

Yasso, meaning “Hello” in Greek, is the first Frozen Greek Yogurt product on the market. The brand was created by 3 best friends from Boston; Amanda, Drew and Scott, who along with living a healthy lifestyle, work in the Food and Product Sales Industries. 

After the sudden rise of Greek Yogurt sales in the U.S caught Amanda’s attention, she realized that a frozen, all natural version of the popular product had yet to be created. As a result, the Trio brought the idea to life and formed the Apollo Food Group and Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt. 

Yasso Bars come in three delicious flavors- Strawberry, Blueberry and Raspberry, all of which are creamy, satisfying and delicious. They also pair perfectly with a variety of additives such as dark chocolate chips, crushed almonds, whipped cream or coconut flakes.

What’s not to love?

Run, Don’t walk, to your nearest grocers freezer! These protein packed snacks will be snagged before you know it!