We've already talked about how cookies can be part of a healthy breakfast (insert smirk). My family really enjoys these cookies, but I had seen another version of the breakfast cookie on Pinterest, so I wanted to try this one as well.
This cookie recipe definitely has more than 2 ingredients, so it takes a little longer to mix up. But it does include protein, which adds to the health benefits of, well, eating cookies for breakfast.
Yes, really. And even as part of a healthy breakfast! But I'm not talking about Cookie Crisp here.
We recently tried two versions of these, both of which I had seen on (you guessed it) Pinterest.
We eat a lot of yogurt around here. More recently, we've been eating more Greek yogurt. (Chobani, Oikos, and store brand...we're not picky!) We don't eat the Greek stuff exclusively, but we have included more of it in our diet. Depending on your definition of "healthy", it's considered better for you than regular yogurt. (Check out this article for more information on how it stacks up against the regular stuff.) Basically, it's thicker, and has more protein than regular yogurt, which helps keep you full and satisfied longer.
(This recipe is posted as part of Cooking Up a Sale's April series, Spring Clean Your Eating Habits. If you'd like to read more on this topic, you can click over to the Monthly Themes page to find the rest of the articles in this series.)
I have never been a big fan of apples and peanut butter, but I really enjoy this apple dip...and so do the kids! It's super tasty and creamy, and can be stirred up in less than a minute. Greek yogurt is the base of this dip, so it's lighter than other fruit dips I've made before that use cream cheese and/or Cool Whip. It's so yummy, you might want to just forget the apples and grab a spoon! But then again, that would kind of defeat the purpose of a healthy snack, wouldn't it?
AppleDip+-+Page+001.jpg "Lighter Apple Dip")