Guilt-free frozen yogurt!

Lately my research has been going so horribly wrong. I feel like I am repeating my very own version of "Kristi and the Terrible, Horrible, No good, Very Bad Day." over and over and over and over. Gah! It just makes me want to eat a mountain of food. Eating junk will work as a successful lab failure buffer, right? Wrong. It just makes me feel fat and even more defeated. Since I can't seem to get my experiments to work I thought I should try and make some healthy junk food (well doesn't that sound weird). I also like to shop away my lab failure so I bought a food processor! It's pink and it makes me so very happy! (despite the lab failure). The first thing I decided to try and make in my wonderful food processor was frozen yogurt and WOW did it turn out wonderful! Oh, and healthy too! :)

Guilt-free frozen yogurt!


1 cup frozen fruit (I used a berry mix of raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries)
1/2 cup nonfat vanilla greek yogurt
2 graham crackers

• Place the frozen fruit in the processor and pulse the chop button until the fruit is in tiny pieces
• Add the yogurt and then press the chop button for a full minute or until everything is mixed and smooth
• Then add the graham crackers and press the chop button until they get mixed in. If you want the graham crackers to remain in chunks don't press for too long but if you want them to get fine and spread throughout you can press for a full minute.
• The result: Heaven in a bowl! 

BEST oatmeal cottage cheese pancakes

I loveeeee oatmeal. Yes I do. I also love cottage cheese. I know, I know. Most people don't like cottage cheese but don't knock it until you try it. I used to be one of those cottage cheese haters. I took one look at it and was like - ew that looks like vomit, I am not eating it. However, one fateful day I got up the nerve to try a cottage cheese double with strawberries and cottage cheese and I have been walking hand and hand down the beach at sunset ever since... er well, You know what I mean haha :P

I decided to try and improve my old oatmeal cottage cheese pancake recipe listed on this blog. I like the old recipe just fine I just wanted something a bit more fancy. I added flaxseeds to make them more healthy and peanut butter chips for protein. I could not believe how amazing these turned out. I could totally eat them every day. Yummmm! :)

BEST oatmeal cottage cheese pancakes!!!!

• 2 bananas
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 2 eggs plus 2 egg whites
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 1 tablespoon flaxseed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon 
• 1/4 cup peanut butter chips

• I like to first blend the oatmeal and then put that in a mixing bowl and then blend the cottage cheese and add that to the bowl as well. You don't necessarily have to blend these ingredients though, it just makes a smoother pancake!
• Mash your bananas in a bowl and then throw that in with the cottage cheese and oatmeal. Mix.
• Add the eggs, flaxseed, and spices. Mix, mix, mix. 
• Finally stir in the peanut butter chips!
• Put some butter in a pan and allow it to heat up on the stove
• Start making your pancakes! Use your 1/4th measuring cup to keep each pancake proportional and on the smaller size so they don't fall apart!
• Cook 2-5 minutes on each side.
• Eat with some butter and/or maple syrup!!! :)

Humm-azing pita sandwich

I have been superrrrr lazy in the kitchen ever since summer started. Which is kind of the opposite of what you would expect since I have more free time now.... this is definite proof that I cook to procrastinate. Oops. However, I have been experimenting with more easy vegetarian options this summer. I still can't decide whether I am capable of cutting out meat completely but I have been pretty good about eating a lot of fruit and vegitables. I only eat meat when I go out to lunch or dinner, which is once or twice a week. Not bad, right? I mentioned before that I am interested in becoming a vegetarian for health reasons only so I will consider eating meat only once a week a win. You could say I am a flexetarian (I swear that is a real thing! haha). I feel sooooooo much healthier now that I have stopped eating meat every day :) 

Here is my go to vegetarian lunch (or dinner works too).

humm-azing pita sandwich

1 whole wheat pita pocket

hummus of your liking (I use sabra red roasted peper hummus)

2 slices red pepper cheese

1 slice of red onion

A couple carrot pieces (I buy the flat fancy wavy cut kind. Oh la la!)

A handful of baby romaine lettuce

Couple spinach leaves

• Cut your pita, opening the "pocket"
• On each half smear on a liberal amount of hummus. Yummmm
• Then add the onion and place a piece of cheese on each peta half. Microwave for 20 seconds. 
• Add carrots and lettuce.
• Enjoy with some mandarin oranges and almonds. Wah la! A fast, easy, tasty, vegetarian lunch or dinner! 

Will add photos later.... (So that you can literally SEE how awesome this sandwich is!)