Chocolate Strawberry Overnight Oats

I'm really on an overnight oats craze lately. Maybe I'll just dedicate a section of my blog to oats like this...

Anyway, berries are on sale ya'll. Get your strawberry and chocolate fix!

Chocolate and strawberries, what better combination?

Ingredients
1/2 cup instant oats (or old-fashioned oats)
1 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/8 tsp cinnamon (dash of cinnamon)
1 tsbp almond butter
3/4 cup light almond milk (soy milk or skim milk would be great too)
1/2 cup of strawberries (then slice them)
1 tbsp sliced almond

Mix the instant oats, cocoa powder, almond butter, and then mix in the almond milk. Place in fridge overnight and the next morning, top with the strawberries and sliced almonds.

Yummy breakfast! High protein as well with the added almond butter.

Nutrition info (approx.): 363 calories, 48g carbs, 18g fat, 13g protein, 206mg sodium, 10g sugar

Easy Chicken and Dumplings - Crock Pot Recipe

I am big into comfort food. Once I got my crock pot, I knew it was the beginning of a fun friendship...

Mine is only 3 qt crock pot and this dish fits pretty well in it. However, it would probably be best in a 5 qt one. I introduce to you my eazy-peezy chicken and dumplings!

Ingredients
2-3 chicken breasts (1 lb chicken), cut into bite-sized pieces
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 tsp chicken bouillon seasoning
1 bay leaf
1-2 carrots, chopped or about 1/4 bag of baby carrots
1/2 cup potatoes (I use about 3-4 mini potatoes)
1 small onion, chopped
2 celery stalks (optional)
1 10-ounce package of refrigerated biscuits (cut into smaller bite-sized pieces)

Place the carrots, potatoes, and onion in the bottom of the slow cooker. I use a 3-qt slow-cooker and it works just fine.

I cut the chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces. Make sure to use separate cutting boards for your meats and vegetables to avoid cross-contamination! Put the chicken on top and pour the cream of mushroom can with the one can of water. I also add and mix in the chicken bouillon powder. The bay leaf can be stacked on top.

Cook on low for 6-8 hours. About 20-30 minutes before serving, place the uncooked biscuit pieces in the slow cooker and let it cook.

You'll have some tasty and yummy chicken n' dumplings. Pair with a nice comforting movie and you got yourself an awesome night.

Summer Berry Cobbler

I made this for Fourth and July and what a festive way to celebrate the day! Summertime is a good time to start eating some berries. Blueberries, blackberries, strawberries--a lot of them are in season!

Ingredients
1/2 cup of light almond milk (or any type of milk or milk alternative)
1 cup Bisquick
2 tsp canola oil
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup of sugar (I used 1/6 cup of sugar, 1/6 cup of Splenda)

2 cups berries (I used fresh blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries. Frozen works as well. You can use any fruit you want. Try peaches and mango. Mmm!)
2 tbsp sugar
1/4 cup water

Preheat your oven to 375F.

Mix the first ingredients and pour in a greased 9.5" or 9" glass pie pan (I used PAM spray). You can use either a round or square pie/cake tin. I used glass and this heats up very well! Baking time was about 20 minutes for this type of bakeware.

In a small bowl, mix your sugar and water and dissolve the sugar. Then fold in your berries into the sugar-water mixture. This will be really liquidy but it's okay! Once you place it in the pie tin and once it starts to bake, it will thicken up and become a syrup! Depending on how tart you want the cobbler, you can add more sugar. I felt 2 tbsp was enough because the berries were already sweet.

Pour this over the Bisquick mixture and bake for 20 minutes or so.

Enjoy with some yummy ice cream!