Easy Peach Cobbler Hack//THM-friendly E, High-protein, Sugar-free, Low-fat

My THM-friendly peach cobbler hack isn’t so much a new recipe as it is a combination of two recipes in a new way. I recently made a big batch of these so I’d have enough breakfasts for a whole week.I love finding cheap and easy Trim Healthy Mama friendly recipes for my husband and I. My goal is for it to be easy to eat healthy for an affordable price and in a delicious way. This is the third recipe in my Summer Peach series. You can find my peach sauce recipe here, and my peaches and cream popsicle recipe here.

Health Benefits of the Easy Peach Cobbler Hack

  • It meets an ideal protein goal of 25-30g. Protein is essential because it’s what helps your body keep and build muscle. Without muscle, your body can’t burn fat, and overall health quickly goes downhill. The fact that it contains this much protein makes it a Trim Healthy Mama Friendly Recipe that’s up-to-date with the plan’s new Wisdom ways. It also has enough leucine (a specific kind of protein) to be considered a protein nerd level 3 meal in the Trim Healthy Mama plan.
  • Peaches have benefits. According to healthline.com, peaches are full of antioxidants. They can help improve heart health, prevent cancer, and improve your skin.
  • It’s a carb meal, yay! Good, healthy carbs are so important. Especially for us women. Ideally, half or more of our meals should contain good carbs (so not white bread or sugar, no, no, no).
  • Energy boost for breakfast. Good carbs are especially a good way to start your day! They give you that nice little burst of energy.
  • It’s easy to make. Set aside maybe 45 minutes in the kitchen one morning to make this, and then you’ll have 6 breakfasts made for the rest of the week! All you’ll need to do is pull a cobbler square out of the fridge, top it with peach sauce and throw it in the microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds.

THM-Friendly E Peach Cobbler Hack

The two recipes you’ll be combining:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Put all of the ingredients for the Summer Peach Sauce in a pot on the stove then let it simmer while you put together the pancake batter to make your cobbler base. Make sure you keep an eye on the sauce and turn it off once it’s the right consistency and before it burns.
  3. Put double the amount of ingredients under “Triple Serve” in the Protein Strong Trim Healthy Pancakes recipe in a blender. Blend it all together until smooth.
  4. Pour batter into a lightly greased 9 x 13 pan and bake for 35 minutes or until a knife stuck in the center comes out clean.
  5. Allow the cobbler base to cool before dividing into six even-sized portions and refrigerating.
  6. When you’re ready to eat a piece of peach cobbler, put one portion of the cobbler base on a plate, top with as much summer peach sauce as you desire, and microwave it for 1 minute and 30 seconds. Enjoy with a cup of coffee!

Download this THM Friendly E recipe card!

Where are you on your health journey?

I love learning more about health! The plan I follow (Trim Healthy Mama) balances food groups beautifully, cuts out sugar, and emphasizes the need for high protein. It’s easy to personalize for budget, preferences, allergies, phase of life, and goals (weight loss, gaining muscle, healthy weight gain, working through health issues, getting more energy, etc.).

Are you interested in learning more about healthy living?

As a certified Trim Healthy Lifestyle Coach my goal is to show ladies how healthy living can be affordable, simple and delicious. If you interested in learning more schedule a free 15 minute health consultation!

Everything’s Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh//Christian Contemporary Romance Review

Everything’s Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh was a sweet Christian Contemporary Romance novel. It’s about a girl who’s always dreamed of being an actress. After years of living month-to-month in New York City, her dream just doesn’t seem to be working out. She’s extra discouraged because all of her childhood best friends seem to be thriving. Desperate, she takes a theater job she knows absolutely nothing about. Turns out, she’s directing a musical acted out by an eclectic group of people in a retirement community. She wonders how this could ever possibly turn out good.

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Audience

Older Teen Girls & Women

Genre

Christian Contemporary Romance, Closed-door Romance, Rom-com, Christian Contemporary Fictions

Author

Courtney Walsh

A few of my favorite things…

  • Dylan, the moody teenager who really just needs a friend and something to do.
  • The retirement community setting. All the old people in it are adorable!
  • Door County. Love that it was set here! I actually happened to be on a trip there while I was reading it.
  • Lots of side character growth.
  • Rosie’s longing for close friends who know her and then realizing she has to let people into her life for that to happen.

Know that…

  • A female character is caught looking at a male character’s butt (unnecessary in my opinion).
  • A side character gets drunk at a bar.
  • A few very kissy pages I kinda just skimmed.  A kiss here and there is sweet, but I don’t need a front row seat to allll the details.
  • A male and female character accidentally fall asleep on a stage and are found there together in the morning. Nothing more happened despite what other characters hint at.
  • There may have been a few more things I missed…so not squeaky clean, but no major lines were crossed. A lot of cute aspects to the story though!

Perfect for…

Any woman looking for a humorous Christian contemporary romance centered around theater.

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Other Reviews of Courtney Walsh’s Books:
The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

Notes: I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I’m also an Amazon Affiliate, so I receive a commission on anything purchased through links I share.

Peaches and Cream Popsicles//THM-Friendly E, Low-fat, High-protein Snack, Sugar-free

Imagine licking a creamy peach popsicle on a hot Summer day while also meeting your protein goals and working towards your goal weight. My THM-Friendly Peaches and Cream Popsicle recipe will help you do just that. I love finding cheap and easy Trim Healthy Mama friendly recipes for my husband and I. My goal is for it to be easy to eat healthy for an affordable price and in a delicious way. This is the second recipe in my Summer Peach series. You can find my peach sauce recipe here, and keep an eye out for my upcoming high-protein peach cobbler hack!

When we had a week of extreme heat and humidity, I knew we needed a frozen high-protein snack. So I took inspiration from the Trim Healthy Mama Cottage Berry Whip recipe and changed it up to create a high-protein popsicle. Depending on the size of your popsicle mold each popsicle should have close to 12 or 13g of protein each. So you’ll really need to eat 2 (oh, darn 😉 ) for a complete snack or add another source of protein. And don’t worry, if you don’t have a popsicle mold I’ll provide an alternative for you.

Peaches and Cream Popsicle THM-Friendly E recipe

Benefits of the Peaches and Cream Popsicles

  • If you have two, they meet an ideal protein goal of 25g. Protein is essential because it’s what helps your body keep and build muscle. Without muscle, your body can’t burn fat, and overall health quickly goes downhill. The fact that it contains this much protein makes it a Trim Healthy Mama Friendly Recipe that’s up-to-date with the plan’s new Wisdom ways.
  • They’ll cool you off. Nothing’s better than something frozen on a hot summer day!
  • They’re quick and easy to make ahead. One batch should make enough for almost a week’s worth of afternoon snacks. It should take less than 5 minutes to make the popsicles and a few hours for them to freeze.
  • Peaches have benefits. According to healthline.com, peaches are full of antioxidants. They can help improve heart health, prevent cancer, and improve your skin.
  • It’s a carb meal, yay! Good, healthy carbs are so important. Especially for us women. Ideally, half or more of our meals should contain good carbs (so not white bread or sugar, no, no, no).

THM-Friendly E Recipe for Peaches and Cream Popsicles

Ingredients:

  1. Put all of the ingredients (except for the peach sauce) in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy.
  2. Pour into a popsicle mold*. You can add a spoonful of Summer Peach Sauce to each popsicle for a syrup-y core (optional). Freeze popsicles until solid.
  3. Enjoy!

Makes 5 servings of 25g of protein each. It will probably make more popsicles than that. For example, if it makes 10 popsicles then 2 popsicles make one complete high-protein snack.

*Alternative to a popsicle mold: Pour into several glass jars leaving 2 inches of open space at the top of each jar. Cover with plastic wrap and then put the jars in the freezer. When made this way, a jar should be pulled out of the freezer about half an hour before trying to eat it. It will be more like a smoothie than a popsicle.

Download this free THM Friendly E recipe card!

Where are you on your health journey?

I love learning more about health! The plan I follow (Trim Healthy Mama) balances food groups beautifully, cuts out sugar, and emphasizes the need for high protein. It’s easy to personalize for budget, preferences, allergies, phase of life, and goals (weight loss, gaining muscle, healthy weight gain, working through health issues, getting more energy, etc.).

Are you interested in learning more about healthy living?

As a certified Trim Healthy Lifestyle Coach my goal is to show ladies how healthy living can be affordable, simple and delicious. If you interested in learning more schedule a free 15 minute health consultation!

Note: I’m an Amazon Affiliate so I receive a commission off anything purchased through links I share.

Summer Peach Sauce//THM-friendly E, Sugar-free, Low-fat, Summer Topping

My THM-friendly recipe for Summer Peach sauce is a great topping for snacks, desserts, or breakfasts. It would go great on a pile of pancakes or waffles! As a health coach for women,I love finding cheap and easy Trim Healthy Mama friendly recipes. My goal is to make it easy for my clients to eat healthy for an affordable price and in a delicious way. This peach sauce recipe is the first in a series of peach recipes I’ll be sharing. I come from a long line of peach-loving Californians. Summer childhood memories are filled with stops at the peach stand and homemade peach cobblers. Keep an eye out for my upcoming high-protein peach cobbler and peaches-and-cream popsicle recipes! I’ve been experimenting lots since picking up several bags of fresh peaches.

Benefits of the Summer Peach Sauce

  • It’s sugar-free and uses a natural sweetener alternative. Instead of sugar this recipe calls for stevia. Stevia is a natural sweetener that comes from a plant. My family actually used to have a stevia plant in our garden! So despite rumors flying around about this sweetener, I believe it’s a much safer alternative to many of the artificial sweeteners out there. See this page to learn more about it!
  • Peaches have benefits. According to healthline.com, peaches are full of antioxidants. They can help improve heart health, prevent cancer, and improve your skin.
  • It’s a carb, yay! Good, healthy carbs are so important. Especially for us women. Ideally, half or more of our meals should contain good carbs (so not white bread or sugar, no, no, no).
  • Energy boost! Consider putting this sauce on your breakfast. Good carbs are an especially good way to start your day! They give you that nice little burst of energy.
  • It’s quick and easy to make. Just put the three ingredients in the pot and let it cook for a while you work on other things. The recipe is even easier if you use frozen sliced peaches. This batch should be big enough to last for a week’s worth of snacks and breakfasts!

THM-Friendly E Recipe for Summer Peach Sauce

Ingredients:

  • 5 sliced peaches, or about 1 lb. frozen sliced peaches (I cut roughly and leave the skin on because it’s easy, do whatever you like)
  • 3/4 tsp. pure stevia extract (or your choice of natural sweetener to taste)
  • 2-3 tbs. Water
  1. Put all of the ingredients in a small saucepan, cover with a lid, and turn heat to medium.
  2. Keep a close eye on it and let it simmer until it’s a sauce-y texture, and then cool before putting it in a container in the fridge
  3. You can use this peach sauce to top a bowl of cottage cheese, high-protein pancakes or even a banana milkshake!

Download this free THM-Friendly E recipe card!

Other THM-friendly Recipes

Creamy Banana Milkshake (High-protein)

Where are you on your health journey?

I love learning more about health! The plan I follow (Trim Healthy Mama) balances food groups beautifully, cuts out sugar, and emphasizes the need for high protein. It’s easy to personalize for budget, preferences, allergies, phase of life, and goals (weight loss, gaining muscle, healthy weight gain, working through health issues, getting more energy, etc.).

Are you interested in learning more about healthy living?

As a certified Trim Healthy Lifestyle Coach my goal is to show ladies how healthy living can be affordable, simple and delicious. If you interested in learning more schedule a free 15 minute health consultation!

Notes: I’m an Amazon Affiliate, so I receive a commission off anything purchased through links I share.

Where Secrets Lie by Colleen Coble and Rick Acker//Christian Suspense Review

Where Secrets Lie by Colleen Coble and Rick Acker was a great Christian suspense novel. In some ways, it gave me National Treasure and Night at the Museum vibes because of the treasure smuggling ring. Of course, it was much more serious and heavy than those family movies.  Unfortunately, I somehow missed the fact that it was book #2 in the Tupelo Grove series, so I felt like I spent the first bit of the book trying to catch up on the storyline. I loved the book, “I Think I Was Murdered”, by the same duo of Christian suspense authors, so when I saw this one available on Netgalley I immediately requested it (with little research obviously, haha).

Audience

Older Teens & Adults

Genre

Christian Suspense

Author

Colleen Coble and Rick Acker

Savannah Webster and her ex-husband, Hez, have been through a lot together. They lost their daughter and were almost murdered by a smuggling ring, just to name a few things. Now it seems they’re finally able to process their grief together and maybe even remarry. But then things start going wrong. Something’s off at the university Savannah was recently chosen to be president of. On top of that, someone planted a wine bottle in Hez’s trash can and now Savannah’s afraid he has relapsed into alcoholism.

Read this Christian suspense novel to see what happens next!

A few of my favorite things…

  • The main couple learning to process grief together.
  • A suspenseful ending that demands another book in the series.
  • Unexpected plot twists and turns.
  • An adorable little British boy named Simon.
  • Southern culture and scenery.
  • Fun dog side characters.
  • Complex family history.

Know that…

  • There are heavy topics. Adultery is mentioned in someone’s family history, a couple who divorced but is trying to get back together, smuggling, murder, alcoholism, grief…definitely for an older crowd.

Perfect for…

Someone looking for a Christian suspense series.

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Notes: I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I’m also an Amazon Affiliate, so I receive a commission on anything purchased through links I share.