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Holiday Switchel

Protein: 0g | Carbs: 6g | Fat: 0g
Calories: 24

I learned about switchel when my favorite local restaurant, Saffron Mediterranean Kitchen, started offering it on their zero proof menu. I’m always looking for fun drinks to have in hand when all my friends are imbibing, especially around the holidays.

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Cranberry Orange Holiday Loaf

Protein: 4g | Carbs: 31g | Fat: 8g
Calories: 212

I remember walking into bakeries and seeing the cranberry orange loaves all covered with a delightful white snowy glaze around the holidays. Back before my journey to better health started I had no issues putting down a slice of that delicious treat with my coffee. Now that I understand more about sugars and calories and balance, I wanted to create a lightened up version.

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Simple Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey

Protein: 34g | Carbs: 0g | Fat: 5g
Calories: 181

This healthy, simple roasted turkey recipe is the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving table. Aside from turkey, this recipe works great with whole chickens and ducks too, they just have a quicker cook time.

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Pumpkin Maple Butter Protein Granola

Protein: 6g | Carbs: 21g | Fat: 11g
Calories: 207

I make granola often since it is much more cost effective than buying it, so it only seemed fitting to create some kind of pumpkin version for Fall. I also wanted to incorporate my new Podium Maple Butter Pancake protein powder, so away I went playing with my base recipe to bring in the flavors of the season!

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Protein Peanut Butter Fudge

Protein: 6g | Carbs: 2g | Fat: 8g
Calories: 104

If you're looking for a yummy way to meet your protein and fat macros, these little protein peanut butter fudge squares will do the trick. If you’re feeling extra, drizzle some melted chocolate over the top!

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Chipotle Pumpkin & Pork Chili

Protein: 49g | Carbs: 35g | Fat: 11g
Calories: 435

It’s football season AND it is pumpkin season! I took the best things about the beginning of Fall and created a simple game day chili fusing lean protein, smoky chipotle and sweet pumpkin.

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Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Protein: 4g | Carbs: 18g | Fat: 4g
Calories: 124

You know when zucchini starts showing up on your front porch unannounced that it’s time to get creative in the kitchen and put it to good use! These double chocolate zucchini muffins are gluten free, oil free, refined sugar free, and made with greek yogurt for an extra little dose of protein.

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Chick-fil-A Copycat Air Fryer Chicken Sandwich

Protein: 40g | Carbs: 52g | Fat: 12g
Calories: 476

A big part of staying on a macro plan means making meals you enjoy! One of my favorite things to do is find restaurant meals that I love and try to recreate them at home so I can control the macros better and avoid hidden ingredients.

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Air Fried Chicken Thighs

Protein: 32g | Carbs: 0g | Fat: 6g
Calories: 182

If you are tired of eating plain dried out chicken breasts then switch over to these Air Fryer chicken thighs instead.

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High Protein Magic Shell Yogurt Cup

Protein: 23g | Carbs: 24g | Fat: 10g
Calories: 278

Finding desserts when you are counting macros can be challenging. Finding one high in protein that actually tastes good is even harder.