Healthy Peppermint Pattie Whoopie Pies

Today I'm so excited to be bringing you a recipe from one of my closest friends! Alyssa is a fellow Tone It Up Sister and this recipe is perfect for the upcoming festive season! What's more it's a healthy version of a holiday classic - Peppermint Pattie Whoopie Pies!! And be sure to send Alyssa some love on Instagram too! 

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Tastes So Good Tuesday: Tone It Up Protein Bars

Hi loves! Have you noticed that I've turned Tastes So Good... into a fortnightly thing? Do people prefer this format or would you rather I go back to weekly posts? I'm easy either way!

This week's recipe (is not my own!) has fast become one of my favourite Tone It Up recipes that I've ever made!

With the start of the Drop 10 Challenge looming last week, I was really motivated and inspired to stick to the Tone It Up plan and really incorporate it into my Uni life. That being said, I needed to find some good Meal 2 and Meal 4 options that were easily portable and quick to get together!

I had bought a Trek bar earlier on in the week on campus as a quick fix and I had seen a few bar recipes floating around on Pinterest so I decided that I was going to make my own bars! Whilst the Trek bar tasted ok (I used to think it tasted really good - then I tasted my own!) it cost close to £1 for one bar - following today's recipe I made 14 bars for an absolute fraction of the price!

As I mentioned above, the recipe this week is not my own although I made some modifications.

I didn't use the almonds listed in the TIU recipe and instead of a whole cup of dried apricots, I used half a cup and added half a cup of cranberries =D And that's it!!

What's more, they are no bake bars and are super simple! They have also kept really really well - I wrapped them up individually and stored them all in a tupperware container. 

I honestly cannot recommend these bars enough, they are completley filling, taste like no other bar I have ever tasted in my life (AKA AMAZING!) What's more - they are so so easy to take any where with me - M2 has become the meal I most look forward to every day!!

I know what some of you might be thinking; 'protein bars - yuk!' But honestly, protein powder is not going to make you bulk up and it is not going to make you look like you've been abusing steroids; it is going to help your body repair from all those crazy workouts you've been doing and it tastes delicious! I (of course!) use Perfect Fit Protein :)

For the recipe you can click here! Trust me - these bars will change your life hehe!

Love and Hugs,

Georgie xx

Blueberry Yogurt Perfect Fit Cookies!

Now normally when I have one day off of uni/work I go a little baking crazy. So having had the whole of the last week off I am amazed I made it to today before I got measuring cups out!

Today is the third snow day and I am for sure starting to go a little crazy. I need to get outside!! Also after six and a half weeks off of uni, I SO need to go back tomorrow but it's looking unlikely as my car is buried under a foot of snow! Praying for an overnight miracle!

Anyway, as I've been stuck inside all day for three days my Pinterest addiction has gone in to overdrive. (Follow me - georgietoningup) I have literally spent hours over the last few days organising boards, creating new boards, getting new pins, organising my non existent wedding etc - you get the picture!

On Friday I came across THIS recipe for Blueberry Yogurt Cookies. I was attracted as the Pin caption said that there was no oil or butter in the recipe. 

I then saw that the recipe yielded 48 cookies and there was no way that I needed or would eat that many so I halved it - obviously you can adjust accordingly.

I then followed the above recipe, although my oven took 15 minutes longer (25 mins total baking time) than stated but that is no surprise for my oven!

The other adjustments I made were;

- 1/2 Cup All Purpose Flour + 1/2 Cup Perfect Fit Protein (instead of 1 cup flour for 24 cookies)

- 3 tablespoons of egg whites instead off 1 egg

- 1/4 Cup of Sugar and 1/4 Cup of Half and Half Sugar (Stevia+Sugar) instead of 1/2 cup of sugar.

- NO frosting!

Now my cookies were not crispy - so dont expect them to be! Although they have all been gobbled up already so it doesn't seem to matter!

Thank you Rachael at La Fuji Mama for this great recipe!