La Bearded Lady

05/03/2026

Donut or Doughnut? 🍩🤤

Got to try my first glazed donut while on the Historic Easton House Tour 😋 It was a tasty treat while venturing to the next home.

did such an incredible job! The variety of homes was incredible and all of the volunteers were fabulous! It’s absolutely worth doing if you want an inside look at Easton’s history!

03/13/2026

There’s nothing like fresh minty balls 🤤

Go ahead! Pop one (or two 😏) of these Mint Chocolate Protein Balls in your mouth! Packed with 10g of protein per serving, they are a delicious make-ahead high-protein snack or dessert you can keep in the fridge to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Get the Full Recipe HERE:
www.healthEcooks.com

The Stats:
💪 10g Protein per ball
⏱️ Ready in 30 minutes
✅ Gluten-Free, GLP-1-Friendly & Low Sodium

Featured Ingredients:
Naked Whey - Chocolate
White Baking Mini Chips
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Medjool Dates
Oat Flour
Classic Almond Butter

03/09/2026

Baked ziti that’s pasta-tively delicious! 🤤

Boasting 25g of protein and only 300 calories per serving, this High Protein Baked Ziti is a game changer! By using protein-rich rigatoni pasta and lean ground chicken, this healthy baked ziti recipe will fuel you up! Plus, don’t tell anyone, but I snuck even more protein and fiber into this recipe by blending cannellini beans into the part-skim ricotta for a rich and creamy finish. Ready in just an hour, this high protein ziti is perfect for quick and easy meal prep and weeknight dinners.

👇 Get the Recipe HERE:
www.healthEcooks.com

Featured Ingredients:
Protein+ Rigatoni
No Salt Added Traditional Sauce

02/25/2026

A burger should be like sunshine on a plate. 🍔🌞🍽️ - Linda Belcher

True to Linda’s words, this healthy Cheeseburger Macaroni is a homemade Hamburger Helper copycat that will be brighten your day! It gives you all the same hearty, cheesy and nostalgic flavor as the store-bought box, but significantly more protein and significantly less sodium.

Instead of a packet mystery ingredients, this recipe uses whole foods, like fresh onion and garlic, dried spices, reduced fat cheddar cheese and Nutritional Yeast, to make this a flavorful and healthy meal.

Get the Full Recipe HERE 👇
https://healthecooks.com/

Featured Ingredients:
Nutritional Yeast
Barilla Protein+® Elbows

10/31/2025

“I’ve got a rumbly in my tumbly!” - Winnie The Pooh

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻 Last weekend I gave my Pooh Bear fantasy at Halloween party and made these Honey Cornbread Muffins with Mashed Potato Frosting 🧁🌽🥔 They were a sweet and savory surprise to all the ghouls and goblins 😋 Definitely would recommend for holiday potlucks or a Friendsgiving! They are quick and easy to make and are an absolute crowd pleaser.

07/15/2025

Layers on layers on layers 🤩🤤

This past weekend was Alan’s birthday so it was time to flex my baking chops 😋 After doing some minor sleuthing, I found out his 2nd favorite kind of cake is cheesecake and his 3rd favorite kind of cake is carrot cake. So instead of just giving him one or the other, I decided to give him BOTH in lieu of buying or making his 1st favorite cake, ice cream cake. Maybe next year (if you’re good)! 😏

My family has a great recipe for both cheesecake and carrot cake so out came the cake pans and spring form pan (sorry y’all, the recipes trade secrets!). What you see here are two layers of carrot cake with a layer of cheesecake in between and cemented together with rich cream cheese frosting (you can’t have carrot cake without cream cheese frosting—in my not so humble opinion 😂).

Stay tuned for the fulled decorated and frosted final product!

07/05/2025

The Honeybee breakfast sammy at had my taste buds buzzing! 🤤🍯🐝

A trip to Canada with means a stop in Tully, NY for breakfast. It’s our favorite place to grab food on our way up because it has such a great atmosphere and we have enjoyed everything we’ve ordered from there. It’s very LGBTQ-friendly and the staff is always cheery and delightful. Alan had one of our favorite breakfast sandwiches, the Ms. Piggy, and I tried The Honeybee for the first time. So…darn…TASTY! I cannot recommend it more!

The Honeybee Breakfast Sandwich: toasted, buttered pumpernickel bagel (you can choose whichever flavor you like 🥯) with eggs, melted cheddar, red onion, veggie bacon, garlic aioli, sriracha, and a drizzle of honey

06/14/2025

This recipe is kind of a PIG deal 🐷😋

As I have been developing recipes for , we have been exploring ways to make pork recipes healthier, particular with pork chops. Although they are versatile cut of meat and (even better) budget-friendly, a big concern is the sodium content in pork meat in general. Pork naturally contains a fair amount of sodium, so trying to make recipes that are heart-healthy and low sodium can be a challenge.

With this pork chop recipe, our Grilled Boneless Pork Loin Chops are infused with BIG flavor by being marinated in a low sodium blend of orange juice, honey, Dijon mustard, reduced sodium soy sauce, and fresh thyme. Simple, fresh ingredients go a long way in this recipe to keep it healthy without sacrificing taste!

Recipe available at healthEcooks.com

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01/31/2025

01/19/2025

Snowy Sunday Funday breakfast of champions ❄️🍕🍳

When makes breakfast on weekends, he does not mess around! Leftover broccoli and ricotta pizza with two perfectly runny over-easy eggs and a drizzle of Japanese BBQ glaze 🤤🔥 Chef’s kiss 💋

Featured Ingredients
Japanese BBQ Sauce & Glaze
white pizza with broccoli