Savvy with Abbie

I could hardly wait to make these because they sounded SO good and I literally ate every single one of them (not all in one sitting of course). They were so much better warm with a little bit of butter on top. This is also a DaVita recipe and has been replacing my 400 calorie, carb-loaded muffins that I have been eating in the morning. These were pretty easy to make and even 11 year old Jace enjoyed these!  Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups chopped apples 2 eggs 1 cup monkfruit 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1/4 cup water 1 tbsp vanilla 1 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray a muffin pan with spray. Peel and cut apples into small pieces (I peeled the peeling off as much as I could before cutting into pieces). Whisk eggs in a large bowl. Add monkfruit, vegetable oil and water. Mix well and add vanilla.  In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and cinnamon.  Stir flour mixture into egg mixture. Batter will be lumpy. Add apple piec

Well I thought I took more photos of the Jamaican Jerk Chicken but I guess I only have a few of the final product. This is another recipe from DaVita which is our new favorite for kidney-friendly recipes. We let this marinade overnight. We replaced onion with onion powder, garlic cloves with garlic powder, we did not use a chili pepper or habanero, and didn't use green onions. We also used ground ginger in place of fresh ginger. It turned out really really good as we baked it and then broiled it. The DaVita recipe calls for grilling but we decided to bake instead. We served ours with white rice and macaroni and cheese - although a kidney doctor/dietician recommended jasmyne rice instead of white rice so we tend to eat jasmyne rice when we can. Because I didn't add any chili peppers or anything spicy, it was more on the sweet side but still had a good balance. Would make this again!  Ingredients:  1 tbsp onion powder 2 tsp ground ginger 1 tbsp garlic powder 2 tbsp white vinegar

It has been so long since I have written a blog post. Almost a month which is extremely unusual for me. I have a few in draft but didn't end up finishing them - hopefully I can get them up shortly for you guys. Summer is finally over for my 11 year old and he started school earlier this week. Last week my sisters were in town for the week. We celebrated four cousins birthdays with a piñata, face painting, cupcake decorating, and a bounce house. Football is back (pre-season) so it's been fun watching the Broncos and Kevin and I are both working full-time so it's been a crazy time. Today I'm taking Kevin and Jace to get well-deserved pedicures (Jace's first one) and last night we spent hours playing War.  I workout 3X per week (I'm on my 8th week) and I have lost 4 pounds since last week. I typically do a big grocery shopping haul every two weeks on payday and yesterday I went to Trader Joe's and purchased a lot of healthier options. We focused on kidney-frien

A few days ago we made Bang Bang Chicken for the first time. I must admit, it had a very...different....taste at first, and it took a second to get used to. But once I started eating more and more, I couldn't stop. Jace ate seconds and Kevin ate his entire plate. Jace was already asking for more two days later. This recipe is from Insanely Good Recipes and can be found HERE . I didn't take a lot of photos because I did an Instagram Reel that can be found HERE . Here is what I posted/shared on the Reel: Tonight Jace and I made Bang Bang Chicken and I learned two things. . 1. This chicken is amazing and I will make it again 2. Teach your children to cook ------------------------------------------------------------ I hope you enjoy this recipe like we did! The only thing we didn't have was the Shichimi Togarashi (Japanese red pepper condiment). Also, the sauce looks super weird and it sounds like it may not be good, but trust me, it was delicious. Jace (he is 11 years old) doe

If you are looking for a delicious and easy chicken tender recipe, this is it! It seems like a lot of ingredients but the original recipe (can be found HERE by Real Simple) had three extra ingredients for the sauce. We just used BBQ! The original recipe called for mustard powder - I thought I had some but I didn't. So we just eliminated it altogether. We served the chicken tenders with jasmyne rice and asparagus.  Ingredients: 10 chicken tenders - boneless and skinless 1 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1 cup flour 1 1/2 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp garlic powder 4 large eggs 1/4 cup milk 5 tbsp unsalted butter 2 cups breadcrumbs We eliminated mayonnaise, mustard and honey but if you want to make a honey mustard sauce, you can always add those in.  Directions: Preheat oven to 450 degrees and spray a baking sheet with PAM. I laid the chicken on the sheet and then seasoned with salt and pepper.  In a bowl, whisk the flour, paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Whisk eggs and milk in another bowl. 

If you had an unexpected paid day off - what would you do?  Today was that day for me. The first thing I thought was....what am I going to do? Jace is gone until tomorrow so typically M-F I'm just working all day. This week has been stressful so a day off is something I am super grateful for. I went to the market, did some errands and cleaned house. I have so much housework to catch up on it so this will be the perfect day to do that. I'm also renovating our home in a way and decorating it so I did some of that as well.  I also decided to catch up on blogs. Because this week has been so stressful, I haven't cooked homemade meals like I typically do. I made this Orange Chicken recipe a few nights ago and I'm just now getting to it because life has been busy and emotional and stressful. This recipe is from HERE - Insanely Good Recipes .  Ingredients: 2 large chicken tenders, cut into pieces 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup milk 1 1/2 cups flour **1 tbsp all-seasoning mix (see below f

So many people say, "You are such a good cook!" and all I can respond with is, "I'm just good at reading directions" and sometimes every now and then I'll add a few different ingredients or change it up some how. I actually didn't think this Boneless Pork Rib recipe was going to turn out because...I missed a direction. But it worked out fine and both Kevin and I loved it!  This recipe is from MyRecipes and it's a Boneless Pork Rib recipe. Besides changing the directions, we did not use chipotle Chile power - instead we substituted it for Mrs. Dash Southwest Chipotle Seasoning Blend. Because we try and eat a lower-salt or low-sodium diet, anywhere we can replace salt, we choose to do so. We also didn't use or have chipotle chiles in adobo sauce. Also, we LOVE olive oil and there are a lot of calories in it - but we typically do several tablespoons of it. It's hard to resist!  Ingredients: 2-3 tablespoons olive oil 1 1/2 tsp paprika 1/4 tsp Mr