Happy Friday everyone! The weekend is almost here!
Hope your day is off to a great start so far!
I wanted to start off by saying thank you all so much for your kind words on yesterday’s post! I feel so glad that you enjoyed it! 
Can you believe that next week is the last week in May?! This year is just flying by before my eyes!
This morning started off busy, busy. I went straight from spin, got ready fast, ate breakfast, off to 2 appointments and then I finally got my morning pick me up. Starbucks was needed yesterday. Okay, fine its needed most days.
I have been trying to experiment a bit more with my usual snacks, I like to have a variety to choose from so that I’m not eating the same things day in and day out. This recipe contains pumpkin, I feel kind of weird including it, since you know, its almost summer. I don’t care though, pumpkin is delicious and I use it all year round!
Lately, I have been loving anything with a cookie dough texture. I love how thick the dough is and that they take longer to eat. I like to be able to sit down and enjoy a meal for a while. My go to snacks this past while have included STUFTmama’s cookie dough, which I absolutely adore! Protein Muffins, or greek yogurt mixed with coconut flour/protein powder with added fruit. Creamy and delicious.
I saw a lot of people try out dessert hummus a while ago and did experiment with it, I haven’t made it in quite a while, but decided to make a little batch that serves one the other day. And it turned out quite successful.
Pumpkin Protein Cookie Dough (serves one)
- 1/4 cup chickpeas (I used canned, and I shelled them before)
- 1/4 cup greek yogurt (I used 2%) (if you’re vegan, use tofu, 1/4 cup more pumpkin, or increase chickpeas)
- 1/2 cup pumpkin
- 2 tablespoons (or 20 grams) protein powder (it’s also delicious with coconut flour! or you could try peanut flour)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- stevia (add until acquired taste is desired)
- pinch of pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutritional yeast (optional) (adds more of a cookie dough texture)
Place all ingredients in a food processor/blender and blend until it is smooth, you may need a couple tablespoons of milk to thin it out to the consistency you’d like. Then refrigerate for about an hour if you’d like. Yum! I like adding a little cocoa almond butter on top!
Benefits:
Chickpeas-
- high in dietary fiber, iron, manganese, zinc, and vegetarian protein
Greek Yogurt-
- very high in calcium, protein, easier to digest (less lactose content and contains probiotics)
Pumpkin- see this post for more info
Sun Warrior Protein Powder- see this post for more info
Also has anyone noticed that when you drive and your on the road along that for some reason an animal chooses to bolt out in front of your car as soon as you’re driving past it?! Really, it couldn’t wait the 2 seconds until my car was gone and there were no other cars in sight. I had about 12 heart attacks in my car as this happened. Thank goodness I didn’t hit the bunny, I would have never driven my car again. Well that was a rather pointless tangent about my day…anywho now I’m off to enjoy the lovely day! Have a great one!
What’s your favourite snack?
xox,
Lisa
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Mmmmm this sounds amazing! And that’s crazy about the little bunny and your car– the same thing happens to me with birds all the time!
Hope your weekend ahead is amazing m’dear
It’s just the worst! Yours too! Have a safe trip!xo
omg i’m kiiiind of obsessed with the fact that you used chickpeas! GENNNIUUSSSSS!
Haha. Why thank you lady
Yummy that sounds fabulous!! I will have to try it. Especially because it is super easy to make haha…I love easy recipes
Me too! I never make anything that sounds too complicated
I get lazy in the kitchen
I have been dying to try StuftMama’s cookie dough. I have the fudgy one saved on my desktop
Also, I have about 9 cans of pumpkin in my pantry because they were on sale for 50 cents in the beginning of the year. I need to use that stuff up!
It’s so good! I love all her recipes. I love how you have 9 cans of pumpkin, my kind of thing! I always stock up when I’m at the store because I go through them so fast!
I laughed about the little critters jumping in front of your car because this happens to me all the time and unfortunately I have killed a squirrel and a bunny, and both times I was screaming inside my car while my boyfriend thought I was nutz!
This recipe sounds yummy. My favorite snack right now is Protein Ice Cream, and it is especially good in this heat we are having.
It’s the worst! I don’t get why animals do that hah. I always scream too and after I have to calm myself down by talking to myself, so I must look like a complete nut…some girl talking to herself in the car. Oh gosh. I love protein ice cream! Definitely great for the warmer weather.
I would eat the heck out of that dip! Yum. Your eyes are SO SO blue in that picture. Lucky lady! Have a great weekend
Thanks! Hope you have an amazing weekend as well!
Okaaay, I *really* like the look of this, and want it like now.
Where I live canned pumkin just does not exist- it SO unfair! Do you think there is a good replacement? Even though I love nanners I’d rather not use them, maybe pureed bnut squash? Or the the carrot/apple/parsnip puree I used when making your granola?( Can you tell I’m sorta loving your food:)). I can’t wait to experiment, sweet things with chickpeas/beans are awesome IMO.
I have a ridiculous amount of fave snacks, so I won’t bore you with a gigantic list.
But some are: my own cookie dough balls, nut butter &cottage cheese on rice cakes , nut butter stuffed dates, coating my own fruit/dried fruit in super dark choc, Fitnessistas cookie dough cereal, Kaila@HealthyHelpers cocoa minty protein bars, homemade baked goods using almond flour(almond flour is fab!)… I could go on & on:p, just a few of my current faves.
Hope your weekend is off to a FUN start:)!
Xxx
Oh no! That’s so sad you have no canned pumpkin! We literally have tons of it all year round. I guess Canada likes their pumpkin
I’d say applesauce, any kind of squash, banana, or any type of fruit puree, I know this will sound weird but if they have jarred baby food that just contains fruit that works well too haha. I’ve used it before in homemade protein bars!
I love almond flour too, I just ran out so have to stock up again! Hope you have a great weekend too!
I love the sounds of all your snacks! We definitely have similar tastes
Seriously, come to Scotland- we have NOTHING here. Its a health food junkies nightmare, I only found out canned pumpkin existed after becoming obsessed with blogs, iv never even seen it in real life!
Oh, an Iv used baby food a ton before in recipes, so not weird for me:). Thanks for the suggestions to try.
Xxx
Haha, that’s so weird to me! Maybe they are just slow on the foodie trends!
I have been waiting since yesterday for this recipe and it was totally worth the wait
Can’t wait to try this!!
love you lady
Have a fab weekend!
the doughier the food the better, for sure
agreed!
mmmhmmm! I’m loving all the cookie dough action happening around the bloggy world lately. I’m addicted to it all!!!
Same here. Why is that type of food so addicting. I swear all the food I like looks like baby food!
This recipe looks amazing! I might have to make it soon!
Happy weekend love! <3
Hope you’re having a great weekend too
This recipe looks great! I have a serious love affair with anything pumpkin… so I’m sure I’ll be trying this in the near future, thanks!
I have a huge love for pumpkin too!
I eat it everyday, I’m pretty sure.
This sounds delicious, Lisa!
I also need to find out how you make your hair look so gorgeous
Thanks Paige! Haha, my sister’s a hair dresser, so she taught me the tricks of the trade
Maybe I’ll do a tutorial soon
Your hair always looks so gorgeous!! I hope you had a good weekend. My favorite snack is Pinkberry even though it’s more of a dessert lol.
Thank you Chelsa! I’ve still never had frozen yogurt, I’m so late on that trend. Hope your weekend was fab too!
Pumpkin is good all throughout the year! MMM, Looks great!
I’m obsessed with it
Oh my goodness how did I not see this until today?! I must have missed it on Friday, dumb, because it looks so so good Lisa! Will be trying this and soon, you always come up with great stuff!
Thank you Tessa
This pumpkin protein cookie dough looks AMAZING , Lisa!! I just bought two new cans of pumpkin today, so this is definitely happening this week. I already have the chickpeas and protein powder, which means I’m good to go!
My current favorite snacks include coconut/almond flour-pumpkin microwave cakes spread with peanut butter, avocado/Greek yogurt dip and sweet egg “crepes” spread with laughing cow and jam!
Hope you had a lovely weekend! xoxoxo
Thanks my dear! I have an obsession with pumpkin this spring, odd?
Oh love the sounds of those microwave cakes, I love protein muffins in the microwave they rock. I still need to try that avocado + greek yogurt dip. I just bought some avocados today actually
Yum that sounds good! I’ve never used nutritional yeast before but I’ve seen it in a couple of recipes now so will have to hunt it down!.
It’s so good!