Lunch Date #5: Short Walks & Maple Walnut Bark

So glad you could make our lunch date this week. I know you’re busy and it makes me happy that you could find time to hang out for a little while and catch up. What were your favorite recipes or health articles from the week? Which one are you most excited to read?

Here are the best articles and recipes from the last week, from the benefits of short walks to maple walnut bark:

What I’m Reading:

Food News & Trends:

• Ditching the “diet”: Americans want to shed pounds, but they’re tiring of traditional weight loss regimes – Food Navigator USA
• Don’t Be Fooled by the Sugar-Free Label – The Lean Green Bean

Healthy Eating:

• 20 Healthy Team Snacks for Kids – Real Mom Nutrition
• Kick up your fiber quotient to ward off disease, obesity – The Chicago Tribune
• How to Make Oatmeal More Tasty, Filling & Satisfying – fANNEtastic Food

Exercise:

• Short Walks Can Offset Long Stretches of Sitting – Health Day (just a 5 minute stroll helps)
• How to Build Muscle Strength: Proven Strength Lessons from Milo of Croton – James Clear

What I’m Salivating Over:

Breakfasts:

• Overnight Oat Pancakes – Snack Girl via Slender Kitchen
• Cinnamon & Spice Oatmeal with Ricotta & Pear – Quaker Oats
• Chia Pudding with Maple Roasted Figs & Toasted Walnuts – The Foodie Dietitian

Main Courses:

• Creamy Avocado Turkey Wrap  – Alida’s Kitchen
• Crockpot Enchilada Casserole – The Lean Green Bean
• Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken Caprese – The Law Student’s Wife
• Skillet Tomato Casserole with White Beans and Parmesan – The Law Student’s Wife
• Easy Burrito Bowls – Damn Delicious
• Braised Lentils and Vegetables – Cafe Johnsonia
• 50 Light & Healthy Soup Recipes – Skinnytaste

Snacks:

• Healthy Healthy Pumpkin Spice Latte for One – Chocolate Covered Katie
• Easiest Microwave Chewy Peanut Butter Granola Bars – Cooking Classy
• Strawberry Oatmeal Breakfast Bars – The Law Student’s Wife
• Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal (Single Serving!) – Chocolate Covered Katie

Desserts:

• 15 Spectacular Zucchini Recipes – My Baking Addiction
• Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars – Chocolate Covered Katie
• No-Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Bars – Simply Gloria
• Maple Walnut Apple Crisp – My Recipes
• Pear Cinnamon Oat Crumble – Quaker Oats
• Pumpkin Gingerbread Snack Bars – Oh She Glows
• Toffee Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookie Bars (Vegan & Gluten-Free) – Oh She Glows
• Maple Walnut Bark – Nutritionist in the Kitchen
• Greek Yogurt Whole Wheat Maple Apple Cake – Bakeaholic Mama
• Oatmeal Streusel Baked Apples – Sweet Treats & More

Good for Company:

• Ricotta with Thyme, Olive Oil & Grilled Bread – Alexandra Cooks

The Week in Photos:

(L-R) Gala apples, the star of last week’s Fresh Friday post. Bartlett pears – check out friday’s post for two quick and easy pear snacks.

New at Trader Joes (L-R): Pumpkin “flowers” and kale sprouts.

Be well! See you for another mid-week lunch date next Wednesday!

Tell Me: What article or recipe are you most excited to read?