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I'm thankful for my family, my friends, and a job with such great people!
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I love to get sonic drinks for my team if I am out for an appointment. It always brightens their day! *Lacy

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I like to try paying off some of the IOU's for people when I have extra cash. I also just like to try to be helpful in any way I can all the time.
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These ladies are my rock outside of work and are so supportive and kind to one another. We have the best girls trips. Qualities I look for in friendships is honesty, kindness, humor, and understanding. These ladies have it all!
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Spirit week fun! -Dierks :)

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Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup - we love this simple and delicious tortellini soup! A classic tomato soup turned up a notch by adding delicious cheese tortellini and served with crusty bread.

Tortellini Soup, A Family Favorite

Tomato soup has always been my favorite, you can't go wrong with a classic. And now I have a new favorite tomato soup because this Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup is SO good! We kicked the classic tomato soup up a notch by adding cheese tortellini! We love tortellini and the cheese tortellini goes perfectly with the creamy tomato soup! Our entire family loves this easy tortellini soup. It always makes a great lunch or dinner.

Creamy Tortellini Soup without the Cream

You will think this soup is loaded with heavy cream because it is so creamy and so good, but Greek yogurt is the secret ingredient to this creamy tortellini soup. The Greek yogurt makes the soup super creamy without adding all of the fat and calories!

Make sure your Greek yogurt is at room temperature before adding it to the soup so it will melt right in. If you don't have Greek yogurt, you can use sour cream, but we love using Greek yogurt in this soup.

I like to add fresh basil and shredded Parmesan cheese to my bowl of warm tortellini soup! They are the perfect finishing touches to this easy soup!

Easy Tortellini Soup

This Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup is super simple to make and a hit with our entire family. Serve crusty bread on the side because you can never have too many carbs! Or you can make a simple green salad to go with the tortellini soup. You can't go wrong when this easy tortellini soup is on the menu. It is always a dinner hit! This soup is perfect for a chilly day, I always love cozying up to a bowl of this soup!

If you like this tortellini soup recipe, you might also like:

Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup

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Tortellini Soup - creamy tomato soup with cheese tortellini and fresh basil. A classic tomato soup turned up a notch by adding delicious cheese tortellini, garnished with fresh basil and served with crusty bread. This easy tortellini soup is a favorite.

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He is always loyal. He has my back but will disagree with me when he doesn't think I am right. He is truly funny when you get to know him and his very quiet comments crack me up. He is so so so smart about a lot of things and is truly passionate about many things. I value his opinion and love being able to have time to talk with him because he is so insightful when he gets the chance to share. I really value all of these qualities.

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Random acts of kindness- covering someones change if they don't have enough in line, buying a drink in the drive through if the person looks like they're having a rough day....little things :) -Dierks

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Fruit salad! -Dierks

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Family!! -Dierks

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My favorite ladies!! We laugh together and support each other. Barb Austin

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I love to share sweepstakes wins that I think someone else would use more than me. I have given things to family and friends and sometimes even strangers. Barb Austin

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I love to cook for others! I like to take food to their house or invite friends and family for dinner! Cindy

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Baked cauliflower!  So healthy and easy.  Dump frozen bag of cauliflower on sheet pan covered with parchment paper.  Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle garlic salt over it.  Bake for 45 minutes!  Yum! Cindy

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https://cookieandkate.com/healthy-maple-pumpkin-muffins/

I don't always cook healthy, but I love Pumpkin bread! Barb Austin

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We caught our first cool fall breeze this week. Do you know what that means? It's pumpkin muffin time.

I snapped some new photos of my favorite pumpkin muffin recipe as I satisfied my pumpkin craving. These pumpkin muffins are perfect for chilly fall mornings and afternoon snacks.

They're healthier than most, since they're made with whole wheat flour and oats, sweetened with real maple syrup or honey, and call for coconut oil or olive oil instead of butter. Believe it or not, this healthy pumpkin muffin recipe yields light and fluffy muffins.

These pumpkin muffins wouldn't be complete without plenty of warming spices, including cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Most "pumpkin spice" flavor comes from the spice, not the pumpkin!

I love these muffins with a spread of almond butter, peanut butter or pecan butter on top. Nut butter adds some extra protein, which means that I'm not hungry before lunchtime. If you're going pumpkin-crazy this time of year, enjoy your muffin with a homemade pumpkin chai latte.

These pumpkin treats have the magical power to convert "healthy muffin" skeptics into fans. Let's make some!

The Best Pumpkin Muffins

1. These muffins are easy to make with basic ingredients. Only one bowl required!

2. They're made with 100% whole grains, yet they're fluffy and delicious. No one will know the difference.

3. They're also naturally sweetened with maple syrup or honey, rather than loaded with refined sugar. The maple syrup (or honey) offers a touch of extra flavor, which I love.

4. These muffins feature a few of your favorite warming spices so they taste like your favorite pumpkin latte.

5. They freeze well for later, too. Just defrost individual muffins in the microwave for 30 to 60 seconds, or until gently warmed through. You don't want to overdo it.

Five reasons to love this pumpkin muffin recipe:
Healthy Pumpkin Muffin Notes & Tips

Change it up. Add nuts, chocolate chips or chopped fruit cranberries or crystallized ginger. See recipe notes for details.

Simplify the recipe. Substitute 2 teaspoons store-bought pumpkin spice blend for the individual spices (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice). Or, if your spice drawer is empty, simply use 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon and call it good.

Craving a sweet topping? Liz topped these muffins with my maple glaze from my pumpkin scones recipe, which sounds marvelous.

This muffin recipe is special diet-friendly. You can easily adjust this recipe to make it vegan, dairy free, egg free and/or gluten free. See the recipe notes for details.

Baking Tips for Success

How to Measure Flour

How you measure your flour is important. Why? If you measure incorrectly, you could end up with up to 50 percent extra flour, which will make your muffins dense, dry and flavorless. Use the spoon and swoop method:

1. Gently stir your flour to loosen any clumps.

2. Spoon your flour into the measuring cup with a big spoon or a flour scoop. Do not scoop up the flour directly into the measuring cup.

3. Level off the top of the cup with a knife. Repeat as necessary.

Use Baking Soda, Not Baking Powder

They are not the same thing. Both are leaveners that help your baked goods rise (baking powder contains some baking soda, but that's a long story). For ideal results, always follow the recipe and measure carefully.

How to Stir Your Batter

This muffin batter is super simple to stir together by hand, and that's how I recommend making these muffins. Why? Whipping your batter will make the flour's gluten protein too strong, yielding tough muffins.

I know it can be tempting to use a stand mixer or hand mixer when it's within reach. Please don't! Follow the instructions below and you'll end up with light, fluffy muffins.

Watch How to Make Healthy Pumpkin Muffins

Craving more wholesome muffins and pumpkin treats? You're going to love these recipes:

Please let me know how these pumpkin muffins turn out for you in the comments. I love hearing from you, and hope these pumpkin muffins become your new favorite.

P.s. That beautiful mug in the photos above and below? That's handmade by my friend Margaret.

Healthy Pumpkin Muffins

Easy, one bowl, healthier pumpkin muffins made with whole wheat grains and naturally sweetened! These pumpkin muffins are as light, fluffy and delicious as their coffee shop counterparts. Recipe yields 12 muffins.

Ingredients

⅓ cup melted coconut oil or extra-virgin olive oil*

½ cup maple syrup or honey

2 eggs, at room temperature

1 cup pumpkin purée

¼ cup milk of choice (I used almond milk)

2 teaspoons pumpkin spice blend (or 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ground ginger, ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg, and ¼ teaspoon ground allspice or cloves)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

½ teaspoon salt

1 ¾ cups whole wheat flour**

⅓ cup old-fashioned oats, plus more for sprinkling on top

Optional: 2 teaspoons turbinado (raw) sugar for a sweet crunch

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit (165 degrees Celsius). If necessary, grease all 12 cups of your muffin tin with butter or non-stick cooking spray (my pan is non-stick and didn't require any grease).

2. In a large bowl, beat the oil and maple syrup or honey together with a whisk. Add the eggs, and beat well. Add the pumpkin purée, milk, pumpkin spice blend, baking soda, vanilla extract and salt.

3. Add the flour and oats to the bowl and mix with a large spoon, just until combined (a few lumps are ok). If you'd like to add any additional mix-ins***, like nuts, chocolate or dried fruit, fold them in now.

4. Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups. Sprinkle the tops of the muffins with about a tablespoon of oats, followed by a light sprinkle of raw sugar and/or pumpkin spice blend if you'd like. Bake muffins for 22 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.

5. Place the muffin tin on a cooling rack to cool. These muffins are delicate until they cool down. You might need to run a butter knife along the outer edge of the muffins to loosen them from the pan.

6. These muffins taste even better after they have rested for a couple of hours! They'll keep at room temperature for up to 2 days, or in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. They keep well in the freezer in a freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months (just defrost individual muffins as needed).

Notes

*Oil options: I love coconut oil here. I used unrefined coconut oil and can hardly taste it in the final product. Olive oil might lend an herbal note to the muffins, if you're into that (I tested with California Olive Ranch's "Everyday" variety and couldn't even taste it). Vegetable oil has a neutral flavor but the average vegetable/canola oil is highly processed, so I recommend using cold-pressed sunflower oil or grapeseed oil if possible.

**Flour alternatives: White whole wheat flour works great, if you can find it. Whole wheat pastry flour yields extra light and fluffy muffins that are delicate until cooled. All-purpose flour and gluten-free all-purpose flour blends work as well.

**Change it up: You could really go crazy with add-ins here. After stirring in the flour and oats, gently fold in up to ¾ cup chocolate chips, chopped nuts like pecans or walnuts, and/or some chopped dried cranberries or crystallized ginger.

Serving suggestions: These muffins are great on their own, with a pat of butter, or spread with almond butter. They would also be fantastic with homemade pecan butter or coconut butter.
Make it egg free: Readers report that these muffins turn out well with flax eggs!
Make it vegan: Use maple syrup, flax eggs and non-dairy milk.
Make it dairy free: Simply use your non-dairy milk of choice.
Make it gluten free: Bob's Red Mill gluten-free all-purpose blend works well instead of the whole wheat flour.

Make it oat free: Simply omit the oats. No other changes necessary.
Recipe adapted from my honey-sweetened pumpkin bread.
Make it lower in fat: I would argue that this bread contains a healthy amount of fat, but you can replace the oil with applesauce if you're following a low-fat diet. Choosing olive oil instead of coconut oil will reduce the saturated fat content; total fat content will remain the same.

Update September 24, 2019: I removed white whole wheat flour as an option simply because I can't find it in stores any more. I also upped the amount of spice from 1 ½ teaspoons to 2 teaspoons.

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Healthy Pumpkin Muffins Recipe - Cookie and Kate

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We caught our first cool fall breeze this week. Do you know what that means? It's pumpkin muffin time. I snapped some new photos of my favorite pumpkin muffin recipe as I satisfied my pumpkin craving. These pumpkin muffins are perfect for chilly fall mornings and afternoon snacks.

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Our kids love these! They will even "sneak" them for a snack - ha ha joke is on them!

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Our kids love these! They will even "sneak" them for a snack - ha ha joke is on them!

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I will often omit the vanilla and put in a scoop of vanilla protein powder instead. I also don't measure the ingredients so I just eye ball it and tinker with the consistency until I feel like it is right.  - Kelly Barrett

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This No-Bake Energy Bites recipe is easy to make, full of feel-good ingredients, and irresistibly delicious!
Friends, have you tried this no bake energy bites recipe? ♡

It's one of my all-time favorite recipes here on the blog, and one that I've personally made about a zillion times since I first published it here eight years ago.

I love these little energy bites because they are easy to make with simply pantry ingredients that I almost always have on hand. They are super easy to mix up and roll into cute little energy balls. (Or if you would like to save time, you can press the mixture into a parchment-covered baking dish, and then cut them into energy bars.) They are the perfect make-ahead recipe to keep on hand for healthy snacking or breakfasts. And most importantly, they are just irresistibly good.

Over the years, thousands of our readers have made and loved this classic energy bites recipe too. So I wholeheartedly recommend giving it a try!

No Bake Energy Bites Recipe | 1-Minute Video

No Bake Energy Bites Ingredients:

To make this no bake energy bites recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

Old-fashioned oats: Also called rolled oats - these will serve as the base ingredient for our energy bites.

Shredded coconut: Which I highly recommend toasting - either briefly in the oven or in a sauté pan - before adding to the energy bites. (Just be sure that they have cooled before adding in the chocolate chips, or the chocolate may heat and turn a bit melty.)

Creamy peanut butter: I have used both traditional creamy peanut butter and natural creamy peanut butter in this recipe, and both work!

Ground flaxseed: To add some extra protein, fiber and omega-3s to our energy bites.

Semisweet chocolate chips: I photographed this recipe with standard-sized semisweet chips, but mini semisweet chips mix in easier.

Honey: To add some natural sweetness and also help to bind the energy balls together.

Vanilla extract: For a touch of extra flavor.

Chia seeds (optional): Feel free to skip the chia seeds, if you do not have any on hand. But I love adding in a tablespoon or so when I do!

How To Make Energy Balls:

To make these energy bites, simply...

1. Stir everything together. Stir all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl until thoroughly combined.

2. Chill. Cover the mixing bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours, or until the mixture is chilled.*

3. Roll into balls. Roll into mixture into 1-inch balls.

4. Serve. Then enjoy immediately! Or refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 1 week, or freeze for up to 3 months.

If you have trouble getting the energy balls to hold together, I recommend adding in more peanut butter to make the mixture a bit more sticky. Or if you would rather, you can also just press the mixture into a square baking dish to make flat energy bars instead of round energy balls.

Possible Energy Bites Variations:

There are all sorts of ways that you can customize this energy bites recipe, so feel free to get creative! For example, you are welcome to...

Make energy bars: Press the mixture firmly into a parchment-lined 8×8-inch baking pan, chill, and then slice into energy bars (instead of rolling the mixture into energy balls).

Use a different nut or seed butter: Use almond butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter, or any other nut/seed butters that you prefer in place of peanut butter.

Omit the coconut: I've heard from many of you over the years who don't love coconut. If that's the case, no prob, just omit the coconut and add in an extra shake of oats instead.

Add spices: If you would like to give these energy bites some extra flavor, feel free to add in a few pinches of ground cinnamon or some pumpkin pie spice.

More Healthy Snack Recipes:

Looking for more healthy snack inspiration? Here are a few of my favorite snack recipes!
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No Bake Energy Bites

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 0 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

Yield: 20-25 energy bites 1x

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The BEST No Bake Energy Bites recipe! Easy to make, perfect as a healthy snack or breakfast, and SO irresistibly delicious.

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My 3 boys go at the top of the list :)
Also, thankful for family, work friends who have become my family, my many animals, and all of the blessings that the good Lord has given me.

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Emily Smith

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Spending time with my grand babies helps me destress and think about my blessings!  Cindy Barnard 

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I love to cook. When I am stressed, cooking helps me feel productive and I love the smells and the feeling of creating something delicious for others. Plus the house smells great too! - Kelly Barrett

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One of my all time favorite things to do is to garden! It brings me an inner peace that I can't even explain :) -Ramsey

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I like to listen to music. - Emily J

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I absolutely love to travel! :) It brings me peace, even if it's chaotic at times! - Mallory

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Holo Sync meditation is one of my favorite mindfulness activites. Use headphones to get the full effect of the binaural beats! I like to burn incense at the same time, as well. Make sure to have a calm, quiet place to meditate! *Cheryl*

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Piñata making is one of my mindfulness activities! -Betts