clean eating

There’s something about the smell of warm spices drifting through the kitchen that instantly takes me back to my grandmother’s house. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and the earthy sweetness of freshly grated carrots—it was the scent of comfort, of being cared for, of being home. That’s exactly the feeling I wanted to recreate when I first began working on Carrot Cake Cottage Cheese Cookies. At first, I was skeptical. Cottage cheese? In cookies? But I was on a mission to balance indulgence with nourishment. I wanted something that felt like dessert, acted like breakfast, and could even pass as a post-workout snack. … Read more