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Eat This: 3 Ingredient Almond Butter

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I discovered almond butter half a year ago. Granted, it already existed, it just didn’t exist in my world. I started buying one from my local grocery store, made by the grocery store, and loved it. I didn’t, however, enjoy the price.

Then I discovered Pinterest.

I found a recipe I liked and tried it the way it suggested the first time. The second time around, I decided to switch things up a bit. You can check out the original recipe at Food in Jars blog, plus, the pictures on that blog are 1000% better!

Seriously, best recipe ever. Easy, fun, and delicious. Homemade is ALWAYS better.

Honey Roasted Almond Butter

you need:

4 cups -of Almonds (raw preferably)
3-6 tbsp - of Honey
3-5 tbsp -of Coconut Oil

Preheat your oven at 325 degrees.

Meanwhile place parchment paper (or wax paper) on a cookie sheet. Place almonds on it and drizzle the honey on top. This is the part where your hands get gooey- make sure the nuts are all coated with honey, so toss them around, or do whatever you can to get them coated.

Roast in oven for 20 minutes (325 degrees). Now, this is the MUST follow part- halfway point, which is 10 minutes into the roasting, flip almonds.

Once almonds are roasted, let cool for 15-20 minutes.

Add almonds into food processor and begin processing. It will make a loud noise (heads up!). It will first turn out to look like a bunch of broken nuts. You want to add a drizzle of your coconut oil. Scrape the sides of the processor, so that everything gets blended in. Keep pulsing. Repeat those steps. Process, drizzle, scrape. You’ll need to do this for about 20 minutes or so until it’s nice and smooth.

Pour into jar, container, mouth (whatever, really) and enjoy.

Tips- stuff I did that you shouldn’t do-

  • Once I coated the wax paper with cooking spray- this causes the almonds to roast faster, which in turn roasts darker, making your almond butter a lot more bitter tasting.
  • I also twice skipped the flipping-the-almonds halfway part- don’t. It causes the almonds to stick to paper. It took me FOREVER to try to get the almonds to un-stick to the paper. Not the greatest task.
  • Don’t skimp out on the coconut oil. Yes, it does add more calories but remember, they are good calories. Skimping out on the coconut oil will make your almond butter a bit less creamier and a tad dryer.

So that’s all for now!

Tell me what you think!

Healthified Breakfast {blueberry} Muffins

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My husband drools when I mention these. I mean, what’s not to drool about? They are sweet, healthy, and perfect when you’re on the go in the mornings! I like to bake them Sunday night so that we have enough throughout the week for breakfast! I like to pair it with some fresh fruit on the side, maybe an egg, and of course, my coffee!

I got this recipe from the Thin Kitchen Recipe book made by Beachbody.

Fast- Track Blueberry Muffins

  • 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 3/4 flaxseed meal
  • 1 cup brown sugar (you can use 1/2-3/4 cup instead, depending on taste)
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (I skipped on it since I didn’t have any)
  • 1 tsp. ground ginger (skipped on this one too)
  • 2 apples, shredded
  • 3/4 cup milk (I replaced it with almond milk)
  • 1 egg (I didn’t add it at all)
  • 2 egg whites (you can swap the egg whites with 1/2 of applesauce)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 cup blueberries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all dry ingredients. Combine remaining ingredients and stir in the blueberries. Fill each muffin tin cup about 3/4 and bake for 15 to 20 minutes!

Now, don’t be tempted to eat all of them at the same time because they are too yummy!

 

Eat This: Homemade Hummus

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Hummus.

Yes, I bet your mouth is already drooling at the simple sight of the word. So delicious, so healthy, so fresh, so smooth, and dare I say… EASY to make.

A few weeks ago I bought me one of the greatest tools for the kitchen- a food processor. We bought the Ninja and boy oh boy, I’ve used that thing everyday since it’s been in my kitchen.

I don’t like to buy the store hummus for many reasons- it’s not always so fresh, the taste is either bland or too over-powering, and even though labels say one thing, I don’t always trust them. I love buying the hummus from my local farmers market but because I haven’t had the time to go on Thursday’s, I have been hummus-less for a while.

We got the stuff we needed and voila- we made some yummy stuff!

Here’s the recipe-

Cilantro Avocado Hummus

Ingredients List-

Hummus

Hummus

1 can of garbanzo beans (or you can easily make your own)

2 TBSP of Tahini (add more or less to taste)

2 garlic cloves minced

1/4 TSP of cumin

Lemon juice (fresh squeezed preferred)

1/4 cup of cilantro (more adds more spice!)

1/2 avocado

Instructions-

Throw it all in your food processor or blender and blend until smooth or the consistency you like your hummus.

Enjoy with veggies- raw carrots are my fave, whole wheat breads, as sandwich spreads and more!

Put it in a bowl and enjoy to your hearts content!

Eat This!

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Remember in the beginning of the month when I wrote (here) about weight loss and my goal to keep it off? Well, I’m here with a little update and some recipes that will surely make your mouth water… at least I hope.

I’ve so far managed to lose six pounds and keep them off. For a while, it looked like eight pounds, but considering it’s not the end of the month quite yet, I will take what I can and continue working harder. I’m currently doing the P90X workouts and L-O-V-E it! Yes, painful but I’m seeing results! I am also taking Shakeology. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, it’s basically a delicious shake filled with all the good super foods you need in a day! You can check it out here- or ask me about it.

Let’s get to the amazing recipes!

This here is a hybrid of turkey-burgers. I call it the Spicy Zucchini Turkey Burger. I got the Zucchini idea from Pinterest. For the added spicy kick, I added leftover chipotle chili adobo sauce which was a tablespoon or so (depending on taste). The burgers were so juicy because of the zucchini! I wrapped them up in these spinach and herbs wrap (less than 70 calories a wrap!), added some spinach, and instead of fries made some yummy Brussels sprouts with them!

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Now this is probably the best pizza we’ve ever made. No LIE! Okay, so months ago my husband and I found this wonderful whole wheat recipe for dough online and we love it! Find it here. We added the sauce, the cheese (which was low fat mozzarella), a few slices of turkey bacon, zucchini, green bell pepper, all over a bed of spinach! So I guess we can call this the Lean Green Monster! Lots of fun to make and a party for your mouth!

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You like soup? You’ll dig this!!

This is a crock pot soup recipe I also found on Pinterest (don’t ya love this site!?!). It was easy to prepare and easy to walk away from, which is why I love crock pot recipes! This was definitely a hit for us at home. I also added more of the chipotle chili adobo sauce to it since we like food with a kick and we did add some extra cumin. Too easy, too yummy, and low calorie!

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I will try to keep you all updated on new recipes I find and try. These definitely have had great reviews from our family and thought you’d like these too. For those of you ‘resolving’ to stay fit this year, I hope you’re still keeping up! Trying healthy new recipes always helps me stay motivated! My best friend told me this a few days ago “pounds are lost in the kitchen and inches are lost in the gym” so keep both up and you’ll be successful!

Happy Tuesday y’all (wait, it is Tuesday, right?)!