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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!

Boggled about Blogging

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It’s hard to balance writing a blog when there are SO many different things going on in my life. I mean, it may be hard to believe for some BUT infertility isn’t the only thing I eat, sleep and breath here.

So if this is your first time checking out my blog (or not), then here’s what I’m all about (summed up in really basic words)-

  • I’m infertile,
  • We are going through an adoption process,
  •  I am on a weight loss journey,
  • I am a Beachbody Coach,
  • I’m a military spouse
  • My husband and I have started to eat less processed, dairy-less and less meats,
  • I am learning to do more DIY (Do It Yourself) projects,
  • oh and I’m a sinner with flaws that cover the Great Wall of China and back and remember that through God’s grace I am here.

How do you fit that all in a blog when I want to post about the pains of infertility and then a post on how to make Almond Milk? HA! I have no idea!

Often times I’ve thought about making two different sites for different posts but I am truly not that dedicated in maintaining two different blogs on any given day. So if you’re ready to ready about any of the above topics or more (as life tends to throws some sour lemons my way), then stick around!

I think I’ll use this post as a transition to some yummy recipes to come! I’ll try posting some later tonight!

Any topics you want to see? Recipe ideas? Suggestions? Let me know!

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?)!