Hello again, today I have some muffins for you, BUT there's a catch… there actually healthy and good for you *gasps*

I know what your thinking, how can these super chocolate muffins be healthy? 

Well for starters this recipe uses quinoa flour and it has a bunch of fruit aaaanndddd super protein powder.
I picked up this fantastic breakfast recipe from Suzy Brown (she's a awesome nutrition counselor)…. sooooo credit to her:)
Basically I love making these ahead of time and freezing them to reheat for a fast breakfast the next morning. My brother (who is not the best eater) always gets so excited when I make 'em.

Go go give them a try! I know some of the ingredients look a little scary, but trust me it tastes fantastic together.

Super Greens Cocoa Nut Muffins

www.wellnesstoliveby.com

1 cup quinoa flour

1 cup almond meal (ground up almonds)

3oz (about 11 pitted) Dates (soaked in 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk)

1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

2 bananas

1 tbs. coconut oil (or canola)

2 tbs. baking powder

½ cup raw agave

2 tbs. chocolate soy nut butter

2 scoop Amazing Grass Greens Super food (chocolate flavor)

Soak pitted dates in unsweetened vanilla almond milk for about 20-30 minutes. Pre heat oven 375. After soaking add pitted dates and almond milk to blender with 2 bananas, 2 eggs, melted coconut oil, raw agave, chocolate soy nut butter, and greens chocolate powder. Blend on medium to high till puree. In large mixing bowl put quinoa flour, almond meal and baking powder and pour in liquid from blender and stir in all together till smooth.

Grease muffin baking tin with canola spray and pour in 2/3 liquid in each. Top each muffin with your choice of toppings: organic chocolate chips, raw coconut,  raw oatmeal, walnuts, almond shavings, bananas, apples or strawberries.

Candied Almonds

Lets just say every time the holidays roll around everyone gets a little "nuts" over these almonds (no pun intended:) but actually pun totally intended). These nuts are a perfect little gift for those people you don't really know what to get (and/or too lazy to actually think of something). These nuts are so simple to make and only have a few ingredients. I used this recipe to make these.




These only have 4 ingredients…
-almonds (duh!)
-sugar
-brown sugar
-egg whites

It totally can't get any easier than that, can it?




And after I finished baking these I put them in these little cute mason jars and tied a ribbon around them. What can I say? Pinterest has been getting to me:)

Come on, they're pretty cute, you know it. Christmas gifts done! (check that off)

Hope you guys have a wonderful holiday!
XO Lauren

Pumpkin Overload

These past weeks pumpkin has been on the mind. It's inevitable since it's fall.
First I started out with a very simple, yet delicious pumpkin bread.

I have to say though, the first time I tried out this recipe it did not come out good at all. The bread was not risen at all, raw, and not sweet at all. Well turns out I left out a cups of sugar (a cup?!?)
Let's just say I was very, very tired that day.
Thankfully, the second time came out better.

Next I made these heavenly pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Making these was such a last minute decision, so I didn't know if it would come out or not. Well it turned out these were a HUGE success. The pumpkin made the cookies sooooo moist on the inside. So moist that you think it's raw when you take it out of the oven, but it's not. These cookies are perfect for people like me, who LOVE their cookies soft and chewy on the inside. Literally, those cookies were gone in less than a day at my house.

So that's what I have for you this week, hope you guys have a fantastic Thanksgiving:)

Farmer's Market

Just a few pictures from the farmer's market we went to this weekend. The market is only a few miles away and this is only my second time there (hard to believe i know). It was so much fun I got to go with my grandma too which made it the most special:)
Hope your weekend went well
xo Lauren

Frozen Raspberries with Coconut Butter

Hello everyone. It's been really busy around here these days, as you can tell from my lack of posting (sorry!). Today I made these delightful raspberries with coconut butter from In Sonnet's Kitchen. I have many favorite flavor combos that I love, and coconut and raspberries are definitely up there on the list.
I was a little hesitant making this because you had to make homemade coconut butter and use the food processor (yikes). But surprising it wasn't that bad.

First... throw all your unsweetened coconut flakes in a food processor...

Then blend until smooth... I know easy right?
Then just dip and freeze your raspberries for a frozen and delicious treat.

Go check out the full recipe click on this link.
Enjoy!!
Also I am not going to be able to post for the next two weeks:( but hold tight because I'll be back in August with some really good recipes!!!
I have also been trying to improve my photography... so if anyone has any tips please tell me.
Thanks:) Hope you guys have a wonderful July!
XO
Lauren