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Nut Butter Weekend

21 Jan

The title says it all. I don’t know why. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love nut butters, but I normally don’t crave them. If I didn’t have a million open in my cupboard, I probably would have gone through almost a whole jar this weekend alone!

This was a common snack at least three times over the past few days:

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Honeycrisp apples FTW!!

I’m way too cool to use only one nut butter, so I change it up a bit, and use THREE.

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PBco White chocolate wonderful, Barney Butter, and I know it’s not a nut butter, but it’s similar, Biscoff Spread. I know it’s not gluten-free, but I saw it in the cupboard while I was rummaging around, and I couldn’t help myself. I have no self control.

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This was my lunch Sunday, another apple with all three butters, some corn tortillas with hummus and tomatoes, and some dates and cocoa roasted almonds.

And I’m not just loving nuts (haha, hold the jokes) in butter and whole form, I’ve been digging them in powdered forms as well.

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These three ingredients make the beeessstttt smoothies/frosties/ice creams. The concept isn’t new, so I won’t pretend you haven’t seen it before.

You just put some bananas (I use two) a few spoonfuls of PB2 (I love the chocolate kind) and a little almond milk which makes a thick yummy ice cream…

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Or a lot of milk to make a smoothie… or frosty as I like to say. It’s not a Wendy’s frosty, but it’s pretty darn close for dairy free and relatively healthy!!

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Do you like nut butters? What’s your favorite kind/brand?? Do you have a cupboard full of half empty jars like me? 

 

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Christmas Cookies and Grilled Cheese

14 Dec

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for all the awesome reviews on my SunButter Balls from yesterday! They are amaaaazing. I actually made another batch since I posted yesterday… I mean, it only makes 10!

Since I was so busy last week posting all about Kombucha, I feel like I haven’t been able to tell you all what I’ve been up to the past week or so!

The first big thing is that I’ve finally got a date set for my gallbladder surgery! It’s officially coming out on the 28th! I can’t waitttttt!

I spent a whole bunch of time making different roll out cookies (sugar, chocolate, and hazelnut) and decorating them! So far, I’ve decorated the snowflake ones. Having too many cookies/different shapes/colors overwhelms me, so I like to do just a few colors/shapes at a time.

I really want to work on my cookie decorating skills, especially with royal icing. I think these ones turned out pretty good!

And since it’s been colder out, I’ve been in love with soup and grilled cheese! (Amy’s chicken-less chicken noodle soup and daiya pepperjack cheese)

yum yum yum yum yum.

There’s also this hot mess of a plate….

Celery with hummus, refried beans, a salad, and Almond “Feta Cheese” spread on crackers. It’s sooooo good! I wouldn’t say it tastes just like feta, but it’s definitely reminiscent of cheese!

Another awesome recipe I made this past week is Sour Cream and Onion Kale Chips from Jesse Eats Avocado.

Let me just say, these are so so good! They taste just like sour cream and onion! When I mixed up the cashew mixture and tasted it, I paused for a minute, and I said out loud to myself, “This is what real sour cream tastes like”

This was also the first time I made kale chips, and I wasn’t disappointed at all! They’re definitly going to become a staple in my diet now!

Also, this came yesterday, I feel like Christmas came early!

I can’t wait to try all of these and maybe use a few in some recipes, so stay tuned!

What have you been up to lately? Do you like making and decorating Christmas cookies? What’s your favorite nut butter? 

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There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand

25 Oct

I may or may not have created (or remade… I’m sure it’s already been done, so I won’t take credit for it!) the most delicious thing in the world.

First, I want to thank you all for your comments yesterday, and giving me a few ideas to change things up a little!

Anyway, back to the most delicious thing in the world. I got the idea from watching Arrested Development episodes for the 800th time. If you’ve never watched Arrested Development, you should. And If you have, you know that the Banana Stand is the Bluth’s most profitable business venture.

I changed up the frozen banana on a stick however, and made it a little more… bite sized. You only need a few ingredients: a banana or two, peanut butter, and a bag of chocolate chips. (I used the dairy free kind from Whole Foods)

First, you slice the bananas to 1/4 of an inch thick, and pop them in the freezer for about 20 minutes.

Then, spread about a teaspoon of peanut butter (or any nut butter) on top, and put them back in the freezer for another 20 minutes.

Then, melt the chocolate chips, and dip your nanners into them! The chocolate hardens pretty quickly so you won’t need to put them back in the freezer.

Then dig in! I keep mine in the fridge because I like them cold, and keeping them in the freezer makes the banana rock hard.

As Gob Bluth said, “Why go to a banana stand when we can make our own banana stand?”

Have you ever watched Arrested Development? Who was your favorite character? My favorite would have to be a tie between Gob and Tobias… they’re both hilarious!

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Peanut Butter Cups

2 Mar

My mom recently bought some Peanut Butter M&Ms at the grocery store. Normally, I try not to eat candy like that, but Peanut Butter M&Ms are one of my favorite things.

So, I wanted to make something that didn’t contain dairy, and was at least a little bit healthier. And still contained peanut butter. (I’m so demanding, aren’t I?)

So, I chose to make Chocolate Covered Katie’s 32C cups. That sounds a lot more awkward than it really is… I promise. She used coconut butter in hers… but I wanted something peanut buttery so I chose to use PB&Co’s smooth operator for my filling.

I did use her PMS Chocolate though. Which is amazing all in itself. I refrigerated the leftovers for a little and put some on my snack of soygurt, bananas, kamut puffs and agave. It’s indescribable. So I’ll just show you a picture. Which probably can’t do it justice either.


Back to the boobies… (Peanut butter cups, of course!)

Here’s Katie’s recipe for the PMS chocolate/Chocolate Butter:

4 T coconut oil

1/2 cup + 1 T cocoa powder

1/4 cup agave

It’s as easy as melting the coconut oil and mixing everything together till it’s nice and smooth.

All you have to do to make the PB cups is spoon some into cupcake liners.. I used mini ones. This way I could eat more in one sitting, right? Then pop them in the freezer for about 10 minutes to solidify.

Add your filling… I used peanut butter, but Katie suggests you can use any type of nut butter you want… the sky’s the limit!


Freeze them for about 10 more minutes, then top it off with more chocolate! I kept mine in the freezer, because I like them cold.


They are positively divine.

What do ya’ll eat to keep bad/unhealthy cravings away??

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