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Paleo Honey Pistachio Ice Cream

May 25, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 6 Comments

Ever since almond milk became popular a few years ago, I’ve been replacing it with cow’s milk in everything. I just adore the nutty taste that it adds to oatmeal, smoothies and even in baking. Almond Breeze sent me the Hint of Honey Vanilla and I was so excited to try it! I knew that it would be perfect in this honey pistachio ice cream recipe.

I hope you all enjoy this recipe!

Paleo Honey Pistachio Ice Cream

1 15.5 oz. can Full-Fat Coconut milk
2 cups Hint of Honey Vanila Almond Breeze Almondmilk
1/4 cup raw honey
1/4 tsp. pure vanilla extract
pinch of salt
1/2 cup shelled unsalted pistachios
1/2 cup crushed pistachios

Add coconut milk, almond milk, honey, vanilla, salt and 1/2 cup of pistachios to Vitamix and blend on high for 2 minutes. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
Add remaining ¼ pistachios to mixture and transfer mixture to your ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Serve immediately as a soft serve or transfer it to an airtight container and place it in the freezer and let soften until desired.
Enjoy!

Looking for a healthy snack that is the perfect afternoon pick-me-up? Try Almond Breeze Oven-Roasted Dark Chocolate Almonds! Perfect for curbing a sweet-tooth!

If you want something salty, go for Almond Breeze Oven-Roasted Sea Salt Almonds!

Happy Memorial Day! Thanks to all of those who have fought for our Country!

God Bless! 🙂

“This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almonds.”

Healthy Cookie Dough Granola {Vegan + Gluten-free!}

May 17, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 26 Comments

Looking for a healthy breakfast that will satisfy your sweet tooth? Make this easy-to-make Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Granola! Gluten-free + Vegan friendly

Can you believe that this recipe was published over two years ago? It was about dang time to recreate it, as it’s one of our most popular recipes!

*Post and Pictures updated 8/01/17*

You know those certain foods that you just can’t live without? Somedays you tell yourself, “enough is enough” but you always seem to come back for more. Yep, thats the relationship I have with peanut butter.

I LOVE all kinds and flavors and theres not a day that goes by where its not in my daily diet! I usually go for the natural stuff, but when PB Crave was kind enough to send me their 4 awesome flavors of peanut butter, I shifted my tastebuds to a sweeter, dessert-like spread. Let me tell ya something, there is a reason why its called PB crave, because you literally want to slather it on anything! They have four delicious flavors:

Razzle Dazzle: A twisted blend of red raspberry flavor, wild honey, white cocoa powder and dark chocolate! (AKA dessert in a jar!)

Coco Bananas: A tropical blend of yummy banana flavor, cocoa and wild honey! (pb +banana+chocolate=heaven!)

Cookie Nookie: a mouth-watering mix of chocolate chips, cookie dough and wild honey! (better than cookie butter!)

Choco-choco: a delicious double dose of semi-sweet, rich dark chocolate and wild honey! (you can’t go wrong with this combo!)

Healthy Cookie Dough Granola

Crunchy, sweet chunks of granola are studded with chocolate chips, flaxseeds, chia seeds and sunflower seeds to create the best homemade cereal! Who wouldn’t want their breakfast to taste like cookie dough and be guilt-free at the same time?

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Granola

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Total Time 25

Servings 8 servings

Ingredients

2 cups gluten-free oats
¼ cup flax seeds
¼ cup chia seeds
2 Tbsp. sunflower seeds
½ cup dark chocolate chips
1/3 cup PB Crave Cookie Nookie Peanut Butter*
¼ cup almond milk
½ banana mashed
¼ tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine first four ingredients in a large bowl.
In a separate bowl, combine remaining ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined.
Add peanut butter mixture to oat mixture. Mix well.
Spray cooking spray on a cookie sheet and add granola.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until slightly golden.

*feel free to use any nut butter/cookie butter in place

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Paleo Chocolate Strawberry Donuts (made with Banana flour)

April 26, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 15 Comments

The Paleo Chocolate Strawberry Donuts are a delicious and healthy breakfast or snack with a cup of coffee!

I have a new exciting product to share with you today! The guys (and gals) over at WEDO sent me a package of their Banana Flour! Made from 100% all natural green bananas, this flour contains no additives, preservatives, chemicals or dyes and is a healthy alternative to regular flour! Banana flour is full of natural vitamins and minerals and incorporates 12 bananas worth of potassium in every container!

Paleo Chocolate Strawberry Donuts

Banana Flour is the perfect alternative to any flour and can be subbed in any recipe (3/4 cup of banana flour for 1 cup regular flour). It is awesome for gluten-free and grain-free baking! What better way to use banana flour than to bake these chocolate strawberry donuts!

Paleo Chocolate Strawberry Donuts (made with Banana flour)

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Servings 6 donuts

Ingredients

1/2 cup banana flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg beaten (or flax egg for vegan option)
1/2 cup strawberry puree
1/2 cup almond or coconut milk
1 Tbsp. coconut oil melted
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
Glaze:
2 Tbsp. coconut oil melted
1 Tbsp. pure maple syrup
2 Tbsp. cocoa powder

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Combine flour and baking powder in a bowl.
In a separate bowl, add remaining ingredients and mix well.
Add mixture to flour mixture and stir well, or until all ingredients or evenly combined.
Spray cooking spray in a donut pan and add batter about 2/3 full in each slot.
Bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until slightly golden.
To make glaze, combine all ingredients together in a bowl.
Dip donuts in glaze and drizzle with paleo-approved white chocolate (if desired).
Enjoy!

Adapted from this recipe

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Paleo Mango Coconut Coffee Cake

April 23, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 2 Comments

This Paleo Tropical Coffee Cake is topped with a delicious almond streusel and is the perfect breakfast with a large mug of coffee!

Now that it is starting to feel like summer, it’s time for tropical flavors. Tropical meaning mango and coconut, one of the best combinations known to man. This paleo mango coconut coffee cake is totally grain-free and tastes like summer.

Source

The amazing Unsweetened Almond Breeze Almondmilk Coconutmilk, gives this cake the most amazing coconutty flavor and all the zing it needs! So sit down, relax, have a cup of coffee and this delicious coffee cake for breakfast, you’ll be in your bathing suit before you know it!

Paleo Mango Coconut Coffee Cake

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings 9 servings

Ingredients

Paleo Mango-Coconut Coffee Cake
1/2 cup coconut flour
3 eggs
1 cup Almond Breeze Almondmilk Coconutmilk Original
1/4 cup coconut sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp shredded unsweetened coconut
1 ripe mango chopped
Topping
2 tbsp sliced almonds
1 tbsp coconut sugar
1 tbsp earth balance coconut spread or coconut oil melted
1 tbsp shredded unsweetened coconut

Instructions

1. preheat oven at 350 and grease a round or square cake pan
2. Mix all of the cake ingredients in a medium sized bowl
3. place cake mixture in pan
4. Combine all topping ingredients in small bowl
5. Evenly sprinkle topping over cake
6. Bake for 15 minutes or until done

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Recipe Redux: Gluten-Free Sun-dried Tomato and Hummus Ravioli

April 21, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 14 Comments

To be honest, I am not much of a pasta person. I’ll eat it occasionally but I could definitely live without it. When I do eat pasta though, I prefer it to be homemade. There is just something different about fresh pasta that makes it taste way better than dried. The Recipe Redux theme this month was spring cleaning! So I looked through my fridge and found sun-dried tomato paste, which I have never used and thought it would be good for this theme!

Today was one of those rare days where I wanted to eat some pasta, and I wanted fresh ravioli. Not just any ravioli though, I wanted to make something different and delicious!

I made the pasta with garbanzo bean flour, in order to keep it gluten-free and full of protein and healthy fats. I filled them with hummus and sun-dried tomatoes. The result? Outstanding! Sun-dried Tomato and Hummus Ravioli

2 cups of garbanzo bean flour (aka chickpea flour), plus more for rolling
2 eggs ( or 2 flax eggs for vegan option
1 tbsp cornstarch or tapioca starch
Hummus
Sun-dried tomato paste (or place sun-dried tomatoes in food processor until smooth)

1. Beat eggs in a small bowl then combine with flour in a large bowl with cornstarch 2. Mix well until a dough forms 3. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface until about 1/8 inch thick 4. Cut in to about 24 rectangles, place about 1/2 tsp each of hummus and sun-dried tomato paste on 12 rectangles 5. Top each filled rectangle with the remaining rectangles, press sides down with a fork and ensure no filling will come out 6. Boil water in a medium size sauce pan 7. Place 3 raviolis in at a time into the boiling water for about 2-3 minutes and repeat until done 8. Top with more hummus and tomato paste if you desire! Enjoy! 🙂

Health Benefits Garbanzo Bean Flour:

High in protein
Healthy unsaturated fats
Good source of folate, vitamin B6 and iron

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Products I’m LOVING Lately

April 17, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 5 Comments

Do you ever get excited after a visit to the grocery store because you found some cool new products to try? Oh that doesn’t happen to you? Sorry not sorry! Well anyway, I want you guys (and the whole world) to know what my new favorite products are so you can buy them too (if you heart desires!)! I also want to give you guys a feel for the type of products that I tend to buy. Without further ado, I present to you these cool new finds:

1. Bai Molokai Coconut Antioxidant Beverage- so good and naturally sweetened with stevia! Only 10 calories for the whole bottle! I think it should be named Bae instead (before anything else)!

2. Horizon Organic Half& Half– I just recently started using half and half in my coffee and its life changing! This stuff is great because it only has two ingredients: organic milk and organic cream!

3. Smucker’s Natural Chunky Peanut Butter- There is something so satisfying about chunky peanut butter! I love the slightly salty taste of this stuff!

4. Silk Coconutmilk– I only recently started buying coconut milk instead of almond milk and wow had it mad a difference! It makes smoothies so much creamier!

5. Peanut Butter Puffins– These will forever be my favorite cereal! They are pretty clean (non-GMO) and taste amazing! They are usually $4.99 but I got them for $1.78 at Target!!!

5. Puffins Original– Not as good as the peanut butter ones, but pretty darn close! Also pretty clean and only 90 calories per serving!

6. Stacked Eggplant Parmesan– Im not one to buy frozen dinners, but this is an exception! Stacked eggplant with a pesto sauce, marinara sauce and a little parmesan cheese! Noms!

7. Breakstone’s 2% Cottage Cheese– This is the best cottage cheese I’ve had! So creamy! I’m loving the 2%!

8. Bob’s Red Mill Xanthan Gum– Love this stuff! It’s great for gluten-free baking and makes smoothies so fluffy and voluminous! Pretty expensive ($12) , but lasts a long time!

What are your favorite products?

5 Ingredient Dark Chocolate Banana Peanut Cookies

April 14, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 8 Comments

Chocolate is good, peanuts are great, but those two combined with banana is the best ever, especially in cookies! You have to make these cookies! They, A, only have 5 ingredients, B, bake in less than 10 minutes, C, are completely healthy and clean, and D, taste amazing! You can have your cookie and eat it too!

5 Ingredient Dark Chocolate Banana Peanut Cookies

1 1/3 cups oats
1 extremely ripe banana
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp chopped peanuts
2 tbsp dark chocolate chips

1. Mix all ingredients in a medium size bowl. Combine well.

2. Spray a cookie pan with cooking spray and spoon out cookies on to pan.

3. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until done.

4. Enjoy!

Makes 6-8 cookies

Health Benefits

Bananas:

Potassium
Fiber
Low glycemic carb
Vitamin B6
Manganese

Peanuts:

Protein
Healthy fats
Vitamin B3
Copper

Whole Recipe:

Protein
Healthy fats
Good carbs
Vegan
Clean

Healthy Rice Krispie Fudge

April 9, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 17 Comments

I remember looking at a Rachael Ray magazine a few years ago and coming across a recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Crunch. I was so mesmerized how it had rice cereal for added texture and flavor and knew I had to make it. So I did, a couple batches for my sister grad party, for every family holiday party, every birthday party and so on.

It was just that good, until I realized the ingredients list and nutrition facts were pretty scary. 450 calories and over 33 grams of fat and 26 grams of sugar for one serving! I used to eat about 4 servings at a time! Anyways, getting to the point of this post, that recipe was my motivation for this one! Absolutely no refined sugar, dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free and vegan. I used Sunbutter for this recipe to keep it nut-free but feel free to use any nut butter!

Healthy Rice Krispy Fudge

1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup sunflower seed butter (I used sunbutter brand)
2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
2 Tbsp. agave nectar/maple syrup
1 cup gluten-free rice cereal (Like GF rice krispies or Rice chex cereal, crushed) or cereal of your choice

In a large bowl combine coconut oil and sun butter. Mix well.
Add in cocoa powder, agave and cereal and stir well until evenly combined.
Spread coconut oil on the sides of a glass or metal cooking sheet and spread fudge evenly.
Place in refrigerator for about 30 minutes, or until fudge hardens.
Cut up into pieces and enjoy!

Health Benefits:

We hope you enjoy this Healthy Rice Krispy Fudge!

EASY Banana Bread Nut and Seed Butter

March 29, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 17 Comments

I’ve am now obsessed with making my own nut butter! It’s super easy and you can save lots of money! I have always wanted to try Nuttzo, a type of nut and seed butter, but its so expensive that I will not dare even to go near the stuff! Seriously, $15.00 for a jar that I can polish off in a week, no thank you.

Homemade Nut and Seed Butter

Thank fully I made my own homemade nuttzo, and I believe that its even better then the store bought! I added my own banana bread flavoring (all natural and refined sugar-free of course), and voila, the most amazing, cheapest nut (and seed) butter you will ever taste!

Banana Bread Nut and Seed Butter

(adapted from My Healthy, Happy Home)

1 cup almonds
1/4 cup pecans
1/4 cup walnuts
2 Tbsp. sunflower seeds
2 Tbsp. pumpkin seeds
1 1/2 ripe bananas, mashed
1 Tbsp. coconut sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract

Place all nuts and seeds on a cooking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes, or until slightly toasted (you can skip this step if you would like).
Place all nuts and seeds in a food processor and blend until a butter forms, about 3-5 minutes.
In a small sauce pan, add banana, coconut sugar, cinnamon and vanilla. Place on low heat for about 5-7 minutes, or until mixture resembles a sauce.
Add banana mixture to nut and seed butter and blend in food processor for another 2-3 minutes, or until blended evenly.
Enjoy!

Health Benefits

All-natural
No preservatives
No artificial ingredients
No artificial sweeteners
Refined sugar-free
Gluten-free
Dairy-free
Grain-free
High in fiber
Healthy fats
Paleo
Vegan
Vegetarian
Whole 30

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Healthy Cookie Dough Granola

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Granola

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