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Pizza for Breakfast! : Peach Pie Breakfast Pizza

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Oatmeal is great for breakfast, but the same ole’ variations can get a little boring, let’s face it, sometimes we get tired of having oatmeal prepared the same way, day in day out! If you want to keep the great benefits of oatmeal, but want something different, you have come to the right place! This breakfast includes oatmeal, but in a totally different light, we’re talking PIZZA! I think I got your attention there! Yes, you can have pizza for breakfast, and not any pizza, but peach pie pizza! Now your probably wondering, how can that be healthy, well friends, this baby is made with only the healthy and cleanest ingredients, but don’t let that fool you, it tastes just as decadent and tasty as any other type of dessert pizza! 

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Peach Pie Breakfast Pizza

  • 1 cup oats
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/2 Tbsp. crushed pecans
  • 1 egg ( or flax egg)
  • 1/4 cup apple sauce 
  • 1 peach, sliced
  • 2 Tbsp. greek yogurt/ soy yogurt/ coconut yogurt
  • 1/2 Tbsp. raisins
  • 1/2 Tbsp. pecans
  1. Preheat to 350 degrees.
  2. Place oats, cinnamon, vanilla, pecans, egg and apple sauce into a bowl.  Mix well.
  3. Place parchment paper over top of a cooking sheet. Add oats on top of parchment paper and form into round crust.  Bake for 10 minutes, or until golden.
  4. Let crust cool, then add remaining ingredients for the toppings.
  5. Enjoy!

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Health Benefits

  • Fiber
  • Protein
  • Healthy fats
  • No added sugar
  • No preservatives
  • All-natural
  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Low-glycemic
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Antioxidants
  • 100% clean

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Fun Kid-friendly Dessert: Banana Split Wontons

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Now most of you have probably had a banana split, right? But have any of you ever had a Banana Split Wonton? Negative, well at least most of you! All the flavors of a banana split in a crispy Shell with an ooey-gooey chocolatly-banana-strawberry filling topped with an amazing chocolate sauce, bananas, strawberries and walnuts! I know, that’s a lot to take in, but it’s well worth it for your tastes buds, and it won’t add any inches to your waistline!

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Banana Split Wontons

  • half of a banana, mashed
  • 1 Tbsp. cocoa powder
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped strawberries
  • 8 Gluten-free wonton wrappers
  • 1 tsp coconut oil, melted
  1. Mix the mashed banana with cocoa powder
  2. Place Wonton Wrappers on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
  3. Divide banana filling among wonton wrappers, sprinkle each with chopped strawberries
  4. Dip your finger into some water and lightly spread around the edges of each wonton, pinch the ends together and tightly seal
  5. Brush coconut oil evenly on wontons, Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes, or until golden
  6. Drizzle with healthy chocolate sauce (recipe below) and top with banana slices, strawberries and walnuts, if desired
  7. Enjoy!

Healthy Chocolate Sauce

  • 1/2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tbsp agave/honey/maple syrup

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Health Benefits

  • Fiber
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free
  • Nut-free
  • No preservatives
  • No processed sugar
  • All-natural
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Antioxidants
  • 100% clean 
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian

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Raw Chocolate Blueberry Coconut and Walnut Clusters

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I Love make raw chocolate using coconut oil!  It makes chocolate much healthier and better tasting!  My one complaint is that many store-bought coconut oils are very processed and refined, which doesn’t go well with my clean-eating diet.  Thankfully I was lucky enough to receive a sample of Skinny Co Coconut Oil!!  This type of oil is completely raw and goes through a careful  and special process to make it the BEST COCONUT OIL YOU CAN BUY!  Plus tons of health benefits, such as metabolism boosting, supports brain and heart health, and plenty more (click HERE for health benefits article)!  I promise you that you will love this brand like I do!!  Perfect for making raw chocolate for the blueberry coconut and walnut clusters!!

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Raw Chocolate Blueberry Coconut and Walnut Clusters

  • 1/4 cup unrefined coconut oil (such as Skinny & Co)
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp. agave nectar/ honey/ maple syrup
  • 3/4 cup blueberries
  • 1 Tbsp. walnuts, chopped
  • 1 Tbsp. shredded unsweetened coconut
  1. Mix together coconut oil, cocoa powder and agave in a bowl.
  2. Add remaining ingredients and combine until ingredients are equally distributed.
  3. Spoon mixture into little muffin liners and place in freezer for 15 minutes to harden.
  4. Enjoy!

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Health Benefits

  • Fiber
  • Healthy Fats
  • 100% clean
  • No processed sugar
  • No preservatives
  • All natural
  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free
  • Vegan
  • Raw Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Paleo
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Antioxidants

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Healthy Gluten-free Coconut Cinnamon Crepes

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I guess the saying “the third times a charm is correct”.  This is the third recipe I tried to make for crepes!  The first two did not turn out well.  One batter was too thick so they were pancakes and the other one was too fragile that each time I tried to flip them over they broke into pieces!  I had enough of these failure recipes, so I bravely and carefully composed this recipe.  And Voila they turned out awesome!! Easy to flip and they smell and taste like delicious coconut!  Plus they are gluten-free and can be made vegan!  This will be your new favorite go-to weekend breakfast!!

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Gluten-free Coconut Cinnamon Crepes

  • 1/2 cup oat flour
  • 1 egg (or flax egg for vegan)
  • 1 Tbsp. shredded unsweetened coconut
  • 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp. coconut extract
  • 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
  1. Blend all ingredients in a food processor for about 10 seconds (batter should be thin).
  2. Spray cooking spray on a skillet and place on medium heat.
  3. Spread batter thin onto heated skillet.  Cook one one side for about a minute, then slide a spatula under the middle to flip to the other side.  Cook for another minute on the other side.
  4. Repeat with remaining batter.
  5. Top with natural peanut butter, sliced apricots and coconut,  or Lemon-Blueberry Chia Seed Jam (click HERE for recipe),if desired.
  6. Enjoy!

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Health Benefits

  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free
  • Fiber
  • Healthy fats
  • 100% clean
  • No preservatives
  • No added Sugar
  • All-natural
  • Vegan 
  • Vegetarian

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DIY Healthy Gourmet Popcorn: Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch Popcorn

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I have a little bit of magic for you today, something peanut-buttery, Chocolatley, Crunchy,  fluffy in your mouth, and perfectly healthy and clean at the same time.  Can you guess what it is? There, I got ya! You don’t even have a clue, but the answer is my newest creation, Peanut-Butter Chocolate Crunch Popcorn, so decadent, so sweet, so tasty, you wouldn’t even guess that it is sugar-free, preservative-free, all natural, 100% clean, and super-duper simple to make, now that’s magic!

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch Popcorn

  • 8 cups freshly popped plain popcorn
  • 2 Tbsp. coconut oil
  • 2 Tbsp. peanut butter
  • 2 Tbsp. slivered almonds

Chocolate drizzle

  • 1 Tbsp. coconut oil
  • 1 Tbsp. cocoa powder
  • 1/2 Tbsp. honey
  1. Melt coconut oil and peanut butter in microwave for about 30 seconds, or until fully melted.
  2. Mix peanut butter mixture  and almonds into popcorn.  Mix thoroughly, or until each piece is evenly coated.
  3. For the chocolate sauce, melt coconut oil in microwave for about 30 seconds, or until fully melted.  Stir in cocoa powder and honey.
  4. Drizzle chocolate on top of popcorn.
  5. Enjoy!

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Health Benefits

  • Whole grains
  • Fiber 
  • Protein
  • Healthy fats
  • 100 % clean
  • All-natural
  • No added sugar
  • No preservatives
  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian

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Peach and White Chocolate Granola Bars {Vegan & GF}

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 I used to love granola bars as a kid, especially the ones with chocolate chips and drizzled with chocolate!  I always thought them to be healthy, but I soon learned they were full of artificial flavors and added sugar.  I miss them so much though, so I took action and made my own.  These granola bars are even better!  Peach butter and White Chocolate is a to-die-for combination, if you haven’t tried it, you will eventually understand!  No added sugar or processed ingredients in these tasty snacks,only sweetened with Kauffman’s Sugar-free Peach Butter (Click HERE to get your jar)!  These will become your kids new favorite granola bar!

 

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Peachy Keen White Chocolate Granola Bars

  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1 cup peach butter (preferably no-sugar added version like Kauffman’s)
  • 1 cup oats
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup vegan white chocolate chips, chopped
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a food processor, add walnuts, raisins and peach butter.  Blend for about 20 seconds, or until nuts are crumbs and raisins are paste-like.
  3. In another bowl combine oats, cinnamon, and white chocolate chips.
  4. Add peach mixture to oat mixture and mix well.
  5. Spray cooking spray in a jelly roll pan.  Add mixture and spread evenly on the bottom of the pan.
  6. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until bars are finished cooking.
  7. Let cool for about 10-15 minutes and slice.  Melt more white chocolate and drizzle on top of bars, if desired.
  8. Enjoy!

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Health Benefits

  • Fiber
  • No added sugar
  • No preservatives
  • All-natural
  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • 100%clean
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Antioxidants

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Product Review: Fruit Butters Galore!!!

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Wow am I in love with these babies!  Who doesn’t love a good fruit spread?  It taste great on anything; toast, english muffins, quick breads, in yogurt, cottage cheese, and even on grilled chicken!  But unfortuently no one like all the added sugar that comes along with it.  Most spreads pack in about 7 grams of sugar per tablespoon!!  Many are laced with high fructose corn syrup!  

SUGAR

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 Thankfully I have the answer to your prayers, the no-added sugar line of delicious fruit butters at Kauffmans Fruit Farm!  I was lucky enough to receive FOUR different flavors of this amazing fruit butter line!  All at 10 CALORIES A TBSP OR LESS!  Only sweetened with 100% fruit juice with no additives or artificial stuff! You have to try these delicious fruit butters, they are the most amazing tasting, clean, healthy and perfectly sweetened I have ever tried, you won’t regret it! 🙂

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 Get your fix today!! In all different no added sugar flavors like  Peach , Apple, Pear and Pumpkin!  

 

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Check out my  Cinnamon Apple and Pumpkin Butter Custard Muffin Cups Made with Kauffman’s no-sugar-added Pumpkin butter! 

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Health Benefits

  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Antioxidants
  • Sugar-free
  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free
  • Paleo-friendly
  • Vegan-friendly
  • Vegetarian-friendly
  • Whole 30-friendly
  • 100% clean
  • All-natural
  • No preservatives

Banana-Nut Bread Granola Bars {Vegan & GF}

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Are your store-bought bars not cutting it?  Make these simple, dense and hearty granola bars!  They’re soft, chewy and naturally sweet for a perfect snack or breakfast! Vegan & Gluten-free

 *Post and pictures updated 7/11/17*

Are your store-bought bars not cutting it?  Make these simple, dense and hearty granola bars!  They're soft, chewy and naturally sweet for a perfect snack or breakfast!

Welp, it’s been a hot minute (more like 3 years) since I made these granola bars.  It’s sad to think that I’ve forgotten about them, buttttt at least I remembered now!  Better late than never 😉

Are your store-bought bars not cutting it?  Make these simple, dense and hearty granola bars!  They're soft, chewy and naturally sweet for a perfect snack or breakfast!

Unlike your regular store-bought granola bars, these guys are super dense and hearty.  They’re basically a hybrid between banana nut bread and a chewy granola bar.  No complaining here !

Are your store-bought bars not cutting it?  Make these simple, dense and hearty granola bars!  They're soft, chewy and naturally sweet for a perfect snack or breakfast!

Oh and you know how some granola bars are so hard you almost loose a tooth when you bite into them?  These bars aren’t like that at all.  They’re soft baked but still portable.

Are your store-bought bars not cutting it?  Make these simple, dense and hearty granola bars!  They're soft, chewy and naturally sweet for a perfect snack or breakfast!

They’re super duper easy to make!  Here is what ya need:

bananas

walnuts

raisins

oats

chia seeds

chocolate chips or cocoa nibs

cinnamon

Dats it!

Are your store-bought bars not cutting it?  Make these simple, dense and hearty granola bars!  They're soft, chewy and naturally sweet for a perfect snack or breakfast!

Soft-Baked Banana Nut Granola Bars

Are your store-bought bars not cutting it?  Make these simple, dense and hearty granola bars!  They’re soft, chewy and naturally sweet for a perfect snack or breakfast!

 

 

Banana-Nut Bread Granola Bars {Vegan & GF}

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Ingredients
  

  • Banana-Nut Bread Granola Bars
  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 1 cup raisins soaked in water for 2 hours (you could skip this step)
  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 1 cup oats
  • 1/3 cup. chia seeds I used the Chia Co
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup cocoa nibs or chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a food processor, combine walnuts, drained raisins, and banana.  Blend for about 15 seconds, or until mixture is smooth.
  • In a seperate bowl, combine remaining ingredients.  Mix well then add banana mixture.  Stir until fully combined.
  • Line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper.  Add batter and spread on bottom of the pan evenly. Top with banana slices, if desired.
  • Bake for about  1 hour, or until bars are toasted.
  • Let cool and slice.
  • Enjoy!!

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Are your store-bought bars not cutting it?  Make these simple, dense and hearty granola bars!  They're soft, chewy and naturally sweet for a perfect snack or breakfast! Vegan & Gluten-free

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