Recipes

10 Amazing Oatmeal Recipes You Have to Try!!!

January 4, 2015 by Bethany And Rachel 29 Comments

Do you like oatmeal for breakfast? Are you getting tired of the same old flavors and want to change it up? Well have no fear, below are 10 amazing and healthy oatmeal recipes from myself and other awesome bloggers that will leave you wanting more! Are you ready? Go for it!

1. Banana-Latte Baked Oatmeal from Athletic Avocado

2. Apple Pie Breakfast Pizza from Athletic Avocado

3. Caramel-Cookie Dough Oatmeal from The Big Man’s World

Photo from Thebigmansworld.com

4. Hazelnut Mocha Oat Bake from Strength and Sunshine

Photo from Strengthandsunshine.com

5. Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal by Southern in Law

Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal

Photo by Southerninlaw.com

6. Snickerdoodle Oatmeal from House of Yum

photo from houseofyum.com

7. Banana’s Foster Overnight Oats from Laura Fuentes

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Photo from Laurafuentes.com

8. Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal from Chocolate Covered Katie

Photo from Chocolatecoveredkatie.com

10. Pumpkin Oatmeal Brûlée with Maple-Ginger Cream from Athletic Avocado

What’s your favorite way to eat oatmeal?
What’s your favorite breakfast?

Also with Regan Jones, The creator of Recipe Redux a happy 40th birthday! 🙂

Top 10 Recipes of 2014!!!

December 29, 2014 by Bethany And Rachel 14 Comments

Hey Everyone! Hope your celebrations before the new year are going well! Just wanted to post about my top 10 most popular recipes of the year! It’s been a great 6 months for the Athletic Avocado! Can’t wait for 2015, there are gonna be a lot of new and big things coming! Hope you enjoy! 🙂

1. Peanut Butter Banana French Toast Rollups

2. Zucchini-Cornbread Pancakes

3. Paleo Banana-Nut Breakfast Cereal

4. Burrito Bowl Stuffed Peppers

5. Carrot Cake English Muffin

6. Pumpkin-Ricotta French Toast Rollups

7. Gluten-Free Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins

8. Peanut Butter and Banana Hand Pies

9. Papaya-Avocado Slaw

10. Lemon-Blueberry Pie Bars

What are your plans for the new year?
What is your favorite all-time dish?
Do you have any new year resolutions?

Have a safe and happy New Year!

Thanks to Jenn for linking up!

No Bake Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies!

December 28, 2014 by Rachel 7 Comments

I love easy recipes, I love peanut butter, I love chocolate and I love cookies! What if you combine all of these things into one? Nothing better than that! Plus they are healthy cookies, no sugar what so ever, just delicious-tasting heaven! I promise you that these are the easiest cookies you will ever make! Even if you have 5 minutes to spare, you can still make these one bowl delights!

No Bake PB-Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

makes 25-30 cookies

2.5 cups dry oats
1/3 cup natural creamy peanut butter
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup stevia-sweetened chocolate chips

1. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together peanut butter, bananas and vanilla, combine well

2. Mix in oats and chocolate chips, combine well until a dough forms

3. Roll dough into small balls, place in fridge until the cookies harden

Health Benefits

All-natural
No processed ingredients
No preservatives
Gluten-free
Dairy-free
Sugar-free
good source of fiber
Vegan
Vegetarian

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Spiced Winter Fruit Compote

December 25, 2014 by Bethany And Rachel 11 Comments

Merry Christmas!!!

December 25, 2014 by Bethany And Rachel 6 Comments

Hope you all have an amazing day celebrating the birth of our Savior with your friends and family! God Bless! 🙂

Spiced Winter Fruit Compote

December 25, 2014 by Bethany And Rachel 1 Comment

One of my favorite winter dishes is this winter spiced fruit that my mom makes every year. Its seriously so good and a nice change from pies and cakes for dessert. The recipe calls for canned peaches, cherries, and cranberries in syrup. It’s full of added sugar and unnecessarily sweet, so I wanted to make my own version. I used a little honey in place of the syrup and its just as good, if not better! Using fresh fruit instead of canned makes all the difference! This is perfect stirred in oatmeal, yogurt, drizzled on top of angel food cake or simply eaten by itself! So easy to make and very healthy, you have to make it!

Spiced Winter Fruit Compote

2 apples, chopped
2 pears, chopped
1 cup frozen cranberries
1 cup frozen peaches or apricots
2 cups frozen black cherries
1/2 cup orange slices ( or about 1 whole orange)
1 cup grapes
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 cup honey/maple syrup or 2 Tbsp. Nunaturals simple stevia syrup
1 lemon, sliced
1 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 cinnamon sticks, optional

1. Add all ingredients in a large saucepan over medium-low heat and let simmer for about 25-30 minutes, or until apples are soft

2. Serve on top of ice cream, yogurt, toast or simply enjoy a bowl on it’s own

Health Benefits:

All-natural
Refined sugar-free
Full of fiber
No preservatives
No added sugar
Tons of antioxidants and vitamins
Vegan
Vegetarian
Paleo
Primal
Whole 30
Gluten-free
Grain-free
Dairy-free
Egg-free

Vegan Caramel Snickerdoodle Cupcakes

December 23, 2014 by Bethany And Rachel 21 Comments

Making cupcakes for a christmas eve family party has been a tradition of my ever since I knew how to use an oven. I usually like to get creative and come up with cool unique flavors. This year is going to be a little different because I’m making healthy cupcakes. I’m sacrificing artificial ingredients, added sugars, and

artery clogging fat, without sacrificing flavor. And I’m 99% sure my family will not even notice it. They will only be focused on the dense doughy texture, the sweet caramel inside and the cinnamon-sugary glaze on top!

Vegan Caramel Snickerdoodle Cupcakes

Makes 12 cupcakes

2 cups gluten-free oat flour
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup water
2 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
1/4 cup applesauce
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. apple cider vinegar

Filling

The Vegan 8’s Sweet Potato Caramel (doubled the recipe)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl, combine oat flour, coconut sugar,baking soda and cinnamon. Mix well.
In a separate bowl combine water, coconut oil, apple sauce, vanilla and apple cider vinegar. Mix well and stir into dry ingredients.
Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners and spoon batter into 12 muffin slots about 2/3 full.
Bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until done.

Cinnamon-Sugar Glaze

2 tbsp melted coconut oil
2 tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla
Coconut sugar for sprinkling

1. Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl and spread on cupcakes, sprinkle with coconut sugar

Health Benefits

All-natural ingredients
No artificial ingredients
No processed ingredients
No preservatives
Refined sugar-free
Gluten-free
Dairy-free
Egg-free
Vegan
High in fiber
Vegetarian

Thanks to Jenn for linking up! Merry Christmas!

GF Cinnamon Apple Cheesecake Muffins +Daisy’s Cottage Cheese Product Review

December 21, 2014 by Bethany And Rachel 9 Comments

As much as I love trying new foods, I have to admit there are certain foods I HAVE to eat every day, Cottage cheese being one of them! I’ve been becoming obsessed with the stuff lately, and been choosing it over my greek yogurt (gasp!). I’m hooked on the creaminess and distinct texture it adds to certain foods. You can add it to smoothies and oatmeal for added protein or sub it with cream cheese or ricotta cheese in baking and cooking! I was very grateful when Daisy Brand send me over some coupons to try their amazing cottage cheese! I was amazed at the quality of the 100% all-natural ingredients that the 90 year old company uses! Daisy uses no preservatives which sets them apart from any other dairy products!

Low-Fat Cottage Cheese

Only 90 calories and a whopping 13 grams of protein per half cup! Super creamy and chunky even though its low in fat! There are only a few all-natural ingredients :Cultured skim milk, cream, salt, vitamin A palmitate. Whats not to love?

Gluten-free Cinnamon Apple Cheesecake Muffins makes 6-8 muffins

1 1/4 cup Gluten-free oat flour
1/2 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup no sugar added apple sauce
1/4 cup milk (I used almond)
1 egg or 2 egg whites, beaten
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1 Tbsp. pure maple syrup/ honey
1/2 cup finely chopped apple
2 Tbsp. finely chopped pecans (optional)

Filling

1/2 cup Daisy Brand cottage cheese
1 Tbsp. maple syrup
1/4 tsp. lemon juice
1/8 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl combine oat flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Mix well.
Add in apple sauce, milk, egg vanilla and maple syrup. Combine well then add in chopped apple and pecans and mix.
In a food processor, combine remaining ingredients for filling. Process until smooth, or about 10 seconds.
Line a muffin tin with liners and add batter one-third of the way for each slot. Then add a spoonful of the cheesecake mixture. Finish it up with another spoonful of batter. Repeat for each muffin.
Bake for about 20 minutes, or until muffins are done.
Enjoy!

What’s your favorite way to eat cottage cheese?

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Paleo Cranberry Lemon Cake

December 20, 2014 by Rachel 36 Comments

Paleo Cranberry Lemon Cake is a delish addition to the holiday! A perfect mixture of sweet & tart + made with healthy ingredients!

*Post updated 10/26/2022*

We created this paleo cranberry lemon cake recipe in 2014. EIGHT YEARS AGO. WOW. The blog was just up and coming then and Rachel and I were college sophomores!

To date, this upside-down cake is still one of our most popular holiday recipes and I totally understand why.

First off, it’s pretty to look at. The color of the cranberries and lemon just pops and makes you want to devour it. Secondly and most importantly, it tastes amazing.

I originally made this cake with the addition of lemon curd (which I totally recommend by the way), however, I didn’t have enough eggs to make it so I did without and it was still a 10/10. I have also made it with the addition of drizzled white chocolate for extra sweetness! Whatever you do, it will be delicious, I promise!

Here is what you need to make this recipe:

cranberries – fresh or frozen

lemon zest

maple syrup OR honey

coconut flour- no other flour works here! Coconut flour is different in the way it bakes compared to other flours 🙂

canned pumpkin puree

almond milk or milk of choice

baking soda

pure vanilla extract

lemon juice

eggs

Optional – lemon curd, pecans and white chocolate

Paleo Cranberry Lemon Cake

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Servings 8

Ingredients

3 cups of frozen or fresh cranberries
2 tbsp lemon zest
juice of half a lemon
1 tbsp honey OR maple syrup
2-3 tbsp water
3 eggs beaten
1/4 cup milk non-dairy or dairy
1/4 cup honey/maple syrup
1/3 canned pumpkin can also sub 1/3 cup mashed sweet potato, 1 mashed banana or 1/3 cup applesauce
juice of half a lemon optional, it makes it have a more lemony taste!
2 tbsp lemon zest optional
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup coconut flour
Pecans option
Lemon Curd optional
melted white chocolate optional

Instructions

1. Place cranberries, zest, lemon juice, honey and water in a small saucepan over medium heat and stir until the cranberries "pop" and create a compote, set aside. This step takes 5-10 minutes.
2. In a medium size bowl, mix together eggs, milk, honey, pumpkin, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla. Mix well to combine.
3. Add the cinnamon, baking soda and coconut flour to a small bowl. Mix until ingredients are combined then add flour mixtureto the wet ingredients. Mix well until a batter forms.
4. Spray cooking spray on the bottom of a 9 inch cake pan or 8x8 pan. You can also line the pan with parchment paper.
5. Spread Cranberry compote evenly on the bottom of the pan.
6. Spoon the batter evenly on top of the compote.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until top is golden. Let cool and then take the cake out of the pan and carefully flip over so that the cranberry side is on top.
8. Top with Lemon Curd, pecans and white chocolate,if desired!
*Adapted from Beauty and the Foodie

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Want more cranberry recipes? Check out these recipes:

Pumpkin Cranberry Skillet Cake (paleo & vegan-friendly)

Healthy Cranberry Muffin Tops ( paleo & vegan friendly)

Gluten-free Peppermint Brownies

December 19, 2014 by Bethany And Rachel 18 Comments

With christmas peeking behind the corner, I just couldn’t help myself getting into the christmas spirit a little early. I always look forward to baking desserts for holiday parties, but this year things are going to be a tad different. Instead of using tons of butter and unhealthy ingredients, my plan is create healthy clean eating recipes without my family evening knowing! The same great taste but way less calories and tons of health benefits! Peppermint is one of the official flavors of Christmas so what better way then to make healthy clean eating peppermint brownies? Packed with loads of health benefits like fiber, vitamins, healthy fats and so on, you won’t know they are healthy!

Gluten-free Peppermint Brownies

(adapted from Fit Foodie Finds)

1 cup garbanzo bean flour (or any gluten-free flour)
3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg or 2 egg whites, beaten (or flax egg)
1/4 cup agave nectar/maple syrup/honey
1 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
1 tsp. peppermint extract (use 1 1/2 tsp if not using stevia)
1/2 tsp. peppermint stevia
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips, melted (can be vegan)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl combine flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Mix well.
In a separate bowl combine egg, agave, coconut oil and extracts. Combine well.
Combine wet ingredients into dry ingredients, making sure to mix well and scraping sides of bowl to ensure evenly mixed.
Add melted chocolate and stir batter well to evenly distribute chocolate.
Spray cooking spray in a glass pan. Spoon in batter and spread evenly throughout pan.
Bake for about 20 minutes, or until done.
Enjoy!

Health Benefits

All-natural
No preservatives
No processed sugar
Refined sugar-free
Healthy fats
Full of fiber
Clean ingredients
Gluten-free
Dairy-free(if using dairy-free chocolate)
Vegan
Vegetarian
Tons of antioxidants and vitamins

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Paleo Cranberry Lemon Cake is a delish addition to the holiday! A perfect mixture of sweet & tart + made with healthy ingredients!

Paleo Cranberry Lemon Cake

Ingredients

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Gluten-free Peppermint Brownies

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