I know I had posted a recipe for roasted chickpeas… But if you don’t feel like making them, Costco has them for $8.99! Great source of fiber and low glycemic index!
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Valentine’s Day Breakfast for my Hubby!
Salmon egg scramble, bacon, fruit, and baguette cinnamon French toast!
Avocado Chocolate Mousse
Love chocolate? Me too! Being diabetic and lactose-intolerant, I tend to stay away from desserts sometimes. This recipe has NO sugar added and NO dairy!
What you’ll need:
2 ripe, medium-sized avocados
5 dates – seeds removed and chopped coarsely
1/2 cup almond or coconut milk
1/3 raw cacao powder (or more to taste)
1 teaspoon of natural vanilla extract (optional)
a pinch of sea salt
Optional: dried coconut, berries
Recipe:
1. Soak the dates in almond/coconut milk in a bowl for 15 minutes to soften.
2. Add half the cacao powder to the milk with the dates. Mix.
3. Blend avocado and the remaining milk.
4. Add mixture with dates, milk and cocoa powder to the blender.
5. Blend until smooth.
6. Add more milk if needed to make blending easier. Add cacao powder to taste.
7. Place in refrigerator for 30-45 minutes. Serve chilled.
Garnish with mint, berries, dark chocolate, or coconut! Enjoy!
Simply Delicious Breakfast!
Sometimes the best things in life are the most simple! I love this combo: one slice of toasted multigrain bread, a tablespoon of natural peanut butter, 5-6 slices of banana and a drizzle of honey! I can never get enough!
Total carbohydrates: 35.5 grams
Here is the breakdown:
1/2 underripe banana: 11-12 grams
Multigrain bread: 17 grams
1 T of natural peanut butter: 1.5 grams
1/2 t natural honey: 6 grams
Meatless Monday!
Zucchini noodles with onion, broccoli, carrots and garlic!
It’s a Beer Brewing kind of day!
Smoked Vanilla Porter coming in 3 weeks!
Oven-Roasted Chickpeas: A Crunchy… Salty.. HEALTHY snack!
If you’re like me, and LOVE salty, crunchy delicious snacks, then this is the snack for you. Often times I have difficulty finding the right snack that doesn’t overload your body with salt, fat, grease, or carbohydrates.
This recipe is for Oven Roasted Chickpeas.
Carbohydrates: 18 per 1/2 uncooked beans
Calories: 120
It is easy, and addicting once you make it!
Here’s what ingredients you’ll need:
-2 Cans of Garbanzo Beans. I usually use the Whole Foods 365 Organic, no salt added ones.
-2 Tablespoons of Olive/Avocado/Coconut Oil (Or whatever kind you prefer)
-Sea Salt (to taste)
-Any additional seasonings you love such as seasoned salt, ground herbs, cajun seasoning, cayenne pepper etc.
Here’s what kitchen tools you’ll need:
-Cookie Sheet
-Strainer
-Paper towels
-Bowl large enough to fit the beans
-Spoon
Here’s how to make it:
1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
2. Open your cans of beans and put directly into strainer.
3. Rinse those bad boys thoroughly with some warm water.
4. Line the cookie sheet with paper towels.
5. Empty beans from strainer to the lined cookie sheet.
6. Take a paper towel or two and cover the beans. Gently press and roll your hand over the beans making sure to press lightly.
7. You’ll then see the skin of the beans come off which is what we want! Keep rolling the papertowel over the beans so that more of the skins come loose. Remove any skins that come off.
8. Take those beans and transfer them into a bowl. Discard the paper towels.
9. Add the oil of your choice to the beans and stir gently with the spoon.
10. Place back onto cookie sheet. Make sure that they are spread out across the cookie sheet.
11. Bake for 40 minutes or until desired crunchiness. We like ours crunchy so we usually put it in for about 40-45 minutes. Once while the beans are baking, take the cookie sheet and shake it slightly to make sure they aren’t sticking to the sheet.
Sh-sh-sh-shake it!
12. Once they are crispy to your liking, remove the beans and put them into a bowl. Add sea salt or any other seasonings. Let them sit for about 5-8 minutes if you can and enjoy!
Still honeymooning… But here’s a taste of our food selection…
My typical Maui meal.
Who can name what’s on my plate?!
Brussel Sprouts Chips
Yes they are delicious!! Peal the leaves off, toss in olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, bake at 400 degrees for 35-45 minutes depending on how crispy you want them 🙂
The Ultimate Chef Cake!
We took a quick trip to LA for my dad’s 60th. Check out this phenomenal cake!!!
A darn good spot for good food, good beers, and a good view!
Taps located in Petaluma. This is a good brewery with delicious food! Definitely not your average brewery with pub food. A wide variety of beers on tap with delicious, quality food. We had the salt & pepper wings which are awesome. I am a sucker for chicken wings, and salt and pepper. Winning!
We split the chuckwagon burger – bison, pork belly, hush puppy strings and mustard BBQ sauce (which I am now determined to learn how to make). Let me just say, Wow! Not too greasy, and you can taste every ingredient with every bite!
For drinks I had the spiced chai cider made by Schilling. That in itself is dessert! I’m always one to order a beer but wow this cider was too good. The kind that is not too sweet, bubbly, a little bit of a bite, and the hint of spice. Yum. I will be back for this!!
So if you’re in the north bay, coming back from wine country, or looking for a good spot to stop for lunch or dinner, check it out! You won’t go wrong.
My new snack addiction…
Ok.. Snacking isn’t always bad but I LOVE chips. I love the saltiness and the crunch – yes, I plead guilty. Recently we went to Costco (we love that place) and found these chips made from chickpea flour. We didn’t open them for a week or so and when we did – we nearly ate the entire bag!!!!! Gluten free, vegan, dairy free, lightly salted… Done and done. Try them. Get them. But beware… You might get addicted to them too!!
Apricot Butter!
For those that have apricot trees, I’m sure there are so many that you don’t know what to do with them!
We recently acquired some from my future in-laws, and as they were sitting in our fridge, I was trying to figure out what exactly to do with all of these yummy fruits…
Of course, my go-to is butter. Who doesn’t love to spread fresh homemade fruit butter onto your toast, pancakes, muffins, waffles, oatmeal or on top of some ice cream! Yum!
Here is the recipe, it is quite simple!
You’ll need:
40-50 small apricots
1 cup organic raw sugar
1.5 cups coconut sugar
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1 dash ground cloves
1.5 teaspoon lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
How-to:
1. Rinse apricots!
2. Cut apricots into halves or thirds, remove pits and place into slow cooker.
3. Add all sugar, spices and lemon juice and stir it in!
4. Keep stirring until all sugar is mixed in.
5. Turn slow cooker on low for 8hrs.
6. Once finished, use an emulsifier to blend contents.
7. Take the top off, turn off slow cooker and let it cool for an hour or until room temperature. This will help thicken the consistency.
8. Can, and enjoy as desired!
🙂
Millions of Peaches…
We recently acquired quite a few peaches from Tom’s dad’s house. Of course I had a lot of ideas of what I could make but unfortunately time doesn’t allow for that many!
My first thought was a peach sauce or jam. I think I shall call it saucy peaches.
It is one of those, throw it together, set it and forget it kind of recipes! Here’s the deal!
You’ll need:
We had 15-20 small, ripe peaches.
Use 8-10 med-large peaches if you’d like as well.
2T water
1-1.5T cinnamon
1t nutmeg
3T of local honey (you can use more depending on the level of your sweet tooth)
Dash of nutmeg
Dash of cloves
2t Apple Cider Vinegar
1. Rinse then cut into small cubes WITH the skin on. Gotta love that fiber!
2. Add to crock pot.
3. Add all other ingredients to pot.
4. Stir to get those spices soaking into the peaches.
5. Set on low for 8hrs. (I like to do this at night so I can wake up to the wonderful smell in the morning!)
6. With a potato masher, mash peaches to the consistency of your liking. You can also use an emulsifier if you’d like also.
7. If you like it sweeter, add more honey!
8. Nom nom. Can it!
I’ve put this into my oatmeal, yogurt, cereal, on top of ice cream, bread, have used it for baking and added it to sauces.
Nourishing Zen 