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Mushrooms. Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Nuts, hazelnuts or filberts. Cashew butter. Oh look, it’s Monday.

Cashew butter

By today I was supposed to have 5 different meals cooked and ready for the week, have visited Homegoods, Salvation Army, Sam’s Club, the grocery store and cleaned my house. Those were the “must dos”. But somewhere around 2am Saturday morning I woke up with that nagging chalkiness in the back of your throat that you just know means you’re getting sick and then proceeded to spend the rest of the weekend on the couch finishing Divergent (awesome, awesome read by the way) and doing the bare minimum which somehow translated to this, a trip to Sam’s Club (only because our membership expires in a month and we’re not renewing it. I now have enough napkins to last until I’m 40 and 36,000 sheets of toilet paper) and 1 cleaned room in my house because I was getting out of breath from pushing the vacuum. Does that happen to anyone else when you’re sick? Apparently, the bare minimum also meant making cashew butter. Solution?

Maple Roasted Vanilla Almond Cashew Butter Ingredients. Maple Vanilla Cashew Butter Recipe – Kate’s Healthy Cupboard. As I have mentioned before, I have a slight, ok major addiction to Justin’s Nut Butters.

Maple Vanilla Cashew Butter Recipe – Kate’s Healthy Cupboard

I have realized that I can not buy a jar of it until I am sure I can eat it in moderation. It seriously tastes like frosting, have you tried the Vanilla Almond Butter flavor yet? I keep hoping he will come out with a cashew butter, but he hasn’t. Cashews tend to be a sweeter nut and I think they would be a great addition to his line, especially a chocolate cashew butter…yum!!! Instead of waiting on him, I created my own!! Recipe: Maple Vanilla Cashew ButterIngredients2 cups roasted unsalted cashews*3 tbsp refined coconut oil, melted3 tbsp maple syrup1/4 tsp vanilla bean powder or 1-2 vanilla bean pods (substitute vanilla extract to taste)1/2 tsp celtic sea salt1 tbsp coconut palm sugar, powdered*InstructionsPlace the nuts in a food processor or Vitamix blender and blend until smooth and creamyAdd in all the remaining ingredients and blend until combinedStore in a glass jar in the refrigerator. Grain Free “Wheat” Crackers Recipe – Kate’s Healthy Cupboard.

Grain Free Honey “Wheat” Crackers. Peanut Butter Protein Balls. DAMY's Best Protein Ball, Bar and Muffin Recipes. Super High Protein Ice Cream Recipe. High Protein Energy Balls. Life is never dull with a 2 year old around.

High Protein Energy Balls

They have a seemingly endless supply of energy. They love to get involved with whatever their parents are doing. In this case, they like to get involved in whatever Mommy is doing. And Mommy was trying to take a few photos of the energy balls for her blog. The operative word being trying. Have I mentioned that I’m pretty clueless when it comes to photography? Meghan was my big helper today. Her first idea was to have her plastic eggplant toy in the shot.

Then she thought she should be the star of the show. Chocolate Chia Energy Balls Recipe. If you read my last two posts, you’ll know that there has been a very important and life changing thing going on in my life at this time.

Chocolate Chia Energy Balls Recipe

It’s hard to string into words the emotions that have been swirling around this house for the past few months, but it is nearly impossible to convey. Suffice it to say, there have been many tears, arguments, tense moments, quiet thought, introspection, discussion, belly laughs with friends, changes in routine, diet, habits…there have been ups and downs and everything in between. But this family is stronger than ever now and we only have each other to thank. It’s hard when you are used to telling the whole world what’s going in your life. When something comes up in that life that seems too important to share, too intimate to show to everyone and anyone, then everything comes to a stand still.

Desserts & Sweets. Chock-full of fruits and vegetables, this low-fat cake tastes great, stays very moist, and is even tastier the next day.

Desserts & Sweets

Make 16 bars in just 16 minutes: sweet! They’re perfect for budding athletes, full of whole grains and fruit with no cholesterol or added fat. This cake is incredibly moist without any added oils. The pears, spices and almond extract compliment each other beautifully. By healthyvic. The perfect healthy sweet to show your Valentine just how much you really care! This dip tastes like pumpkin pie, but without the refined sugar, flour, or other junky stuff.

This recipe is higher fat than the 15% guideline for this website; however, I feel the fat from the ground flaxseeds–which provides the adequate Omega 3s for an entire day for most of us–justifies the higher fat because it is functional nutrition. This cake is incredibly moist and lightly spiced, but the pineapple frosting really brings it over the top! These have tons of flavor with chunks of gooey bananas.

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