Guilt Free Nutella

This is possibly my new favorite recipe! It is a guilt free NUTELLA it does not get any better than that! I would bore you with the details of how great this is but honestly it would just be wasting the time that could be spent making and enjoying this lovely recipe!!! 

What you will need:

1 cup walnuts

2 T maple syrup

2 T cocoa powder or carob powder

2 T milk

1 t vanilla

1/2 cup of chocolate chips

Put your walnuts into the blender or food processor until they are finely ground. Throw in the rest and mix!

And ENJOY!!!!!

P.s. amazing with bananas!!!

Bath Bombs

Try, try, try again a classic saying and something that seriously relates to my experience with bath-bombs. This was my fourth try over the past week, my consistent problem was that they wouldn't stuck together and would just completely crumble! The trick that I learned was OLIVE OIL and a lot of it!

What you will need:

1 cup citric acid (I told you it would come back!!)

1 cup baking soda

3/4-1 cup of olive oil (or really an oil)

5-10 drops of lavender oil

So cute and lovely!!!

Mix dry ingredients

Add both of your oils. Add oil until it clumps into a ball that keeps its shape (as seen in above).

Stick into your molds (I used this and then one that is a little bigger)

I purchased my heart mold in the soap making section of my local craft store.

Have an amazing day!!!!

Tinted lip balm

What you will need:

1 T Beeswax (you can use pellets or a block like I did)

2 T of a carrier oil (I used Apricot Oil because of the vitamin a)

1 T of Shea Butter or Coco Butter

5-10 drops of peppermint oil (if you use to much it can hurt your lips)

A few lipstick shavings if you want it tinted

I just picked up a lipstick for a dollar at Target. Using it didn't give off a tint to your lips at all it's just kinda fun! 

Boil a cup or 2 of water in a pan and stick a quart sized jar in with your oil, butter, and beeswax. 

Add a few lipstick shavings and your peppermint oil. You can buy it here: https://www.iact1.com/doterra/ShoppingCart/Shop.cfm?LNG=en_dot&Theme=DefaultTheme&ReturnURL=http://www.mydoterra.com/kellierhanson&OwnerID=433791

Peppermint is my favorite oil of all time! You can use it for headaches, bath-bombs (coming soon), sugar scrub (also coming soon), and the most obvious tinted lip balm.

Have a lovely day!!!

Pumpkin Cookies

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

Something we should probably get straight before we become TO good of friends is that I LOVE pumpkin, chocolate, and coconut. If I could survive off of these ingredients alone I would be a very happy girl! In the past I have shared my favorite brownie recipe and my absolute favorite coconut recipe but I realized I haven't shared a pumpkin recipe! When I made these yesterday my youngest brother (who never likes anything I make) said and I quote "these are surprisingly decent" coming from this little guy that is a 10 star review! But I don't want to bore you with the details so lets get into,

What you need:

1 cup of pumpkin

1 cup of flour

1 1/2 cup of oatmeal

1/3 maple syrup

1/2 apple sauce

1 T of milk

1/2 t salt

1/2 t baking powder

1/2 T pumpkin pie spice

1 t cinnamon (I think I used a little more because I personally love it!!)

You can add chocolate chips, I didn't.

Preheat oven to 350

Look how cute they are!!!

Throw all of your ingredients I bowl...

And stir, stir, stir!

It is actually that simple! If you do not have pumpkin pies spice you can substitute it for ginger, nutmeg, cloves.

Adapted from:  http://mywholefoodlife.com/2012/11/23/pumpkin-spice-breakfast-cookies/

Have a lovely day!!!!