Orange Brownie

 What are two of the best things you could put together? What are two of the weirdest things you could put together? The answer is one amazing, fantastic, fabulous recipe (drummmm rolllllll)

ORANGE BROWNIE!

I have made this recipe at least twice a week over the past few weeks. It is an amazing after workout snack! So again why am I wasting your time reading this? Lets jump in!

What you will need:

1 cup walnuts

1 cup orange juice

1 cup oatmeal

2 T cinnamon

3/4 cup cocoa or carob powder

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1 egg

1 T baking powder

~Preheat oven to 350~

Mix walnuts and orange juice in a high power blender or food processor. Add oatmeal and make sure the walnuts, oatmeal, and orange juice are a very liquidy paste. Now it gets super simple! Add everything else mix, scrape into a greased pan, wait 30-40 minutes and

ENJOY!



Homemade Face Towelettes

Lately (as I said on my detergent rant) I have been trying to weed the chemicals out of my house. I know that lately I have been loving the simple brand of face towelettes, but even if they are pretty cheap ($2-3) that collects over time. That is why today I have made my new MUST have.

What you will need:

1/2 roll of paper towels

1 T apple cider vinegar

1 T of your soap

1 cup water

1 T coconut oil

Cut your paper towels in half and put them in a plastic container. 

Put everything in the pot and let it boil

Pour into your container put a lid on it and well wash your face!

Enjoy!!!! 

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!!!

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!!!!

Bean, Quinoa, and Avocado Burrito

Yummied, yum, yum, yummmmmm!  I have made this recipe twice in the past week. As I sit and write this on a Saturday night I am already planning the next time I can make it! So, so very good!

What you will need:

1 T olive oil

1 small onion

1 clove garlic, minced

1 handful of cilantro

1/4 cup of lime juice

2 colored peppers, chopped

1 1/2 t chili powered

1 t cumin

juice of 1/2 a lime

salt and black pepper

1 can of beans, drained and rinsed

1 can of sweet corn, drained and rinsed

Whole wheat tortillas

Cilantro Lime Quinoa

1 cup of quinoa

2 cups water

cilantro

juice of 1/2 a lime

Avocado Smash

1 avocado

1/2 red pepper

1/2 yellow pepper

1-2 chopped tomatoes

juice of 1/2 a lime

salt and pepper to taste

Whole wheat tortillas

First start by cooking quinoa according to package directions.  After cooked pull off heat and add cilantro and lime juice. 

Now it is time to start the other filling for the burrito.

Sautee 2 peppers and onion and add garlic at the end.

After sautéing add beans, corn, cilantro and seasonings. Keep warm on a low medium heat.

Now time to make the avocado smash.

 Smash up the avocado and add the rest of the peppers, lime juice, tomato, salt and pepper. 

Now put the cilantro quinoa, black bean mix, and avocado smash into a tortilla wrap it up and ENJOY!

If you keep the avocado pit with the avocado smash you can keep the left overs in the fridge.  It will not turn brown and be ready for leftovers.  Once made this is a great go-to lunch or in a hurry supper.