Chocolate Blueberry Paleo Muffins

I don't always crave sweets but when I do they better be healthy and delicious!
I found a recipe for chocolate raspberry muffins that called for fresh raspberries. I bought a little case of them and paid $6. I was going to use them for the recipe and found the case inside the refrigerator empty.  My kids ate them all. Oh, well, good thing I always keep frozen blueberries. 

Onto the recipe:

Ingredients

Preheat oven at 350 

Let's begin with the dry ingredients first

 3 cups of almond flour

 2 teaspoons of baking soda

1 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder 

 Mix dry ingredients

 Onto wet ingredients

4 whole eggs 

2 egg whites

 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract

 4 tablespoons of honey

 1 tablespoon of coconut oil

 Mix wet ingredients

 Mix wet and dry ingredients

 Add 2 cups of blueberries

 I didn't use liners but I think it would have been easier to remove the muffins from the pan

 Into the oven they go. Wait 25 mins. or check with toothpick until toothpick comes out clean

 Voilá 12 delicious, healthy and perfect muffins

Special thanks to my daughter for taking all of the pics except for the last one <3

I know I am all over the place with my posts. I promise to try and separate posts by category. Is a work in progress so bare with me.

Until next time.

With <3

Tamara

Let's have a cup of Tea

Following my previous post. What to do with leftover pineapple skin and core?

I think you can guess what we are making from the title of my post. Yes, tea. Even though is summer, there's something about drinking a cup of tea early morning or late in the evening. It's soothing and relaxing. You can also serve it cold which is refreshing and hydrating. You will enjoy either way =)

The following recipe is courtesy of my mother. Yes, as I was about to throw the pineapple skin in the trash she came rushing and screaming "NOOO! We can use it". (Imagine this in slow motion, it's way funnier.) My mama loves to enjoy a cup of tea any time of the day.

What you'll need:

Pineapple skin and core and if you have leftover pineapple you can add it too.

1 Cup of dried Jamaica flower 

2 1/2 Liters of water

1 Orange or Lemon

*Optional Brown sugar, honey or agave to sweeten.

You could read about dried Jamaica flower tea properties here and I hope you know the benefits of eating and/or drinking pineapples, oranges and lemons.

Let's continue...

 Add all ingredients except for sugar. 

 bring to a boil.

Enjoy hot or cold.

What other combination of ingredients do you use to make tea?

Until next time.

With <3

Tamara

Drink your fruit and veggies!

I am not an expert nor have I done research other than what friends and relatives have shared with me. Eating healthy and making it part of my lifestyle is what I'm all about. It seems like everyone I know is either juicing, or thinking about it, asking questions regarding it, or really just interested in the subject. Don't worry this isn't a post about the endless list of why you need to start juicing and it's benefits. I have a good friend that could explain the benefits of juicing and such better than I can. She's been thinking about starting her own blog about nutrition, she would be good at it too. Research and clarification is something she thrives on, you know those weird long names and ingredients I can't seem to pronounce correctly. She's good at many things and I really wish she decides to start sharing her knowledge with us real soon. Hint, hint, Miss. R.

I wanted to begin my juicing experience by taking "small steps"  Making small changes to your daily habits is all it takes right? My friend suggested to try smoothies, (green smoothies)! She gave me a simple yet surprisingly delicious recipe. Are you just as skeptical as I am? Just give it a try and I promise you won't look at veggies and fruit the same way ever again.

Let's begin. What you'll need.

1 Cup of water

1 Banana

1 handful of spinach

1 Green or yellow apple

So far so good?…

 Get your blender and add water and spinach.

 blend away…

 cut apples into small pieces and add to blender.

again blend.

cut bananas and add to blender…again, blend and now Enjoy! You don't need to add sugar and you won't taste the spinach.

Are you still with me? If you like the previous recipe, you will for sure love the next one.

Spinach and pineapple.

Cut your pineapple and save the core and skin. Trust me you'll want to save it. I have a post on what to do with it next =)

Add 1 cup of water, 1 handful of spinach and 1 cup of pineapple.

 Let's add blueberries YUM!

 1 cup of blueberries will do.

 blend…

 Enjoy!

Are you juicing? Making smoothies? Have any recipes you want to share? I want to hear all about it.

Until next time.

With <3

Tamara