Chocolate Chip Sweet Potato Bread

Ingredients 

2 cups oat flour 

1 large sweet potato, peeled 

1 tsp vanilla 

1 tsp baking powder 

1 tsp baking soda 

1/2 tsp cinnamon 

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice 

1/4 tsp salt 

1/4 cup coconut oil 

1/2 cup egg whites 

1/4 cup maple syrup 

1/2 cup Chocolate chips * dairy free, if needed

Directions 

Preheat oven 350 F. 

Prepare /line a 8 x 5 loaf pan

Cut sweet potato into chunks. Place in a microwave safe bowl. Add a little water to bowl of sweet potatoes and microwave 5 min. 

When cooked, add to a stand mixer. Blend until mashed. Add egg whites, vanilla, maple syrup, and coconut oil. Blend until combined. 

In a separate bowl add oat flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pumpkin spice and cinnamon. Stir to combine. 

Add dry ingredients to wet. Blend together. 

Fold in chocolate chips. 

Pour mixture into loaf pan. 

Bake 35-40 min. Until knife comes out clean. 

Let cool. 

Enjoy! 

No-Bake S'mores Bites

Makes ~ 8-10 bites

Paleo + Gluten Free

Ingredients

Crumble 

1 1/2 cup oat flour, regular oats can be blended into a flour (GF if needed) 

3 tbs nut butter, I used natural peanut 

10 dates, chopped 

1/2 tsp salt

3 tsp maple syrup 

1/4 cup milk of choice, I used almond milk ,unsweetened 

Chocolate Coating 

6 oz of chocolate 

1 tbs coconut oil 

8 Large Marshmallows 

Directions 

In a food processor, process all but the milk ingredients together until it makes a crumble. Slowly add in milk and pulse until the crumble starts to stick together.You should be able to grab some and form it into a ball and it doesn't fall apart. 

Dump mixture on to parchment paper. Grab a golf ball sized amount of mixture and roll into a ball. Then flatten ball with your hand to be about 1/2 inch thick. Square sides. 

Alternatively, you could roll out the mixture under two pieces of parchment paper and cut out squares the same width of the marshmallow lying on its side.  

 

Place marshmallows on top, lying them on their side. I found if I pressed the marshmallow into the mixture it would stick better. 

Heat chocolate and coconut oil together. Either double broiler method or microwave--30 seconds at a time, until melted. 

Spoon chocolate over the prepped marshmallow/crumble bites and let drip on a cooling rack for a minute or two. 

Place in freezer for 20 min, until chocolate is hardened. 

Store in a sealed container in the fridge. 

Enjoy!

Chorizo Egg Cups

 

Makes 12 Egg cups 

Paleo  + Dairy Free + Whole 30 

Ingredients 

10 eggs

1 1/2 cup chorizo, cooked

1/2 cup chopped peppers 

1/2 cup almond milk or milk of choice 

1/2 cup chopped spinach 

1/4 cup chopped red onion 

1 tsp garlic powder 

1 tsp salt 

1/2 tsp pepper 

* If whole 30, make sure compliant. 

Directions 

Preheat oven 350 F. 

Oil/grease muffin tin 

Whisk eggs, almond milk, garlic powder, salt and pepper in a bowl. 

Evenly distribute spinach, onion, peppers, and chorizo in to the muffin tin. 

Evenly pour egg mixture in muffin tin. 

Bake for 20-25 min until top of egg mixture is puffed and solid. 

Let cool. 

Enjoy! 

P.S. They freeze great! 

Healthy Breakfast Oat Muffins No Flour!

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adapted from travisjessjones.blogspot.com

 Ingredients:

•  2 ½  cup oats
• 1 large egg
• ½ cup Apple sauce
• 2 tbs Truvia or stevia powder, or ¾ cup sugar (Your choice)
• 1 cup Greek yogurt plain
•  1 tbs ground flax seed
• 1 tbs water
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 2 ripe bananas

Optional : strawberries: chocolate chips, blueberries, nuts…

Directions:

Preheat oven 400 degrees

Non-stick a muffin tin with whatever you want or use silicon muffin tin. (It was noted that paper muffin holders are not good for this because the batter sticks to them.) 

 If you have a food processor add everything into it and mix till smooth...

 IF NOT lucky like that (sad face, me), you get to use the old fashioned blender.

First, blend oats down to a powder first (I used my single smoothie cup blender for this). 

Then add yogurt, egg, flax seed, water, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and 1 cup of oats-- in that order-- to the big blender and blend till smooth. 

Add another 1 cup oats, bananas, ¼ cup applesauce, stir into mix with a spoon or spatula then blend till smooth. 

Add last ½ cup oats and ¼ cup apple sauce, stir into mix then blend till smooth. 

If you want to add something extra like strawberries (like I did) or chocolate chips or nuts, pour some of the batter into a separate bowl and gently fold in that extra item. 

Pour or scoop mixture into muffin tin a little more than half way and bake for 20-25 min or until toothpick comes out clean. (All ovens are different so watch closely).

ENJOY!!!

(This can be gluten free if you use certified gluten free oats)

EDIBLE COOKIE DOUGH

This was my first time trying this...chickpeas (or garbanzo beans) recipe. I was nervous but they turned out pretty good.I think the dough itself could have been sweeter so I baked them and once the chocolate melted all over them I was in heaven. SCRUMPTIOUS!

 Recipe adapted from greenlitebites.com, chocolatecoveredkatie.com, texanerin.com. (yup they all have something a little different so I thought I would try them all!)

Ingredients:

• 1 can of chickpeas (drained and dried well)
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 tbs vanilla extract ( I love the taste of vanilla, feel free to use less)
• 2 tbs of PB2 (or any natural nut butter)
• 1 tbs honey
• 1 tbs agave
• 2 tbs of ground flax seed (I made my own in my little blender)
• 1/4 cup almond milk (any kind you like!)
• 1/4-1/2 cup chocolate chips!
• any type of sweetener you want. Taste test as you go!!! :)

Directions:
*I used a blender (VERY HARD)but do-able so have no fear, but if you have a food processor you're golden!
Place milk, vanilla, honey, agave, chickpeas, salt, pb2 (or nut butter), and ground flax seed in blender or food processor and BLEND until smooth and creamy.

If using a blender, use LOW setting and you may have to stop, mix, and start several times to make sure all chickpeas are being blended.You may also want to try adding a little more milk, but I didn't need to.

Then fold in chocolate chips with spoon or spatula...
THEN EAT!!!

 SO WHY DO I HAVE 2 DIFFERENT PICTURES OF COOKIES?
Because I decided to bake mine!

preheat oven 350 degrees

The miss-shaped gloop one to the left, is a fully 12 min baked cookie. Delicious, but not really cookie form.

So, taking from chocolatecoveredkatie, and Texanerin, I added in a little more than 1/8 tsp of BAKING POWDER and they came out flatter and still DELICIOUS!

 

ENJOY!!!!