Tag: Peanut Butter

Homemade Almond Butter

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Hello! As you may have gathered by my new Twitter profile picture, I’m pretty obsessed with nut butter right now! That’s why I decided to make this super easy homemade almond butter. With only one ingredient, it makes a great healthy spread/dip/thing to eat right out of the container! Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of raw or roasted almonds

 

Directions:

  1. Place the almonds in a food processor or dry-blender. I’m not quite sure if a regular blender would work- I haven’t tried it, and the blades aren’t quite suited to hard stuff like nuts.
  2. Blend the almonds for 2 minute intervals, pausing to stir them around each time. You may have to use the blender-pusher thingy to make sure that the almonds on the sides get redirected into the blade path. At first, it will seem like the almonds will never become a butter, but after about 10 minutes or so, the oils are released and the butter begins to take shape. img_8759
  3. Once the butter is a butter, remove it from the blender and store in the fridge in an airtight container. The longer you blend the butter, the looser and creamier it gets.

 

That’s about it! Almond butter is great on toast and with fruit, basically anything that goes with peanut butter. I love it because I can’t eat almonds with my braces, so this gives me the almond flavour I love! Bye until my next post;)

 

Yours Truly, MyDayIsBooked

 

 

 

Chocolate PB Banana Energy Balls

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Hi peoples! If you love chocolate, peanut butter, and bananas as much as I do, then these energy balls are going to be your new favourite snack!! They’re healthy, chewy, and most importantly, delicious! This recipe is super simple and easy to double or even triple if you love them as much as I do;) Take a peek down below for the ingredients and instructions!

Ingredients (makes 8 balls)

  • 2 bananas
  • 1/3 cup all natural peanut butter
  • 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup oats
  • 1/2 cup oat flour (made from grinding oats in a dry blender)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Mash the bananas in a large bowl. Add in the cocoa powder and peanut butter and mix until combined.
  3. Stir in the oats and oat flour. Oat flour is super easy to make- just throw some oats in a blender and grind them up! I like it because it’s more nutritious than regular flour. Once all of your ingredients are combined, the “dough” should look something like this:
  4. Roll the mixture into balls by the tablespoon full and put them on a pan lined with parchment paper.
  5. Bake for about 15 minutes, then remove and let cool before storing them in an airtight container in the fridge.

And thee you have it! Eat a few of these after school, for breakfast, or in between sports. You won’t believe that there’s no added sugar!

Yours Truly, MyDayIsBooked

12 Days of Awesome Ways to be Healthier- Day 2!

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Hello everybody! Today is Day 2 of 12- Eat Healthier! Ok, I know that that’s the most general thing out there, but I will explain how to eat healthier. Here we go.

Eat Healthier.

So, we all know that we should be eating healthy, but what does that mean? Most of us perceive it as eating salads for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But that isn’t the case. Eating healthy can be easier and tastier than you think. For example, the granola recipe that I’m about to post is a healthy and delicious snack. To eat better, try to cut down on refined sugar (which is that white grainy stuff that you use for most of your baking) and eat more veggies, fruits, and protein. Again, this doesn’t mean that you have to eat a salad at every meal. Smoothies are a great way to get more fruits and veggies into your diet because they taste great. Today I had a Greek Yogurt Smoothie Bowl for breakfast, and chicken salad on crackers for lunch. Perfectly healthy- and no salad whatsoever! Also, try to stay away from ingredients that you can’t pronounce, for obvious reasons. This is why I started using all natural peanut butter- the Kraft version has corn maltodextrin in it, and who wants to eat that? Eating less refined sugar and nothing you can’t pronounce can be hard though, so take baby steps. And remember- everything in moderation!That’s Day 2! Hopefully you got some new ideas on eating healthier, and can use this information along with Day 1’s post: Make It Easy. Check out my blog tomorrow for Day 3!!

Yours Truly, MyDayIsBooked

Healthy Homemade Granola

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Don’t you just love a good granola? I absolutely adore granola. But the store bought versions are full of sugar and other stuff that you can’t pronounce. This is a delicious version of granola that has all the good taste with none of the unhealthy ingredients! the fact that it is super versatile and easy to make is even better. This is the recipe!

Healthy Homemade Granola

Time: 15 minutes Makes: About 3 servings of 3/4 cup

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of rolled or quick oats
  • 1/3 cup of chopped almonds (or other nuts, coconut works too)
  • 2 tbs peanut butter (preferably all natural)
  • 2 tbs coconut oil (or olive oil)
  • 3 tbs honey (or maple syrup)

Directions:

 Preheat your oven to 375° Fahrenheit.

Put the oats in a large mixing bowl. Next, chop your nuts. IMG_8252Try not to make them too small, but not so big that you’ll have a hard time chewing them (life with braces!). Dump the nuts into the oats and mix until combined.

Scoop the peanut butter, coconut oil, and honey into a microwave -safe bowl. If you don’t have coconut oil, use olive, but I highly suggest you get some. It’s a great healthy swap for butter, and you can use it in sugar scrubs and multiple other homemade beauty products!

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Pop the bowl into the microwave for about thirty seconds, just enough to get the mixture melted and combined. Once the pb, oil and honey are ready, pour it into the oats and nuts and stir well!

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After making sure the dry and wet ingredients are well mixed, place the mixture on a sheet pan.

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Spread it out a fair bit, but not so much that it will burn quickly, so make sure that it’s in a layer about a half a centimetre thick. Pop the pan in the oven for about ten minutes, stirring the granola halfway through so that it doesn’t burn. make sure to let it cool before eating it, because it will be hot! Store it in an airtight container in your fridge.

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And Voíla! Beautiful granola! Eat this stuff over yogurt, with milk, or even on your Greek Yogurt Smoothie Bowls!

This is a great healthy snack that goes along with Day 1 and 2 of 12 Days of Awesome Ways to Be Healthier! I hope you enjoy it and leave some comments so I know what kind of recipe to share next!

Yours Truly, MyDayIsBooked(: