Quinoa Almond Butter Truffles

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYxGx12sPz6rszf6o7U3X36SPaGESWUcvjDIPrhJlC-UPEsl2VDn4bEJMFVWOdCqtBIbRIqeFdZcjM4_miilJ7kyOmzG3ZkmPYj2Ue2VHrQstaxB65Bf4V5-Bmaso2ztU7DQqGAP57aTj/s1600/PB-Truffles2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYxGx12sPz6rszf6o7U3X36SPaGESWUcvjDIPrhJlC-UPEsl2VDn4bEJMFVWOdCqtBIbRIqeFdZcjM4_miilJ7kyOmzG3ZkmPYj2Ue2VHrQstaxB65Bf4V5-Bmaso2ztU7DQqGAP57aTj/s640/PB-Truffles2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Ingredients:<br /> <br /> 1/4 cup uncooked quinoa<br /> 1/2 tsp melted coconut oil<br /> 2 tsp coconut sugar<br /> 3/4 cup almond butter<br /> 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract<br /> 2 tbsp maple syrup<br /> 2 tbsp gluten free oat flour<br /> 3.5 ounces of dark chocolate<br /> sea salt<br /> <br /> <br /> Procedure:<br /> <br /> 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and prepare your baking pan lined with parchment paper or cookie sheets.<br /> 2. In a small saucepan add in 1/2 cup of water and 1/4 cup of quinoa and cook the quinoa. Remove from heat and add in coconut oil and brown sugar. Mix well and dump in baking sheet. Be careful as it can be hot. Use a spatula to even the quinoa in the baking sheet and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until it turns golden brown in color. Let it cool for a few minutes after.<br /> 3. Prepare the almond butter truffles. In a bowl stir in together the almond butter, vanilla and maple syrup until properly combined. Add in flour and stir. The dough should be soft then add in the toasted quinoa to the mixture. You may use your hands in rolling the dough into balls. Place them in parchment paper and freeze for 15 minutes.<br /> 4. After it has set and frozen in the refrigerator, prepare the melted dark chocolate and dip each of the balls until fully coated.<br /> 5. Sprinkle truffles with the seal salt and place in the fridge for 10-15 minutes or until they harden.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

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Quinoa Almond Butter Truffles

Ingredients: 1/4 cup uncooked quinoa 1/2 tsp melted coconut oil 2 tsp coconut sugar 3/4 cup almond butter 1/2 tbsp vanilla extrac...

Low carb Almond Banana cookies

Once in a awhile, it’s good to have a cheat meal. What can be a tough decision is deciding on what you want to consume. I never really craved for chips or baked goods until I was in a caloric deficit and browsing the markets for “goodies” was a big headache when I realize all of the ingredients may not be great in helping me obtain my goals. It’s better to know exactly what’s going in my body so I did some research and discovered some amazing recipes. Here’s a quick low carb solutions for cookies that’s super simple to prepare. I hope you guys enjoy!<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vsDVjUo3Yp4Y_M94UAQ9FfNbxP64imkJEFeKnxReuWxlnlZQDVwTF8XxOaIL9OuNRZnDuSiq6ymxqWN9QDF60RsF01zgtU0q9y80RFw59xX5POfF9Ndq5epN5JiIVhjpoHQDalaJXV1N/s1600/cookie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vsDVjUo3Yp4Y_M94UAQ9FfNbxP64imkJEFeKnxReuWxlnlZQDVwTF8XxOaIL9OuNRZnDuSiq6ymxqWN9QDF60RsF01zgtU0q9y80RFw59xX5POfF9Ndq5epN5JiIVhjpoHQDalaJXV1N/s640/cookie.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ingredients<br /> <ul><li>1 Cup Almond Flour</li> <li>1/2 Cup Coconut Flour</li> <li>1/2 Tbsp Baking Powder</li> <li>1/2 Tbsp Cinnamon</li> <li>Pinch of salt</li> <li>2 Eggs</li> <li>1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract</li> <li>1/4 Cup Coconut Oil</li> <li>1/4 Cup Almond Butter</li> <li>1/3 Cup Honey</li> <li>1 Ripe Banana Mushed (I like mine semi chunky)</li> </ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-P6IYeojUkMyOUd1WqvZVtGQ2AL03O8zp71iFsDQFouHkMpbJTI5N8ihPSilijHVo6s8aiZQ4B37eomNLP7nHGrVEt9uDUya0hrgRhdbBrsgIvTDVHg5MM5hkNeRYrdafjuizX4QP-dg/s1600/bakedcookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-P6IYeojUkMyOUd1WqvZVtGQ2AL03O8zp71iFsDQFouHkMpbJTI5N8ihPSilijHVo6s8aiZQ4B37eomNLP7nHGrVEt9uDUya0hrgRhdbBrsgIvTDVHg5MM5hkNeRYrdafjuizX4QP-dg/s320/bakedcookies.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div><ol><li>Preheat oven to 350 degrees.</li> <li>Oil baking sheets or line with parchment paper.</li> <li>Seperately mix well dry ingredients together and wet ingredients together. (Minus Banana)</li> <li>Mix both dry & ingredients together before adding banana last.</li> <li>Scoop with a cookie scoop onto cookie sheets. Bake 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.</li> </ol>Yield: about 12 cookies with cookie scoop. Stores well for 5-6 days refrigerated.</div>1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees.<br /> 2.Oil baking sheets or line with parchment paper.<br /> 3.Seperately mix well dry ingredients together and wet ingredients together. (Minus Banana)<br /> 4.Mix both dry & ingredients together before adding banana last.<br /> 5.Scoop with a cookie scoop onto cookie sheets. Bake 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.<br /> <br /> Yield: about 12 cookies with cookie scoop. Stores well for 5-6 days refrigerated.<div style="float: right; margin: 4px;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/green_tea/pin.jpg" /></a></div>

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Low carb Almond Banana cookies

Once in a awhile, it’s good to have a cheat meal. What can be a tough decision is deciding on what you want to consume. I never really crave...