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Simple, Guilt Free Oatmeal Muffin Recipe

Oatmeal Muffins - Making it a healthy treat!!!

In my experience, healthy and gluten free treats are usually pretty boring and somewhat tasteless too! Today my daughter wanted me to trust her and give her recipe a try... And wow! These are wonderful :)

These muffins are amazing, simple and a totally guilt free treat that you, your kids and everyone will love!!!

Recipe:

Healthy Oatmeal Muffins

Ingredients:

3-4 Ripe Bananas
1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
2 Eggs
1 tbsp. Baking Powder
3 cups Oats
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
3 tsp. Cinnamon

(Optional) Fruits you can add to the mix:

1) Apples and Cinnamon
2) Banana and Pecans
3) Blueberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 F.

Smash the bananas in a medium sized mixing bowl with a fork, until the lumps are mostly gone.
Then add the rest of the ingredients and stir together with your fork. (Note: if desired, you can substitute the almond milk for your milk of choice).

At this point, this is your base. You could essentially add whatever fruit or mix in that you want (i.e. Fruit, Chocolate Chips, Peanut Butter, Raisins, etc.)

Today, we chose to keep it healthy and make three different muffins... Apple Cinnamon, Banana Nut and Blueberry.

After we mixed together the base, we split the mix into three different bowls. From this point, we added in the additional optional ingredients to make our favorite muffins. The amount of fruit or nuts you add at this point is at your discretion. It just depends on your preference.

Once you have everything mixed in, you are ready to put the mixture into your paper baking cups in your muffin tin.

Bake for 20 minutes in oven that has been preheated to 375F. Remove from oven and let the muffins cool for about 10 minutes.

Now it's time to enjoy your healthy sweet treat, so yummy and totally guilt free!!

My daughter Britney is a genius... These are awesome!

Happy eating...

Diana

Healthy Pizza Recipe - Half the Calories

Okay, so this has nothing to do with decorating, but I had to share!! This is absolutely my new favorite recipe. I got the idea for this amazing pizza alternative while watching the Dr. Oz show last week when they made a No Dough pizza by making a pizza on Naan Bread (a flat bread found at most health food stores). A few of my ingredients are different than what I saw on the show, but I think I have improved on the recipe! I found Naan bread and also Artichoke hummus at Sprouts Farmers Market, a healthy, natural and organic foods grocery store. Naan bread comes in whole wheat, garlic and spinach, you can use whichever is your preference. This dish is approximately 350 calories per serving, which is way less than traditional pizza!

Ingredient List for 2 servings (2 personal size pizzas):

Naan Bread - 2 pcs.
Artichoke Hummus - 2 tbsp.
Organic Ricotta Cheese - 2 tbsp.
Organic Skim Mozzarella Cheese - 1/4 cup
Cherry Tomatoes - 7 small
Baby Spinach - 1/2 cup
Fresh Basil - 1 bunch
Onion - 1/8 cup chopped
Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 1 tbsp.
Lemon Juice - 1/2 tsp.
Sea Salt - 1/8 tsp.

Optional items that I've tried include mushrooms and chicken... You can put on anything else you might like on your pizza :)

RECIPE:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Put your Naan bread onto a foiled cookie sheet. Brush the top of the bread with a dab of Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Then mix the artichoke hummus, ricotta cheese and the diced onion into a bowl.

Put half of the mixture onto each of the breads and spread around evenly.

Use the balance of your olive oil (just under a tbsp.) and add lemon juice and salt to it. In a separate bowl, put cut up basil and spinach.

Pour EVOO, lemon juice, salt mixture onto spinach basil and stir. Then set aside.

Place tomatoes and any other toppings around each pizza. Sprinkle thin layer of skim mozzarella cheese on top.

Put into preheated oven for 8 or 9 minutes (until cheese is fully melted and edges of bread will be crispy).

Remove from oven, spread spinach/basil mixture across top of pizza and serve.

This last picture is a version of this pizza that I made for my husband with chopped up chicken breast and a drizzle of an organic barbecue sauce on the chicken. Basil was put on and cooked with the toppings just under the cheese... No spinach mixture was put on this version. It came out amazing too!!!

I'd love to hear from you if you try this recipe. Let me know how you like it!

Until next time...

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Chocolate Melting Cake { EZ Recipe } 2die4

If you love Chocolate than this dessert is for you!!! It is the easiest and most amazing cake I have ever made, (and I have made it many times). It my my husband and my absolute favorite favorite favorite dessert (did I say favorite?).. Yum!!! You don't even need a beater or mixer on this one. It is flour-less, which also means it's gluten free... and it is oh so so decadent, amazing, awesome, to die for (okay, so you get the point).

As I said, this recipe is easy! It is quick, requires only six basic ingredients and it can be made in a short amount of time (less than 10 minutes from scratch to the oven)... and it takes only 30 minutes in the oven. Yet people will think you are a gourmet chef with this totally easy peasy dessert :)

We went on a cruise a couple of years ago and for dessert one night with tried their Chocolate Melting Cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I was in heaven, well as close as I could get to heaven on earth. I loved it! Needless to say I ordered it the next night too :) Of course the cruise line was not going to give me their recipe, but I knew that it was a flourless cake. Shortly after we got home I searched the internet for flourless cake recipes. I stumbled upon a receipe that I tried and then tried again tweaking it slightly so it turned out amazingly meltey and oooooie gooey in the middle. It is a huge hit with everyone I have ever served it to. I highly highly recommend it!!!

I like to try to make my recipes as organic as possible so I use organic butter, organic sugar and farm fresh organic eggs (however you can use white sugar and whatever butter and eggs you like).

Recipe -

Ingredients:

1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
In the top of a double boiler over simmering water (NOTE: I use two sauce pans, see below) Melt butter and chocolate chips.
Remove from heat and stir in sugar, cocoa powder, eggs and vanilla.
Pour even amounts into 4 oven safe dishes (fill about 1/2 full - dessert will rise)
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes
Let cool 15 to 20 minutes before serving

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I like to serve this dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. However, this chocolate dessert is also very good on it's own!

Step by step photos (with helpful tips) -

Make your own double boiler by using two sauce pans. Place the small pan inside of the larger one as shown. Put one or two inches of water in the lower pan. Turn burner on medium low. The double boiler method keeps the butter and chocolate chips from burning.

Melt butter and chocolate chips...

Remove from stove-top...

Pour in sugar, give a quick stir (will melt into hot butter mix)..

Add cocoa powder and stir

Add eggs and vanilla then stir well (takes about one minute)... I own a beater and a stand mixer... However, this stirs so quickly that I just use a wooden spoon to mix.

The mixture will look like this...

Pour equal amounts into four dishes. Only fill dishes about half way because dessert will rise. I use CorningWare 7 oz. stoneware crocks (ramekins) that I purchased at Walmart. They can also be purchased through Amazon (Free shipping with $25 purchase) at this link: CorningWare French White 7-Ounce Ramekins

I like the crocks (ramekins) because they are ready to serve, just add ice cream or whip cream to the top (depending on your preference)... With these, there is no greasing necessary, (Which I LOVE).

Note: If you prefer, you can use an 8 inch round cake pan, just be sure to grease and dust your pan with cocoa powder first.

Place crocks on a cookie sheet and put them into your 300 degree preheated oven for 30 minutes.

Note: If you prefer your cake be more traditional and not be gooey inside, just increase the oven temperature to 350 degrees and still bake for 30 minutes.

When you first remove them from the oven they will be puffy on top (sorta like muffins)...

As they cool they will collapse a bit, which makes them perfect for putting a scoop of ice cream on top! You can serve them about 20 minutes after they come out of the oven. Warm, but not hot...

Optional, after they cool, cover them with foil and serve them at your convenience. I like serving them warm, so I heat them in the microwave for 20 seconds on high before serving. (Adjust micro time depending how powerful your microwave is).

This dessert is just as amazing on day two and day three as it is on day one. However, I admit that, in our house they don't last past day two!!! I swear I could eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner... (hehe).

I like to serve with Breyers Smooth & Dreamy 1/2 fat Ice Cream because it is natural... and I feel a little less guilty :) But, whatever ice cream you like is fine!