Flourless Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Continuing on our low carb lifestyle...but we need to be realistic...I am a baker and my husband LOVES cookies...so I saw this chick pea cookie recipe and thought, let's try nuts! 

All I had was pumpkin seeds, so here it is! Cookies made without flour and wait for it...they taste amazing!

Supplies

1/2 cup of any roasted nut, salted is ok.

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp agave nectar

2 egg yolks

60 semi sweet chocolate chips, about 2 tbsp

Directions 

In your food processor combine all ingredients except for chocolate chips and blend until smooth.

Move mixture to mixing bowl and stir in chocolate chips.

Using 2 spoons, spoon mixture onto a cookie sheet lines with parchment paper.

Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Makes 8 cookies

Enjoy!

Here is the nutritional information:

Low Carb Spinach Pepperoni Crepe

So it's low carb in the Hines House, and if I eat one more egg...I may run into on coming traffic...So off to the store for a tasty dinner, with no eggs! In the produce isle, what do I see? A NO SUGAR 9 CARB CREPE! BAM! IT'S WHATS FOR DINNER!

Supplies
-Store bought crepes
-Turkey Pepperoni
-Shredded Cheese
-Spinach

...and that's all!


Directions
Heat your pan, saute your spinach, the amount will vary based on how much you want or how many you are making, the carb count is the same no matter what...0 carbs for the filling, 9 for the crepe!
Remove the spinach, place your crepe in the pan, use cooking spray or butter to prevent sticking.  Heat add the spinach, cheese and pepperoni. Fold over the crepe side and plate!
It's so good and so easy...I think i'll try pizza crepes next!

White Chocolate Cherry Pecan Muffins

So I love the cool weather, mostly because I love to bake and won't turn the oven on when it's hot out. I recently was at Trader Joe's and saw a super yummy bag of dried cherries and my baking wheels started turning...Cherries...White Chocolate Chips and Pecans. Hope you like these, because if you don't my kids are more than willing to eat yours too! 

Supplies 
2 Cups White Flour
 2 tsp baking powder 
1/2 tsp salt
 3/4 c. white sugar 
1 egg 
1/4 c. vegetable oil 
1 c. milk
 1/2 c. dried cherries 
1/2 c. white chocolate chips 
1/4 c. chopped pecans 

• Preheat oven to 400. 
• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar mix together. 
• In another bowl, whisk egg, oil and milk. Add liquid mixture to dry ingredients and combine. 
• Add in cherries, chocolate chips and pecans, mix well.
• Spoon mixture into 12 muffin liners and bake for 25 min, or until tops are golden brown. 

 ENJOY!

Super Mom Morning Smoothie

Sooo good, and good for you!

Start with:

1/2 cup Pineapple Mango Juice

1/2 cup Raspberries

1 tbsp Coconut Spread

1 Serving of your favorite protein powder 

  (I use Aria Women's Protein Powder)

Blend all ingredients until smooth and add ice if you like!

This is super filling, under 200 calories and has 14 grams of protein and 7 grams of fiber!

Enjoy!

Crock Pot BBQ Ribs

These may be the easiest ribs I have ever made in my life!

A few ingredients and a crock pot is all you need!

 

 

 

 

Ingredient's

 

• Boneless Pork Ribs, or any ribs!
• 1 bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce
• 1 box chicken or beef stock
• Garlic seasoning
• Salt and pepper

 

(TOLD YOU, SO EASY!)

 

 

Place all the ingredients in the crockpot, add water until meat is completely covered, cook of high for 5 hours.

These will be super tender, and Delicious, ENJOY!



Sweet Potato Beef Stew

This is a great Beef Stew, slow cooked and tender beef, tons of flavor and the added goodness of sweet potatoes.This is definaely a family favorite, great for parties. After the meat is cooked, you can finish on the stove or in the Croc Pot! Enjoy!

Ingredient List
1 lb cubed stew beef or chicken
1 quart chicken or beef  stock
2 large sweet potatoes
2 cups baby carrots
2 cups celery
1 cup mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped sweet onion
2 cups water
1 packet stew seasoning
1/8 cup flour
salt and pepper

Coat the beef cubes in flour and brown in a large pot, salt and pepper.  Add quart of stock and simmer on medium low for 1 hour. Add chopped sweet potato, carrots and onions, cook for 30 more minutes.  Add all remaining ingredients-celery, mushrooms, seasoning packet and water, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 more minutes.  If using a Croc Pot, cook all ingredients on high for 5 hours.

Mini Hines Handsmade Jax

Jax loves CRAFTS, it's his favorite activity.  Sunday, after being out with Miya all day, we came home with the hope of letting Daddy watch his game.  I needed to make dinner and Miya volunteered to feed H, which she find HILARIOUS, because he eats more than she does, so it's like a game.  See how much the man baby can eat.  Now I need to cook dinner and Jax needed an activity. And he REALLY wanted to cook with me.

Jax Food Craft #1

• 4 bowls, each filled with his favorite snack foods, mini marshmallows, trailmix, chocolate chips, gold fish, cereal, etc.
• 1 mixing bowl
• 5 plastic baggies

I showed Jax how to scoop his increments into his mixing bowl, then stir it and poor it in his baggie, he was so stoked and made 5 bags of his own snack mix, this took about 20 minutes which was perfect timing to get dinner started!