World Changing - Peanut Butter Chocolate Chips Cookies

Would you believe me if I told you that you would LOVE a cookie made with no flour and no sugar?! Well get ready for your world to change. Completely life changing cookies are about to be made! 

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 c. crunchy peanut butter (I buy Natural Jif Brand) (original recipe calls for creamy)

1/4 c. honey (1/3 C. on original recipe)

1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. sea salt

----mix then...

...add 1/2 c. chocolate chips

It is that easy! It is gooey so don't be scared. 

Directions: 

Heat oven to 350. Use cookie scoop or tablespoon to scoop batter onto cookie sheet. Bake 8 minutes and THEN LET SIT ON SHEET FOR 10 MINUTES! Then guiltlessly devour! Store in fridge. 

Makes 2 dozen. 

Beyeler Review:

AMAZING!

Recipe adapted from Detoxinista. Check out her website she has great recipes for healthy sweets.

Easy Garlic Chicken Parmesan & Pasta

This is a great easy recipe that is something everyone will like and has a great presentation so it is great for company. 

Easy Garlic Chicken Parmesan & Pasta

Ingredients:
1/2 C. parmesan cheese
1 envelope italian dressing mix (or could use italian seasoning spice)
1/2 tsp. garlic powder (dehydrated or freeze dried garlic is even yummier)
3 chicken breasts, cut in half and pounded thin
package of pasta
Jar of pasta sauce
thinly sliced fresh basil for topping (& presentation purposes)

Directions:
Heat oven to 400. Combine cheese, italian seasoning, and garlic on a plate. Moisten chicken with water, dip chicken in mixture. Place in baking dish. Bake 20-25 minutes until chicken is done. Prepare pasta and heat sauce. Reserve 3/4 C. of sauce to top chicken. Combine pasta and sauce. 

To present serve chicken topped with reserved sauce, sliced basil, and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese. 

This is a great dish to take as a "new baby meal" just put pasta in container and top with fancy chicken. Add a toss salad and garlic bread. 

Beyeler Review: 
We love this. It is so easy and I often have ingredients on hand. It is easy to half the recipe if just for us or the chicken actually reheats well for leftovers. Very important that you pound out chicken, helps it cook evenly and quickly. Now, I'm hungry!

Recipe adapted from Kraft Foods.

Easter 2013

Luke really enjoyed coloring Easter Eggs this year. 

The boys were so funny about their hats. Matthew loves putting anything on his head. 

Carter sadly missed the Egg Hunt because He was home sick. Two minutes into the hunt Matthew fell on his face in the rocks reaching for his first egg. 

Is that the cutest one year old ever?

Banana Pancakes & Oat Flour

Our favorite breakfast is banana pancakes. I have "cleaned up" the recipe and now it is a guilt-free and gluten-free pleasure. 

Banana Pancakes

Ingredients:

• 1 C. oat flour (recipe below) 

• 2 tsp. baking powder 

• 1 tsp. baking soda

• 1/4 tsp. salt

• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon ** Beyeler update we like these with 1 tbsp.

• 1 large banana, very ripe, mashed

• 1 C. milk (any kind of milk works, we use unsweetened vanilla almondmilk)

• 1 egg

• 2 tsp. oil (I always use coconut oil or grapeseed)

• 1 tsp. vanilla

• 1/4 cup ground flaxseed (I throw in if I have it)

• coconut oil for cooking

Directions: 
Beyeler Reviews: 
Recipe adapted from SkinnyTaste.

Mix milk, egg, oil, vanilla and mashed bananas in a bowl. Then add dry ingredients. Don't over-mix. Heat Skillet on medium heat, coat with coconut oil. Pour 1/4 C. of batter on heated skillet. When pancakes bubble flip! Makes 12 pancakes. 

Everyone in our house LOVES these. They freeze well and keep in the refrigerator all week. I just pop them in the toaster and serve. These are good enough to eat without syrup. 

Oat Flour

Ingredients: 

• Oats

Directions: 

Put oats in food processor, blend. Now you have oat flour!

Beyeler Reviews: 

I love baking with it! I do usually combine with white whole wheat flour in recipes because without things are usually flat. Oat Flour whips up in the Ninja in less than a minute. 

My Homemade Oat Flour. I always buy King Authur Brand Flour. 

Matthew's New Smile

Sometimes a photo is worth a million words!

He is so stinkin' cute & I have a feeling full of trouble!

As soon as I pointed camera his way he made this smile!

He is so sweet and now a biter!
5 official teeth & 3 more on the way!

Cinnamon Vanilla Almond Butter

We made homemade almond butter with cinnamon and vanilla in the Ninja on Monday! Tastes yummy but the loud Ninja was a little loud for as long as it takes to churn butter. It was probably on for a total of 10-12 minutes. But finally it became butter and it is tasty! Matthew and Luke already enjoyed some. 

Cinnamon Vanilla Almond Butter

Ingredients:

2 C. roasted almonds
1/2 - 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1-2 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
2 Tbsp. olive oil

Directions: 

1. Place the almonds in the bowl of a food processor and process until finely ground. 

2. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend for a few minutes at a time, making sure to scrape the sides of the food processor bowl frequently (if the mixture sticks).

3. Process for about 10 minutes, or until smooth and creamy.

4. Store in a mason jar of course and put in the fridge for freshness. 

Beyeler Reviews:

We made with only 1 Tbsp of Cinnamon and 1/2 Tbsp of Vanilla and wish we had more flavor so I made the variation in the recipe above. Also the original recipe said 1 Tbsp. of oil and we had to add 1 more to get it going. I think I'll try coconut oil next time...

Recipe Adapted from this recipe.

Luke enjoyed pushing the button to start the Ninja!

To Mrs. Palmer

Shea Wheeler became Shea Palmer yesterday! The most amazing ceremony ever, in which her new husband whispered the sweetest vows to her and forever captured my heart. The way Brad intently looked into Shea's eyes as he sweetly whispered his vows to her made me the happiest sister in the whole world. Seeing his deep love for her was the most comforting feeling as I felt I was handing over my little sister into his care. I know her heart is forever safe in his hands. 

Shea Palmer, I want to devote this blog to our sister bond. In honor of the wedding vows you made yesterday I make this vow to you. I, Terra Beyeler, will share our lives in Arizona with you, Shea and Bradley, no number of miles will ever separate our love for you. I commit to sharing our days and lives with one another. Ok....now I'm crying. 

I love you Shea Palmer and you too Brad!