Peppermint Hot Cocoa Pronuts

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Now onto the pronuts!

These protein donuts are made with Orgain’s new plant-based Peppermint Hot Cocoa protein powder. I love it!!! If you don’t own any use any other flavor you have like vanilla, chocolate or peanut butter. The taste will be different but still delicious!

These pronuts are the best in health & taste!

• Clean
• Plant-based
• Healthy
• Fiber & Protein Packed
• Filling
• Oil- free
• No added sugar
• Delicious

• Servings: 5 pronuts
• Time: 25 minutes
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 1 large ripe banana
• 1/2 c apple sauce
• 1/2 c non-dairy milk
• 1/2 c whole wheat flour
• 1/2 c oat flour
• 1/4 c Orgain’s Peppermint Hot Cocoa Protein Powder
• 1 tsp baking soda

Optional Toppings:

• White chocolate chips
• 80% cacao chocolate chips
• Organic unsweetened coconut flakes
• Anything else you like!

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray 5 donut holes with non-stick spray & set aside.
2. Add your ripe bananas to a large mixing bowl & beat until pureed.
3. Add the rest of your ingredients to your mixing bowl & mix until combined.
4. Distribute your batter among the 5 donut holes.
5. Add any desired toppings.
6. Bake for 18 minutes. Serve as is or spread with nut butter 🙂 Enjoy!

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Happy weekend!

 

 

 

Maple Sweet Potato Bread

Don’t forget to follow my Instagram, @thekellydiet, for more recipes not posted on the blog! Like these ‘Peppermint Hot Cocoa Overnight Oats!’

 

This healthy sweet potato bread is so delicious that I have a hard time not finishing the whole thing myself!

What makes this bread healthy? It’s made of fiber-filled, protein-packed and energizing ingredients!

Not to mention it’s super easy to make 🙂

I’m going to give you 2 options in the recipe. One will reduce the amount of oil and syrup used to make it even healthier. If you are looking for more of that dessert bread leave the original amount.

Let’s get baking!

• Servings: 1 loaf
• Time: 1 hr
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

Dry Ingredients:

• 1 c organic whole wheat flour (find one high in fiber & protein)
• 1 c organic old fashioned or rolled oats
• 1/3 c organic unsweetened coconut flakes
• 3T coconut flour
• 1/2 T cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• Pinch of pink himalayan salt

Wet Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 c organic sweet potato puree
• 1/2 c melted coconut oil OR 1/4 c melted coconut oil + 1/4 c non-dairy milk
• 1/2 c pure maple syrup OR 1/4 c pure maple syrup + 1/4 c natural apple sauce

Additional:

• 1/3 c white chocolate chips (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 395F. Spray a loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray & set aside.
2. Add all your dry ingredients to a medium sized bowl & whisk to combine.
3. Add all your wet ingredients a large bowl & mix until combined.
4. Pour your dry ingredients into your wet & mix until just combined.
5. Fold in your white choc chips.
6. Pour your batter into your loaf pan & smooth with a spoon so that it is evenly distributed.
7. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Enjoy!

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Curried Chickpea Salad & Rosemary Potatoes

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Now onto these side dishes!

Thanksgiving is in 4 days! Here are 2 healthy & delicious side dishes that everyone can eat 🙂

They are:

• vegan
• gluten-free
• nut-free

Curried Chickpea Salad

• Servings: 10
• Time: 10 minutes
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 2, 15 oz. cans garbanzo beans (drained & rinsed)
• 1 c grated carrots
• 1/2 c dried cranberries

Sauce:

• 3 T tahini
• 2 T lemon juice
• 1/2 T ACV
• 1/2 T liquid aminos
• 1/2 T pure maple syrup
• 1 tsp curry
• 1 tsp cumin

Directions

1. Add your chickpeas, carrots & cranberries to a large bowl.
2. Add your sauce ingredients to a small bowl & whisk until combined.
3. Pour your sauce onto your chickpea mixture & mix everything together with a fork. Cover & refrigerate. Enjoy!

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Rosemary Potatoes & Brussel Sprouts

• Servings: 10
• Time: 1 hr
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 1.5 lb small red potatoes
• 2 T coconut oil
• 1 T paprika
• 1.5 tsp rosemary leaves, finely crushed
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp pink himalayan salt
• 10 large brussels sprouts
• ground pepper

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 425F.
2. Rinse your potatoes. Line a baking sheet with a silpat and spread your potatoes onto the sheet.
3. Melt your coconut oil and pour on top of your potatoes.
4. Immediately, while the coconut oil is still hot, sprinkle onto your potatoes the paprika, rosemary, garlic and salt.
5. Mix everything together on the sheet with your hands or a spoon.
6. Bake for 45-50 minutes.
7. While that is baking, slice your brussels sprouts into halves or thirds.
8. With 12 minutes left of the potatoes baking, remove your sheet from the oven. Add your brussels sprouts. Grind fresh pepper across the sheet and mix everything together once more with a spoon.
9. Place back into the oven and allow to finish baking the last 12 minutes. Serve hot. Enjoy!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

 

 

Toasted Coconut Banana Muffins

Don’t forget to follow my Instagram, @thekellydiet, for more recipes not posted on the blog! Like this ‘Green Mango Smoothie!’

Now onto the protein muffins!

These protein muffins are made with Orgain’s plant-based Cookies and Cream Protein Powder. I love it!!! If you don’t own any use any other flavor you have like vanilla, chocolate or peanut butter. The taste will be different but still delicious!

These protein muffins are the best in health & taste!

• Clean
• Plant-based
• Healthy
• Fiber & Protein Packed
• Filling
• Oil- free
• Sweet
• Delicious

• Servings: 11 muffins
• Time: 25 minutes
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

Dry Ingredients:

• 3 scoops (70g)  protein powder (I used @drinkorgain Cookies & Cream)
• 1 c quick oats (gluten-free if needed)
• 2/3 c unsweetened organic coconut flakes
• 1/3 c whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• Pinch of pink himalayan salt

Wet Ingredients:

• 2 large ripe banana
• 4 oz natural apple sauce
• 1/4 c non-dairy milk
• 1/4 c pure local honey or agave
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Additional:

• Handful white chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray a muffin tin with non-stick spray & set aside.
2. Add your ripe bananas to a large mixing bowl & beat until pureed.
3. Add the rest of your wet ingredients to your mixing bowl & mix until combined.
4. Add all your dry ingredients to a medium sized bowl & whisk to combine.
5. Pour your dry ingredients into your wet & mix until just combined.
6. Fold in your white choc chips.
7. Use an ice-cream scooper to distribute your batter among 11 of the muffins holes.
8. Bake for 18 minutes. Enjoy!

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Happy almost Friday!

 

 

Quinoa Pumpkin Chili

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Now onto this ‘Pumpkin Chili!’

Why to love this recipe:

• Easy to make (thanks to the crockpot)
• Perfect for food prepping
• Filled with veggies that can be swapped for any others you prefer or have on hand
• Filling
• Healthy
• Delicious
• Fall ready
• Vegan as always 🙂

• Servings: 6
• Time: 3-6 hrs
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 3 c filtered water or vegetable broth
• 2 c greens (kale/spinach/chard)
• 1 sliced zucchini
• 1 c uncooked quinoa
• 1 15 oz can organic pumpkin puree
• 1 15 oz can black beans (drained & rinsed)
• 1 15 oz can corn (drained & rinsed)
• 1 6 oz can tomato paste
• 1/2 red onion, chopped
• 1/2 T cinnamon
• 2 tsp black garlic puree
• 1 tsp curry
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1/2 tsp pink himalayan salt

Directions

1. Add all ingredients to a crockpot.
2. Stir & cook on high heat for 3 hrs, or low for 6.
3. Serve hot. Enjoy!

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Happy Fall!

 

 

 

 

Healthy Shortbread Twix Bars

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Now let’s talk about these Healthy Shortbread Twix Bars!

• The base layer is a fluffy, coconut flour shortbread
• The filling is a date caramel paste
• & the top is chocolate peanut butter powder sprinkled with raw coconut flakes!

Healthy

• Servings: 12 Twix Bars
• Time: 30 minutes
• Difficulty: medium
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Ingredients

Base:

• 2/3 c coconut flour
• 1/3 c no sugar added apple sauce
• 3 T raw local honey or agave
• 2 T non-dairy milk

Filling:

• 6 pitted & chopped dates
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 c garbanzo bean flour
• 1 ripe banana

Top:

• 1/2 c chocolate peanut butter powder (Such as PB Fit or PB2)
• 1/4 c filtered water
• Raw, unsweetened shredded coconut

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray an 8×8 pan with coconut oil spray & set aside.
2. Add your dates to a small bowl. Pour boiling water into the bowl to cover dates. Let sit for at least 20 minutes.
3. Add your base ingredients to a medium sized bowl & beat or mix with hands until combined.
4. Press base batter into the bottom of your tin and bake for 10 minutes.
5. While that is baking rinse your dates & add them to a food processor along with the rest of your filling ingredients. Process until combined.
6. When your base layer is done baking, pour you filling batter on top. Smooth & bake for 15 minutes.
7. While that is baking mix your peanut butter powder with your filtered water in a small bowl & set aside.
8. When the 15 minutes are up, set your pan in the freezer for 20 minutes to cool. Then spread your chocolate peanut butter on top, sprinkle with coconut & freeze for another 20-30 minutes before cutting into bars. Enjoy!

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Who will you share your Twix Bars with?!

 

 

 

Quinoa Rainbow Stew

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Now onto this ‘Quinoa Rainbow Stew!’

Why to love this recipe:

• Can be made in a crockpot or on the stove
• Perfect for food prepping
• Filled with veggies that can be swapped for any others you prefer or have on hand
• Filling
• Healthy
• Delicious
• Vegan as always 🙂

• Servings: 3
• Time: 30 minutes
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 1 c veggie broth or filtered water
• 3/4 c un-cooked quinoa
• 1 15 oz can, petite diced tomatoes
• 1 c cubed butternut squash
• 1/2 a zucchini, sliced
• 1/2 an eggplant, sliced & chopped
• 7 stalks asparagus, chopped
• 1 tsp black garlic puree
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 2 tsp Flavor God’s Everything Spicy seasoning (or other natural spices of choice)

Optional Toppings:

• Fresh Basil
• Nutritional Yeast

Directions

1. Add all ingredients to a crockpot OR large skillet sprayed with avocado spray.
2. Stir & cook on high heat in the crockpot for 4 hours; OR in your skillet on medium heat on the stove for about 20 minutes (or until liquid is absorbed and quinoa is cooked), stirring occasionally.
3. Serve hot with things like fresh basil & sprinkled with nooch. Or cover & refrigerate or freeze as a food prep. Enjoy!

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Happy Tuesday. It’s never too late to food-prep for the rest of the week!

 

 

 

 

Apple Flour, Sweet Potato Bars

Don’t forget to follow my Instagram, @thekellydiet, for more recipes not posted on the blog! Like these ‘Chickpea Blondies’!

Now onto these Apple Flour Bars!

First, what is apple flour?

I got sent a bag of apple flour from Earthly Choice!

‘Made from the healthiest part of the apple (the peel) and blended with the highest quality wheat flour, our Apple Flour is where sustainability and nutrition meet. With a taste, look and feel like regular flour, you can add it to pancakes, brownies and cookies just like you would any ordinary wheat flour; except ours gives you a boost of iron and antioxidants with every serving! How do you like them apples? ‘

As for the rest of these bars they are:

• Sugar-free
• Oil-free
• Protein & fiber packed
• Made with only7 ingredients
• Vegan

• Servings: 8 bars
• Time: 30 minutes
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 1 c apple flour
• 1 c coconut flour
• 1 c organic sweet potato puree
• 1 c no-sugar added apple sauce
• 1/4 c non-dairy milk
• 1 T chia seeds
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder

Optional fold ins:

• Handful dried cranberries
• Handful non-dairy chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 350F. Spray a 9×9 pan or similar with coconut oil spray & set aside.
2. Add all ingredients to a large mixing bowl.
3. Beat until combined.
4. Fold in cranberries, choc chips, nuts, whatever you like!
5. Pour batter into your pan & smooth with a spatula.
6. Bake for about 25 minutes or until edges are slightly golden brown & a knife inserted comes out clean. Enjoy!

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Have a healthy week everyone!

 

 

 

 

Brownie Batter Oat Muffins

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Now let’s talk about these Brownie Batter Oat Muffins!

They are:

• Vegan
• Protein & fiber packed
• Free of any oils or sugar
• Chocolatey
• Easy to make
• Made with only clean, natural ingredients
• Filling
• Metabolism boosting

• Servings: 7 muffins
• Time: 25 minutes
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 1 c oats (gluten free if needed)
• 1/2 c unsweetened apple sauce
• 1/4 c coconut flour
• 1/4 c non-dairy milk (I used Ripple)
• 1 ripe banana
• 3 T cocoa powder
• 1/2 T chia seeds
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking powder
• dash pink himalayan salt

Additional:

• Handful non-dairy chocolate chips
• Prepared Chocolate Peanut Flour/ PB Fit or PB2
• Unsweetened Raw Shredded Coconut
• 3 Pitted dates sliced in half

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray 7 holes of a muffin tin with coconut oil spray & set aside.
2. Add all ingredients to a large mixing bowl.
3. Beat/mix until everything is combined.
4. Fold in your chocolate chips.
5. Distribute batter among the 7 muffins tins with an ice-cream scooper
6. Bake for 18 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean. Once cooled, remove from tins & top with prepared chocolate powdered peanut butter, shredded coconut & sliced dates. Enjoy!

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Happy Saturday!

 

 

 

PB fit Banana Bars

Before diving into this recipes don’t forget to follow my Instagram, @thekellydiet, for more recipes not posted on the blog! Like this ‘Acorn Squash Hummus‘ 🙂

Now let’s talk about these PB Fit Banana Bars!

They are:

• Vegan
• Protein & fiber packed
• Soft
• Gluten-Free/ Grain-Free
• Easy to make
• Made with only clean, natural ingredients
• Fueling
• Metabolism boosting

• Servings: 2 big or 4 medium sized bars
• Time: 18 minutes
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c coconut flour
• 1 ripe banana
• 1/4 c peanut flour (I used PB Fit)
• 1/4 c non-dairy milk (I used Ripple)
• 1 T flax seed
• 1 T chia seeds
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• dash pink himalayan salt

Additional:

• Prepared Peanut Flour/ PB Fit
• Sliced Banana

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray two circle or heart shape tart tins with non-stick cooking spray (alternatively you could you use a loaf or 8×8 pan), and set aside.
2. Add all ingredients to a food processor.
3. Process until everything is combined, stopping occasionally to scrape the sides of the bowl.
4. Distribute batter among tins & smooth with a spoon.
5. Bake for 12 minutes or until edges are slightly golden brown & a knife inserted comes out clean. Once cooled, remove from tins & top with additional prepared powdered peanut butter & sliced banana. Enjoy!

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Have a yummy rest of your week 🙂