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Friday, February 17, 2017

Wickedly Wonderful Brownie Batter Energy Bites! Clean!

I've been eating clean now for almost a month. Going great I might add! I've lost a total of 8 inches and about 7 pounds so far! I am following Avisae's Guide to Living Clean and Lean. I am including an image and a link to order the products I am using if you are interested. I am healing my gut so I am excited about the continued weight loss along with more energy less fatigue and fogginess which I am already experiencing.

I've been coming up with some of my own recipe concoctions. I'm not one to follow a recipe to closely and I get off in the rhubarb sometimes. This time however, I thought to write down what I did in case the recipe turned out to be a winner. Lucky I did, since these are amazing!!!!!

I took a few pics along the way. Sometimes that is helpful but I don't like to put a ton so that you have to scroll all the way down to the post before you get the recipe.

These are decadent and healthy! Yes, I used those two words in the same sentence to describe this little beauties!

Here is the recipe for Wickedly Wonderful Brownie Batter Energy Bites

A healthful indulgence with a bit of crunch!

a recipe from Kirsten’s Kitchen @KirstenThmpsn

1/2 C Oats

1/2 C Pecans or walnuts

Process together to make flour-like

Add:

1/2 C cocoa powder

1/2 C (2 scoops) Indulge* Protein Shake

1/4 C chia seeds

Mix together, then add:

1/2 Almond Butter**

1/2 C unsweetened apple sauce

3 Tbsp. honey

1/4 tsp. vanilla

2-3 Tbsp. Stevia for added sweetness

Mix all with hand mixer. Drop by teaspoon size bites*** on a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper and freeze to set up. Store in ziplock in fridge or freezer.

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** Peanut Butter would be good also

***If you want to make a mess, roll into balls for more uniform shape (lacks creativity :o)

Here are a few more pictures of my process if you find it helpful!

Pecans and Oats ready to go in Ninja Blender

Pecans and oats after I processed the a bit.

Batter.

Drop by teaspoon full on wax paper lined cookie sheet.

Take out of freezer and store in container in freezer or fridge.
(Yes, yes, they look as good as they taste!)

Let me know if you tried them and what you think! I will post some of the other clean recipes I have created as well!

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Yummy Graham Cracker Bar Recipe

Kirsten Thompson ECC March 30, 2012 bars , Easy recipe 0 Comments

Or a better name might be, "Make them when you have company or are going somewhere or you are low-carbing it without cheats...for real... so you don't eat the whole pan yourself Bars"!

I mentioned that I needed to share the recipe for the bars shown in the background in the photo from my Iced Coffee Break blog, so here it is. Really, so easy and terrific!

I first had them at the fall football potluck banquet. I literally stalked the pan afterwards to see who was picking it up for the recipe. (Speaking of stalking, that reminds me of another time I stalked for a recipe at a hockey arena so I'll mention that after this recipe*.)

Graham Cracker Bars

1 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

6 oz Hershey's candy bars plain (4 bars) I used tiny milk chocolate morsels instead.

1 pkg graham crackers (1/3 of a 1 Lb box)

1 cup walnuts(optional) I did not use; and actually think pecans would be better, but?

Cook butter and brown sugar, bring to a boil on low heat until thick (about 10-15 min., You'll feel it getting thick.) Put graham crackers on bottom of a cake pan. Pour butter and brown sugar mixture on top of graham crackers (If using walnuts add to mixture before putting on top of crackers). Grate candy bars or scrape with knife and put on top of mixture. The chocolate will melt, then spread.

That is it! Spend the rest of the time tossing flour around the kitchen, your face and your clothes to make
everyone think you slaved over the bars! ha!

*Speaking of stalking...

I was at my oldest son's varsity hockey game at Benilde St. Margaret's arena earlier this winter. Other than picking up some Jack Jablonski fund raiser items, well worth the cause by the way.

I picked up a terrific crowd pleaser recipe for potluck meatballs in a crock pot! The parents of the BSM team must have had a complimentary appetizer bar or something near the stands that my son's friend Ory helped himself to. Upon his plate among other goodies were some meatballs that caught my sense of smell more than anything! They smelled fantastic! Ory said they were fantastic. He went back a few times in fact for these same meatballs and we all sat and tried to figure out what must have been in the recipe? Garlic and parmesan for sure, but maybe even like a four cheese combination? And was that fresh basil, or? They weren't your typical grape jelly cocktail sauce variety found normally at these type of things. This person must have been working on these meatballs for dah-hays!

Believe me! They were the type of thing you might get a fancy restaurant or something. Yet, here they were, shared with hockey folks, on a weeknight, in the bleachers on small paper plates and toothpicks. Surely this is a hockey mom that really knows how to multi-task.

As the fans were filtering out after the game, I stopped about every woman carrying out a crock pot to see if she did the meatballs. Success! I found her! Kindly, she gave me the recipe. Now I had to find some paper and a pen in my purse to write this masterpiece down. You should be able to copy and paste from this blog if you so choose which will be much much easier. So if you are ready, here goes:

Delectable Pot-Luck Meatball Recipe:

Frozen prepared meatballs

Jar of Alfredo Sauce

Heat in crock pot.

Ha! That was it!

"That's it?" I exclaimed dumbfounded!

"That's it!" she said proudly, from one time-taxed hockey mom to the next.

We shared a moment of understanding right then and there that was priceless. Off she went with only a crock pot to clean for her troubles, and the knowledge that a stranger thought she had just met Rachel Ray.

Off I went, with my paper and pen back in my purse and my mouth wide open, like I had just found Wonka's golden ticket!

Enjoy and be blessed!