Homemade Popcorn

I've been wanting to try to make homemade popcorn for awhile now and just haven't gotten around to it. We typically buy organic packaged popcorn from Whole Foods or H-E-B but homemade is homemade and with the right ingredients can be much better and healthier for you.

The ingredients I used are:

Ancient Heirloom popcorn kernels.

Coconut oil

Unrefined sea salt

Hemp seeds

and

That's it!

I put 1/4 cup kernels in a pot with 1 1/2 TSP of coconut oil. I put a lid on and the heat on high. In my Nutribullet I combined the sea salt and hempseeds to grind them up. ( I guessed how much I wanted and didn't measure)  Once the popcorn was done I poured 1 TBS of coconut oil and then the sea salt and hemp seeds. They popped a bit smaller than what I'm used too but It was SO good and I loved that it literally had only 4 ingredients.  It was super quick to make too. Now, I'm not saying I won't ever buy the organic kind I was buying but I definitely will be making this a lot more often! =)

XOXO,
 Jenn

Guiltless Cookie dough truffles

So I was having a MAJOR sweet tooth today, which is pretty common for myself. I just love sweets. I like to browse Pinterest for new ideas on things to make. I find different recipes that I like however I don't always follow it to a "T". I like add or take away what I feel at that time. I found a few different ways to make these cookie dough truffles. I've also made protein balls with oats in the past but wanted something a little different.

For these I used 1 cup of organic peanut butter. ( you can use almond butter as well) from experience almond butter tends to set better. I decided on peanut butter tonight though =)

Add:

1/4 cup coconut flour

1/4 cup melted coconut oil

1tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup organic fair trade chocolate morsels

1/2 tsp refined sea salt

I mixed altogether in a bowl and stuck in the fridge for 30 minuets. I then used a spoon to help make them into little balls. In a separate bowl I had organic melted chocolate and carefully put each ball in the chocolate. I placed each one on a plate with wax paper and stuck in the freezer for another 30 min. Viola! There are so many ways to make these! You can add protein powder, oats, raisins Etc. Enjoy it with a glass of almond milk and you have yourself a nice little guiltless snack or dessert. It definitely helped my sweet tooth tonight ;) Now mine clearly don't look "Pinterest pretty" but they taste delicious and that's what counts right?! =)

XOXO-Jenn

A no pizza party? What!?

December 22, 2014

Last weekend I had a cute little PJ party with a few friends. We hung out in our PJ's, drank crock pot hot chocolate and a few snacks. My friend Sarah who happens to create awesome dishes made us a RAW salad and a walnut lentil spread with crackers. This is her specialty and what she does for a living. She got this recipe from her manager but did an amazing job at creating it for us herself.

We laughed saying why aren't we just ordering a pizza?! What PJ party doesn't have pizza right? =) Especially since there is a Domino's close by. We thought it would be fun to try something different and learn a new recipe.  Since we were doing healthy why not go all in. One of my friends there is having to detox from Gluten so *almost* everything was Gluten free.

I had Glutino lemon wafers, specialty marshmallows, organic peppermint candy canes with no artificial dyes, cocoa pita chips and organic cocoa for the hot chocolate. All purchased at Whole Foods.

The salad and the walnut lentil spread was pretty much "farm to table". It was 100 percent RAW and made from scratch.

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Yes below is the salad. This was basically for presentation purposes and how it would look if she were working an event. When we ate it we did pile it on our plates ;) It was so delicious!

The walnut lentil spread being made here was amazing! We used sesame seed and rice crackers for this

As we were eating it we DID still contemplate that yummy pizza ;)

A PJ party wouldn't be complete without a back drop. I mean I am a photographer and all.

My grandmother had actually purchased a long thick table cloth that I used and then I purchased a gold door decoration that I hung infront of it. Viola! A cute little photo back drop.

My daughter (who is 5) enjoyed our little party and took this photo for us. She had so much fun and was so excited to be with mommy at the PJ party.

The evening ended with a fun round of catch phrase.

Christmas is a perfect time to host a cute little party like this. We had a great time =)

XOXO,

Jenn