almond butter – TV Dinner — healthy recipes for RA by Jamie Stelter

açai bowls with nuts and seeds

jamiestelter — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 10:28:58 +0000

Saturday mornings are my favorite because it’s the only morning each week that Brian and I wake up together. I’m obviously up and out the door way before him Monday through Friday to report the traffic, and on Sundays he’s up and out early for his show.

So I like to spoil him on Saturdays, as best I can, with a solid, homemade breakfast. Sometimes I make eggs and bacon, sometimes I make smoothies — I try to vary it up a bit — but this past weekend I made us acai bowls.

I’ve made acai at home before using these delicious frozen packets, but this time I added goat milk yogurt, almond butter, and strawberries to the base… and topped it with raw almonds, chia seeds, and hemp seeds. Chia seeds are great for extra fiber and omega-3 and hemp seeds are a complete protein. They have a natural blend of omega-3 and -6, as well as other antioxidants, amino acids, fiber, iron, zinc and magnesium — pretty good for something that doesn’t have much of a taste. (Read: throw them in and on everything!)

Brian had no idea all the goodness he was eating, and he actually licked his bowl clean — well before I did, too — which made me so happy.

Healthy homemade breakfast with my husband and the travel section of The New York Times? Dreamy.

against all grain’s grain-free granola bars

jamiestelter — Fri, 29 May 2015 10:51:13 +0000

I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since I first made these grain-free, dairy-free granola bars. They’re a savior to have on hand in the freezer.

They’re even better than I remembered… and so easy to make.

Basically take every nut and seed you have (I used almonds, walnuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds, dates and coconut) and grind ’em up (I used my Vitamix, but you can use any food processor). Then mix that with a melty pot of coconut oil, almond butter, honey and vanilla… then freeze.

Luxury awaits.

And you’ll hopefully never eat a pre-packaged bar again

The official recipe is on Against All Grain’s blog… but you should tweak and play using your favorite nuts and seeds and make it your own. I smushed lotsa Enjoy Life grain-free, dairy-free chocolate chips in mine cause I wanna… enjoy life.

Paleo almond butter chocolate chip cookie dough bites

jamiestelter — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:22:39 +0000

What if I told you that you could eat all the chocolate chip cookie dough you wanted and not feel guilty about it? (Maybe you already do! If so, hats off.) And what if I told you that you don’t even have to turn on the oven (or stove or operate any machinery) to make it?

You’d be sold, of course, because you’re human. You have feelings. You have needs. And you have feelings about needing chocolate chip cookie dough. I get it.

So head to Taylor Made It Paleo for the ingredients and recipe, and get to rolling these bites up. (It takes minutes, literally.)

Just make sure you have plenty of room in the freezer, cause you’ll want to make lots more. Trust me. See the look on my husband’s face? He’s as happy as a clam. Should we tell him they’re Paleo?

Nah.