Vegan Chocolate Avocado Pudding

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This vegan chocolate avocado pudding is not only SUPER easy to make, but tastes so delicious no one would ever guess it’s made with avocados!

This vegan chocolate avocado pudding is not only SUPER easy to make, but tastes so delicious no one would ever guess it's made with avocados!

You may or may not be able to get your kids to eat avocado. But odds are, you can get them to eat chocolate pudding. Growing up, chocolate pudding was one of my favorite things to eat. But obviously, pudding cups or mixes you get from the store can contain bad-for-you ingredients like modified food starch and all kinds of hydrogenated oils. 

However this vegan chocolate avocado pudding is made with only 5 ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen!

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Scrumptious Bran Muffins

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Don’t they say a picture’s worth a thousand words? Well, hopefully this picture will invite you to make it with the couple thousand words embedded in the shot. Bran muffins. Hmmm. They can either taste “meh”, they can taste good, or they can taste outright beautiful. These…these are third one. There are all types of bran muffins out there, but it seems the most popular types are the kind with raisins and the kind with apple/pear chunks folded into the mixture. You could always make whichever tickles you fancy, but I’ll take mine plain, with maybe just a little bit of butter smeared on each half.

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Masa Harina Cornbread

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masa cornbreadFor the longest time, I used and depended on one recipe for cornbread and one recipe only. What can I say? I was in love. But its been a long time since cornbread had made its appearance in my house. I just haven’t gotten around to it. Either I didn’t have the time or I didn’t want to make it. Besides, my family has been trying to reduce the amount of bread that we eat. Two solid months with no cornbread; I about went mad.

When I did want to make cornbread the other night, I was fresh out of cornmeal. Plus it was six-thirty and everyone was getting cranky because supper wasn’t on the table yet. I was not just about to run down to the store and spend money. That’s a big no-no. Because if you don’t have the ingredients, you just don’t make it. Well, I had every ingredient but one. But I did have masa harina. I bought it a while back and never really used it for anything. For those of you that aren’t familiar with masa, its basically just corn flour but in literal flour form. But if you want to know more about masa, click here. It’s typically used to make corn tortillas, but I was determined to make cornbread out of it. While searching for the recipe, I also found a new blog to love. It’s called Whole LifeStyle Nutrition and I absolutely love love love it!

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Slow Cooker Broccoli and Cheese Soup

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broccoli cheese soup

I love not having to stand around a hot stove for an hour to make a delicious and nutritious soup. If you’ve never invested in a slow cooker, I strongly recommend it. It only takes 5 minutes to put everything in it, and it cooks all day long, resulting in a perfect soup. One of my favorite soups to cook in the slow cooker is Broccoli and Cheese Soup.

It will definitely please anyone. Even the kids who think broccoli is the devil like this soup. I like to use broccoli from my garden to make it, so it cuts the cost of making the soup a bunch.

The cheese is the tricky part. Cheese costs so much these days, and the only way to get it for cheap is to own your own cow and make your own cheese. Where I’m from, I can’t exactly have a cow in my backyard, so it’s really helpful to grow my own broccoli or find some organic broccoli on sale at some place like Kroger. [Read more…]

Blueberry Muffins

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blueberryThis simple and basic muffin recipe can be used to make different muffins by substituting blackberries, raspberries, cranberries, chocolate chips, peaches, or pecans for the blueberries. Add orange zest to the cranberry, lemon zest to the blueberry, or chopped hazelnuts to the chocolate chips for more variety.

Whenever I make any kind of muffin, I use these silicone baking cups. They are nonstick, reusable, and easy to clean, which is always a plus. I love not having to spray or flour muffin tins and then attempt to wash them later.

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