Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Um... heck, yes! It was "Brinner" time a few nights ago because I was just simply too exhausted to make a real meal and we decided to take this recipe for a spin. Oh boy! We felt like we were eating cookies for dinner! It's not every day, especially in our household, that you get Chocolate Chip Pancakes, and certainly not for dinner!

Eat these sparingly if you are trying to fit them into your macro ratios, but I certainly recommend that you try this gluten-free goodness. Your kids will LOVE them and those cravings - they will be gone in an instant. Unless, of course, you start craving these pancakes. 

Eat Clean, Paleo Chocolate Chip Pancakes
 

Ingredients:

• 1 c organic, 2% milk OR 1 c almond milk OR 1 c coconut milk
• 1/4 c blanched almond flour or almond meal
• 1/2 c coconut flour
• 1/2 c arrowroot powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 4 whole eggs
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp melted, unrefined coconut oil
• 2 tbsp raw honey
• 3 tbsp Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
• Additional coconut oil or olive oil spray to prevent sticking in pan (optional)

Directions:

1. Combine the first 8 ingredients using an electric mixer. Mix thoroughly.

2. Fold in chocolate chips using a spatula.

3. OPTIONAL: Spray or lightly coat pan with coconut or olive oil to prevent sticking. 

4. Proceed as you would to cook pancakes.

Hope you LOVE them as much as we did!

Recipe Yield: Approximately 8, 5-6" pancakes
The macros below are assuming you use unsweetened almond milk.

How to Make PERFECT Scrambled Eggs!

Eggs! They are my favorite food group (hehe). I LOVE them. I actually prefer them boiled and could eat them for every meal. However, I've been experimenting lately and made the BEST scrambled eggs I've ever had. EVER. Scott approved and requests that I make them all the time now. Want to learn how? OK fine, I'll share. :-)

How to Make PERFECT Scrambled Eggs!

Ingredients:

• 3 organic egg whites
• 1 whole organic egg
• 2 Tbsp 2% cottage cheese
• Salt and pepper, to taste Coconut oil (to coat the pan)

 

Directions:

1. Coat pan with coconut oil. Add eggs.

2. Sprinkle eggs with sea salt and pepper.

3. Wait until the eggs start to bubble. Fold the eggs in and add cottage cheese.

4. Scramble the eggs in the pan combining the eggs and cheese.

5. Enjoy your amazing eggs!

He and She Tip:

You can use whatever amount of eggs you usually eat - just make sure to include at least one whole egg to get the full benefit of this method. :-)

- Whitney

How do you Measure Your Best?

People always tell you to do your best - your parents said it, your teachers said it, your friends said it. We tell our friends and our children. It's encouraging, right? But how do you know when we are really doing our best?

Here's the thing: We are often our worst enemy. We try our hardest only to measure that effort to our own standard and fall short of the outrageous standard we created for ourselves. That's when we fail or simply give up because trying to reach our bogus ideal isn't feasible. It's why diets often fail. It's why we stop exercising after one week because we just can't work to the point we think we should. 

It's why we don't reach a goal that we think is really important to us. We are, in fact, our worst enemy. 

So, how do we actually measure what our best is? It all starts with goal setting. We have written many posts on it (read

here

,

here

,

here

and

here

), but before you commit to a change in your life, take a moment to walk through the steps you will have to accomplish to make that change. Even if it's taking part in an event - it's a change from your norm. 

Mentally or Physically Map out the Steps to Meeting Your Ultimate Life Change/Task/Goal

Set Small Goals Pertaining to Each Step

Determine a Reward Structure to Reinforce Completion of Each or a Few Steps at a Time

Reach Your Ultimate Goal and Do your Best!

Tiffany