Chocolate Oatmeal Almond Butter Cookies

Chocolate Oatmeal Almond Butter Cookies

adapted from Eat Clean Magazine's Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Almond Butter, stirred well
• 1/4 cup Gluten Free Rolled Oats
• 1/4 cup Sucanat Sugar 
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 3 oz dark chocolate (try Lindt Extra Dark Chocolate 85% Cocoa), broken into small pieces

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. In a medium bowl, combine the first six ingredients until blended. Stir in Chocolate.

3. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls on to parchment lined baking sheets or non-stick baking sheets.

4. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

5. Let cool for approximately five minutes on baking sheets. Remove to a wire rack and let cool for 15 more minutes.

Yields approximately 24 cookies.

He & She Tip: These cookies actually freeze well. Just wrap each individually in plastic wrap and pop in your freezer.

Happy Baking!

Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken

Want to spice things up in your food prep this week?  Try this Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken recipe!

Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken

Adapted from SkinnyTaste.com

Ingredients:

• 3-4 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 3 Tbsp minced garlic
• 16 oz organic chicken stock
• Frank's Red Hot Sauce
• Tabasco, to taste

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients except Frank's and Tabasco to your crock pot.  Cover chicken with Frank's (JUST enough to cover) and add Tabasco if you want it spicy or sub some Tabasco in the place of Frank's for less sodium.

2. Cook on low heat for at least 7 hours.

3. Once cooked, set aside 1/2 cup of broth and pour out the remaining.

4. Return chicken and 1/2 cup of saved broth to crock pot and cook on high heat for an additional 30 minutes.

He and She Tips: Frank's has 190mg of sodium per tsp and Tabasco only has 35mg of sodium per tsp! You can add the chicken to lettuce wraps for a festive appetizer while entertaining or for a more portable dinner!

Not So Sugar, Sugar Cookies

How do you come up with a name for sugar cookies that don't have any sugar?  It was suggested by our friend, Colleen, that we call them "Colleen's Cookies" but for the sake of Pinterest we will call them "Not So Sugar, Sugar Cookies" {Colleen approved}!

Clean Eat Recipe: Not So Sugar, Sugar Cookies

Recipe adapted from Canadian Family

Ingredients:

• 1 cup oat flour
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• pinch salt
• 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup Stevia in the Raw
• Less than 1/4 cup regular Xylitol
• 1 egg white
• 1/2 tsp vanilla (avoid HFCS)

Directions:

1. Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl. Add in remaining ingredients.

2. Roll dough into a ball. Place dough in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.

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3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

4. Roll out dough (pressing by hand is easiest) on a lightly floured baking sheet and cut into cookies or use a cookie cutter.

5. Make for 8-10 minutes.

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