Muddy Buddies, healthier style

Soooo....,

I don't have a picture these were eaten too fast. I needed something simple to make!

I/2 cube of butter
1/2 cup almond butter
1 cup of dark chocolate
9 cups of rice chex cereal
3/4 cup of powdered sugar

(next time I want to try powdered coconut sugar)

Melt chocolate and butter and almond butter together in a glass bowl in the microwave in 15 sec increments.

Pour chex into a large bowl and pour chocolate mixture on top. Mix well.

Put it all in a plastic zip lock bag and pour powdered sugar on top. It just does a light dusting of the powdered sugar. Pour it all back in the glass bowl and eat!

Brit

Green bean Armadine

4 cups of frozen green beans
1/4 cup bacon grease
1/4 cup slivered almonds
2 tablespoons crushed garlic
Sea salt to taste

(Optional cooked bacon and crushed into bits.)

Melt bacon grease in a large sauce pan. Add green beans and garlic and sauté on med/high heat. When the green beans are halfway cooked add the slivered almonds. Add salt to taste. Cook beans until they are slightly browned.

I think this takes about 10 min. Depending on the amount of the green beans! You can place in the oven or a crock pot to keep warm.

Brit

Cinnamon Roasted Almonds

2lbs almonds
1-2 egg whites
1 1/2 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon

Pour almonds in a bowl, add one egg white, mix throughout, if the almonds don't look completely coated, add the next egg white.

Mix cinnamon & sugar in a bowl and pour over the almonds





Spread them over a baking sheet evenly




Bake at 225 for 1 hour, stirring every 10-15 minutes.

If you bake them at 425, then they will be black and crispy by minute 27, in case you were wondering... I don't recommend.


Brit

Whole wheat Carbonara

Carbonara is usually made with a a fat spaghetti noodle like linguine but I was out so I used whole wheat penne pasta.

Enough pasta for your family of 4

3 eggs
1/2 lb bacon
1/4 cup half n half or less
Garlic salt
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 cup of cooked Peas


Bring water to a boil and cook pasta,

Meanwhile cut your bacon into 1 inch squares and cook, the bacon needs to be done cooking before the pasta is done

Bring frozen peas to a boil and then drain. These also need to be cooked before the pasta is done.

Combine the eggs and the half n half, and parmesan cheese, mix until well combined.

When the pasta is cooked. Drain. Then place pasta back in your pot. Quickly add the egg mixture, bacon and peas. Stir until the eggs bits start to appear. The heat from the pasta, bacon and pot cook the eggs. When finished the dish still looks a bit shiny and creamy! Add your garlic salt to taste.

Enjoy!

Brit

Quick & EASY Mousee

I like to make sure I have a bit of chocolate every day. But I don't really have any drive to eat a candy bar. If I'm eating the calories, it's going to be DANG WORTH IT. period! So here is one I found in this awesome book my dad randomly bought for me called 1000 best recipes. So far, the tittle has been spot on. This Mousee recipe is great 'cause there are only 3 ingredients and they are a staple in my kitchen, and it took 10 minutes to make. It is a bit dish heavy for so few steps, but whatever :) it's worth it.







So easy!! And quick! And ingredient friendly!

Ingredients:
4 oz dark chocolate, finely chopped
4 eggs separated
3/4 cup cream


Bring water in a small saucepan to a simmer and put a glass bowl on top of the saucepan (so it's like a lid) - make sure the water isn't touching the bowl.

Pour chopped chocolate in and stir occasionally until melted. Remove from heat.

Slightly beat egg yolks and add them to the dark chocolate.

Whip egg whites to soft peak stage and fold into chocolate mixture, until the mixture is fully incorporated into each other, otherwise your finished dessert will have spots of dense chocolate (learned from trial & error!)


Whip cream to soft peak stage and FOLD! into chocolate with a metal spoon.

Once just combined, pour into wine glasses or Ramkins and chill for 3+ hours

This has NO (added) SUGAR!!!! how spectacular! Guilt free in my book!

Brit