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Peanut Butter Bars (Vegan and Gluten Free)

January 17, 2016July 23, 2017 Melissa King 39 Comments

Peanut Butter Bars. If you have been following this blog for a while, you know how much I love nut butters. I even wrote a whole cookbook about them!

If you love nut butter too, you will LOVE these peanut butter vegan bars. They contain very little added sugar and only 5 ingredients. You don’t even need a food processor or mixer to make them!

These bars are vegan and gluten free. You can make them with sunflower butter or almond butter to keep them paleo friendly as well.

These Peanut Butter Bars are super rich too. All you need is a little to satisfy your sweet tooth. If you didn’t want to use chocolate chips, you can always use my 3 ingredient chocolate bar recipe for the chocolate part.

If you choose that route, I would suggest keeping the bars in the freezer, not the fridge. If you also love peanut butter, you will also love my 3 ingredient peanut butter muffins and my 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies.

Strawberry Green Smoothie

January 15, 2016January 16, 2016 Melissa King 7 Comments

I have a new smoothie recipe for you! This is my Strawberry Green Smoothie. I don’t know about you, but I had indulged a lot over the holidays. So after Christmas was over, I decided to quit all sugar, including maple syrup, for a while. It was HARD, but I did it! Once I had been sugar free for 3 days, I started a really good smoothie cleanse. It’s called the 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse from JJ Smith. I really didn’t do it to cleanse, but more to re-set my body after eating all the junk. I LOVED it and it renewed my love for green smoothies again! It also inspired me to make this healthy smoothie recipe for you.

I really enjoyed this particular cleanse because it allows you to snack in-between the smoothies. Some of the allowed snacks are nuts, seeds, fruits and veggies. You can also eat hard boiled eggs, but I didn’t because I am vegan. Another great discovery I made, was that water works just as well as almond milk when blending smoothies. I really didn’t even notice a difference! So I am using water from now on.

Chocolate Pistachio Mousse (Vegan and Gluten Free)

January 8, 2016May 29, 2017 Melissa King 47 Comments

Chocolate Pistachio Mousse. Let’s face it. Sometimes you need a little chocolate. That is where this Healthy Chocolate Mousse Recipe comes in.

It’s rich, creamy and satisfying. It only takes a little to satisfy you. You can whip it up in minutes too. If you love chocolate, you should also try my homemade chocolate bars or my chocolate flourless muffins.

This healthier mousse recipe contains zero refined sugar and takes minutes to make. It’s also vegan, dairy free and gluten free.

If you wanted to use another nut, I think you could. I could see hazelnuts being a nice addition too.

Easy Baba Ganoush (Vegan)

January 3, 2016May 25, 2017 Melissa King 12 Comments

You have to try this Easy Baba Ganoush recipe! My husband is half Turkish, so we eat a lot of Turkish food. So delicious! My mother in law typically uses yogurt in her baba ganoush recipe, so we didn’t use hers.

We made this vegan baba ganoush on our own and it came out so good! Some other Turkish recipes we have on the blog are hummus, white bean salad and red lentil soup.

This version of Baba Ganoush is vegan, gluten free and paleo. You can serve with a drizzle of olive oil and some fresh parsley for a pretty presentation. Perfect for veggies, chips, or whatever else!

Salted Caramel Pistachio Bark

December 21, 2015 Melissa King 3 Comments

Here is another recipe perfect for your holiday celebrations. Salted Caramel Pistachio Bark is super delicious! My husband almost at the whole thing in one sitting! This salted caramel pistachio bark would make a yummy treat for Santa too. All you need is 5 ingredients! If love pistachios as much as I do, you will also love this recipe.

To make the caramel for this recipe, I just cooked down my Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk. It worked great, although it does take some time to cook down. This yummy bark recipe is vegan, gluten free and paleo. I hope you enjoy it.

Funfetti Cookie Dough Bites (Vegan)

December 17, 2015May 29, 2017 Melissa King 10 Comments

Funfetti Cookie Dough Bites that are vegan! Lately, I have been making a lot of sweet treats. After all, we are in the holiday season!

No bake and you can whip them up in minutes! All you need is 5 ingredients.

These no bake bites are vegan, gluten free and paleo approved. You have to try them! My daughter really had fun making these with me. Especially adding the sprinkles in! What kid doesn’t like sprinkles?