Trail Mix

Who doesn't love a good trail mix?

What you need...

• 1/3 cup cashews


• 1/3 cup almonds


• 1/3 cup walnuts


• 1/3 cup dried bananas


• 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut flakes


• 1/4 cup dried cranberries

How to make it...

Pretty simple, put all the ingredients in one container and mix! I like to portion out 1/3 cup of the mix into snack bags so you can have a snack ready to go when you need it!



Obviously this recipe is easy to adapt, so add your favorite nuts or dried fruit! K, byeeee.

Gingersnap Mallobar

We've already established that I love Larabars. Eventually I'm sure I'll recreate all of them, but so far I've only made Coconut Cream Pie [Mallobars]. Recently I saw a picture of a gingersnap larabar on Instagram. As soon as I saw it I made it my mission to find the gingersnap flavor. I went to four different stores looking for them and had no luck. It was quite depressing. THEN, out of the blue, a friend of mine from Texas mailed me a few to try...HOW AWESOME IS SHE?



Anyway, as soon as I confirmed they are in fact delicious, it was time to make them on my own!

What you need...

• 1 cup pitted dates (about 8 ounces)


• 3/4 cup almonds


• 3/4 cup pecans


• 1-2 tablespoon minced fresh ginger


• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon


• 3/4 teaspoon cloves

How to make them...

Place all the ingredients in a food processor except the ginger and dates and blend until everything is nice and chopped up. Add the dates and 1 tablespoon of ginger and blend. Once everything is chopped and blended, take a pinch of it and try it. If it isn't snappy enough for you, add some more ginger and blend! Once you're satisfied with the taste, portion out 1.8 ounce bars and wrap them individually in plastic wrap! This recipe yields approximately 9 Mallobars.



And this ^picture^ is why I suck a being a food blogger...as you can see I didn't bother to make them pretty, wrap them nicely, or take a decent picture.Woopsie :) I'll do better next time! K, byeeeee.

Almond Pulp Hummus

After I made my first batch of Almond Milk I was left with a lot of perfectly good almond pulp and I wasn't sure what to do with it. I turned to the interweb for some inspiration and found a lot of really good ideas. I decided to turn it into hummus and it turned out really well!

What you need...

• 1 1/4 cup almond pulp (all the leftovers from the almond milk)


• 1/4 cup water


• 1/4 cup olive oil


• juice of 1 lemon


• 2 cloves garlic, pealed


• 3 tablespoons almond butter


• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin


• 1/2 teaspoon ground paprika


• 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 1/4 teaspoon chili powder


• 6-8 drops of hot sauce (optional - I used Franks)


• pepper to taste

How to make it...

Put all of the ingredients in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth. If its not creamy enough, add more water or oil and blend. Repeat until you reach the desired consistency.



I garnished mine with some chili pepper flakes and paprika.



I served the hummus with celery, carrots, and cucumber slices. The hummus was so good, I couldn't even tell it wasn't made with chickpeas! K, byeeeeee.