Grain-free Peanut Butter Cookie

I'm baking up guilt free cookies!

If you love dessert, but you also love to eat clean then you’re going to enjoy these peanut butter cookies.

They’re super simple to make and they’re full of protein so don’t be scared to grab for one early in the morning after that a.m. workout!

So go ahead, preheat that oven to 350 and head over to Runwayz Magazine to check out my recipe.

Did I mention they're also gluten & diary free? 

Bedtime Beauty Tea

Bedtime Beauty Tea

Hey babe,

This week is really flying by. I can't believe it's almost the weekend! I have so much to do on Saturday it's going to be insane if I actually get it all done. I'm sure most of you ladies already know that my wedding is approaching super fast you'd think that after almost 9 years of being together that 8 months to plan a wedding would be enough time, but it's so not.

In these last 3 months before the big day I'm really trying to concentrate on me and getting enough beauty sleep, taking vitamins and supplements, keeping myself active because every bride wants to look her very best when she walks down that aisle to the man of her dreams, but let's get real who can sleep when their planning a wedding and have a full time job?! I know I can't, but this isn't just for brides to be this is for anyone with a hectic life and needs some much needed beauty sleep- literally and figuratively.

I have come up with a bedtime beauty tea that has been doing wonders for me - I obviously couldn't hold out on you guys any longer!

Every night I've been boiling up a cup of water for my lavender tea. Now lavender in general is known to be a relaxing herb. I like to use it in it's essential oil form when I'm feeling stressed so why not drink it in my time of need- right? I leave the jasmine tea bag in the water to seep and I mix in a teaspoon of sun potions He Shou Wu. I already raved about this stuff in my last post, so If you want to read all about the benefits check out my beauty smoothie post. - I told you I'm really into beauty these days :-p

I promise you I've never slept so good nor have I feel asleep faster then when I drink this tea. Not to mention I was having a few stress breakouts and when I woke up the morning after I drank this tea my breakouts looks so much better. Of course results will vary for everyone and I'm not saying that this is a magical beauty tea, but it works for me and as a bride to be I'm loving every drop of it!

Hot water+Jasmine tea+1 teaspoon of He Shou Wu= Bedtime Beauty Tea

Give it a try for a week and let me know how you like it!

Beauty Smoothie

Beauty Smoothie with He Shou Wu

Hey babes,

I've been whipping up so many different smoothies for the past 5 years so I'd say I'm somewhat of a smoothie connoisseur. I've tried all types of mylks, juices even waters to get the perfect base. I've obsessed over frozen fruit to liquid ratios to get that awesome ice cream like consistency. I've also played around with proteins and supplements to create filling and beneficial smoothies that are actually enjoyable.

My new favorite smoothie to make I've dubbed the "Beauty Smoothie". I call it the beauty smoothie because first of all it's such a beautiful pink color, but also because it has He Shou Wu in it. I'll get into details about this supplement later, but it's kind of a biotin, only WAY better. For those of you that don't know what biotin is, it's taken for your hair, skin and nails aka beauty. 

I heard about He Shou Wu while doing my research on the brand Sun Potion. Which I heard about through Jeannette aka Shut the Kale up. I was in the market for a new biotin supplement and when I found this one it seemed perfect. It claims to help promote collagen, stop premature grays, that alone sold me on this product, but I dug deeper and found out that He Shou Wu is a Superior Blood and Longevity Tonic. WHAT?! yes please, and as claimed on the sun potion website it has a history of use as a longevity, anti-aging, blood-building, beauty, & rejuvenation food. Regular consumption of this herb may do the following:

• tonify and nourish the blood, hair, skin, nervous system, sexual center, shen (Spirit), and Jing (primary essence/life force)may help reduce cholesterol
• a tonic for the endocrine glands
• may help improve stamina 
• good for resistance to cold
• promotes red blood cells
• enhances immune function
• increases antioxidant activity 

Yes, Yes and Yes I'm all about all of those things who wouldn't be?? 

Once it came in I wanted to start experimenting with it and what better way to do that then whipping up a smoothie aka the Beauty Smoothie. I choose raspberries for this smoothie bc they have so many health benefited including Healthy Tissues and Blood Vessels: Raspberries are full of Vitamin C which helps repair skin tissues and aids in cell regeneration of the skin, bones, ligaments and blood vessels. They also help  aid in weight loss, Raspberry is low in fat and high in fiber, so they’ll fill you up without weighing you down with extra calories. They’re also full of water and potassium which will stave off dehydration and all the unpleasant side-effects that accompany it. 

I chose to use bananas in this smoothie too because not only do they give that perfect creamy consistency, but Bananas Contain Powerful Antioxidants which is perfect for any beauty regimen. 

 Recipe :
1 sliced up frozen banana
1/2 of frozen raspberries
1 cup of cashew milk
1 teaspoon of He Shou Wu

 Directions :
Place everything into your Vitamix / blender and MIX MIX MIX
Until you see that everything is well combined. you know you have the perfect smoothie when you have a pretty four corner design that stay there even when the blender is turned off. 

Golden Milk aka The Magical Mylk

Golden Milk aka The Magical Mylk

My quick and easy version

Hey babes,

It's been a minute and I'm sorry, but I'm back and I have a delicious and magical treat for you called Golden Milk. This drink has been going around blogs and Instagram for awhile. The first time I heard of golden milk was over a year ago. Not only did it sound delicious the benefits seemed to good to be true. A beverage that aids in digestion, fights cancer and detoxifies your body among many other wonderful benefits seriously intrigued me. especially when it says it fights against alzheimer's disease. Since that runs in my family and theirs no known cure so if drinking this golden drink can help I'm prevent it I'm done to give it a try!  

Let's get to the basics, golden milk can be made by mixing various spices together, but it's quite tricky if you don't know exactly what to use. For instance, adding black pepper to the spices will make the turmeric 1000% more absorbent. If you're not sure what to put into your golden milk mixture then I recommend giving a pre mixed package a try. The only one I've tried is Gaia Herb and all the ingredients are clean theirs nothing in it that's a chemical or preservative. I picked mine up over the weekend at Whole Foods it was on sale for $13.99 and when I went back today it was completely sold out! I recommend checking your local Whole Foods and if you can't find it there, you can find it here 

How to make it, well if your going to go the from scratch route you'll have to find out exactly what to put inside of your milk just putting turmeric and spices isn't going to give you all of the benefits. Their are awesome from scratch recipes out their just make sure you're following a correct one. If you're going to use the Gaia herb then warm up a a plant based milk. I prefer coconut milk over almond milk (since almonds are not the best for you, but that's a completely different post).

Once your milk is simmering add in a teaspoon of your golden milk mixture stir it until it's completely combined then pour it into your mug and enjoy! It's that simple.

I recommend having this drink once a week. If your taking it for inflamed muscles or for a pre existing condition, try sipping on this twice a week. Leave me a  emoji on my golden milk Instagram photo so I know you were here!  

Just a few of the awesome benefits:

• Better digestion
• Happier muscles
• A shield against colds and flu
• Weight-loss support
• A boost in good cholesterol 
• Detoxifies your body
• Boots immunity
• Makes skin GLOW
• Helps with sleep
• Reduces cramping-buh bye aunt flow
• Protect against liver damage
• Suppress symptoms associated with type 2 diabetes 
• Helps fight depression 

Homemade Raspberry Chia Seed Jam

Raspberry Chia Seed Jam, Made under 5mins!

Hello loves. I have a special treat for you this week, an extra post! I shared a photo of my raspberry  chia seed jam on my Instagram page and the reach out for the recipe was so high that I knew I couldn't leave you guys hanging. I'm literally obsessed with this stuff it's so easy to make and I put it on everything breakfast or snack related from toast to pancakes. It's a healthy swap for jelly and syrup. Now, I can't take all the credit for this jam. I got the idea from a friend. One day I brought  raspberries with me in a plastic bag to snack on and when I pulled them out they were all smashed up. My friend said "oh look you made jam"! At the time I was starving and didn't find it so funny, but since I hate to throw away food I decided that I would bring them home and find a use for them which leads me here to this yummy post!

Ingredients: All you need is
raspberries (I prefer to use organic),
chia seeds

Tools you'll need:
bowl
fork

Step one:
wash your raspberries and add them to your bowl. Then sprinkle half a table spoon of chia seeds on top then mash them up!

Step two:
Add your homemade raspberry chia seed jam to your toast or pancakes. I opted for a sprouted bread with goat cheese and layered my jam on top 😋

Step 3: Enjoy!
This is by far my favorite breakfast. It's yummy and healthy! I also like to sprinkle a few more chia seeds on top, but that's really it. Just 3 (really 2) easy steps to make delicious homemade chia seed jam! I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do. If you read this article head over to my Instagram and leave me a 💖 emoji @fashionstylefoodie

Happy Thursday everyone 😘

Detox•Mocktails

Hey loves! I know that the holiday festivities are beginning this weekend, but I'm already thinking about my New Years resolution. I'm saying I do in 2017 and I want to feel my absolute best. That's why I've been mixing up healthy mocktails to put me on the right track for 2017.

The first mocktail I mixed up was a pink detox tea. All you need is:
💖Sparkling Water (I get mine at Trader Joe's)
💖Fresh Lime
💖Cold Pressed Watermelon Juice
💖Apple Cider Vinegar with the mother (Braggs is the best).
You can take any cup I like to use a big mason jar  and fill it half way with sparkling water. Then I fill up the other half with the watermelon juice. I squeeze in the fresh lime and add 3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. ACV has so many amazing benefits you can read all about them here http://bit.ly/2dM21LD 

The next mocktail is exactly the same, only I used a pineapple cold pressed juice instead. Now it's important that the juices are cold pressed because it's holding in all the nutrients/enzymes that you want from drinking a juice. If you don't drink cold pressed juices your basically drinking flavored water. Your body is not absorbing any nutrients/enzymes because they don't last long after a juice is made. Some people go as far as saying that if you don't make a juice out of a cold pressed juicer then it's not keeping its nutrients/enzymes at all. This is because centrifugal juicers are using a system that heats up the juice and that takes out all the nutrients/enzymes almost immediately. You can read more about it here http://huff.to/1b7ez7Y 
The last mocktail that I whipped up was super easy because all I had to do was headed over to Starbucks. I to go ordered a venti shaken tea with lemonade and added a teaspoon of activated charcoal to it. Activated charcoal is s good for your body and draws out all toxins and impurities. I should mention that you shouldn't drink an activated charcoal drink daily it's not recommended. I like to have one 2 or 3 times a week. The activated charcoal that I use can be found here http://amzn.to/2i0m2RQ 

I hope you guys enjoy these yummy mocktails  and leave me a comment on my instgram page @fashionstylefoodie to let me know which one you're going to try in the new year!

Healthy Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hello my lovelies,

I hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving! Mine was full of family food and making my family help me put together my save the dates for my massive wedding (insert evil laugh here). I know my brides and brides to be know you need to get the free help where you can😊. They came out perfectly by the way and I’m totally obsessed with them. I had to share an image with you guys because well did I mention I’m obsessed with them?

Before I explain how I made these delicious (healthy) cookies I need to talk Gilmore Girls. If you haven’t yet watched a year in the life 4 part Netflix’s mini-series, then scroll down because I wouldn’t want to ruin the epic ending to a fan favorite for you.  -I’ll wait go ahead scroll-

Okay perfect now that we settled that let’s chat GG! Okay so I’ve been a GG diehard from the beginning and I love that all the characters I loved came back except for Chad Michael Murry, but, I’ll get over that. It was full of everything; love, heartbreak and a Paris Gellar meltdown what more could you ask for? I’ll tell you – NOT LEAVING ME IN SUPENSE! Rory is preggers?! It better be Logan and her love baby not the product of a wookie one nighter! I do love Logan and Rory together, but I doubt even if they decide to have another mini-series that they’ll give that to us. Logan will be her Christopher and Jess will be her Luke (so predictable). Even if I wrote the ending I still want more. MORE MORE MORE, I feel like that commercial with the little kids you know the one, “I want more I want more, when you like it you want more”.  We’ll I guess we’ll have to wait and see if they plan on creating another mini-series, but until then I’ll assume that Logan marries the rich French girl while Rory has his baby and she doesn’t tell him (hints the scene she had with her dad). She’ll fall in love with Jess then Logan will come back into the picture want to be a “father”, but his own father will come in-between them ending whatever romance could’ve been. Then Rory will ultimately end up with Jess, but hey that’s just my opinion leave me yours in the comments!

Okay so now lets get into how i made these delicious healthy cookies. I don't know about you guys, but I ate tons of food over the holiday weekend and now it's time to get serious about my wedding bod. I'm all about moderation and not starving myself so I found this delicious cookie recipe from Averie cooks and modified it to be slightly healthier then her version. They're very simple to whip up and unlike many other recipes I've tried these cookies came out moist and chewy! I hope you guys enjoy making them as much as I did. Go ahead and leave me a 🍌🍪 emoji on my Instagram post so I know you came from my blog. @FashionStyleFoodie

Ingredients:

• 1 large egg
• 2 small/medium 
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup palm sugar 
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened (1/2 of 1 stick)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned gluten free whole rolled oats. not instant or quick-cook 
• 1 1/4 cups your favorite gluten free flour (I used coconut flour)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, added to taste
• 1/2 tablespoon of chia seeds (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• A pinch of sea salt 
• 1 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large mixing bowl and electric mixer) combine the egg, bananas (I leave them whole and don't pre-mash them before adding to bowl), sugars, butter, vanilla, and beat on medium-high speed until well combined, about 4 minutes. The mixture won't be smooth, fluffy, or 'creamed' like traditional cookie dough and will have small chunks of bananas present and it's on the runnier side.
2. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the oats, flour, chia seeds, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, salt, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
3. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the chocolate chips, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 30 seconds.
4. Using a large cookie scoop, 1/4-cup measure, or your hands, form approximately 14 equal-sized mounds of dough. Tip - Strategically place a few chocolate chips on top of each mound of dough by taking chips from the underside and adding them on top.
5. Place mounds on a large plate or tray, cover with plasticwrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to 5 days. This is a wetter, looser dough and isn't suitable for baking until it's been chilled. Do not bake with unchilled dough because cookies will bake thinner, flatter, and be more prone to spreading.
6. Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray. Place dough mounds on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart (I bake 8 cookies per sheet) and bake for about 13 minutes (for very soft cookies, longer for more well-done cookies), or until edges have set and tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center; don't overbake. Cookies firm up as they cool. Baking times could range widely due to the moisture content variances in bananas, climate and oven variances; bake until your cookies are done. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes before serving. I let them cool on the baking sheet and don't use a rack.
7. Cookies will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 6 months. Alternatively, unbaked cookie dough can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 4 months, so consider baking only as many cookies as desired and save the remaining dough to be baked in the future when desired.

Adapted from Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies