January 31, 2013

Lunch: whole wheat bread with hummus and cucumber & avocado and tomato seasoned with black pepper and some veggies.

January 31, 2013

VF Tip: Not all sugar is vegan! White sugar is commonly filtered through animal-based charcoal during the refinement process. If you want to avoid refined sugar, try looking for vegan-friendly versions such as unrefined cane sugar, evaporated cane sugar, beet sugar, turbinado sugar and raw sugar. Other vegan sweeteners you can try are maple syrup, agave nectar, brown rice syrup, barley malt syrup, coconut sugar and date sugar. Sweet!

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January 27, 2013

muffintop-less:

Valentine Peanut Butter Cups {Gluten Free, Dairy Free & Diabetic Friendly}

Ingredients

6 ounces sweetened carob chips

2 tablespoons coconut oil

2 tablespoons peanut butter, natural, no sugar added

2 packets powdered stevia

2 tablespoons crushed chopped peanuts

Directions

In a small bowl melt carob chips and coconut oil in the microwave or in a pot on the stove. Stir until completely smooth. In another bowl mix the peanut butter and stevia together. In a silicone mini valentine shaped mold or mini cupcake liners, fill each with 1 teaspoon of chocolate. Add 1/2 teaspoon of peanut butter. Cover each with 1 more teaspoon of chocolate. Top with crushed peanuts. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour.

This recipe is by Sugar Free Mom, one of my favorite new recipe blogs to follow. If you like this one, go check out her site! =)