Kenzie Blogs Life: Healthy

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble

8:00:00 AM

Last summer, I made this Strawberry Pecan Crisp. While that went over really well, I decided that this year after picking fresh strawberries from a field, and borrowing my grandmother's fresh rhubarb from her garden, that one of my favorite summer treats would be made.

This recipe is dairy free (and vegan). It's also delicious and simple to make!

Here's what you'll need

8x8 Pan

Bowl

2 cups rhubarb

2 cups strawberries

1/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup vanilla

1 tbsp cornstarch

pinch of salt

pinch of cinnamon

Topping:

3/4 cup + 1 tbsp whole wheat flour

1 and 1/4 cup oats

2/3 cup brown sugar

strawberries

Here's what You'll Need to Do

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

In a large bowl, stir the sugar, vanilla, cornstarch and salt together

Add strawberries and rhubarb and stir to coat.

In a different bowl, stir flour, oats, brown sugar and salt until combined

Pour the fruit mixture into the pan and top with topping mixture.

Top with a few strawberries, or wait until after

Bake for 40-45 minutes until top is firm and fruit is bubbly.

Let cool for 30 minutes and serve warm!

I used extra cinnamon in my batch (just because I like it), but you don't have to!

It goes really well with any type of ice-cream when you serve it.

I hope you enjoyed this recipe!

What is your favorite summer fruit dish? This one is definitely mine and I cannot wait to make it again sometime soon!

Make sure to comment below!

Clean Eating

Tips for Motivation

6:30:00 AM

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Let's face it. It can be really hard to stay motivated. I have days where I just cannot seem bothered to move from the futon, or get dressed into anything other than a pair of leggings and a t-shirt. I was having a conversation not too long ago about how to stay motivated to get or stay healthy. It had me thinking about some tips I would give, and lead me to create some Do's and Don'ts for staying motivated in life and sticking to a lifestyle change.

1. DO start slow. This is probably the hardest. Sometimes we quit everything all at once and ban foods right away when in reality, we really should be taking out certain factors first. Slowly getting rid of milk, or slowly making sure to not have a chocolate for dessert can be really beneficial in the long run.

2. Do remember results don't happen overnight. I'm someone who immediatley wants results. If you start working out and have only worked out for an hour the first day, you definitely won't leave the gym having a six pack. That takes time.

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3. Don't worry if you slip up. I always have to remind myself of this. If I accidently eat something milk-chocolate or something not so healthy, I can't beat myself up. That's not good and you'll end up feeling worse about it.

4. Do write down your goals. Using a notebook or planner to plan out a daily goal to set like drinking 12 ounces of water or eating more servings of veggies or adding an extra 20 minutes to your workout at the gym can be really beneficial in the long run as well. Usually if you see it, you'll want to do it. Even if you put it off until the last moment.

5. Don't go overboard. So you want to get healthy and be more active. If you work out a lot in the beginning and don't slow down, truth is you'll get burnt out. I learned that when I started eating clean in January. I was working out everyday and then I got bored with it.

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6. Do set a relaxation day. It's good to keep going and achieve things but give yourself a break once in a while. It's good to just unwind and rest before getting back to the grind.

7.Do make a public commitment. This can help a lot of people. No you don't need to be that person who constantly posts photos of going to the gym. But if you tell people you know that you're eating healthy and enjoying it, that can be helpful too. Because you've said it out loud and you have to stick to it.

8. Join a Group. Finding friends with common interests will help you reach your goals. You're encouraging each other not to give up and keep going.

9. Explore new recipes. This one is for those trying to stay healthy. Exploring new recipes and looking at what other people make, makes me so much more excited to cook and everyone has been loving what I've made so far!

10. Think positive. Getting into the mindset that something might be hard will actually make it hard. If you think about the new things you'll be learning throughout the process it'll make a better result! I strongly believe that positivity is a choice, even though it can be difficult sometimes.

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*Bonus Tip: Start a motivational quote journal. I did this a long time ago and it was really helpful, now I use it to write the quotes on a whiteboard where I can see them everyday!

I hope these tips were helpful! What other tips do you have for someone who is having a hard time starting up a new project or lifestyle? I have been loving veganism so much so far, there are so many different recipes?! I can't believe it. I hope you're all having a great day! Make sure to leave a comment below!

x Kenzie

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Almond Butter

Easy Cashew Butter

8:00:00 AM

I love nuts. But seriously, I've been making homemade nut butters for awhile now and there is nothing I love more. One thing about store-bought peanut butters is that there are way too many ingredients. Unless you're willing to pay a bit more, making it at home could save you a few bucks too! If you accidentally run low on peanut butter, almond butter or cashew butter this is also an easy fix! No need to run off to the shop in your slippers!

Currently, my favorite nut butter is cashew butter. I've gone through Almond butter and natural peanut butter and both are great but cashews have a sweeter taste. I tried making this in our mini food pulser/processor and it just didn't turn out as well as when I used the big blender.

What You'll Need:

A blender or food processor

3 ounces of nuts = about a cup

Choice of nut (in this case Cashews)

How:

Place little amounts in if you're using a food processor, if using a blender then just pour 3 ounces in!

Blend until a creamy texture forms

Empty contents into jar

Enjoy!

Things I've put cashew butter on include:

These AMAZING blueberry vegan pancakes

Waffles

Oatmeal (the organic kind)

A spoon (hah)

I know! It's seriously that easy! I love that my blender makes the butter warm right away so I may or may not sneak a taste before putting it away. It's best to store in the fridge if you plan on not using it in the next week or so. The recipe is completely up to you, if you want salted nut butter then use salted nuts, honey roasted-nut butter, and on and on. Anything is possible. I don't like the salted nuts so I always stick to unsalted cashews!

I hope you enjoyed this post! I love homemade butter and I hope you enjoy it too!

What are your favorite nuts? Have you ever made homemade nut butter before?

Clean Eating

College Eats: Staying Healthy

8:30:00 AM

The freshman fifteen. Yea that's a thing. Eating healthy when you're away from home when you have no one to tell you that "maybe that giant monster cookie isn't such a good idea for lunch or dinner." can be really difficult. I really love eating healthy, I have for a really long time. I thought I would share some tips!

Tips:
1. If your school has a salad bar, use it. I get 99% of my food from my schools salad bar. Occasionally I'll have a soup, but only if there are no animal products. My school has a wide variety of toppings, and greens to choose from that make switching up salads fun and exciting.

2. Eat breakfast in your room. This is easy. Taking time to make breakfast in your room is consistently stated on so many sites as a healthier way to start the day. Oatmeal is my favorite!

3. Read the labels! This is for anyone, even if you're not in school. If a product has ingredients that you can't pronounce, you probably shouldn't put that into your body. Standing in the aisle for 2 minutes extra to look before throwing it into your shopping cart might save you.

4. Pre-pack meals. This might be hard if you're like me and live in the dorms. While I'm running around on lower campus, I like to have a pre-packed snack in my bag to take out anytime I get hungry. I snack a lot.

Apples with Cinnamon are my favorite!

5. Look up some good YouTube workout videos! My favorite channels are Shayloss and Train with Monica. Since I did something funky to my knee I can't do legs as often, so my abs are going to look great. Probably.

*Bonus Tip: Even though Organic food might be more expensive, you can always buy in bulk and freeze stuff. My mom freezes a lot of food and it's completely fine when we take it out later on. Also, coupons=best friends.

Banana

"Nice"cream

8:30:00 AM

I will be the first to admit, finding foods to enjoy without any added sugars is really hard and sometimes I give in. Scrolling through my instagram feed, I kept seeing users post colorful photos of nicecream. Nicecream? My first thought was something like "it's run by someone who lives a vegan lifestyle so it must just mean it's dairy-free." I actually wanted some so bad. It looked so good! And who wouldn't want an ice-cream inspired dish for breakfast?

I thought I would never be able to have it because added sugars. That is, until I found out that nicecream just simply meant, frozen bananas blended up in a blender with soy or nut-based milk. SUPER easy. SUPER...nice.

Here are some of my favorite flavors that I've made with my mini blender (my $15 purchase is definitely getting great use.)

1. Peanut-Butter Banana

-2 medium bananas, sliced and frozen
-1 spoonful of peanut powder
-soymilk
-cinnamon

I totally combined the top recipe and the bottom, just with a bit less pb powder and cinnamon!

2. Simple Berry Pick me up
-2 medium bananas, sliced and frozen
-berries of your choice (I used raspberries and blueberries)
-soy/whatever nut milk you prefer

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3. Just Bananas

-2 medium bananas, sliced and frozen
-nut milk

4. Banana Bread Nicecream

-2 medium bananas, sliced and frozen
-cinnamon
-nutmeg
-walnuts to top
-choice of milks

5. Blueberry Banana

-2 medium bananas, sliced and frozen
-handful of blueberries frozen, or thawed
-nutmilk
-some cacao

I like to add chia seeds sometimes to these if I think I want some more fiber. I love these so far and I can't wait to try some more! Honestly these are so simple, and so much more healthier for you than what's sold at the store, though you can still go out and get them. I like to freeze the bananas for about a day before making them, if I wait too long they'll go brown when I take them out of the freezer pretty quick. Because I live in a dorm, I like to be the courteous neighbor and make my breakfast nicecream the night before so that I'm not waking up anyone super early!

Have you ever made these before? I was so excited it worked that I nearly ran down the hall making everyone try it! You can mix and match flavors as well!
I hope you enjoy them, especially as it gets closer to summer!
x Kenzie

Clean Eating

Healthy Shrimp and Noodles

8:00:00 AM

I was just home last weekend for a three day weekend and after falling off the clean eating train (and rolling down the hill away from the tracks), I was really looking forward to getting back and being refreshed. Recently, my mom bought a spiralizer to make healthy noodles from and I was really excited to try it out!

Sometimes with lifestyle changes, you have to restart...and reset and fall a couple of times. It's a process, but being able to bake again helps!

Here's What You'll Need:

Spiralizer

2 Zucchini

1 pound (about 1.5 bags) frozen shrimp

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil

1 Tablespoon minced Garlic

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (optional, they do give the dish a bit of a pop!)

1/4 cup white wine

2 Tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice (about 1/2 lemon)

Chopped Parsley for garnish

What to Do?

First, spiralize your zucchinis! I found that it was easier to cut it in half and then spiralize. It was so much fun!

Place a large pan over medium-low heat, add olive oil and heat (1 minute)

Add garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for about 1 more minute

Add shrimp to the pan and cook, stirring until they are pink on all sides (3 minutes)

Season with salt and pepper

With slotted spoon, transfer to bowl, leaving liquid in pan

Increase heat a bit, Add white wine and lemon juice

Scrape any brown bits, cook for about 2 minutes

Add zucchini noodles and cook, stir occasionally (2 minutes)

Return shrimp to the pan and toss to combine

Season with salt and pepper, garnish with parsley and serve hot!

I hope you all try this dish out, I'm on my spring/Easter holiday in a little less than a week from now and I cannot wait. I have a few dishes planned, but other than that it will be really nice to relax! The weather has been so nice lately as well, I hope you've all had a great week!

Have you spiralized anything before? What are some of your favorite recipes? Make sure to leave a comment below! :)

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Spring, Smoothies and Sunshine

9:00:00 AM

I don't think I'm the only one incredibly excited that it's finally March. While we haven't had that bad of a winter here in Wisconsin, I'm still really glad that it's almost spring. I haven't done a "things I love lately" post, but that's what this one is shaping up to be as I type it.

1. I've recently just became the owner of a mini-blender and I've been loving making smoothies in my dorm room! (sorry neighbors). They're so easy to make, and if you need any smoothie inspiration some of my favorite ingredients are Spinach, almond milk, bananas, strawberries and chia seeds!

2. The sunshine. Honestly, the overcast days make my head feel a bit glum and my legs feel a bit restless. but when the sun comes out I can enjoy the time outside.

3. Walking. I'm in a photography class this semester, which means I get to take photos outside a lot, and it really makes me slow down and capture the things around me that I wouldn't otherwise notice.

4. Coloring Books. Those adult coloring books? You can usually catch me in my dorm room with the futon down and twinkle lights on, coloring on a Friday night. I'm wild, I know.

5. Clementines. It can't be a blog post without talking about food can it? I love clementines, and I honestly cannot get enough of them!

Sorry this post is so much shorter than usual, I haven't really had that much going on between hurrying around for school, climbing out from under my pile of homework, I haven't had anytime to workout even and it's making me feel a bit anxious to be honest. Spring Break is right around the corner and I've just got to get through the next two weeks before I can officially relax..at least for 10 days.

What things are you loving this season? Are you planning any fun trips yet? Make sure to leave a comment, I love hearing from you!

xx Kenzie

Bear

10 Things I learned from Clean Eating

8:00:00 AM

While it's nearly March, I've realized I haven't written anything about how my clean eating is going since I've started in January. I've obviously been at it for awhile, so I guess it's about time this post went up!

1.) It's easier than I thought it would be. Not reaching for those milk chocolate candies in the dish at home was really tough at first, but now my body doesn't really crave it. There's a lot of natural sugar in fruits and veggies and after switching out Reese's cups for clementines, it's going great.

2.) You can still treat yourself. While not having processed and refined sugar maybe daunting and difficult, since a lot of our foods have it, there are plenty of websites that have treats that are just as good. I made some bars for my mom with coconut oil, oats, craisins and nut butter and you freeze them and it tastes just like candy. SO good!

3.) My taste buds have changed. While I used to enjoy peanut butter, and chocolate chip cookies, things that were filled with unnatural sugars are now too sweet to me. I love snacking on fruits, and adding them to organic oatmeal. I love adding avocados to my quinoa and experimenting with new dishes.

4.) Eating out is tricky. Within the first few days of clean eating, I was invited to go out and went out for some meals. I could still order things like salads with dressing on the sides, salmon burgers, gyros, and other fish which actually made it easy.

5.)I love baking. If you know me, you already know how much I love to bake. While the overload of Christmas cookies still sat in the garage and counter, I obviously couldn't make sweet treats like I used to, so I moved over to entrees. They've all been good so far.

6.) You can still enjoy your favorite dishes. There are a great bunch of blogs dedicated to clean eating, you just have to sift through their recipes and find some that you want to try out. That cauliflower pizza is probably still my favorite recipe I've done to date.

7.) Clean eating at college is a little daunting. I did so well clean eating at home, but when I came back to school, I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to and go back to my old ways of scooping spoonfuls of peanut butter into my mouth and eating grilled cheese. So unhealthy. But luckily, it's been a lot easier. I grabbed a few wraps from home before coming back and gather up some spinach, peppers, and other toppings that I want to fill them for dinner. It's great.

8.) I sleep a lot better. Last semester I would have a hard time going to sleep, and my roommate would come in at 2 or 3 in the morning and wake me up with her noise and I would end up feeling exhausted the rest of the day. This semester I fall asleep fast, and wake up feeling refreshed.

9.) I have more energy. I have to walk at least 100 stairs after classes just to get to my dorm, and I don't feel so tired or exhausted after doing it.

10.) With more sleep and more energy to get me to and from classes and through the day, clean eating has also helped me feel better. I don't feel like a slug, I think that's the most important thing. It's what I set out to do when I first started this. A lot of people asked "how long are you clean eating for?" Truth is, it's not really something I plan on stopping. Why would I go back when this lifestyle makes me feel way better?

Have you tried a new diet plan? How has it been going? What are your favorite healthy recipes? If you have any links I would love to see them!

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Diet Pizza

9:00:00 AM

"Excuse me, I'll have a diet pizza."

A what? A diet pizza?

When you think of clean eating, or whatever diet resolution you have made this year, you may have thought, "Shoot I have to give up my favorite foods." While many of your favorite foods might have to be cut back, there are still some simple ways to keep enjoying them. Today it's all about the good things in life. Like pizza and quesadillas.

Now you're probably wondering what kind of pizza would be a diet pizza?

Because clean eating means eating things that are not processed, therefore pizza is 100% in that list. But I found a loophole. It starts with a quesadilla shell. Whole wheat, low fat, 80 calorie quesadilla shell. This is what mine looked like.

Here's the best part. You can make whatever pizza you want out of it, just watch those portion sizes and you'll be all good to go. I chose to put mini roma tomatoes, feta cheese, avocado,bacon bits, spinach, and a tiny splash of shredded cheddar cheese. While my mom and I had similar pizzas, my step-dad amped his up with ham slices, more cheese, spinach and bacon. While this is a pretty simple recipe to enjoy possibly one of your favorites; Here's what you'll need:

-whatever toppings you'd like (cheeses, green leaves, veggies, meats).

-a pan and parchment paper, and tortilla shells

Here's what you'll need to do:

-Preheat the oven to 330*F

-Place parchment paper on shells and spread about 1/2-1 tablespoon olive oil on tortilla shells.

-Put pizzas in oven about 3 minutes

-Decorate your pizza

-Put pizzas in oven until cheeses melt

(I continually watched our pizzas.)

You can always raise the oven temp if you'd like it to go a bit faster. While dieting can be a bit boring, I know you can have some fun with this simple recipe! How have your new years resolutions been going so far? What's your favorite pizza? What food do you miss the most, when is your cheat day? I'm planning mine on day 90 so then I know I went 3 whole months clean eating!

Hope you're all having a great day! Make sure to comment below!

xx Kenzie

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Spinach Stuffed Pork Chops

9:30:00 AM

It took some research, and an open mind to search the web and find the perfect recipe for my second clean eating dinner, my first baking experience that wasn't a dessert.
I put this Spinach filled dish as one of the first in this new lifestyle, and it was quick, easy, and delicious!

What You'll Need:

2 garlic cloves

1/2 teaspoon salt, divided

1/3 teaspoon pepper, divided

5 sun-dried tomatoes diced (packed without oil)

1 cup spinach

1/4 cup feta crumbled reduced-fat cheese

3 tablespoons fat-free cream cheese

dash of lemon juice

3 boneless center-cut pork chops, trimmed

2 garlic cloves

1 tablespoon lemon juice

2 teaspoons Dijon mustard

1/4 teaspoon oregano

What to Do:

Filling:

Heat large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray

Add 2 garlic cloves, saute 1 minute.

Add 1/4 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp pepper, sun-dried tomatoes and spinach until moisture evaporates. Remove from heat and stir in feta and cream cheese and dash of lemon juice. (below)

Pork Chops:

Cut horizontal slit through thickest portion of each pork chop to form a pocket

Stuff about 1/4 cup mixture into each pocket

Sprinkle remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper over pork

Arrange pork on rack of broiler pan/roasting pan( I just used the pan that was for the mixture.)

In small bowl:

Combine remaining 2 garlic cloves, juice, mustard and oregano, stir well.

Brush half of mustard mixture over pork. Broil 6-7 minutes; turn pork and brush remaining mixture over pork then broil 2-3 minutes or until done (when it's not pink in the middle)

I paired this dish with a loaded sweet potato and each bite was delicious. I had never made a dinner dish before, and this went really well and both my mom and myself agreed that this recipe would be a keeper for the clean-eating books!

Have you ever tried this kind of recipe before? If you do try this one, make sure to link the post in my comments or tag me on instagram. I hope you enjoyed reading the first installment of the clean eating series! The sweet potato side dish will be up soon!

Thank you so much for reading! Make sure to comment down below! I love hearing from you!

xx Kenzie

Bar

Favorite Cookie Bars

2:45:00 PM

Don't yell at me. I know I keep saying "I'll do more recipe posts this summer!" and I honestly have been slacking on that part. Partially because most of the recipes I've been doing aren't changed in anyway from the original and I can't just copy someone else and call it my own!

So here's one, that I've made before, haven't posted, but changed it up a bit.

This recipe is fairly healthy, it includes oats, brown sugar, raisins, craisins, chocolate chips and butterscotch. I said fairly healthy right?

I love eating, and healthy desserts that don't taste overly healthy are right up my alley!

To make this you'll need:

*1/2 cup(100g) packed brown sugar

*1 cup (250g) creamy peanut butter

*2 teaspoons vanilla

*1 cup (127g) whole wheat flour (the first time I made this I used white flour and it works just as well!)

*1 cup (80g) oats

*1 teaspoon baking soda

*1/4 teaspoon salt

*1/2 cup (120mL) milk (I've used chocolate almond milk every time, and you can't really taste the chocolate but it also works!)

*1/2 cup butterscotch

1/2 cup raisins, craisins, or chocolate chips...or all three.

Here's what you'll need to do!

-Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 8x8 baking dish with parchement paper or nonstick spray and set aside

-In medium bowl, mix brown sugar and peanut butter (I used an electric mixer) until light and fluffy.

-Mix in vanilla

-Add in flour, oats, salt and baking soda on medium speed (if using the mixer). The dough will get thicker and a bit clumpy but don't worry!

-Add milk, then fold in your add-ins like chocolate chips, raisins, craisins etc

-Once completely combined, here I found it just comes right off the bowl and doesn't sit on it like cookie dough would, press it lightly into 8x8 dish

-Bake about 17-20 minutes, for my oven I did about 17, as it keeps the softness inside the bars

Near the end of the bars bake time, I melted about 1/3 cup butterscotch to drizzle on top once they came out. You can use those or regular chocolate chips, the packages tell you how long it's recommended to melt them.

-I put the butterscotch on top right away as I haven't completely mastered it and it seems to not stay hot long enough!

Last time I truly just drizzled the butterscotch on but it came out clumpy, I decided to make the rest of the bag which turned out to be just enough to cover the entirety of the bars! They went over well both times!!

I love this recipe, and I definitely love to make these for parties or just for the family.

What do you like for dessert? Have you got any favorite recipes??

Thanks again for reading!

Kenzie

Biking

What I'm Loving this Summer

12:00:00 PM

So far, being back home from University is a lot more relaxing, though I've got work and an online math course on the side, I'm still finding time to pick and choose a few things I'm loving this summer and I thought I would share them with you!

What's Summer time without a list anyway?

Books:

I've just finished John Green's Paper Towns, and if you remember my post way back before the beginning of my summer (right here), I wrote how I had wanted to read it and I did, quickly in fact. Paper Towns was a good book, though I'm not quite sure if it ranked among my top five.

I am loving We'll Always Have Paris by Jennifer Coburn, which I picked up in the "beach reads" section of my local Barnes and Nobel. It's definitely given me more motivation to go and have a long trip throughout Europe..soon.

Blogs:

I don't normally point out other blogs, unless there is a fun tag that comes along, but right now, I also love baking therefore I've been spending a lot of time over at Sally's Baking Addiction, I even just made up this recipe here. Because I tend to mindlessly eat while doing something like math...oops.

Also, I'm obsessed (a little bit) with Eleanor Calder and Max Hurd's blog thetrendpear.com. The pictures are great, the outfits are on point and I don't follow a lot of fashion blogs but I love it.

Biking:

I've really started liking to bike recently. I never really had a bike of my own, I usually used my moms but one has been handed down to me and I can go without lowering the seat every time, so that's great!

New Ingredients:

This is something I hope to show you all in upcoming posts. I've really started liking the whole wheat flour and I've used that in these two past posts (here and here). But I've also started to enjoy Almond Butter and Coconut Oil!

The clouds have been sticking to a once or twice a week, all day downpour so it'll be easy to get in a few recipe posts this Summer!

What have you been loving so far this Summer? I know it's a bit early in the season, but let me know in the comments!!
(This is also my 100th blog post! Can you believe it?! I can't! )

Thanks for reading!

Kenzie

Banana-Blueberry

Healthy Banana Blueberry Muffins!

10:30:00 AM

Being home for the Summer means two things, more time to do everything, and more time to bake! I love baking, for some reason, I just love making things rather than buying them at a store. Though before this summer vacation started, I was warned not to bake as much as I did last time I was home...I may have baked four different types of desserts because I was only home for a day. Oops?

Anyway, I enjoy trying new dishes and since I usually whip up something that falls into the dessert category, I wanted to try out some mini banana-blueberry muffins.

Here's what you'll need!

2.5 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup mashed banana (this took me two bananas)
1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup milk (you can also use almond milk, soy milk, etc)
1 & 1/4 cup blueberries
2 large bowls, or one large, one medium

Here's how to make them:

*Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (176 degrees Celsius)
*Set aside muffin tins, I used one small sized and one for larger muffins, you can either spray these with a non-stick spray or line them with baking cups (which is what I did).
*In one of the bowls, toss the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together until combined and set aside
*In the other bowl, mix the honey and brown sugar together; use a fork to break up the clumps
*Add the banana, yogurt and vegetable oil; add the wet ingredients to the dry, not the milk yet!

*Gently fold together, and then add milk, mix for a bit and then add in blueberries. Careful not to over mix the batter.

*Spoon out the batter into the muffin tins. Fill to the top of each slot.

*Bake for 17-18 minutes, to make sure they're well baked check with a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out with a little muffin bit clingy to it, it still needs a bit more time. About 2 minutes, and then check again.

Once they're finished, let them cool. They will absolutely smell delicious, but you don't want to burn your mouth so you do have to wait. It'll be worth it I promise! :)

I was excited to try out this recipe because of the whole wheat flour, as I like to keep things on the more healthy side! It turned out very well and I actually think I prefer the whole wheat flour! I like the mini ones a little better than the bigger because they are great for a quick snack as well!

I hope you guys give it a try! If you do, take a photo and show me on instagram or twitter!

(here are links to both of my accounts! : Twitter, Instagram )

I hope that you are all having a great Summer so far! If it isn't Summer for you yet, I hope it comes quickly! Mine so far is turning out lovely!

Thanks for reading!

Kenzie

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Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble

Tips for Motivation

Easy Cashew Butter

College Eats: Staying Healthy

"Nice"cream

Healthy Shrimp and Noodles

Spring, Smoothies and Sunshine

10 Things I learned from Clean Eating

Diet Pizza

Spinach Stuffed Pork Chops

Favorite Cookie Bars

What I'm Loving this Summer

Healthy Banana Blueberry Muffins!

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