An Essential Life

I always used to make my own nut butters...and then 3 kids happened 🤷🏻‍♀️ so when I came across this recipe from , I decided that I wanted to get back to it again! This picture def makes me want to eat it right out of the jar with a spoon!
Cashew Almond butter:
1 cup Raw Cashews
1 cup Raw Almonds
1 tbsp Coconut Oil
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Set oven to 325 F. Spread nuts in a single layer on a cookie sheet and roast for 10 minutes. Place in a food processor and grind for 4-5 minutes. Use a spatula to push the nuts from the side of the food processor. Let it grind for another 4 - 5 minutes. At this point, it should be more of a "paste", but not a creamy butter texture. Add 1 tbsp coconut oil, 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp of vanilla extract. Blend for another 5 minutes until creamy!
How easy is that?

So I’ve been on a little bit of a baking kick lately... and I’ve been letting my girls help, and they’re obviously enjoying everything we’ve been baking.

Banana Zucchini bread

Ingredients:
3 Ripe Bananas
1 zucchini, peeled and grated
2 Eggs
¼ cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce
¼ cup Coconut Oil
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1 1/2 cups flour ( I used ottos cassava flour)
¼ cup Maple syrup
½ tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 cup chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Mash bananas well with potato masher or fork. Add mashed bananas, eggs, coconut oil, apple sauce and vanilla in a mixer and combine well. Add baking soda, cinnamon, maple syrup, and flour in the bowl. Mix again until the batter forms. Add in chocolate chips ( we only added them to to top but I will definitely add them too the batter too next time) Grease your choice pan, we did a loaf pan, add batter, sprinkle remaining chocolate chips and place in oven. Bake for 45-60 minutes.

I love finding a good (clean) baking recipe like these blueberry cassava flour muffins from . She has so many recipes I can’t wait to try!

Ingredients
3 eggs
3/4 cup applesauce unsweetened
1/2 cup organic coconut milk full fat, blended
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1 1/2 cups cassava flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup fresh blueberries
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a 12 cup muffin pan with parchment liners. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, applesauce, coconut milk, lemon juice, vanilla extract, maple syrup until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine the cassava flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, then gently stir the dry mixture into the wet until just combined. Fold in the blueberries, then fill parchment liners nearly to the top to make 12 muffins.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 mins or until muffins rise and toothpick inserted in the center of one comes out clean. Cool on wire racks before serving. Enjoy!