Name: Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Grain Free Blender Muffins
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 46 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 bananas; 2/3 cup almond butter (or any nut butter); 2 TBSP honey or maple syrup; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Gena is the mother of three boys, wife to DFW Dad, gardener, cook, crafter, DIYer, former teacher, and more! They live in the Tyler, Texas area.

Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Grain Free Blender Muffins

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If you are a busy working mom like me, you know that there is nothing better in this world than a pan of muffins. My three boys can wipe out a pan of muffins in no time flat. They are great for breakfast, snack, AND dessert and it really does not matter what kind of muffin it is! But what if you are grain free or gluten free? Can you still enjoy a pan of muffins? YES! I am here to tell you that these grain free peanut butter chocolate chip blender muffins are very comparable to the traditional muffin and will leave you feeling energized because they have more protein the your average carb loaded muffin!

I have renamed this recipe about four times now because all of the ingredients are so delicious and a big part of this recipe! Grain free muffins that include peanut butter, banana, and chocolate chips – these are definitely the way to go. This recipe is a great way to use those old bananas that are lying on your counter top, too! The bananas add sweetness, so if you want to omit the honey or maple syrup, feel free to do so!

The baking soda is the trick for making these grain free blender muffins really rise to the occasion. You can even fill your liners more full than I did and make them really pop, but I find that these are perfectly portioned. You can make a huge batch and freeze and pop them into your lunch boxes for the week. I find that these extra small Ziploc containers are the perfect size for lunchboxes so muffins don’t get smushed.

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Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Grain Free Blender Muffins

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 13 minutes

Additional Time: 23 minutes

Total Time: 46 minutes

These delicious, grain free peanut butter banana blender muffins are great for breakfasts and snacks!

Ingredients

2 bananas
2/3 cup almond butter (or any nut butter)
2 TBSP honey or maple syrup
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°.
Line a 12 muffin tin with muffin liners or spray with oil.
Combine all ingredients except chocolate chips in the blender and blend until smooth.
Add in chocolate chips and pulse a few times to combine, but not chop.
Pour mix into liners.
Cook for 12 minutes and check for doneness, then continue to check every 1-2 minutes to see that they are all cooked and looking yummy!
Serve and enjoy!

The BEST Roasted Chicken Recipe! (Whole30, Paleo)

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For years, I could not master the art of cooking a roast chicken in the oven. I tried in the crock pot a few times, but it just was not what I wanted. Then, it happened, I perfected it and now I present to you the BEST roasted chicken recipe! The whole family loves it, and it’s Whole30 and Paleo, too!

May not be the most beautiful meal ever, but I assure you, it’s delicious!

This gorgeous Bruntmor braiser is what I use, but you can also use a cast iron dutch oven.

The key to a delicious, melt in your mouth chicken is the juices. Make SURE to drizzle the juices on top of everything before serving and even serve WITH your meal. IT IS SO GOOD!

In my house, I’m the only one who really loves white meat, but once the dark meat is gone, the boys will eat white meat as long as it has been dipped in the chicken broth.

This roasted whole chicken recipe will be your go to recipe for making the perfect chicken every single time!

The BEST Roasted Chicken Recipe! (Whole30, Paleo)

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours

Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes

This is THE BEST recipe for roasted chicken! Made in the oven, couldn't be easier!

Ingredients

one whole chicken
2 cups chopped or baby carrots, washed
2 cups baby gold potatoes, washed
2 whole lemons
2 celery stalks
salt
seasoning of your choice (I used this one) but make sure to read the label!
Olive oil, 1/4 cup

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425°F
Place the chicken in the pan.
Arrange potatoes and carrots around it.
Salt chicken and veggies.
Drizzle the olive oil over the chicken and veggies.
Squeeze lemon juice over the chicken and veggies.
Sprinkle seasoning on the chicken and veggies, as much as you'd like!
Place celery stalks and cut, squeezed lemon into the cavity of the chicken.
Place the lid on the pot and place into the oven.
Roast for 1 hour.
Remove the lid and cook for another 15-30 minutes. Check that the internal temperature is 170°F.
You can turn down temperature to 250-350, place the lid on, and slow roast it or keep it warm until ready to serve! Just make sure the lid is on so it doesn't dry out.
Drizzle liquid on top of the chicken and veggies and serve!

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Peanut Butter Dessert Nachos Recipe

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Looking for a delicious appetizer, sweet after school snack, or an easy to throw together game day snack that everyone will love? Peanut Butter Dessert Nachos is an easy recipe for all of the above!

I love using pretzels in recipes, as they provide a salty, crispy crunch for any dessert! Combine that with peanut butter and chocolate and the recipe is a guaranteed hit! But, I added marshmallow creme, peanuts, and mini chocolate chips to round it all out and this recipe is winning! My family loved it!

The secret to getting your ingredients evenly spread is to warm the peanut butter, marshmallow creme, and chocolate sauce in the microwave for a few seconds, stir, and pour. Of course, if you get your chocolate sauce in a bottle, then you will not need to warm it, but warming the peanut butter and marshmallow creme is a must!

Peanut butter dessert nachos come together so easily! This is a decadent after school snack or something that could be put together as a last minute dessert or appetizer. It is SO GOOD!

Grab a plate if you want to be proper, or have everyone dig in to these dessert nachos at the same time!

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Peanut Butter Dessert Nachos Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

This Peanut Butter Dessert Nachos recipe with chocolate and pretzels is a great snack!

Ingredients

7.2 oz bag of Pretzel Crisps
1 cup marshmallow creme
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/8 cup chocolate sauce
1/8 cup mini chocolate chips
1/8 cup roasted peanuts

Instructions

Place a piece of parchment paper and place it on a cutting board or sheet pan.
Spread pretzel crisps out on the paper.
Warm the marshmallow creme for 15 seconds in the microwave and immedately drizzle it all over the pretzels.
Warm peanut butter for 15 seconds in the microwave and immediatly drizzle over pretzels.
Warm chocolate sauce for about 10 seconds and drizzle over pretzels. (you're getting the idea!)
Sprinkle with chocolate chips and peanuts.

Notes

add more of your favorite ingredients...anything goes!

Mother’s Day Gift Guide – Over 50 Ideas for What to Give Mom for Mother’s Day!

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2021

Mother’s Day is next month, so I will be your official nudger and remind you to get the Mom, Grandma, motherly figure, or wife a special gift this year! Moms are amazing and they work so hard!

So what is the perfect Mother’s Day gift?

Well, it depends on your mom’s personality and likes, of course. Some moms love flowers, some jewelry, and others would love a new basketball goal or badminton set so they can spend time with their kids doing something they love! If you need a few new ideas, check out this Mother’s Day Gift Guide that I and 9 other fabulous bloggers put together for Mother’s Day! Leave me a comment with what you will be buying this year.

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How To Clean The Air In Your Home

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How to Clean the Air in Your Home was brought to you by Molekule. All opinions are mine. Contains affiliate links.

I walk outside and see a thin layer of green pollen on EVERYTHING. When I remove the grill cover or get the hose off of the holder to water the garden, pollen flies. With five people in and out of the house all day, I had to know how to clean the air in my home to reduce the allergens inside.

Molekule air purifiers work at the molecular level to destroy pollutants. Allergens, mold, bacteria, VOCs, and viruses are all destroyed with Molekule’s PECO technology. Not just collected, but destroyed! The air feels cleaner and that makes me very happy! If you want to learn more about Molekule’s technology, visit the website, it’s very fascinating information!

Our three boys are in school all day and there is no telling what they are bringing home, so I placed my Molekule Air where we spend the most time, in the living room. We all enjoy hanging out together and the clean, crisp air!

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookie Cups

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I’m the type of girl who eats the cookie to get to the icing. “Minimize the cookie, maximize the icing” is the way I look at it. I know some prefer the cookie, and that’s okay, but I think everyone will agree that these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookie Cups are delicious and a winning combo for everyone!

The cookie cups themselves are super easy to make. I just used a store-bought sugar cookie mix, followed the package directions for rolled cookies, then rolled balls and flattened them out inside a mini muffin tin. For this recipe, I also added a 1/2 tsp of cocoa powder. SO yummy and pretty simple, too!

The cheesecake icing or cheesecake filling is rich and creamy and I just added the finished product to a sandwich bag, clipped off one corner, squeezed it in and added mini chocolate chips.

I did find that these crisped up pretty quickly, so make sure to store in an airtight container and place an apple slice inside to make them moist!

Who wouldn’t love all of that peanut butter cheesecake icing??

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookie Cups

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Additional Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

These decadent peanut butter chocolate chip cheesecake cookie cups have a really long name, but are packed with delicious flavor!!

Ingredients

one 17.5 oz package dry sugar cookie mix
3 TBSP flour
1 stick butter, softened
1 egg (check your specific package to make sure)
1 TBSP cocoa powder
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla
dash salt
1 cup peanut butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions

Make cookie dough according to package directions. (My package said add one stick of softened butter, one egg) and 3 TBSP flour.
Add 1 TBSP cocoa powder and mix well.
Preheat oven to 350°.
Spray a mini muffin tin with spray oil.
Roll out individual balls of dough, about 1-2 TBSP of dough in each ball.
Place one dough ball in each cavity of mini muffin tin.
Press down on the ball and press out to make a cup.
Cook for about 10 minutes and check for done-ness.
Cook for another 5 minutes. If done, remove from oven.
Dough will reform while cooking, so upon removing the cookie cups, use a round teaspoon to make indentions in cookie cups.
While cookie cups are cooling, make the filling.
Cream together cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and peanut butter.
Slowly mix in powdered sugar.
Fill a pastry bag or sandwich bag with icing, cut off a small corner, and fill each cooled cup with icing.
Top with mini chocolate chips and enjoy!

Easy Shirley Temple Cake with Grenadine Glaze

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This easy Shirley Temple Cake with Grenadine Glaze is an impressive, delicious dessert that is really simple to make!

The other day I was scrolling Facebook and I saw an ad for a local person selling Shirley Temple Cakes. So, apparently I have been living under a rock because I had never heard of such a thing. I searched a few recipes on pinterest but could not find exactly what I was looking for, so I bought a few ingredients and made this delicious cake that turned out amazing the first time!!

My kids had never had a Shirley Temple, which is essentially, 7UP, grenadine, and maraschino cherries. My husband introduced me to this non-alcoholic drink years ago, and it’s really a delicious treat!

So my kids’ worlds were rocked when I made this Shirley Temple Cake, but also when I let them have a Shirley Temple drink! They all said it was delicious!

I found that some recipes on the internet said to poke the cake before pouring on any icing or glaze or the maraschino cherry juice, and maybe that would have been good, as well, but when the glaze collects at the bottom, you just scoop it up and drizzle on your cake if you prefer! My guys like that the cake itself was not super soggy and could choose the amount of glaze they wanted on their piece.

This easy Shirley Temple Cake with Grenadine Glaze is a great Spring cake! Serve at your Easter meal for a delicious, impressive dessert!

16 servings

Easy Shirley Temple Cake with Grenadine Glaze

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Additional Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

This Shirley Temple cake with grenadine glaze is so easy to make! Made with boxed cake mix, it's a treat for all!

Ingredients

one boxed white cake mix
3 egg whites
1 cup 7UP
1/2 cup oil
1 tsp lemon extract
1 cup drained maraschino cherries
for the glaze:
1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
3 TBSP grenadine
3 TBSP milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°.
Prepare cake mix by mixing cake mix, egg whites, 7UP, oil, and lemon extract together in a mixing bowl for 1 minute.
Fold in cherries with a spoon.
Spray a bundt pan with cooking spray.
Gently pour cake mix with cherries into bundt pan.
Bake cake for 35 minutes and check. Rotate in oven if not evenly browning.
Cook for another 5-10 miutes, or until a toothpick or knife is inserted and comes out clean.
When done, carefully remove from oven and flip on a plate or cake stand. Let cool for 10 minutes.
Prepare grenadine glaze by combining powdered sugar, grenadine, and milk and mixing well. Add more powdered sugar if too thin, more milk if too thick.
Pour generously over cake.
Serve and enjoy!

Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispy Bars – No Bake Treat!

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I know what brought you here. Your love for Reese’s peanut butter cups. Or maybe it was simply your love for peanut butter? Either way, you will love this recipe for Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispy Bars!

Delicious Peanut Butter Chocolate No Bake Treat!

I am a supreme lover of no bake treats. Rice Krispie treats and no bake peanut butter cereal balls were some of my favorites growing up. SO easy to make and the best part is that you do not have to wait for them to cook to eat them! And scraping the bowl is so a delicious part, too!

In case you didn’t know…chopping Reese’s peanut butter cups is pretty exhilarating…

These no bake peanut butter bars are SO DELICIOUS! Anything with peanut butter is delicious, obviously, but these are over the top good. The icing is rich and decadent and is a perfect complement to the crispy bars underneath.

(Sidenote: I always always always recommend that if you are taking a dessert or dish to a potluck or somewhere that others will possibly eating your food, to either label it with potential allergens or at the very least, crumble something distinguishable on top to signal to potential allergy sufferers that there is peanut butter inside. I have a child with tree nut allergies, and oh how I wish that people would do this. Food allergies are no joke, y’all. Also, peanuts aren’t tree nuts, in case you were wondering. Thank goodness because he lives on peanut butter.)

Carrying on…I love how these turn out! They’re dense and delicious, so it feels like an actual dessert and not just a rice krispie treat snack. There is peanut butter throughout and every bit of it is delicious.

check out my peanut butter Chex mix recipe!

Reese's Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispy Bars - No Bake Treat!

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Additional Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

These Reese's peanut butter chocolate crispy bars are no bake and very decadent!

Ingredients

6 cups crisped rice cereal
2 lbs box or bag of powdered sugar
4 cups creamy peanut butter
1 cup melted butter (2 sticks)
Topping
2 cups Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips
1/4 butterscotch chips
1 TBSP coconut oil
12 quartered or crumbled Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (large)

Instructions

Line jelly roll pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
Combine creamy peanut butter, crisped rice cereal, powdered sugar, and melted butter in a large bowl.
Press into prepared pan.
Melt chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high for 30 second intervals, stirring in between, until melted and smooth (about 2 1/2 minutes)
Pour and spread melted chocolate mixture over peanut butter crispy layer.
Add quartered Reese's over top.
Refrigerate until chocolate has set (about 30 minutes)
Cut into bars and serve, keep refrigerated best served chilled

Notes

A quick rinse of water in your measuring cup prevents peanut butter from sticking to the sides.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

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Amount Per Serving: Calories: 726Total Fat: 53gSaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 23gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 430mgCarbohydrates: 54gFiber: 5gSugar: 39gProtein: 16g

The writer is not a doctor or nutritionist and this nutritional information is just a guideline. Please consult your doctor or nutritionist for more accurate information.

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How Do I Help My Child Prepare for the STAAR Test at Home?

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how to help your child prepare for the staar test

This post was brought to you by Merriam-Webster. All thoughts and opinions are mine.

If you are a Texas mom, dad, grandparent, guardian or, of course, teacher, you know that Spring = STAAR season for our public school kids! So many are left wondering….”So how do I help my child prepare for the STAAR test at home?” Luckily, the teachers do a pretty fantastic job at helping prepare our kids. BUT, there are a few things that you can do to bring it all home and ensure that your child does the best that he/she can do!

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Fun Things to do in Grand Prairie, Texas!

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Are you looking for a fun family vacation in Texas? What are some fun things to do in Grand Prairie, Texas? There are many! You and your family can have an awesome Spring Break or weekend vacation with the family, you can have a blast in Grand Prairie!View Post

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