Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Banana Pancakes

Are you looking for a quick easy breakfast that contains protein, fat, and fiber to help sustain you for several hours?  My youngest daughter, Haley has been only wanting cereal for breakfast lately which drives me crazy! Cereal has minimal nutritional value and she is usually hungry an hour later.  Haley doesn’t like eggs so I’m always trying to figure out ways to sneak them in to her diet. 

This morning I took one ripe banana and 2 pastured eggs and blended them up in our ninja bullet.  I poured about ¼ cup of the mixture onto our griddle, making delicious pancakes for my girls.  We spread cashew butter on them for some extra fat and protein.  The girls loved them and it was quick and easy breakfast during the week.  Eggs have so many nutritional benefits.  I think we go through about 2 ½ to 3 dozen eggs a week depending on how much baking I do.  Eggs contain essential amino acids, as well as Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, and antioxidants, just to name a few of the many nutritional benefits to eggs.  What is your favorite way to eat eggs?



Ingredients:
1 ripe banana
2 eggs

Instructions:
1.      Heat up a griddle or pan on low.
2.     Grease with coconut oil, ghee or grass fed butter.
3.     Blend one banana and 2 eggs until liquid.
4.     Pour ¼ cup of mixture onto the heated griddle.
5.     Cook until starting to bubble and then flip, about 3 minutes on each side.
6.     Enjoy with your favorite nut butter!





Monday, February 11, 2019

Foaming Hand Soap

I was so excited to learn I could make my own hand soap that was natural, nondrying, easy, and inexpensive!  After the birth of my first daughter, I started learning about toxins and how they can enter our blood stream just by rubbing lotion or soap on our skin.  I slowly changed over all my personal care and cleaning products to nontoxic, but it was expensive!

This hand soap takes seconds to make and is easy for kids to help out with as well.  I bought  foaming soap bottles on Amazon that are perfect for refills.   I make sure to always have Dr. Bronner’s Liquid Castile Soap and my favorite essential oils on hand so I never have to buy hand soap again. 




Ingredients:
Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap
Your Favorite 100 % pure essential oils (optional)
Water

Instructions:
1.      Fill the soap dispenser with water to about 1 inch from the top.
2.     Add 2 tablespoons of Dr. Bronner’s liquid castile soap to the water.
3.     Add 6 drops of your favorite essential oils.

4.     Close and lightly shake to mix.

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