Clean Chocolate Chip Cookies

Clean Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is the time of year where cookies are a MUST!

So many people have cookie exchange parties and they are always the go to dessert, during the holidays!

It is very difficult to stay away from fresh baked cookies for the whole season!

So how would you like to enjoy a few chocolate chip cookies during Christmas?

Thanks to The Delicious Pantry, I have found a clean version of several cookie recipes. Here is the chocolate chip one.

Ingredients: 

2/3 cups of almonds (I put this as optional, I used them in one batch but not the other.)

1/3 cup of cooked oatmeals

3 tablespoons of honey

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/8 cup of whole wheat pastry flour

1/2 cup of grain sweetened chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325

2. Mix everything EXCEPT the chocolate chips in a food processor-the consistency should be sticky/wet

3. Use your spatula to scrape the dough into your mixing bowl and mix the chocolate chips

4. Spoon onto a parchment lined cookie sheet

5. Bake for 20 minutes.

Enjoy a few chocolate chip cookies guilt free! 

Yum :)

What is to LOVE about Christmas Time?

What Do You LOVE About Christmas Time?

1. I love Christmas trees: the smell of pine that fills the room when they are alive,

the excitement finding the PERFECT tree when the whole family would go to the tree farm when we were younger, and the way the tree fit the room perfectly (*especially after we had gotten it home my dad would spend the crucial moments cutting the trunk and the branches to fit beautifully*)

2. Christmas music: I love the way Christmas music brightens my house and the way my family knows every Christmas song and BLASTS it for the whole month of December and even into January. It brings such joy! 

3. Family Time: Nothing better then the fact that with Christmas comes Family time! My family travels from Boston, (now) West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Colorado and parts of New Jersey.

4. Decorations: There is something about the way Christmas decorations fill rooms with such a warm and joyful feeling! 

(Sorry about the extra stuff)

5. First Christmas: This year is my niece's first Christmas. Although she is only 4 months old and will not remember this-it is super exciting for our family to have her with us this year. And I got her Christmas pajamas I think is just the cutest thing everPlus my kitten has his first Christmas as well!

I love Christmas. The Reason for the Season will never be forgotten.

Do NOT forget or dismiss the fact that God gave His One and Only Son to the world on Christmas day!! He is and was the best present anyone could have received on Christmas!

Why do you love Christmas??

What Are YOU Bringing to Thanksgiving Dinner?

 Are You Bringing to Thanksgiving Dinner?

Is It Clean and Healthy?

Here are a few SWEET treats that are changed to clean recipes for you and your family's enjoyment and completely GUILT FREE!!!

Clean Pumpkin Cheesecake

Ingredients you will need:

3/4 cups low fat cottage cheese

2/3 cups nonfat, plain Greek Yogurt

1 TBS white whole wheat flour

2 TBS honey

2 dates, with pits removed 

1/4 tsp salt

2 TBS lemon juice

4 egg whites

1/2 cup pumpkin puree (not pumpkin filling)

1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (no sugar added)

For the Crust:

1 1/2 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs (sugar free low-fat)

1/3 cups butter (unsalted)

1/3 cups organic coconut sugar

Directions:

Place everything (besides the crust ingredients) in your blender and blend until smooth.

Pour into a greased spring pan

Bake 350 degrees 25-30 minutes (look for the top to turn golden)

For the crust: mix it all and place it on the bottom of the pan

Pumpkin Fruit Dip (special thanks to Amie DeSanzo for this delicious recipe)

1 can pumpkin puree

1 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt

1/2 cup honey

1 tsp pumpkin spice

1/2 tsp cinnamon

I blended it just because it was out, but it was actually easier to just mix the ingredients in a big bowl!

Travels easy in a mason jar and tastes delicious too!!

Enjoy your Thanksgiving dessert guilt free!!