Sweet Chickpea Cookies

So the other day I had some leftovers of chickpeas (garbanzo beans) from the hummus I made, so I wanted to make these grain free cookies which I'd thought about making for a million years.

Ingredients:1¼ cups canned chickpeas, well-rinsed and patted dry with a paper towel
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup + 2 tablespoons (165 grams) Peanut butter
¼ cup (80 grams) honey or agave
1 teaspoon baking powder
a pinch of salt
½ cup (90 grams) chocolate chips (I used 70 %)

Directions:

Blend all ingredients except chocolate chips until creamy. Fold in chocolate chips and shape little balls/cookies on a cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 10-15 minutes, until golden. 

Gluten-free Banana Peanut Butter Pancakes

Okay, so I know I've done a lot of things with peanut butter lately, and there is a reason! In Denmark we don't eat peanut butter almost ever, and you sometimes have to buy it at specialty stores, and here in America I have grown to love peanut butter, and the thing is that I'm leaving America here in one week, so why not take advantage of the things you have while you have them i figured? 
So if you are looking for a super filling, gluten-free, (peanut butter) pancake recipe this is the one for you! These are amazing!

Ingredients:

2 cups oats
1 cup buckwheat flour
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp baking powder
3 eggs
2 ripe bananas
1 cup natural peanut butter

Directions:

1. Blend oats to make oat flour and combine with the buckwheat flour, salt, and baking powder. 
2. Beat eggs together with bananas and peanut butter in a separate bowl with a fork.
3. Combine the two mixtures and make little pancakes on a pan sprayed with cook spray.

Peanut Butter Granola Bars

Granola bars are excellent if you want a quick treat, but often I find that there are a lot of hidden ingredients and calories in the stuff you buy, so I like to make my own. It's actually really easy, and they taste 10 times better, so just get at it guys!

Ingredients:

2 cups oats
1 cup puffed rice cereal
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
8-10 dates soaked in 1/2 cup water overnight
1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:

1. Combine oats, rice cereal, and salt in a bowl.
2. Mix together honey and peanut butter and melt in microwave for 30-60 seconds.
3. Blend the dates and water until it's like a syrup.
4. Combine oat mixture, honey mixture and dates and stir together until it shapes a dough.
5. Press into a pan and freeze for 1 hour.
6. Melt chocolate chips and drizzle over the chilled granola bars with a fork.
7. Freeze again until it is hard and cut into pieces.

Peanut Butter and Banana Obsession

I love peanut butter. Yes, you've heard it before... I know... Well, my new thing is mixing it with banana. I used to just eat bananas with peanut butter, because mmmmm.... But then I thought, why not make a wrap with peanut butter and bananas? 

Another super easy thing to do is an open faced sandwich with peanut butter spread on top, and then topped with sliced bananas. 

There are tons of ideas, just go ahead and experiment to go beyond the classic PB+J sandwich.

Muddy Buddys

Ever heard of Muddy Buddys or some call it Puppy Chow? Well, they're these square cereal things dipped in melted chocolate and peanut butter and covered in powdered sugar, and they're a really yummy treat, if you ask me. Totally unhealthy and almost none nutritional value, but oh well, sometimes you gotta have a treat.

Ingredients:
4 cups rice square cereals
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup chocolate chips
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Directions:
Melt peanut butter, chocolate chips and butter in the microwave i a big bowl. Do 30 minutes at a time, and stir after every time. When melted and combined add the cereal and carefully with a rubber spatula until all the cereal is covered in chocolate.
Add mixture to a zip lock bag and add the powdered sugar. Carefully shake the bag to cover it all with the powdered sugar. They're now ready to enjoy!

Quinoa Bars with Chocolate and Peanut Butter

To be honest his didn't really turn out the way I wanted it to. The chocolate stuck to the pan instead of the bar, and I added too much water, so it got kinda smushy instead of being crunchy... Next time, I will add more peanut butter instead of water to get the oats and quinoa to stick. But besides from that, these bars were really good and has a ton of fibre and other good stuff. And who doesn't love peanut butter and chocolate?

Ingredients:

1 cup oats

1 cup cooked quinoa

2 tbsp cococa powder

1/4 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup almonds

1/2 cup cashews

one portion Chia seed pudding

pinch of salt

2 tbsp agave syrup

1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut

1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Melt chocolate chips in a microwave and spread on a piece of parchment paper. Pour shredded coconut on top of the chocolate before it hardens. Let it sit while you prepare the batter. 

2. Mix oats, quinoa, cocoa powder, and chia seed pudding in a bowl. Cut almonds and cashews into smaller pieces, you still want them crunchy. Mix the rest of the ingredients into the bowl. If it won't stick very eel together add a little more peanut butter or agave syrup. 

3. Pour the batter on top of the chocolate and freeze until it has hardened. 

4. Cut into little bars and enjoy with a cup of Chocolate Mocha or some cold milk.

 Enjoy!

Homemade Granola Bars

If you want some fast energy, and is craving a granola bar, but you want to know what you are actually eating too.. Then just make your own homemade granola bars. It is super easy, and taste so much better than most store bought ones. 

Ingredients:
1 cup oats
1 cup puffed rice cereal
1 cup dates
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup peanut butter

Directions:
Mix all ingredients together and press into a form of some kind. Put in the refrigerator for a couple of hours and cut into squares. 

Enjoy!

Chia Seed Pudding

So we all know the famous super food Chia Seeds, which is so super popular right now, because it's supposed to be super healthy, so of course I had to try it, and post a recipe for you guys. The good think about chia seeds is that they don't really taste like anything and just kind of absorb the taste of whatever you mix them with, so basically you could just mix them with whatever you like, and there you go.
What chia seeds do, is they absorb the liquid from what you mix them with, and then it turns into this pudding kinda. The consistency can be a little weird in the beginning, but once you get used to it, it can actually be quite delicious.

Ingredients:
1 tbsp chia seeds
1/2 cup almond milk
1 tbsp peanut butter
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa

Directions:
Mix almond milk, peanut butter, and cocoa in a bowl, and make sure to stir until all the peanut butter and cocoa is mixed into the milk. Add the chia seeds, and let it sit for at least half an hour. Preferably until next day, stirring occasionally to make sure the seeds doesn't stick together.

Enjoy!