peanut butter love

Happy Valentine’s Day lovely readers!

Today is my EIGHTH year dating anniversary with Chris!!  We still like to celebrate our dating anniversary, because it’s when everything started.  No big plans though.  We’re just making dinner together, which is one of my favorite things to do! 

Now, I’m going to show a little love to one of my most favorite foods!

Peanut butter.  Oooh la la

My all time favorite cereal, might just be Peanut Butter Crunch.  I’ve given up the Cap’n and switched to the Barbara’s or EnviroKids a few years back.  All are delicious, but none that healthy.

Peanut butter slathered oatmeal is indeed delicious, however I miss the cold cereal crunch.

It’s not quite as crunchy, but will surely do!

I now introduce you to Peanut Butter Puffmaranth!

If this doesn’t make you fall in love with popped amaranth cereal, I don’t know what will.

Peanut Butter Puffmaranth [serves 1]

• 1/4-1/3c amaranth
• 1.5T peanut butter
• 1.5c unsweetened almond milk
• 2t maple syrup
• 1/4t cinnamon

1. Make popped amaranth according to directions.
2. Stir in cinnamon.
3. In a bowl whisk almond milk, maple syrup + peanut butter together, until fully combined. [You could also quickly throw it in a blender, or use an immersion blender as well]
4. Pour over cereal + dig in.

Topping ideas: salted peanuts, banana, coconut, raisins, chocolate chips, etc.

This made me very, very happy.  A huge bowl of cereal that tastes delicious and is nutritionally stacked.  It keeps me full as long or longer than oatmeal.  Outrageous!

Thanks for weighing in on our kitchen decision.  It was fun to hear what everyone had to say.  The color palette we like the most is the Calm, Clean + Light!  I would say it was split 50/50 on what people liked the most.  I’m so glad Chris + I have the same taste style-wise. 

[also…the tile floor looks slightly blue here, but it’s definitely charcoal and the granite has no blue in it either…the blue will just be in the backsplash]

Besides just liking this color scheme more than the brown/beige, here is some of our reasoning…

• the kitchen is very small, so white cabinets will make it feel much larger than dark wood with the brown/beige scheme
• the blues, whites + grays give a light + clean feeling, which will help make for a brighter kitchen, which is also good for a small space
• it’s different, fresh, calming + fun
• definitely speaks more to our style, clean + contemporary…the beige look is a little too “safe” ;)
• the charcoal tile floor will make crumbs more apparent, which is a good thing, so I see to clean them up…they’re more likely to blend in on a light floor
• the charcoal floor will help hide Kenna’s black hair

Check back later tomorrow for another detox recap…it’s been 5 weeks! [3 weeks detox, 2 weeks dairy reintroduction]

Off to catch some zzz’s….

Hope you have a lovely day!

Ashley

koo koo for cocoa puffmaranth

Do you like the word I made up?

puffs + amaranth = puffmaranth

Did you like Cocoa Puffs as a kid?  Honestly, I wasn’t a fan.  I would much rather have eaten a bowl of Fruity Pebbles, Peanut Butter Crunch, or Lucky Charms.

However, this cocoa version of amaranth cereal has me jumping up + down with excitement.  Seriously!

I just made this for the bulk of my lunch today and could not wait to get the post UP!

Cocoa Puffmaranth [serves 1]

• 1/4c raw amaranth
• 1c unsweetened almond milk
• 2t maple syrup [honey/agave/brown rice syrup]
• 2-3T unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1t vanilla extract
• 1/4t cinnamon
• 2T raisins or currants
• 2T dried unsweetened coconut

1. Pop amaranth, 1-2T at a time.  Popping instruction.
2. In a bowl mix together amaranth, cocoa powder, cinnamon, dried fruit + coconut. 
3. Pour 1c milk in a bowl and whisk maple syrup + vanilla in until combined.  *Feel free to use vanilla almond milk and not add in maple syrup or vanilla, since it is already sweetened.
4. Pour over cereal and consume!

*Feel free to add chopped nuts for some crunch.  If you don’t wan’t raisins or coconut, just leave them out!  It will still be delicious!

*This bowl of cereal is bigger than you think.  It always surprises me, in a good way, at just how filling it is!

Lately I’ve been posting some nutrition facts, not for calorie or fat counting, but just to show you how nutrient dense some of these recipes really are!  

I have been using calorie count to add everything up.  It works okay, but I’ve found some problems with it.  For some reason the fat count is always high.  I’ve added up each ingredient separately and the total fat is somehow always off!

Check out the protein, fiber, calcium and iron!!  Amazing!

For my taste, 1c of milk seems to be perfect for this amount of amaranth cereal.  You might like more or less.

Check out that cocoa puffy goodness!

Cereal from a box??  No more! 

I’m not only doing my happy dance because of this cereal, but we just got good house news too!!  Yippee!!  

Also, I wanted to pass along the door to door organics discount code!!!  Check their site to make sure delivery is available in your area [it’s somewhat limited].  Just enter the coupon code edibleperspective right here and you will receive 40% OFF your first box of FOOD!!!!!  Amazing!!

Have a fabulous rest of your day!!

<3 Ashley

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