Detoxing

I'm back! I keep making empty promises of updates but here I am again making one more! I promise to start this back up again.

More importantly, I've started a kind of detox diet. I've realized my addiction to sugar is so bad, you guys. I was to the point of my dinner being me, sitting on the kitchen counter, eating ice cream out of the carton after drizzling Hershey's syrup on it while Matt laughed at my ridiculousness. Haha oops. To cut this habit I'm cutting out chocolate, refined sugars, processed foods, foods with preservatives, diet soda, fried foods, and more importanly Cook Out. If you aren't aware of what Cook Out is, your life is probably really sad.

In lieu of now not being able to enjoy a staple I've been eating frequently (granola!!!), I found & changed a granola recipe by cutting out all the oil and sugar. This is delicious and it was super easy. After baking this recipe I was left wondering why I've ever bothered copping out and spending money on boxed granola that's filled with ingredients I don't want in my body.

Lower Fat Banana Sweetened Granola

Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 cups organic rolled oats
• 1 very ripe banana
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp Simply Organic brand vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp Himalayan sea salt
• 1/4 cup organic almonds
• 1/4 raw sprouted sunflower seeds
• 1/4 dried blueberries (or any no-added sugar dried fruit!)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick.

Using a food processor, blend together the banana, water, honey, vanilla, and salt.

In a large bowl mix together the wet mixture with the dry ingredients.

Lay out the mixture in a single layer on your baking sheet.

Bake for 30-35 minutes until oats are starting to brown. Check the granola every ten minutes to stir it up and make sure there is even browning.

Let cool (or eat right away as I did...) but this is perfect with unsweetened Almond Breeze almond/coconut milk mixture or plain non-fat Greek yogurt. Enjoy!

I ended up getting six servings out of this batch with each one being around 200 calories. 

I'm only three days into this detox-esque diet and it's going well aside from my boss bringing in donuts and bagels for us today. I'm being good and refraining, I swear.

Even though I'm in a non-sweet streak for the next 22 days, I've got some past recipes I got too lazy to post i.e. mini donuts and waffles and more. Have a good Saturday!!