Today is you last day to enter my cookbook giveaway! This is a fantastic, colorful and informational cookbook for anyone who is interested in eating and living healthy!
Leave a comment on my blog today and you will be entered! I will post the winner tomorrow! This is a $30 value and would make a great Christmas gift to yourself for all your culinary diligence!
I chose a recipe out of this cookbook today called Snowballs! This is quite fitting as I look out the window of our tiny apartment and see wisps of snowflakes coming down! (not enough for snowballs, thank goodness!!) This recipe is a very healthy alternative to the traditional Christmas baking that is often laden with sugar and fat.
This recipe called for almond butter, but I chose to make my own almond/peanut butter.
Since the peanuts were salt-free I added about 1 t. of salt. In the food processor it only takes a few minutes from nuts to butter! The first minute looks like this…
The next minute it starts to clump a little…
In about 5 minute it looks like this…ready to eat!
This was the recipe from the book…
I then added honey (not pictured), cocoa powder (didn’t have carob powder), cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
Process until well blended.
Transfer to bowl, spoon coconut into a bowl, and another bowl for chopped nuts (opt.) I ground a mixture of almonds, cashews and pistachios.
Form cocoa mixture into ball and roll into nuts and coconut.
These are high-protein goodies, with a healthy crunch factor! These are not light, airy or fluffy! One or two will totally satisfy your sweet tooth and chocolate craving!
Almost every recipe in this cookbook is beautifully photographed… Leave your comment today, this fantastic cookbook could be yours!!!
Mmmm, those do look good ~ and healthy! I haven’t tried making peanut butter yet ~ need to do that too.
Hubby has binged on sweets the last few weeks. He has been on a low carb, no sweets, portion control diet for over a year now. He lost about 70 pounds. This cookbook would be perfect. Thanks for the offer.
Can never have enough cookbooks…..especially since our new chapter in Life dealing with food allergies:)
Thanks Jane!
These Snowballs sound wonderful. Love your picture of them in the basket!