Scones

If you are in the mood for having a cheat day, but want to stay as healthy as possible? Try these scones! They are super easy and extremely delicious and versatile. I was in the creative cooking mood and put together this recipe.

For the scones:

Ingredients:
1/4 cup coconut flour
1/4 cup almond flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup coconut milk
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tbs maple syrup

Mix coconut flour, almond flour and baking soda together in a large bowl.

In a smaller bowl mix the coconut milk, eggs, vanilla and maple syrup (make sure it's the pure organic).

Beat the coconut milk egg mixture in with the dry ingredients on medium speed.

Heat up 1 cup coconut oil in a medium frying pan. When the oil is melted keep on medium heat. Drop the scone batter in spoon sized clumps into the hot oil. Flip when the first side is browning.
When done remove from heat and serve with whatever topping of your choosing.

We used maple syrup to dip our scones in but other ideas are honey or honey butter (with coconut butter if you're trying to keep it really healthy), fruit of any kind or agave.

Another way to change up the recipe is putting different things in the batter such as chocolate chips or coconut. This recipe will be fun to play with in the future!

Vacation Season

This past weekend I went on my first vacation of vacation season!
I went to Las Vegas, Nevada with my mom and sister, Hannah.

We had a blast, and I contribute a lot of that good time to what I was eating. A lot of times it's hard to keep a good diet on vacation when you're away from your kitchen and home. Not to mention, it's almost impossible to find actual healthy meals at restaurants and fast food isn't an option. Luckily I thought of this and planned ahead!

I didn't keep completely to my diet, or else I would have starved. I only had one meal planned but it helped me feel more nourished and balanced than if I hadn't planned anything at all.

What I did was make a little chia seed to-go bag. In sandwich bags I put 2tbs chia seeds, 2 tbs hemp seeds, 2 tbs unsweetened shredded coconut and about a tbs of honey. I brought along a gallon of almond milk in a cooler and when I was ready to eat I put 3/4 cup of almond milk in the bag with the rest of the ingredients. I let it sit for 10 minutes before enjoying.

It might not sound like a lot but it is surprisingly very filling and nutritious. I usually eat this at home for breakfast or lunch and mix up the ingredients sometimes. Coconut isn't the only option. You can basically put anything you want in. If using for travel purposes it's best to put non-perishable items in or use a cooler to store perishables. Other ingredients I have used are berries and other various fruits such as apples and oranges. This can be a really fun meal to mix and match and try different things. You can also use other sweeteners like agave or maple syrup.

I'm going to continue to look for other travel friendly healthy meals so we'll be all ready for any vacation, so keep checking back for updates!