banana almond butter

hi! today felt like one of those days i needed to accomplish something. recently, i've seen ALOT of bloggers showing people how to make nut butter in their own homes with just nuts, like sally did here, but i wanted to put a new spin on it, and seeing as there were a massive amount of bananas in my fruit bowl, i though how could i incorporate bananas into the ever so popular healthy alternative to peanut butter? thus, this was created! enjoy!

banana almond butter

you will need
- food processor, or blender if yours is strong enough to crush almonds
- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1/2 banana
- 2 tbs honey (or agave)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon

directions
- in your food processor, blend the almonds first, then banana, then slowly add in the honey and cinnamon
- pour into a tupperware, or jar and eat on fruit, crackers, toast, a spoon traveling directly towards your mouth, ANYWHERE!

hope you enjoy!

asian zucchini fries with thai peanut sauce

hi! today we had some leftover zucchini which my mom wasn't going to use, so i decided i would whip up a twist on the ever-so-popular zucchini fries! since i love asian food, i thought i would take my own twist on it and make a peanut sauce as well! 

ingredients

for the fries 
- 1 medium - large zucchini 
- 1/4 cup of flour or a flour substitute 
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder 
- 1.2 tsp soy sauce 
- 1/2 almond milk (you can also use any other type of milk)
- 1 cup of panko (asian breadcrumbs) * any other breadcrumbs work as well

for the sauce 
- 4 tbs of peanut butter 
- 4 tbs water 
- 3 tbs rice vinegar  
- 2 tbs of soy sauce 
- 3 tsp stevia (or sugar if you would like)
- 1 tsp ground ginger


directions - fries 
- cut your zucchini into sticks 
- preheat the oven to 400 F
- set aside 3 bowls, one for the milk and soy, one for the flour, salt, and garlic powder, and one for the panko
- grease a baking sheet to put the sticks on after being seasoned and put it aside
- dip each zucchini stick into the almond milk first, then the flour, then the panko, and place it on your greased baking sheet
- bake your sticks for 20 minutes, or until they are as crispy as you want!


directions - peanut sauce 
- blend your peanut butter, water, stevia, soy sauce, ginger, and rice wine vinegar in a blender or a bowl
- refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving 





okay these really tasted amazing and i had so much fun making them!