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Adventure Begins in the Kitchen

Cookie Butter Mousse

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Vegan Peanut Butter Mousse

As soon as I read this Minimalist Baker post, I knew what I had to do. And it went something like run straight to Trader Joe’s, pick up coconut cream and cookie butter, then make the most addictive peanut butter mousse ever.  Ever, ever. 

Trader Joe's Coconut Cream

Because cookie butter is already pretty sweet, additional sweetener wasn’t necessary.  Eliminating one ingredient turned this already super simple three ingredient mousse into an even more simple two ingredient mousse.

Peanut Butter Mousse

You just put a can of coconut cream in the fridge overnight, scoop the solid cream out of the can and into the bowl of a mixer, beat until smooth, and then add cookie butter {2 tablespoons at a time} until the mousse is as peanut-buttery as you like.

A Good Morning Habit

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Breakfast Green Smoothie

For the past four-ish months or so, I’ve been a weekday smoothie breakfast drinker.  I’ve got the quickness down to a science, so I never have an excuse not to devote the six required minutes it takes to start my day off right.

Chia Seeds in Smoothie

It starts with a freezer stocked with various frozen fruits and veggies.  I usually have an assortment of spinach, kale, strawberries, cherries, blueberries, mangos, and pineapple.  And then some chia seeds (or flax or hemp seeds).

Blendtec Smoothie

I fill a Blendtec with 10 ounces of warm water (yep warm!), 1/2 cup of frozen greens, 1-1/2 cups of frozen fruit, 1 tablespoon of chia seeds, and let the blender do its thing.  The warm water keeps the juice from turning into sorbet.  Some of my fav combos are spinach-strawberries-mangos-chia and kale-blackberries-cherries-pineapple-chia.

Sesame Cashews

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Sesame Cashews 2

Having a roommate, especially a male roommate, comes with having a kitchen full of snacks that you’d never ordinarily have.  Lots and lots of Trader Joe’s snacks, staring you in the hungry face, whenever you cross the kitchen border.

Toasted Cashews

The best thing I can do is recreate a healthier version.

Sweetened Cashews

So that’s exactly what I did.  And they were Max approved!

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Simple Soup & Salad

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Soup & Salad Dinner

I’ve started every Saturday this year with morning yoga followed by a 4 to 5 mile hike.  It has been won-der-ful.  But in order to stick to it, Fridays need to be mellow yellow.  And what could be more mellow than a soup and salad dinner with A glass of wine and a brownie sundae among close friends in one of the most blog-worthy kitchens in Austin?  Not. Much.

HEB Soup

I brought over a few of the goodies from my January HEB Primo Picks bag.  This month’s bag may have been my most favorite to date.  Between the soups, salad dressing, lightly seasoned popcorn, and sinfully delicious cookies…  They totally hit the mark.

Central Market Salad Dressing

The warm, veggie-filled soup was the perfect accompaniment to a cool, veggie-filled salad.  I used a salad chopper to make perfectly bite-sized pieces of romaine, strawberries, cucumber, red onions, avocado, and goat cheese.  And then used the Central Market Meyer Lemon Dressing to tie it all together.  Let me just tell you, this dressing couldn’t have been more perfect for our chopped salad.  I’m looking forward to getting back into chopped salads and the arrival of this dressing couldn’t have been more convenient.

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As part of the HEB Primo Picks team, I received compensation to sample various Primo Picks products. The opinions in this post are completely my own and based on my experience.