Sugar Donuts and Peanut Butter Binges

Sometimes I get so hungry I can't think straight. That's exactly what happened 

to me this evening! Peanut Butter and Raspberry Jam with Honey smothered on 

Gluten Free Bread with 1.5 Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Donuts on the side!

It was a Homer Simpson sugar affair

Question: Do you ever treat yourself to a bunch 

of sugar and desserts in excess like I did?

Breakfast Fit for A Queen

I eat like a queen for breakfast. And I've learnt along the
 way that in doing so I'd end up treating myself as royalty.

Poached eggs with black pepper, sliced cooked ham, hashbrowns with
ketchup, burnt gluten free toast haha, and Saunder's Saskatoon Jam. 

I feel grateful to have been blogging for as long as I've been. Although I don't
post as much or as often as I often wished to, I feel inspired by my journey with/as
 "Snacking Squirrel" for how it shaped my own opinions of myself during a time in
my life where I was so broken and lost. I was desperate with a way out, or a way
into I should say, to find purpose and hope when I felt trapped with no way out. 

Today I am growing stronger and healing the hurts inside. I am becoming more
confident, honest, open and most of all, teachable in my process of recovery/growth.

I love you all and I am so blessed to have you share my life with
 me; without which I wouldn't be speaking to you right now, today.

Love to you and to yours xo

Kelsey 

('Snacking Squirrel')

Jumbo Strawberry Jam Muffins

created by Snacking Squirrel

Ingredients

3 cups whole wheat flour

1.5 cups crushed strawberries

3/4 cup sugar + 1/4 cup honey

1 cup unsweetened almond milk

1/2 cup vegan margarine

1 large beaten egg

1/4 cup jam (strawberry or other)

1 Tbsp lemon juice

2.5 tsp baking powder

1.5 tsp baking soda

1 tsp sea salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 360 Fahrenheit

2. Line muffin tin with muffin cups or butter

3. Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl

4. Mix wet ingredients in a separate bowl

5. Mix wet ingredients in with dry ingredients

6. Fold together just until well combined

7. Bake in the oven for 20-23 minutes

Let them cool for 10 minutes before eating

Yields: 6-8 large/jumbo muffins

These are very dense and very hearty, yet soft and fluffy

Goes perfectly in the afternoon or mid-morning with a cup of tea :)

Update: I forgot to add the butter/margarine

to these. So they work as being fat free too!!!

Frozen Banana Ice Cream Cereal with PB&J

Sometimes I think of weird food combinations and decide to try them out

I had a frozen banana in the freezer and saw a box 

of cereal and thought, "You just need some ice cream"

So together in a bowl I combined Frozen Banana, 

Gluten Free Rice Krispies, Soy Ice Cream and Cinnamon

Then I thought, "You need milk!"

So I added some Unsweetened Almond Milk

Poured over top

Nom nom nom

But I wasn't done yet! I realized it needed the color of some Jam and Peanut Butter

And this is the result of it all :) Scrumptious

His and Hers: Eggs and Toast

His

2 fried eggs with 3 slices of buttered toast, with ketchup on the side

A hearty and filling breakfast; the perfect fuel for a hungry man

Hers

2 slices of toast smothered in black cherry jam and topped with 2 fried eggs

Sweet and savory, just the way a woman likes it!

The best of both worlds

Question: So how do you like your eggs, like His or Hers?

PB&J Banana Buckwheat Waffles

Waffles are so much more than dough-based cakes that are generally eaten for breakfast

The bread of the waffle is soft and fluffy, the edges slightly toasted and crisp. Their square nooks and crannies are vehicles for holding the delicious toppings that will soon be spread

Butter, maple syrup, jam, peanut butter, fruit and berries,

 chocolate, cheese, eggs, meat... there's no shortage of toppings

Nature's Path Organic Wild Berry Buckwheat Waffles

Wheat free and gluten free

Ingredients: Water, brown rice flour, potato starch, yellow corn flour, 

soy oil, tapioca starch, granulated sugar cane juice, buckwheat flour, 

blueberry pieces, rice flour, palm kernel oil, pectin, natural flavour, potato 

flour, baking powder, soy lecithin, natural blueberry flavour and sea salt

Nutrition Facts (1 Waffle): 95 calories, 3.5g fat, 16.5g carbs, 2.5g sugar, 1g protein

How the waffles look on the box...

And how the waffles look inside

They look even better than the picture on the box!

Time to pop a waffle in the toaster and grab my scrumptious toppings...

Homemade Berry Jam that my boss made

I believe it's made with blackberries, raspberries and blueberries

She warned the texture was more like a smoothie

It tasted unbelievable! I find some jams to be too astringent and robustly sweet, or 

on the flip side, too bitter/tart. This jam was just the right balance, sweet and smooth

First I spread Kraft Natural Chunky Peanut Butter on top of the toasted waffle

Then a spoonful of the homemade jam went on

Paired with a sliced banana

Sure this tastes just as good on a thick and fresh slice of bread, but only

a waffle can collect pools of peanut butter and jam in its square grooves

My favourite way to enjoy waffles is traditionally made with 

butter and maple syrup, although most waffles are served 

with whipped butter or whipped cream and berry syrup compote

Supposedly the ultimate waffle combo is waffles, 

peanut butter, fried chicken and bacon! Mmmmm

Question: How do you usually dress your waffles?