Chipotle Brownies

 

2 large eggs

1/3 C. water

1/3 C. oil

1 box of your favorite cake mix ( I used brownie mix)

Chipotle peppers

PREHEAT oven to (350°F) for metal or glass pan,  (and 325°F) for dark or coated pan.

lightly greased pan.

EMPTY brownie mix, egg, water, and oil in a large bowl.

STIR until well blended.

SPREAD into a greased pan.

BAKE immediately following the chart below. *Add 3-5 minutes for dark or coated pan. Brownie is done when a toothpick inserted 2 cm (1 inch) from the edge of the pan comes out clean.

COOL completely in a pan on a wire rack before cutting and serving.

Banana Coconut Milkshake

Living Better Cafe... Coffee Talk, has a very powerful milkshake that, will keep you energized.

Serves:1

1 tbsp. refine coconut oil
1 cup Banana
1 cup unsweetened almond milk, vanilla flavored

Direction

Add all ingredients to the blender, until it incorporate. (Not all the coconut oil will come together. So, you will have small chunk inside.)

Come check out, Living Better Cafe, post called: The Chopping Block,  we will discuss the difference between Canola Oil and Coconut Oil.

Sloppy joe chicken Caesar salad

Living Better Cafe, has turned sloppy joe into a healthy Caesar salad. So, move over lettuce... Cole slaw is taking over.

Serves: 4

6 c. Cole slaw mix (I used Tri color mixed)

1 lb. Boneless skinless cooked chicken breast, shredded *(omit if you are vegan/vegetarian, for chick'N strips)

1/2 c. Finely Shredded 100% Parmesan Cheese *(you can omit the cheese for vegan cheese, if you are vegan, or lactose intolerant.)

1/2 c. Croutons

1/4 c. Salad dressing

Direction

1. Add Cole slaw into medium size bowl with shredded chicken, then add in the cheese and blend well.

2. Add in salad dressing, and blend once more to coat everything.

3. Add in your croutons.

4. Enjoy!

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Key Lime-Lemon kiss Tea

Living Better Cafe says: don't feel down when the weather, is not treating you right, kick that cold/flu in the bud.

Serves: 1

1 medium size Lemon
2 Key Limes
1 C. Water
1/2 tsp. Sugar, Honey

Direction:

1. 1 C. boiling water. Squeeze both Lemon, Key Lime into a cup, and add 1/2 tsp Sugar or honey. Stir until the sugar has dissolved.

Immune system booster Tip

To really kick your cold out of the ball park, add in 1 Tbsp. of Cayenne Pepper.

Breakfast Horizon

Serves:1 Kitchen time: 2 hours

3 Tbsp. Chia Seeds
1 C. Water
2 C. Brewed tea (I used Black tea. But, any flavor of tea will work.)
1/2 tsp. Coconut sugar
Chia sprouts (garnish- optional)

Direction:

1. Add Chia Seeds to 1 c. water, mix well and refrigerate for 1 hour.

2. Remove Chia Seeds from refrigerator, and add Chia mixture to: 2 c. brewed tea, 1/2 c. Coconut sugar. Mix well and refrigerate for another hour.

Chia black tea

Living Better Cafe, knows your excited... the founder, Katrina Smith, find time in her schedule to make this delicious beverage. Plus, did you hear that: Chia Seeds are considered a powerhouse...has Fiber, Protein, Omega 3 and antioxidants, just enough to get you going.

Serves:1 Kitchen time: 2 hours

3 Tbsp Chia Seeds
1 C. Water
2 C. Brewed tea (I used Black tea. But, any flavor tea will work.)
1/2 tsp. Coconut sugar
Chia sprouts (garnish- optional)

Direction:

1. Add Chia Seeds to 1 c. water, mix well and refrigerate for 1 hour.

2. Remove Chia Seeds from refrigerator, and add Chia mixture to: 2 c. brewed tea, 1/2 C. Coconut sugar. Mix well and refrigerate for another hour.

Banana- Coconut Milkshake

Looking for a perfect get away, without spending a lot of money, and keeping you cool during this crazy summer heat. Katrina, has made this awesome beverage recipe, that will cool you straight down, from this crazy summer heat.

Serves: 1-2 (depending on the size of your cup)

2 C. Coconut flake's
2 Tbsp. Flax's meal
1 C.Milk *you can use milk alternative. Like, almond, Soy, Rice.
1 C. Water
1 Banana (I used a spotted banana)

Direction:

1. Place all ingredients, in the blender and press on the milkshake button, until all ingredients, has incorporated.

2. Enjoy!

Strawberry - Mango Smoothie

Living Better Cafe says: Why waste time standing in line, or waiting for your order, at a drive-through, when you can have it simple and made fresh. If you love a simple and freshly made smoothie, then this is the perfect beverage for you.

Serves: 1-2 (depending on cup size)

1 C. Strawberries
2 Tbsp. Yogurt
1 C. Water
1 C. Mango, Chopped

Direction

1. Add in all the ingredients, inside of the blender, and press until all ingredients become incorporated.

2. Pour yourself a cup and Enjoy!

Kick In The Gut Smoothie

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Living Better Cafe, has been on fire this summer... Katrina love's drinking smoothies. And she knows, you would love it too.
Serves: 1-2 (depending on cup size)

1 C. Spinach
2 Tbsp. Chia seeds
1 C.Milk *you can use milk alternative. Like, almond, Soy, Rice.
1 C. Water
1 Banana (I used a spotted banana)

Direction:

1. In a small bowl, add Chia seeds with a little bit of water. Stir and allow to seat for ten minutes, until seeds become jellified.

2.After ten minutes has pass, add in the rest of your ingredients, blender and press on the smoothie button, until well incorporate.

Insane and easy Gluten Free Apple Pie

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Serves: 6- 8

1 box Lasagna noodles (I used cappellos no boil pasta brand)

1 (1 lb 5 oz) Apple pie filling, or home made pie filling

Direction:

1. Preheat your oven to 425.

2. Line your 9- inch pie pan, with the noodles, in a horizontal and diagonal direction.

3. Pour your pie filling, and fold the access lasagna down.

4. Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes, or until golden brown.

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Cranberry and Spice Oatmeal

What better way to fuel your brain, and lower your cholesterol? By fixing yourself a Hardy bowl of: Cranberry and Spice Oatmeal. Its loaded with a lot of 💓 healthy essential, your body will love.

Serve: 1

1/2 c. Old fashioned Oats

1 pinch course Himalayan salt

1/2 c. Whole Cranberries

1 1/2 tsp. Sugar ( you can use sugar substitute)

1/4 tsp. All spice

Directions:

1. Bring 1 c. Water to a boil.

2. Add oats, salt, all spice, sugar and cranberries inside your bowl.

3. Once water has come to a boil, pour over your oatmeal and stir.

Tadpole Soup

Living Better Cafe, knows how cold the weather is. So, why not create this hot bowl of Tadpole soup. As this soup has, a unique spin on, Egg drop soup. But, made with, using poached eggs.

Serve: 5

5 c. Chicken broth, or vegetable broth
1-1/4 (oz.) Pkg. Seaweed
5 eggs
2-1/2 tsp. Crushed red pepper flakes
2 Tbsp.- 1-1/2 tsp. Rice wine vinegar
1 Tbsp. - 2 tsp. Course Himalayan salt

Directions:

Poached eggs:

1. Fill a medium size sauce pan with 2-3 inches of water, and allow the water to come, to a boil over high heat. Reducing the heat down to medium- low, pour in the rice wine vinegar and salt, and keeping the water at a light simmer.

Soup:

1. Add broth inside of a sauce pan, and crushed red pepper flakes, allow to come to a boil.

2. Add in poached eggs, and serve with seaweed.

Apple and Spice Float

Living Better Cafe, has the perfect ice cream float, your taste buds are going to love, and why it's right up falls alley.

Serve:1

1 apple and spice tea bag
1 c. Cold water
1-2 scoop ice cream

Directions:

1. Pour water inside the cup, and place the tea bag inside, and allow to steep, until, your preferable taste.

2. Remove the tea bag, and add in ice cream. (No sugar, or sugar substitute needed)

3. Sit back and enjoy the taste.

Pumpkin Cake

Living Better Cafe, knows that some of you may have seen this recipe before. But, Katrina has switch this recipe around, and transformed this super moist recipe into a "Cake". So, if you have enjoyed the taste of eating: Pumpkin Cupcakes, you will enjoy devouring this delicate cake.

Serves: 8

1 c. Margarine
2 c. pure cane sugar
4 egg's, leave at room temperature
2 1/2 c. self- rising flour
1 c. Milk or Water
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
1 (15.oz.) can pumpkin or Pumpkin puree
1 tsp. Ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp.Ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. Ground Clove

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9 in pan.

2. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Combine the milk and vanilla, pumpkin, cinnamon,nutmeg,clove, and alternately to the creamed mixture with the flour, ending with the flour. Mix only as much as necessary. Pour batter into the prepared 9 in pan.

4. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in a preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Hazelnut-Chocolate tea

Do you love flavored tea? I know one person who does, and why of course, it's the creator of Living Better Cafe. This tea fits perfectly for this up and coming season.




Serves: 1

1 c. Water

1 tea bag

1 tsp. sugar

1 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp. hazelnut creamer

Direction:

1. Allow the water to come to a boil

2. Pour water inside your cup, and place the tea bag inside to steep for 2 to 3 minutes, or until your preferable taste.

3. Add in the sugar, Cocoa powder and hazelnut creamer.

4. What are you wait for now? It's time to drink up.

Strawberry Dump Cake

Adapted from: http://www.theseasonedmom.com/3-ingredient-chocolate-dump-cake/

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Living Better Cafe wants to, welcome you to Dessert on a dime were every Friday throughout this Fall season. And Living Better Cafe know's your taste bud's will be singing a fair festival tone. So, Katrina hope's you enjoy this recipe down below.

Serves: 2

1/2 c. strawberry pie filling
1/2 c. dry chocolate cake mix (I recommend Devil food cake mix)
2 Tbsp. margarine, sliced into thin squares
Chocolate Syrup
Crushed peanuts

Direction:

1. Pre heat over to 350.

2. spray two small oven size bowls, with non-stick cooking spray.

3. Placing 1/4 c of the strawberry filling in each bowl. Sprinkle 1/4 c cake mix over top of the mixture, and divide the margarine over top of the mixture in each bowl, making sure you have covered the mixture completely.

4. Place bowl in the oven on a baking sheet, and bake for 30-35 minutes

Granola

Note: Yesterday the creator of Living Better cafe, looked back at her planner, and realized she got her days mixed up. So, instead of "Hot Out Of The Oven", Living Better Cafe is bring you, your breakfast instead. "H.O.O.T.O, will return next week"

Adapted from: http://www.mrbreakfast.com/superdisplay.asp?recipeid=2319

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Living Better Cafe says: "Why spend five dollars, or more on store brought cereal, when you can make it right at home."

Serves: 5

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1 1/3 c. rolled oats - old-fashioned or quick-cooking
1/4 c. wheat germ
1/3 c. raisins
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 Tbsp. and 2 tsp. sunflower seeds
2 Tbsp. honey
2 Tbsp. maple syrup
1/4 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp.brown sugar
2 Tbsp. and 2 tsp. vegetable oil
2 Tbsp. and 2 tsp. finely chopped almonds
2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons Chia Seeds

Direction:

1. Preheat oven to 325. Lining a baking sheet with foil, or parchment paper.

2. In a medium size mixing bowl, combine together the Oats, Sunflower seeds and Chia seeds and Almonds. Stir together the brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, oil, cinnamon, and vanilla in a saucepan. Let mixture come to a boil over medium heat, then pour the dry mixture, and stir until coated completely. Spread the mixture out evenly on the baking sheet.

3. Bake in the oven until crispy and toasted, for about 20 minutes. Stirring once half way through the process. Allow to cool and add in the raisins.

Apricot Ice Cream

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Living Better Cafe wants to, welcome you to Dessert on a dime were every Friday throughout this Fall season. And Living Better Cafe know's your taste bud's will be singing a fair festival tone. So, Katrina hope's you enjoy this recipe down below.
Living Better Cafe know's how much you love your desserts. Especially, Ice Cream. Let's all scream for this delicious "ICE Cream" because it's Apricot ice cream.



Apricot Ice Cream

Move over Vanilla, Chocolate and Neapolitan ice cream, Living Better Cafe has a much great tasting Ice cream your going to enjoy.


Serves: 1 quart

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2 c. milk
2 c. heavy cream
2 lbs. (whole) apricots
1 1/4 c. sugar
3 egg yolks
1 tsp. Almond extract

Direction:

1. Place apricot in boiling water for 20 seconds to loosen up their skins, then remove them from the water, drain and peel them.

2. Separate the apricots into halves and then discard the pits.

3. Chop the apricots coarsely and place them in a large mixing bowl.

4. sprinkle with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of sugar, stir and let stand for 1 hour, before pureeing.

5. In a small bowl, beat the egg yolks until they are a light yellowish color, For about 3 to 4 minutes and set aside.

6. Blend the whipping cream, milk and the remaining sugar in a heavy-bottom saucepan. Cook over medium heat, whisking often, until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is hot.

7. spoon about 1 cup of the hot mixture into the beaten egg yolks, whisking constantly until well-blended and becomes smooth.

8. Then begin pouring the egg yolk mixture into the saucepan and continue to cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture thickens enough to form a film or coating on the back of a spoon, for about 5 minutes.

9. Remove from the heat and add in extract.

10. Allow the mixture to cool at room temp, and stir in the pureed apricot.

11. After mixture has cooled at room temp, place in the mixture inside your ice cream maker, and follow the instruction according to your manufacturer instructions.

German Chocolate cookies

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Living Better Cafe know's how much you love your desserts. Especially, this German Chocolate cookies. Why these cookies would make you feel like, your on cloud nine, and that's okay.

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Once you taste these cookies, you will not want to buy anymore store brought cookies again. Why, Shhh! Santa Claus might hear this, that's if you celebrate Christmas in July: He will just have to just settle for those sugar cookies, and just plain chocolate chip cookies because these are your cookies.

Serves: 4 dozen

3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/8 tsp. baking soda
1/8 pinch Himalayan salt
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. Margarine, softened
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. light brown sugar, packed
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. Pure white sugar
1/8 lg eggs, lightly beaten
1/8 tsp. vanilla extract
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. semisweet chocolate chunks
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. sweetened shredded coconut
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. pecans, chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375. Lining your baking sheet with a silicone baking mat, or aluminium foil.

2. In a medium-size mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.

3. Next beat in the Margarine, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl with an electric mixer, or a wire hand mixer, until light and fluffy. Then begin adding the flour mixture in to the Margarine mixture, adding about 1/4 c. at a time, until dough is completely combined. Gently stir in chocolate chunks, coconut, and pecans into dough. Scoop dough in a 1-in balls onto a prepared baking sheets.

Banana Praline Pancakes

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Banana Praline Pancakes

Adapted from: https://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/praline-pancakes.html

Living Better Cafe says: Why not treat your dad, to breakfast in bed because today is a special day for him. So, show him how much you truly care about him, by treating him to a breakfast in bed. Go ahead dad's you all have earned this. So what better way to treat your "Pop's"? with this recipe of course.

Serves: 5

2 eggs
2 c. all-purpose flour, sifted
3 Tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 1/2 c. buttermilk
4 Tbsp. (1/2 stick) unsalted Margarine, melted
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 to 2 Tbsp. E.V.O.O
1 3/4 Banana, mashed
1 cup chopped pralines, plus more for serving
Whipped cream for serving
Pancake syrup for serving

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk in the eggs until bubbles begin to form. Add in the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, buttermilk, margarine, Banana and vanilla extract and stir just until smooth; do not over beat the mixture.

2. Heat a dutch oven skillet, or fry pan over medium heat. delicately coat the pan with E.V.O.O. Pour in 1/2 batter, Topping with 1 Tbsp. Chopped Pralines. Allow to cook until bubbles begin to form at the top about two minutes, and flip over and allow two minutes more.

3. Serve with your dad's favorite syrup and top it off with Whipped cream.