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Healthy Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

HOLY SH!T you guys!

This Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is so flippin' good.

It's vegan (of course) and there's no gluten, refined sugar or oil in the recipe!

So it's super healthy, but you'd never even know it.

#WINNING

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- HEALTHY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH -

- INGREDIENTS -

1 can chickpeas, drained & rinsed (or 1 1/2 c. cooked chickpeas)
1/2 c. peanut butter (I used peanut butter powder + water)
1/4 c. oats
1-2 tbsp. maple syrup, to taste
1 tbsp. ground flaxseed
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of sea salt
1/3 c. vegan chocolate chips (or cocoa nibs)

- DIRECTIONS -

1. Place the drained chickpeas on a tea towel (or a paper towel) and rub to dry. If some of the skins start to come off peel them off and discard. (This will help the cookie dough not be as gritty!)

2. Add all of the ingredients except for the chocolate chips to a food processor and blend until smooth and creamy. Feel free to add a little bit of warm water if it's too thick.

3. Pop the mixture into a bowl and mix in the chocolate chips. Enjoy!

I usually just eat this stuff with a spoon (although it’s delish with apple slices too)!

xx Kristen

WARNING: I’ve never tried baking this stuff in the oven, although I have a feeling it wouldn’t go over too well. Bake at your own risk!

Instant Pot Garbanzo Beans

It's so easy to cook garbanzo beans (aka chickpeas) in the Instant Pot.

You don't even have to soak the beans first!

And it takes less than an hour.

It's pretty much the best thing ever. 

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- INSTANT POT GARBANZO BEANS -

(makes around 2 cups of cooked beans)

Ingredients:

- 1 c. dry garbanzo beans
- water (enough to cover the beans by about an inch)

Directions:

1. Put your beans and water into your Instant Pot and set the manual timer to 40 minutes.


2. After the 40 minute timer goes off, wait 10 more minutes before releasing the rest of the pressure yourself. Be careful not to burn yourself!


3. Once all of the pressure has been released, pop the lid off, and drain your cooked beans.


4. Rinse well & enjoy in your favorite recipe!

If you don't have an Instant Pot yet then grab one here!

They're AMAZING!

xo Kristen

Instant Pot Pinto Beans

Making pinto beans in the Instant Pot is So easy!

You don't even have to soak the beans first.

Yayyyyy! 

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INSTANT POT PINTO BEANS

(makes around 3 cups of cooked beans)

Ingredients:

- 1 1/2 c. dry pinto beans (amounts aren't super important here)
- water (enough to cover the beans by at least 1 inch)

Directions:

1. Put the dry pinto beans and water into your Instant Pot and turn the valve on top to sealing.


2. Set the manual timer for 30 minutes, making sure that it's set on high pressure, and let the Instant Pot do its thing.


3. After the 30 minutes is up (you'll hear it beeping), let the pressure release for 10 minutes, and then release the rest of the steam yourself (using a towel to protect your hand from the hot steam).


4. Drain the beans and rinse them with cold water to stop the cooking process.

Use these delish pinto beans however you'd like! Think: burrito bowls, chili cheese dips, loaded nachos, etc.

ENJOY!

XO Kristen