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Holiday Baking And Christmas At Home

caffeinatedcarly

Hello, hello! I hope the Holiday season is treating you well. Things have been non-stop around here, and are just settling down. Christmas this year was wonderful for our family. I love being home and having no place to travel. Doing our best to stay covid safe, we saw immediate family only. I definitely missed seeing extended family this year, but feel like we made the right decision.

I wanted to highlight some baking, and Christmas fun from the past week! Let’s start back at Wednesday….

WEDNESDAY: I got to spend some time with one of my very best friends. We had wine flights at Coopershawk and enjoyed catching up! Neither of us have been out much lately, so it was fun to safely see her!

Coopershawk has the BEST wine selection! I always get the fruit ones.

THURSDAY- CHRISTMAS EVE: We always do our stockings on Christmas Eve morning! It is a fun tradition for us.

My sister-in-law lives in town and spent the afternoon with us. We did some baking (all using healthier ingredients)! It was so fun!

Cranberry orange muffins.
Banana bread.

Sugar cookies!

Homemade cinnamon rolls using almond flour! These were amazing!!!!! We even made our own frosting. 10/10 for me.

After all of our baking and getting K down for bed, we ordered Chinese food and watched a movie.

FRIDAY- CHRISTMAS DAY:

My Christmas excitement woke me up early so I made coffee and did a quick workout before everyone was up.

We relaxed until my husband’s family came over! My mom joined a little while later. We had a wonderful time opening gifts, eating and just hanging out.

K playing with sone fun gym items from my mom! Such a great way to get her energy out!
PJ’s all day!

We all watched a movie and played games that evening.

It was a wonderful Christmas!

I am looking forward to catching up with all of you.

Have a great week!

With love,

Carly

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Healthy Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts

caffeinatedcarly

Hello, all! Happy hump day! I hope the week is treating you well. I am keeping busy with my active, fun toddler. The weather has been incredibly warm, but sadly the rest of the week looks chilly. I already miss the warm weather and outside time. On a huge plus, we get the keys to our new home a week from Friday! I have SO much excitement about it!!

Anyway…

Last week, I saw a recipe for healthier donuts. I barely had the ingredients I needed, so I decided to throw some together and hope for the best. Sometimes this fails miserably, but not this time. These donuts were so yummy!! We have already finished 2 batches, and I plan on making more today. They are mom and toddler approved!! Plus, K loves to help stir the batter.

INGREDIENTS:

*1 cup of GF (or regular) pancake mix. *1/4 cup of almond flour. *1/2 of a banana. *1/4 cup of almond butter. *2 TBSP of honey. *Almond milk. *Topping: 1 TBSP of melted coconut oil, 1 tsp of truvia or sugar, 1 tsp of cinnamon.

TO MAKE:

1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 2) Meanwhile, mix the first 5 ingredients together. 3) Add in almond milk-a little at a time, until the batter is smooth. 4) Pour batter in a greased mini muffin tin (this makes 12 ) and bake for 13 minutes. 5) While baking, make the topping by mixing the sugar and cinnamon with the coconut oil. 6) Pour topping over your mini donuts (or muffins) and enjoy warm!

There you have it! Super easy, healthy, and yummy!

Enjoy!

With love,

Carly

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Foodie Friday-My Favorite Eats This Week

caffeinatedcarly

Hello and happy Friday!! Did the time change throw anyone else off? The whole past week has been rough on me and my daughter’s sleep. My husband seemed unfazed though! I have been waking up incredibly early, and falling asleep early as well. I finally feel like my body has regulated. Last night I fell asleep at 8 and didn’t wake up until 6 this morning. I missed a class that I teach unfortunately, but my body needed it!

Moving on, let’s talk food. Starting off, I have to share my newest obsession. Weeks ago, I was at Sam’s Club and had a sample of these dried mushrooms. I didn’t know I would like them, but OH MY GOSH they are amazing!!!! I can’t stop eating them!

Seriously….go get these!!!

Moving on to some dinners…

Chipotle bowl, but I put all of my toppings on cauliflower rice that I made at home! YUM!!
Farmhouse Chili with homemade almond flour cornbread muffins. They were fantastic!
A huge salad from Core Life Eatery!
Chicken, veggies, and avacado over cauliflower rice.
Spaghetti Squash with sautéed spinach, pesto, cheese, and garlic. SO yummy!!

Now onto baking and breakfast…

Healthy cinnamon sugar mini donuts!! GUYS…this is my own recipe and it turned out amazing! I will share it soon!
Banana egg pancakes with almond flour, Criobru grounds, topped with melted coconut oil and almond butter.

Such a great week of eating!! I hope you enjoyed this lighthearted food post. Sending hugs to you all!!

With love,

Carly

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Fall Baking Favorites

caffeinatedcarly

Hello, all!! I hope you are well. Fall is my absolute favorite season. I love the cool air, the activities, and best of all…the baking!! I have been doing a lot of baking lately…with a little help stirring from my sweet girl! I just wanted to share some favorites so far.

Almond flour apple muffins. I used the apples we picked from Lynd Fruit farm! They were so yummy!
This apple crisp was a traditional one because my husband didn’t want my healthy version haha. He devoured it!
Roasted pumpkin seeds! These have olive oil, salt, pepper, and a little seasoning salt.
Almond flour pumpkin muffins with dark chocolate chips! These are my favorite!!
This is a healthy apple crisp made with almond flour! It was so delicious, I ate half of it for lunch the day I made it!

Most of these recipes I found on Pinterest! I also made pumpkin pancakes and plan on making some pumpkin pie overnight oats next!

If you have any fall recipes please share!! Have a wonderful rest of the week.

With love,

Carly