acai bowl

Acai Bowl

acai bowl

I love acai bowls! These nutrient-packed berries make a beautiful breakfast in a bowl that everyone will enjoy! Loaded with anti-oxidants, amino acids, and essential fatty acids, acai berries make a super-healthy start to your day.

Trader Joes just started carrying frozen organic acai puree at a great price, so these are even easier to put together.  They are basically a thick smoothie in a bowl topped with your favorite toppings such as granola, fruit, coconut, or nuts. Rememeber, you want fat, fiber, and protein at every meal or snack, so simply follow this basic recipe and mix and match ingredients and toppings!

Print Recipe
Acai Bowl
Mix and match ingredients. Try adding spinach or kale or different combinations of berries and fruit. Add a scoop of protein powder for a protein punch. You can make a chocolate acai bowl by adding a tablespoon of raw cacao.
acai bowl
Cuisine breakfast
Prep Time 5 minutes
Servings
serving
Ingredients
Cuisine breakfast
Prep Time 5 minutes
Servings
serving
Ingredients
acai bowl
Instructions
  1. Defrost acai puree slightly by running under water. Puree acai, banana, berries, and avocado with almond milk until smooth, scraping down sides of blender.
  2. Pour into a bowl and arrange toppings in stripes. Enjoy!
Share this Recipe
Gluten free blueberry muffin

Best Gluten Free Blueberry Muffins!

Gluten free blueberry muffin

got these cute muffin cups at Home Goods

I had heard the brand Cup4cup Gluten Free Wholesome Flour Blend was good, but I thought it was a little pricey.  I came across it at Stop and Shop though, and figured I would give it a try in my Best Blueberry Muffin recipe.  I was not disappointed!

These muffins really are the best because they are loaded with blueberry flavor! Last year I became obsessed with The Great British Bake-Off on PBS for two reasons. Number 1: I love baking and number 2: because I love all things British!  Well, I noticed that they were always making jam (with no recipe, by the way, just berries and sugar).  Since gluten free baking can often come out dry in texture, I got the idea that adding a blueberry jam to these muffins would not only add flavor but moisture too!

The Cup4cup Gluten Free Wholesome Flour Blend was also a winner, as these came out with the taste and texture of a whole wheat muffin, plus this flour is a healthy GFree alternative as it has a lot of fiber in it, since it is whole grain and contains ground flaxseeds.

Print Recipe
Best Gluten Free Blueberry Muffins
Gluten free blueberry muffin
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Servings
muffins
Ingredients
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Servings
muffins
Ingredients
Gluten free blueberry muffin
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Line standard muffin tin with liners.
  3. Add 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar to almond milk and let sit while cooking berries.
  4. Bring 1 cup of blueberries and coconut sugar to a simmer in a small pot. While it is cooking, mash the berries with spoon, and reduce the mixture for about 6 minutes until it is thickened. Allow to cool about 10 minutes.
  5. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, lemon zest, and salt. *If using frozen berries, rinse them under cold water before adding them to the flour mixture now.
  6. In a separate bowl whisk eggs with almond milk, maple syrup, applesauce, coconut oil, and vanilla.
  7. Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients along with 1 cup of remaining blueberries just until combined.
  8. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Then spoon about a teaspoon of blueberry jam onto each muffin. Using a skewer, swirl cooked blueberries into the batter, then top with remaining batter, divided evenly.
  9. Bake for 17-19 minutes. Cool.
Share this Recipe