Pumpkin Oatmeal

It just wouldn't be a perfect Fall morning without some pumpkin oatmeal. As we all know I'm not a big pumpking person, so for me to actually really like this oatmeal says a lot! It's SUPER good, but I'm not gonna lie the peanut butter in it makes all the difference. 

Now if you're a big pumpkin lover, you can opt to leave the peanut butter out. Try it without first you can always put the peanut butter in if you change your mind. 

Let's get eating!

Ingredients

- 1/3 Cup Quick Cooking Rolled Oats

- 2/3 Cup Water

- 1/4 Cup Pumpkin Pure (I use Libby's)

- 1/4 Tsp Ground Cinnamon

- 1 Tbsp Peanut Butter

-1 Tsp Honey

- 1 Tbsp Flax seed

Directions

- In microwave safe bowl, stir the oats and water together.

- Microwave for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes.

- Stir in the pumpkin and cinnamon.

- Top with the honey, peanut butter, and flax seeds.

Now your read to eat!

Super simple and super delicious, and full of fiber! 

Pumpkin Energy Balls. No Bake

It's Fall which as we all know means pumpkin everything! Now I'm not a BIG pumpkin fan, I do like baked pumpkin foods. Like cookies, breads, and pies, but I dislike pumpkin in my dinners, coffees and dips. I love all the hype about pumpkin though, it has amazing health benefits.

Pumpkin is loaded with Vitamin A, also has B-complex in it and is a rich source of minerals like copper, calcium, potassium, and phosphorus. It's filled with fiber which as we all know is amazing for you. 

Did you know 100g of pumpkin provided 30g of protein! It's also a great anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, and anti-parasitic for tapeworms and other parasites (ew yes, but true). Basically what I'm telling you is that pumpkin is a super food! Now you can't eat a whole loaf of pumpkin bread and think WOW that was so healthy for me, you have to pair pumpkin with other healthy ingredients. That's why I came up with these healthy pumpkin energy balls. I promise I'll have more healthy pumpkin recipes for you too as well.

So Let's Get Baking

Ingredients 

- 1 Cup canned pumpkin

- 1 1/2 Cups old fashioned oats

-1/2 Cup flax seed

- 1/2 Cup unsalted almonds

- 1/4 Cup dried plums

- 1 Tablespoon honey

- 1 Teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

- 2 Squares of dark chocolate for drizzling

Directions

- In a food processor combine all the ingredients and process until a paste is formed.

- Using a cookie dough scoop or melon ball scoop form balls and place them on parchment paper.

- Melt chocolate in microwave, start at 1 min stir chocolate then do 15 secs the two pieces should be done.

- Using a spoon drizzle the chocolate over the pumpkin balls.

-Refrigerate for 2-3 hours.

- To store keep in Tupperware in the fridge. 

That's it, now you have a delicious little energy ball for an afternoon snack or a pre-workout snack.