All Natural Homemade Scrubs

Body Scrub:

8 tbsp organic sugar granules

3 1/2 tbsp pure coconut oil

So easy and inexpensive; this scrub smells great!  I get my pure coconut oil from my local Indian store.  It is very inexpensive; you can get a 16 oz bottle for $4.99.

Facial Scrub aka "Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice:"

2 tbsp ground almonds

2 tbsp ground oatmeal

2 tbsp sugar granules

2 tbsp brown sugar

2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

3 1/2 tbsp almond oil

2 tbsp vegetable glycerin (or you could add another tbsp of almond oil)

The vegetable glycerin leaves your skin extra soft. This makes enough to fill up a 3oz bottle where I store mine, because I like having my face scrub in a squeeze bottle.

Both of these scrubs are awesome.  If you have sensitive skin and you find the face scrub too abrasive, leave out the regular sugar granules. The regular sugar makes for an invigorating facial scrub which I like, more along the lines of St. Ives Invigorating Apricot Scrub.  St. Ives was my favorite facial scrub, but with all the chemicals it has quickly become a thing of my past. Both of these scrubs smell so yummy you will want to eat them, and you could but try to resist since they are packed with sugar :)

Healthy Brownies

Ingredients:

3 cups rinsed black beans (canned is ok)

1 ripe banana

4 eggs

1 tbsp cinnamon

1/2 cup coconut flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/3 cup water

1 cup xylitol

3 tbsp coconut oil

1 tsp sea salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk

5 tbsp cocoa powder

1/3 cup chocolate chips (opt - if no, add an additional 1/4 cup xylitol)

First combine all dry ingredients in a food processor: cinnamon, coconut flour, baking powder, xylitol, sea salt, chocolate chips (opt), and cocoa powder.  Next add wet ingredients: black beans, banana, eggs, water, coconut oil, vanilla extract, and almond milk.  Blend together until thoroughly mixed.  Pour batter into a greased pyrex dish or magic brownie pan.  Bake at 350 for 25-30 min or until a toothpick can be inserted and removed without drawing up any brownie batter.  Store brownies in a tupperware container in the fridge.

Serve by itself or with a chocolate syrup drizzle.

Yummy Chicken Nuggets

3 free range chicken breasts(thawed)
2 egg whites
1/2 cup almond milk
1/4 c almond meal
1/2 c flaxseed meal
1/4 shredded coconut
Salt and pepper to taste
3TBSP Coconut oil(for frying)

Cut the chicken breasts up in to small bite size pieces.  Whisk the egg whites and almond milk together.  Mix all your dry ingredients together.  Heat up your pan to medium and add the coconut oil.  Than dip the chicken nuggets in the egg and almond milk wash, toss in your almond, flaxseed, and coconut mix. Place in pan and turn occasionally until both sides are nice and brown.  Serve alone or with your sugar free BBQ sauce.