Cocoa Banana Buckwheat Breakfast Cakes

Chocolate for breakfast without the guilt...need I say more?

Ingredients:

• 1 c. Raw Buckwheat Groats (grind into flour in a coffee grinder/blender)
• 2 Bananas, mashed
• 1 ½ tsp. Vanilla Extract
• 1 c. Almond Milk (unsweetened)
• 2 tbsp. Agave Nectar
• ¼ c. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 4 Egg Whites
• 1/3 c. chia seeds, plus more for sprinkling
• 1 ¼ tsp. baking powder
• Flax seeds for sprinkling

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Mash bananas and mix with almond milk and vanilla.  Whisk until combined
3. Add buckwheat groats, cocoa powder, baking powder, and chia seeds.
4. Add egg whites, and whisk until combined
5. Spray 3 small oven-safe dishes (I used Pyrex) with coconut oil cooking spray
6. Pour mixture in, sprinkle with chia and flax seeds, and bake for 30 minutes

Granola Bars 2.0

Another granola bar recipe :)

Ingredients:

• 4 c. Old Fashioned Oats
• 4 tsp. Flaxseeds
• 1 small bag of Craisins Cranberry and Chocolate Trail Mix
• 17 raw almonds (equivalent to 100 calories)
• 1 c. Agave Nectar
• 2/3 c. Natural Peanut Butter (unsweetened)
• 2 scoops MRM All Natural Rich Vanilla Whey Protein (or other type of protein powder you prefer)
• 2 tsp. Cinnamon

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees
• Prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper
• In a food processor, combine flaxseeds, almonds and Craisins mixture and pulse until chopped
• In a large bowl, mix oats and Craisins mixture
• In a smaller bowl, mix agave, peanut butter, cinnamon and protein powder
• Pour over the oat mixture and blend until coated
• Spread out thinly on cookie sheet
• Bake for 20 minutes
• Allow to cool and then cut.