Yummy Healthy Knock off "Chewy Bars"

So I am in love with this granola bar recipe I found (and changed significantly) on another blog! Though I have not quite found an exact mixture that sticks together, for now my Chewy bars are more like Chewy Bites. So here's the basic recipe feel free to add different yummy ingredients to flavor or enhance your bars!!

Chewy Granola "Bars"

• 4.5 cups of Rolled Oats
• 1 cup Flour
• 1 tsp. Vanilla 
• 2/3 cup Melted Butter (can also substitute coconut oil, bars come out crunchier)
• 1/2 cup Honey 
• 1/3 cup Packed Brown Sugar
• 1 cup Shredded Coconut (I use the sweetened kind, next time I'm going to try the unsweetened)
• 1/2 cup - Cup of mini chocolate chips or other fresh fruit spices etc. (I think I'm going to try apple cinnamon next!)
• I also add a few healthy pinches of ground flaxseed, it's good for you and you can't even tell it's there! 

Bake at 325 degrees for 18-22min. and there you go, cheap and easy granola your family will love! I have to make a batch every few days for two of us! We just love it! It's amazing warm too, would make a great dessert!!

$10 off Coconut Oil!

I was on another blog today, How does She?, and found a $10 Coupon for Coconut Oil! I am so pumped because I spend a good deal on it!!

Read my Coconut Oil posts (and hers) it's an amazing products that will do wonders for your weight, hair, skin, and overall health!

$10 off Coupon - Coconut Oil

 

This is the brand of coconut oil I usually get, but this is about half of what I pay for it at my local natural foods store, after I use my $10 coupon, I'm going to get this deal!

Silky Smooth Legs

So if you have read my blog at all you know I have a love of coconut oil (it's properties, not the taste!) and you know I use it for EVERYTHING! So since I use it topically AND for cooking/shots I don't keep it all in one place. As soon as I get a new coconut oil I fill up a little spray bottle (I use a travel sized one) for my topical coconut oil, and leave the rest in the jar for eating!

So what does this have to do with silky smooth legs? Well, try this:

Before you hop in the shower spray (or rub) some coconut oil on your legs, underarms etc. I will often cover my whole body in coconut oil, this way I get the great soft skin but sometimes if I put my coconut oil on my entire body after the shower, it's a little too oily, this way I get the soft skin without the oil and... The coconut oil is AMAZING for shaving! For years I have used hair conditioner instead of shave cream/gel/lotion, the conditional hydrates your skin and works better than most shaving products I have tried! These two products together leave my legs silky and amazing!

After the shower lightly apply some coconut oil to your legs to get beautiful, shining, smooth legs. Perfect for dancing, beach, and date night!

The great thing about coconut oil is there are so many uses for just one, organic product. Coconut oil is also antimicrobial and an anti-inflammatory, therefore if your legs/body are sore or have any small cuts coconut oil is also healing and helping you while making you beautiful!

*Note: VERY IMPORTANT: For coconut oil with anti-inflammatory properties, and optimal anti-oxidants etc. Buy extra virgin, unrefined coconut oil! Coconut oil that is more processed has lost a great deal of it's healthy properties!!

I hate the taste of Coconut.

I cannot state the taste of fruity coconut. I have tried to mix it in with my smoothies, drinks, tea, food. I just can't do it. Toasted coconut, that's another story, I will destroy a box of Samoas mmm love Girl Scout cookie time (part of my problem!)! That being said I know the amazing benefits coconut oil has for your digestive health, weight loss, skin, bones, hair, etc. and really on your overall health. So here's what I have been doing. I just take a lesson from my freshman in college self, if I don't like the taste just close my eyes and take a shot! Let me tell you that shot of coconut oil is a lot easier to wash down AND it sure helps my tummy (cleans me right out really!) it would be great if you are constipated! If you haven't seen my post on Coconut Oil Check it Out!

So take a lesson from my freshman self, if you can't stand coconut oil (or acai, pom, grapefruit, etc.) just take a shot of it! For your health! 

Couldn't help it...

Shots (LMFAO ft. Lil Jon)

Coconut Oil.

So, I'm not going to write a long drawn out post about all the uses of coconut oil instead I'm going to refer you to a post by the ever-hilarious Jenna Marbles -> THIS changed my life, or at least my skin forever! I am in love. I haven't ventured too far from the hair and skin uses of coconut oil, but I want to try cooking with! I don't love the taste of coconut  so I need to find coconut oil that the taste has been taken out of (yay technology!) before I will use it to good.

Here's what I use coconut oil for:

• My new tattoo, I used bactrim zinc ointment for the first week then coconut oil after that!
• My legs before I shave (silky smooth!)
• My legs after I shave (again smoooooth!)
• My legs before I go out (shiny and defined!)
  Instead of lotion (VERY lightly or you get oily!)
• Deep hair conditioner (let it sit 5-10 min before the shower then shower as usual)
• Reduce stretch marks
• Lip balm
• Before bed on my elbows and hands to make them soft
• When I'm going out in the sun for a little protection and to help me tan!
• After I'm done tanning to soothe my sunburn!

Check out Jenna Marble's awesome article on coconut oil, she will inspire you!