Fall is in the air so breakout the pumpkin
NuttZo Pumpkin Muffins
1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups Splenda or sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 T canola oil
1/2 cup NuttZo multi-nut butter
(1/2 cup chocolate chips, optional)
Spray a 12-muffin tin or use paper liners, and preheat oven to 350.
Mix all the dry ingredients (flour through Splenda) in a large bowl.In a separate bowl, combine the applesauce, pumpkin, oil and NuttZo and mix well. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ones, stirring after each addition. (If desired, add chocolate chips last). Divide batter between muffin cups and bake for 25-28 minutes, or until tops spring back lightly when touched.
Be sure to breathe deep and bask in the pumpkiny, spicy, nutty aroma.
Just when you think there's not another Couscous recipe out there-- Hello NuttZo!
NuttZo Mediterranean Couscous
Mix in large bowl:
1-1/3C of original couscous
2C of boiling water
Cover and let stand for 10 minutes.
In a small bowl mix together:
1/4C chopped yellow Heirloom tomato
2T dill finely chopped
1/4C red onion diced
1/2C diced eggplant lightly sautéed in 1T olive oil
1/8tsp ground pepper
1/4tsp salt
1/4C rice wine vinegar
1-1/2T NuttZo
2T of crumbled feta cheese
Let this sit for about 15 minutes to marinate. Then toss marinade into your cooked couscous. Enjoy!
My favorite way to serve this is with a lightly grilled Halibut steak and a glass of wine (McManis Cabernet at the moment)
Looking for some GREAT TASTING and nutritious bars for yourself and your kids???
Well here's the perfect solution for a BAR! (and something that adults will just love as well -- for pre and post workouts!)
NuttZo Buzz Bars
Ingredients:
1/2 cup RAW Honey
3/4 cup NuttZo
2 T maple Syrup
1T canola oil
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups mixed oat grains (or rolled oats)
2 cups crisp brown rice cereal
1/4 cup ground flax seeds
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup chopped dried cranberries
1/4 cup tart dried cherries
1/2 tsp kosher salt
Directions
Spray a small cookie sheet (with sides) with cooking spray and set aside.
In a small saucepan, over medium heat combine first 6 ingredients. Stir and cook until mixture almost bubbles- about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
In a large bowl, combine last 7 ingredients.
Pour NuttZo mixture over oatmeal mixture and stir gently with a spatula until well combined. Transfer to cookie sheet, cover with parchment paper and press firmly into cookie sheet. Allow to cool completely (will cool faster in the refrigerator). Cut into squares and store in air-tight container in your refrigerator.
You're going to LOVE these!
Enjoy!
--Danielle
Do you love your dog? I do!
NuttZo Dog Treats
2-3/4 to 3cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup ground oatmeal
1/2 cup flax seeds
1/4 cup dry milk powder
1/2 cup NuttZo
1 cup warm water
1 egg
2 tsp dry active yeast
Directions:Combine all dry ingredients in bread machine. Knead in machine for 10 minutes and roll dough onto a board sprinkled with whole wheat flour.
Roll dough out to1/4" thickness and cut into desired shapes.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet with parchment paper. Bake in preheated, 350°F oven for 45 minutes. Flip dog treats over. Then turn oven off but leave biscuits in oven overnight until crunchy.
Store in an air tight container.
Look at that face! I wouldn't make her eat anything else! I <3 Detje!
NuttZo is taking the Himalayas!
I met my New Zealand friend- Kimberley Smyth at the Nepali orphanage in Kathmandu! She fell in love with NuttZo.
Kim is an amazing woman-- I admire her huge heart, spunk (ie... she ate chicken eyes and a whole lot more on a dare so don't let that pretty smile fool you), and her remarkable ability to adapt. Now she's off to Dubai!
Go enjoy a warm shower Kim! It's the little things that mean the most.
Cross Country Camping Adventure 2009
Summer of Camping 2009
My 23-day cross-country trip created many memorable highlights. As a child, besides eating Jif creamy peanut butter out the jar with my sister, I loved camping. Now as a grown adult and mother of three, I still love it. If truth be told, I love it more than my husband, who reminds me now and again how he was a Boy Scout. Need I say more; he flew back East to meet us and visit family.
I decided this was the summer to break all boundaries, since it was my first one in 20+ years of being able to work from anywhere. The real question was, why not? On July 22, me,myself, and I; my two sons, Greg and Matthew; and our 110-pound Rottie, Detje, pulled out of the quiet streets of Carmel Valley, California and headed east.
Our first night camping in Colorado was a little bit of awake up call, since we went from a blistering 110 degrees—not being able to get AC cool enough in the car—to a bone-chilling 42 degrees in 5 short hours. Note to self: remember to bring sleeping bags, not blankets. Who knew? I under-packed “warm” items because I’d just had the experience of over-packing them for a trip to Nepal,and almost had a heat stroke as a result. Just picture it; all three of us, plus our hairy dog, huddled in a ball like we were stranded on a snow-covered mountaintop trying to stay warm and survive. Needless to say, we got an early start the next morning: 4 a.m. That was also the night that the stick used to pitch the tent broke. We scurried to town to try and find a solution at 7:30 p.m. Guess where you can buy a tent these days: Rite Aid!
Here are some highlights to remember:
The boys not wanting any more Smores after camping day number 10.
Having Greg critique my ability to start the mandatory fire every night.
Moving our tent via the top of my car after we’d already pitched it, to a better, more safe and clean location only 39 sites away.
Detje bulldozing her way into the middle of the tent every single night, laying on legs, and taking up all the ROOM.
The Niagara Falls fireworks display and rain from the falls covering us.
Almost running into a mother moose and calf right before the Yellow Stone Park entrance.
Eating wasabi soy nuts, and almost choking to death because I tried to eat the dusty bottom of the bag. Uh Greg, were you laughing?
Seeing Mt. Rushmore from the road, pulling a “Michael.” Why pay for admission to a state park when you’ve seen it two other times anyway.J Saved $10.
Sitting at road construction sites in Wyoming for 30 minutes before we’d move to go five miles per hour because the person in front was scared to drive over dirt washboard roads.
Matthew totally stoked when we saw a buffalo in Yellowstone.It could have been just a statue because it didn’t move in the field, but he was thrilled.
A state park entrance lady trying to convince me that the water coming out of the pump was drinkable, “the purest water for you.” Yellow water to me means parasites, e-coli and possible death. No thank you.
The boys playing along streams and lakes, swimming every chance they got. The locals telling of snapping turtles in a lake made for a quick water exit. No toes were missing.
Not bathing for days and trying to wash clothes in a camp site sink…impossible!
Throwing out Detje’s dog bed halfway across the country; we didn’t have room for it, she didn’t use it, and we needed to buy warmer sleeping bags.
Waking up at 3 a.m. to Greg telling me it was raining on them and me in a comatose state telling him to go back to sleep; "it was ok." 
Seeing lots of Cum N Go (7 Eleven spinoffs) while traveling in the middle of the U.S. Funny name,don’t you think?
Riding on the back of my cousin’s old Bronco in Jackson,Wyoming and feeling like I was on a preserve, seeing 23 male elk that had antlers like reindeer. Wow. Awesome view; 30 feet from our vehicle. (picture is blurry because it's 8:30pm)
Seeing the Tetons and wishing we were still going to Telluride, Colorado this year.
It was a great summer! And yes, I’d do it all over again next year if I could.
Life's too short, so go have an adventure!
--Danielle
NuttZo Advocates
Fletcher Cove Surf Competition- August 22, 2009
Congrats Cory for placing 3rd in your division!
Surf Town Triathlon @ Imperial Beach- August 23, 2009
Congrats Beth for placing 1st in Amateurs and 3rd overall
Anytime Sitter is a proud supporter of the Project Left Behind Foundation
"A great product finds its worth in what it has to offer. When I heard what Nuttzo had to offer, I knew it was a winner! Not only is it tasty and loaded with nutritional benefits for me personally, each jar will help nourish children around the world through the nonprofit-Project Left Behind. I can't think of a better reason to support something,especially something as delicious as NuttZo!"
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NuttZo Blue Blast Smoothie
1/2 Banana
1C Kefir (lowfat) Pomegranate
4T NuttZo
1 Pitted Date
3/4C Blueberries
1-1/2C Crushed Ice
1/2C Mimic Creme
1/2T White Chia Seeds
1 Scoop of Vanilla Whey or Rice Protein Powder
Blend in Vita Mix or blender until smooth and creamy. Enjoy. Serves 2
NuttZo Climbs Half Dome-Yosemite on Thursday 8/6/2009
They made it to the top! Congrats to Jill and Matt!!!
This is a one day 17.2 mile 4,800 elevation gain hike of Half Dome in Yosemite. It is estimated that it will take Matt and Jill (and Matt's dad Jeff) approximately 12 hours to reach the 8842 ft elevation summit and return to the trail-head. Matt will be taking his jar of NuttZo Omega 3 Multi-Nut butter for added energy, too!
Will they make it?
Of course they will because they have been eating NuttZo throughout their tough training and they are also hiking for a great cause -- the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation!
Check out Matt and Jill's website:
http://online.ccfa.org/goto/climb2009
Good luck Jill and Matt!
Go NuttZo
--Danielle
" I did a practice hike on Mt Woodson today (7/19/09) and NuttZo went to the top. We (Jill & Matt) are working together to get to the Half Dome Summit. I love NuttZo with honey on whole wheat bread!"
