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WHAT'S THE CRAZE ABOUT GRAZE?

Christmas in my life, happens every other Monday

when the mail-man comes. I am not kidding you.

Ask my mom, my roommates, my boyfriend

…shoot you could even ask the mail-man himself. 

FOR ONLY $6

you get 4 EXCLUSIVE SNACKS,

tailored to your liking, 

& delivered to your door

 (on time, literally every other week.)

TAILORED TO YOUR LIKING:

You have the option of avoiding unwanted ingredients or 

identifying with a specific dietary preference.

ALL MY VEGANS, VEGETARIANS, 

GLUTEN SENSITIVES, 

PALEO ENTHUSIASTS, LACTOSE LOVERS, 

and HEALTH CONSCIOUS GO-GETTERS..

listen up, it's as simple as the click of a "view and trash" button: 

DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR:

After you pick and choose your snacks and decide

on the frequency of deliveries, you then have this cute little

box en-route to your mailbox.

WHAT IF I HATE THE SNACKS?!

Well, you simply log onto your account and tell them that

you absolutely HATE it and to NEVER EVER send it to

you again, basically..

as simple as a click of the "trash" button when rating

your current box's snacks : )

(that is the box I received this week #PALEO)

OKAY I WANT IT, I WANT MY BOX NOW!!

WHAT DO I DO!?

First, calm yourself.

Second, visit www.graze.com

Third, use promo code

KAYLAC4MP

** see that? "offer reserved only for friends of grazers" **

So basically,

 you're welcome for being you Grazer friend.

if you don't know, now you know.

ENJOY!

3 INGREDIENT GRANOLA BARS

3-INGREDIENT

 GRANOLA BARS
(Paleo-Friendly, duh)

INGREDIENTS

4 Cups of Nuts and/or Seed

( I used chopped pecans, walnuts and almonds)

20 Dates

1/4c Egg Whites

2tbsp Cinnamon and Vanilla

DIRECTIONS1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients

3. Prepare 9x13 pan, line with wax paper or

non-stick mat and spray with cooking spray.

4. Press nut mixture into bottom of the pan

5. Bake for 16-18 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes.

6. Use pizza cutter to slice the bars into rectangles

Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia Bowl

CHIA BREAKFAST BOWL

(pale friendly)

Ingredients

Frozen Blueberries

2tbsp Chia Seeds

1tbsp Flax Seeds

1c Almond Milk

TOPPINGS

1/2 Graze "Super Fruit" Punnet

Cashews

Walden Farms SUGAR FREE ZERO CALORIE Pancake Syrup

Directions

1. Blend all ingredients together

2. Let sit for about 20 minutes, this lets the chia seeds expand and

thicken the mixture

3. Top with desired toppings! 

**TIP:

** If you would like your breakfast bowl to be more thick,

add more chia seeds and let sit longer

Pursuit of Paleo - Day #1

Today, two parts of my life changed

1. I completed my Bachelors degree from UW-Madison and have officially moved back home to Illinois. YAY! I could not be more thrilled to continue my education on Digital Marketing & Analytics and see what life has in store next :)

2. My partner and I have decided to take on the challenge of embracing the "caveman's diet" aka. make our greatest attempt to live a paleo lifestyle.

We set the date of May 17th to begin our lifestyle change for a few reasons. If your going to change one thing, might as well change two? Haha jk. But in actuality, being home has much less distractions, temptations, and "but I only have one week left" excuses, than being away at college. Don't get me wrong, i LOVE college, but it is not exactly the easiest place to say no to margaritas and burrito bowls. NOT TO MENTION, WISCONSIN is not the easiest place to say no to CHEESE! 

This also gave us time to perform some research on the Vegan/Vegetarian/Keto/IIFYM vs Paleo, the history and purpose of a paleo lifestyle, and the logistics of what to do and what NOT to do. We also had the pleasure of witnessing incredible transformations and listening to stories about friend's triumphs, tips and tricks. With this knowledge under our belt, we have gained an immense amount of motivation and determination. We don't expect to know every single rule and create a flawless lifestyle. Mess-ups and cheat meals are bound to happen, we are humans, but we are eager to give it our best shot! 

TODAYS MEALS:

Breakfast: eggs, spinach, broccoli // cantaloupe, pineapple, grapes // sausage patty

Lunch: turkey // broccoli, cauliflower, carrots // pineapple, cantaloupe, melon - Tea

Snacks: Brazil nuts & sunflower seeds & pecans

Dinner: (PICTURED) 
Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad
 lettuce, dried cranberries, pecans, and chicken with Balsamic Vinegar

STOP BUYING SNACKS!

Stop buying over priced nut butters, granola bars and dried fruit, seriously. 

Those are the EASIEST snacks to make, really.. what are you thinking!?!!?

Lately I have been making all of my peanut, almond, sunflower seed, and cashew butters. I'm OBSESSED.

NUT BUTTER

All you need is 1. Food Processor and 2. Your choice of nut and/or 3. Flavoring

Directions:

1. Throw those puppies into a food processor

2. Sit and wait atleast 8 minutes for it to become a creamy texture.

Yes soo first its choppy, then crumbly, and when all hope has been lost

 that it's not going to get creamified... just keep waiting, I promise it will :)

In my cashew butter I made today I added some honey, cinnamon, sea salt, vanilla and coconut oil.

to make it 1. super creamy and 2. a little more sweet. 

It was extremely worth it, extremely yummy, MUCH more affordable, AND you can add whatever you'd like to it.

LARABARS

Larabars are one of a few granola bars that don't use unnecessary, hard to pronounce, unknown ingredients. They are delicious and all natural. 

So of course what did kayla do? Learned how to make them! 

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

1. Choose a "paste", which usually a dried fruit works best

- Dried Blueberries

- Dried Cranberries

- Dates

-Raisins

- Dried pineapple

- Prunes

- Dried Apple

2. Choose your crunch

- Peanuts

- Almonds

- Cashews

- Pecans

-Walnuts

3. Choose a flavoring/extra

- Shredded coconut

- Flax

- Lemon

-Vanilla extract

-Almond extract

- Ginger spice

- Cinnamon

- Dark chocolate

DIRECTIONS

1. Place the chosen crunch into a food processor until it is finely chopped. 

2. Empty the crunch out of the food processor into a bowl

3. Place the chosen paste into the food processor and process until it becomes thick, while processing add in the chosen flavoring as well.

4. Empty food processor of the paste and flavoring, into the same bowl the nuts are in. 

5. Mix everything together and form into bite size bars

6. Place onto plastic wrap or parchment paper to refrain from stickiness. 

7. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours in order for bars to become sturdy. 

Chopped Almonds

Combined with cranberries and almond extract

1. Cranberry, Almond, Almond Extract (top)

2. Peanuts, dried apples, vanilla extract, topped with cinnamon (bottom)

APPLE CHIPS

This dehydrator is going to become my BEST FRIEND this semester. 

It is time consuming, but also very convenient when looking for something to replace a crunchy snack. 

Slice up some apples, pour some lemon juice on them, and let them hang out in this

handy little dehydrator for about 12 hours.

Put them in at like 9pm and by the time you wake up in the morning you'll have some tasty chips :)

I also stuck some blueberries in there, just to see what would happen. After 12 hours they were still a bit juicey, so next time I would possibly leave them in their longer.