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Coleraine, Minnesota, United States
I'm the proud mother of two beautiful daughters, they are my world! Life has definetely had it's ups and downs but I try to take it all with stride.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling , but in rising every time we fall
---Confucius


This quote has been one I have lived by...I've had to, I have certainly fallen down enough times! Many have been self inflicted...true but if I didn't believe this I would be in a crazy house in the fetal position ;)




My beautiful little angel!

My beautiful little angel!
This is Genevieve, a precocious stubborn and independent toddler who loves barbies and dolls and princesses...well she thinks she is a princess! She makes me smile every day!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

sweet hummus

at my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary party my sister in law brought a great dip, she said it was cookie dough dip...hmmmm then after I tried it, she told me it was hummus!!  It was amazing!  she make with chickpeas, chocolate and butterscotch chips, sugar and peanut butter.  My mom was not a believer that beans could be a dessert, so I did some experimenting. My mom does not like peanut butter so I thought I would try to make the dip to taste like her brownies, I used:
1 can Great Northern beans (wash them really well)
1 1/3 cup Nutella
1/2 cup syrup (I think I might use another low calorie sweetener next time)
1/2 bag chocolate chips
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp almond
Put all ingredients in a food processer and mix until smooth.
I kept tasting mine, and adjusted accordingly.  Its all a matter of your own taste. 
These measurements are not exact since I experiment with cooking (aka don't like to measure).  I used 1/4 cup peanut butter and 2 cup nutella, but next time I won't use peanut butter at all.  I think any sweetener would work, even sugar. 
I served the dip with sliced apples and grahmn crackers (sister in laws idea).

Thanks alanna for the incredible idea.  This is a great way to get more protein into my 18 month old! 

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