Cinnamon Pecans

I love snacking on nuts but sometimes they can be bland. When I was in Canada visiting my aunt and uncle, my aunt made these and let me just say they are so delicious and so addicting! I call them crack! my family came to visit me last month, and I had them made and my mom called me the week after and goes hey Nikki, whats the recipe for crack? 

So today, I decided to make crack aka Cinnamon Pecans! They are seriously so simple and so easy! 

Ingredients:

• 1 egg white
• 1 tbsp water
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 pound pecans

Directions:

1. whip egg white and water together
2. add pecans to mixture
3. mix cinnamon, salt and sugar in separate bowl
4. add pecan mixture to sugar mixture
5. spread pecans on greased cookie sheet
6. bake at 250 degrees for approximately 1 hour (turn every 15 minutues

Hope you all enjoy this simple, easy recipe!

Have a Happy and Healthy Day!

Apple-Cinnamon Breakfast Risotto

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup of butter (1/2 stick)
• 4 medium Granny Smith Apples. peeled, cored, and diced
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cup Aborio rice
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 4 cups unfiltered apple juice at room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla 

Sauteed apples, cinnamon, salt and butter

Directions:

1. Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. add apples, cinnamon and salt. cook and stir for 3 to 5 minutes or until apples begin to release juices
2. Transfer the apple mixture into crock pot
3. Add rice and stir to coat
4. Sprinkle light brown sugar evenly over top
5. Add apple juice and vanilla.
6. cover and cook on high for 2 hrs (mine took a little closer to 2.5 hrs to cook)

Serve and enjoy! I made a huge amount of it and I am having it as a morning snack this week! its great to grab and go. you just pop it in the microwave and warm it up and it is absolutely delicious heated up! Simple and Easy!

Hope you all enjoy this and have an amazing day!

Nicole Keating

Emerald Beachbody Coach

nkeating24@comcast.net