Recipe and GIVEAWAY!!

With Christmas drawing near, I thought this would be the perfect time for a giveaway. I was recently contacted my Dr. Axe and his company. He is a wellness physician who recently released a GREAT cookbook called "The Real Food Diet." It features delicious and healthy recipes that provide your body with essential nutrients to allow you to lose weight and nourish your body!

Some recipes in thebook? Green smoothies, delicious pancakes, grainless granola, butternut squash casserole, and a dark chocolate milkshake. Trust me all of these recipes look DELICIOUS and there are almost 230 pages filled with many more! ONE LUCKY READER WILL WIN THIS RECIPE BOOK and you have until Thursday  at noon to enter! And just so everyone know's the recipes are as good as he is cute. HA.

I will share a BANANA NUT MUFFIN recipe with you all from the book. You will need:

1 3/4 cup gluten free flour

2/3 cup maple syrup or honey

1 tsp. baking powder and baking soda

1/2 tsp sea salt

1 egg

1/2 c. grapeseed oil

1/2 c. coconut milk

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 c. mashed ripe bananas

3/4 c. dark chocolate chips

1/2 c. pecans or walnuts

Combine all dry ingredients
Combine all wet ingredients
Stir wet ingredients into dry until moistened.
Fold in bananas, chocolate chips, and nuts
Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups
Bake at 350 degrees for 22-25 minutes

To enter this giveaway, you can eo each of the following (each one is a separate entry):

1. Leave a comment about your favorite kind of muffin

2. Add sweetsandskinnyjeans to your blogroll (and comment that you did)
3. Link back to this giveaway (and comment that you did)

Remember, you have until THURSDAY AFTERNOON to enter! Good luckk! =)