Skinny Pumpkin Granola - um...YUM!

I'm kind of on a granola kick right now - mmmm....healthy granola, that is!  Need your pumpkin fix at this time of year?  Check this recipe out from Skinny Taste!  One of my fave recipe sites!

Easy Pumpkin Spice Granola
Skinnytaste.com 
Servings: 11 • Serving Size: 1/3 cup  • Old Points: 2 pts • Points+: 4 pts
Calories: 133 • Fat: 4.5 g • Carbs: 21.5 g • Fiber: 3 g • Protein: 3 g • Sugar: 8 g
Sodium: 10 (without salt) 

Bowl of Cereal (1/3 cup granola, 1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1/2 cup apples)
Skinnytaste.com 
Servings: 1 • Size: 1 bowl  • Old Points: 3 pts • Points+: 5 pts
Calories: 183 • Fat: 6 g • Carbs: 32 g • Fiber: 5 g • Protein: 3 g • Sugar: 14.5 g
Sodium: 69 (without salt) 

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed well and pat dry with paper towel
• 1 1/2 cups rolled oats*
• 1/4 cup ground flaxseeds
• 1/4 cup pepitas (or other seed)
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup real maple syrup (or honey)
• 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 tsp oil (coconut or canola)
• 1 tsp pumpkin spice (or more to taste)
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• pinch kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325° F. 

Spread oats* and quinoa out on a parchment lined baking pan. Toast in the oven 10 minutes, stirring once.

Remove the oats from the oven, pour the toasted oats into a medium bowl and add the ground flaxseeds, pepitas, pecans and dried fruit.

Reduce oven to 300° F.

In a second medium bowl, combine maple syrup, pumpkin puree, oil, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, salt and vanilla. Pour over oats and stir together with a spatula. Spread back onto a baking sheet and bake an additional 20 minutes, or until golden.

Tough Mudder anyone?

So my husband signed us up for a Tough Mudder last week!  EEEK!  It's in 4 weeks!!!!  Have you done one?

14-Day Toned Arms Challenge!

I have a FREE fitness and nutrition support group and we are starting a 14-Day Toned Arms Challenge on Monday!  Are you in?  No strings attached!  Just join us and have fun!  Let me know and I'll get you into our group - it's a great group of sweaty people :)

Hi!  I'm Devynn!  I am a super busy mom of four kiddos (one that watches our crazy lives from Heaven).  I am a professional wedding photographer.  I am a Team Beachbody Coach. I am a mommy.  I am a wife.  I am blessed in so many ways!

I decided to start this blog to share how I "do it all".  I am often told by others that they look up to me or wonder how I do it all.  I always have to laugh because trust me when I say I don't do it all.  My house is a disaster area.  My laundry piles up higher than it ever should anywhere.  My kids are messy.  My husband and I don't go on dates near as often as we should.  Trust me.  I'm SO far from perfect.

One thing I have figured out, though, is that we often compare our worst to someone else's best - which is TOTALLY not fair!  So while people think I have it all together...they don't see the behind the scenes of it all.  I want this blog to reflect my views on life and how changing your perceptions and setting goals can be a game changer!

~ Devynn ~