This episode of the Avery & Daddy Video Blog has been brought to you by NuttZo. They did not know I made the video and never asked me to, so therefore I was not compensated in any way. That said, I am a NuttZo Ambassador and love everything that goes in the tasty nut and seed butter as well as what doesn’t.
I just felt like going over the parts of the face that Avery is currently pointing out. As you’ll see in the video, she “nose” (#DadPun) not only her own face, but other faces too. She’ll look clear across the room to point out my pointy nose. She’s so sweet.
Since it happened to be around breakfast time, and she must eat or, well…..it happens, I figured we’d share her favorite combo of NuttZo with cinnamon and banana.. I guess we all get hangry, and when there’s NuttZo involved, there’s no waiting.
As always, hope you enjoyed our Vlog and Avery’s mad facial recognition skills, not to mention her ability to make Nuttzo and banana disappear.
Have a wonderful Friday and even better weekend!
What facial features did your kids start noticing first?
Do you love peanut butter (NuttZo is better) and banana?
Ever have a peanut butter, banana, and honey sandwich? Bliss!
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my strength gaining goal and the issues I face with sticking to it. In sum, training is not the problem, it’s my lack of a caloric surplus.
After that post, I had a couple people reach out to me offering their help and support. One of those people is Tony Huynh, a personal trainer and owner of the site Good Guy Health. Tony has been extremely helpful by creating a solid nutrition plan and training routine. I urge you check out his site and reach out to him about your own fitness goals.
I did make changes to his original strength routine, but mainly because I have Avery in the garage with me and felt it might take too long for her patience to hold. That, and it gets hot fast in there, like our own personal sauna. Too bad we can’t control the heat, I literally have my shirt and shorts (even my socks) drenched in sweat after just 30 minutes!
Here’s my current routine:
Saturday and Sunday are rest days, but I always include some conditioning by running, swimming, or rowing. Nothing too extreme, but enough to get my fitness “fix”. I’m currently on the 85% week and will take it down a notch next week before increasing my RM (rep max) and going through the cycle again.
This, along with following the macro breakdown Tony setup for me, is yielding results. Nothing big (yet), but mainly b/c I’m still struggling with eating more than I’m used to and being less active than before.
For eating more, I’ve reduced the over-abundant amount of raw veggies I usually eat with more calorie dense foods like nuts, seeds, and dried fruit. Extra spoonfuls of NuttZo with Greek yogurt and cherries do the trick too, and I’ve been enjoying them daily!
I just have to be sneaky or Avery will go crazy and demand it all to herself!
I know what you have….GIVE IT!
Which leads me to why her crazy toddler temperament as of late just might help me with my strength/weight gaining goals. You see, I’m one to constantly keep pushing myself when working out despite what my mind and body is trying to tell me. This results in overdoing it most of the time, and therefore, burning those precious calories my body needs to use to grow.
Since Avery’s early onset of the terrible twos only seems to grow in intensity each day, her mood can change in an instant. And patience? Fogettaboutit!
Long gone are the days of quite little Avery hardly aware of her surroundings….
I love that picture. But her patience level has dropped dramatically in the past 2 weeks which means I need to get my lifts in and be done with it. No more messing around trying to think of some elaborate “finisher” to get that burning pump and sweat pool going on. As much as her fussiness has been driving me up the wall, I find the silver lining is possibly helping me on my journey to strength.
Time will tell, and then I’ll tell you, but hopefully I can look back and thank our crazy little girl for being, um….crazy.
Can you find the silver lining in your kid’s craziness?
Do you get a “free” sauna in your garage during the summer too?
Baking can be such a hassle. Especially when you have little ones running the kitchen. Crazy kids plus a hot stove/oven NEVER mix! So, feeling creative for Avery’s breakfast, I decided to make a delicious and healthy cake that I didn’t need to bake. Wham, and I just rhymed; score!
I thought maybe, just maybe, there’d be a little leftover for me to savor, but that hope died fast. Unlike a typical pie, I found it easier to just roll into balls to feed her. At least that way I had messy fingers I got to lick!
If there was time, I’m sure chilling it would make for a cleaner finger food, but as Jack Bauer would say, “There’s no time!”. It does cut pretty good even at room temp though.
Wanna give it a go for yourself? Do it!
Mini No-Bake NuttZo Coconut Pie
by RC Liley
Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Keywords: raw appetizer breakfast dessert snack nuttzo
Ingredients (Serves 1)
1/2 Cup Pumpkin Puree
2 Tbsp NuttZo (or other nut butter) at room temp
1/4 Cup Peanut flour (Can use coconut or almond flour or even protein powder instead)
2 Tbsp unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tsp cinnamon
1 packet stevia or 10 drops liquid stevia
Pinch of sea salt
Instructions
Add all ingredients in a bowl and stir well to combine.
Form into a small cake, roll into balls, or just leave as is to eat with a spoon.
Thanks as always to the wonderful Jenn from Peas and Crayons, for creating this fun link-up for foodies everywhere! It was great then and continues to be an awesome linky now!
Lunch – Steamed veggies with eggs and raw broccoli on top. Then some Greek yogurt with purple sweet potato, NuttZo, and homemade banana bread. While watching Avery not take her nap!
Dinner – Shredded chicken with black garlic and steamed broccoli and a little spicy kimchi mixed in as well.
And don’t tell Avery, but I made another batch of the no-bake NuttZo pie for myself to have as a nighttime treat.
Yeah, I’ll be making more of that for the both of us for sure! Have a great Hump Day!
Do you like no-bake recipes or prefer to always cook your meals/snacks?
Ever buy things you use a lot in bulk on Amazon or another site?It’s a must in our home!
An at-home dad on a mission to keep it real when it comes to food, fun, and raising a healthy, happy family.
