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Peanut butter granola recipe

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Peanut butter granola recipe

✔ Tastes delicious

✔ Makes your kitchen smell amazing

✔ Only 4 ingredients

✔ Easy to make

My neighbor told me about their homemade granola and it sounded delicious. Since I eat the same foods over and over again, I thought I would mix it up and give it a try. I have eaten store bought granola, but it usually has unnecessary ingredients and loads of added, fake sugar.

But this recipe…delicious! Add blueberries for that peanut butter and jelly taste!

Tips: Soften the peanut butter in the microwave for a few seconds before mixing. Use real honey, preferably local, for the best health benefits. Use parchment paper to line your cookie sheet for easier clean up. Buy divided containers to easy separate your ingredients until you are ready to eat.  Add chopped nuts, chocolate chips, or dried fruit to mix it up.

 

Peanut Butter Granola

Only 4 ingredients in this simply granola recipe

  • 4-5 cups Old fashioned oats
  • 1 cup peanut butter (slightly softened)
  • 2/3 cup honey
  • 1-2 tsp vanilla extract

  1. Mix together honey, slightly softened peanut butter, and vanilla extract

  2. Mix in 4-5 cups of old fashioned oats

  3. Spread out evenly on cookie sheet

  4. Bake at 275 degrees for 30 – 35 minutes, stir halfway through

  5. Let cool before storing in air tight container

Enjoy!

Procrastinators: Listen up!

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Lately I’ve been slacking a little, so I grabbed some much needed motivation. I listened to the Mindset Mentor’s podcast about procrastinating. Well, let’s just say this hit home a little TOO much… so much that I listened twice.

He has 3 very practical tips on how to get going and stay going. My favorite – Do NOT negotiate with your mind. I swear my mind is a master negotiator in the worst way!!

If you can spare 14 minutes, take a listen!

Then go do whatever it is you need to do and do it well!

Color-coded Bible verses

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It has taken some time, but I finally have a color-coded plan for Bible study. It works well for me and is easy to remember.To get started you will need:

* A Bible

If you prefer digital, check it Olive Tree or You Version apps. Those are my favorite.

If you prefer a good ole’ fashioned paper Bible, I really like this NIV version from Amazon.

*Highlighters

I purchased a great set on Amazon that does not bleed through.

*Page tabs

Believe it or not, I purchased these on Amazon (notice a pattern here?)

Side note – Because the highlighter set doesn’t have a great shade of red, I use a red colored pencil instead.

Once you have all your supplies, come up with a color scheme. Mine works well because the same colors are available on my digital Bible so I have uniformity.

Here’s my color color codes. I keep these on note cards in my Bible.

Start with the stop light method

Green – commands, advice, growth, wisdom, teaching, money (simply threw in money because it is green)

Yellow– worry, anxiety, doubt, fear (things that should make us pause)

Red- devil, evil, satan, false prophets, hell, temptation (things we should stop and avoid)Pretty basic concept.

Green means go! Follow these verses and live them out.

Yellow means pause. Are you worried? Slow down and redirect your focus.

Red means stop. Turn away from temptations and evil.

In addition the to stoplight colors, I have a few others:

Blue – work, God’s will, heaven, miracles, prophesy

Purple – marriage, relationships, family, people, prophets

Orange – God, Jesus, Holy spirit, attributes of God

Pink – prayer, praise, promises, peace, love, joy, kindness, mercy, grace, forgiveness

Of course, many verses overlap and could fit multiple colors. There is no right or wrong here!

When I find a verse I want to highlight, I think about what category it fits best, highlight it with that color, and then attach a page tab in the same color. This makes it easier to search your Bible based on topic.

If we use one of my favorite verses as an example:

Proverbs 3: 5-6 Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path.I

I highlighted this green because I think it is great advice I want to follow.

Next, I put a green tab on the page. Because it is a favorite that I like to read often, I labeled the tab Proverbs 3: 5-6

This plan works well for me, but there is no right or wrong. If you don’t have a system in place, give it a try!

I highly recommend a big, lazy dog to join you during your study time.