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Homemade Almond Butter / New Etsy Find

Hope you had a terrific Labor Day weekend! We spent the weekend in Sonoma visiting my parents, soaking up the sun and relaxing. While there, my mom and I decided to make homemade almond butter. I don’t think you guys understand how easy it is to make. Why buy it at the store when making your own is SO simple and nutritious!

DIRECTIONS: put your almonds in a food processor and let it run. That’s it, seriously! After 1 minute your almonds will start to resemble almond meal. They will then start to build up on the side, so every 2-3 minutes you will want to stop and push the almonds down before continuing. After a couple minutes the almonds will start to get clumpy and sticky. This is when they finally start to release their oils. After 10-12 minutes your almonds will then resemble almond butter, but don’t stop there! After a couple more minutes of processing your almond butter will magically release more oils and become creamy and smooth. Add a pinch of sea salt if you wish and give it one last swirl. Easy, right?!

I had mine with some pears, while the fam enjoyed some it on some whole wheat bread. My fave is toasting a piece of Ezekiel bread with a spread of almond butter on the top and enjoying while warm. Remember, almonds are a “good fat” and should be included in your diet. Peanut butter is much higher in fat therefore I personally prefer almond butter to peanut butter. 🙂

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How freaking cute is this notepad?! I got it from an adorable Etsy shop called Charm and Gumption. They have a lot of cute paper products, notepads, stationary, invitations and more. When I saw this fitness notepad I had to have it and can’t wait to order more! Visit the Charm and Gumption website here.

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Follow me on instagram if you don’t already, I share a ton more photos on there! : @fitnessandthecity 

Have a great week! 🙂

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Pieces of me via Instagram

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you may be familiar with a few of these photos. I wanted to share a couple of things with you guys, including a weekend trip to visit my brother at U of O, a Eugene 5k as well as this amazing t-shirt company.

Firedaughter Clothing sells awesome fitness inspired tops on their Etsy shop. I picked this one up right after the events in Boston as proceeds go to The One Fund. They have a ton of others that are absolutely adorable so be sure to check them out! (I bought a couple of others which I’m dying to share!)

A 23 minute 5k and still flexin’. 🙂 I usually run alone, but we stayed together the entire run and couldn’t have been more fun! We pushed each other to keep going and finished strong!

Throwin’ up the “O”… sounded about right.

Lucky me, in between these two handsome guys. Couldn’t ask for a better support team.

We swept Stanford in a 3 game series! Watching these games and seeing my brother sign autographs made me a very proud sister.

Believe it or not, this was my first time to the Oregon campus in the last 4 years Daniel’s been going to school there. It blew my mind to say the least!

Did you all enjoy your weekend?

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January Photo Challenge

Happy 2013!! My apologies for the lack of posts lately. I have been busy, busy, busy! Just returned from NYC for the New Year, where I put on the Emerald Nuts Midnight Run in Central Park. What is better than starting the new year off with a run at midnight? It was simply amazing. I didn’t have the chance to run, but held the finish line tape for pro athletes who flew across the finish line (4 miles) around 18 minutes! This is exactly what we stand for. Ringing in the new year with health and fitness as a priority. I couldn’t have asked to be in a better city, at a better time…my own personal heaven!

To read more about the Emerald Nuts Midnight Run click here.

I have so much coming up on the website which I am SO excited to share with you all. Yummy healthy recipes which I have been experimenting with, new amazing Fit Gals with super inspirational stories, as well as some resolutions which I can’t wait to dive right into. As for other exciting news, I will be a featured fitness guru on Jessica Read’s website, on Tuesday! She is a social media expert who is looking for some advice on fitness aps. Be sure to check out her site here! Which is your favorite fitness ap?

The January photo challenge from fitspobook is here! I have a bit of catching up to do, but please join me and take a picture of the following fitness topics each day. You can find me on Instagram @JennaPardini, also on Facebook where I will be posting my pictures. Be sure to tag #fitnessandthecity and #fbphotoaday so we can share our photos with each other!

298898_443824395684054_365113359_nHave a great week! Don’t get discouraged by the overwhelming amount of people at the gym lately…Remember, train insane or remain the same. Keep up the excellent work, and don’t give up. Changes take time, you will get there with hard work and dedication. xo

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