By Tamara Jacobi

The holidays are coming! Friends, family, treats and temptation are sure to be bountiful. Why not add a healthy twist to your holiday treats? Are healthy margaritas and brownies too good to be true? Lucky for us, the answer is no! I highly recommend that you give these simple recipes a try.  Not only are they healthy, they’re tasty too!

Garbanzo Brownies

Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Cooking Time: 40 Minutes

Ingredients:

1 Cup Chocolate Chips

4 Eggs (organic and local if possible)

15 oz. Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans), drained and rinsed

1 Cup Agave Nectar OR Honey

1/2 Tsp Baking Powder

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt chocolate chips by heating water in a small pan, placing chips in a metal bowl (or smaller pan) and stacking bowl over the boiling water. Stir until melted. Blend eggs and chickpeas in a food processor or blender until smooth. Add melted chocolate, sweetener and baking powder and blend until smooth. Pour batter into a lightly oiled baking pan (8″x8″ ideally) and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.

All Natural Margaritas

1 cup club soda

2-3 limes, squeezed

1 shot of tequila

1 packet of stevia (or natural sweetener of choice)

Ice cubes

Blend, serve and enjoy!

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Tamara Jacobi, Certified Health Coach

Tamara Jacobi is a certified health and nutrition coach who received her training at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She is the founder of Jungle Girl Health, www.junglegirlhealth.com, offering health coaching over the phone to individuals who are ready to feel and look their best. By using whole foods for healing and lifestyle balancing techniques, Tamara helps people understand how to heal and nourish their bodies completely.

Tamara leads an adventurous and active lifestyle, dividing her time between the Colorado Rocky Mountains and the Mexican Pacific coastline.  In Mexico, she is the owner and manager of the Tailwind jungle lodge, a certified sustainable jungle lodge and adventure tour company just north of Puerto Vallarta, www.tailwindjunglelodge.com. Tamara also guides adventure tours for the Tailwind jungle lodge including sea kayaking, stand up paddle boarding and hiking. In her free time she spends as much time as possible playing outside. She is a passionate skier, road biker, trail runner and stand up paddle boarder.