Healthy Chocolate-Peanut Butter-Coconut-Oat Bars~No Bake!
When I get a chocolate craving, I NEED TO FEED IT. I become like a chocolate fiend, searching cupboards, licking wrappers, snorting cocoa powder to get my fix. That may be a bit of hyperbole. The goodness and ease of this recipe is no exaggeration, though. You can whip up some yummy chocolate bars without having chocolate on-hand. And they’ll be ready before your episode of Breaking Bad is finished. Print Healthy Chocolate-PB-Coconut-Oat Bars~No Bake! Author: HealthfulMama.com Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 2 mins Total time: 7 mins Serves: 2...
Read MoreChocolate Almond Fudge Snack Bites ~dairy-free~gluten-free~vegan~
These snacks are so easy to make, and they use just four ingredients! I find that the recipe goes much better with a sturdy food processor like this one. Feel free to substitute the almonds with walnuts or another of your favorite nuts. This makes a simple, healthy snack or a quick, dainty dessert. Dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegan, too! Print Chocolate Almond Fudge Snack Bites ~dairy-free~gluten-free~vegan~ Author: HealthfulMama.com Recipe type: Snack, Dessert Four ingredients make this a fast and easy healthy snack! Ingredients 16 oz dates, pitted 1½...
Read MoreBlack Bean Hummus
This recipe ROCKS. Please excuse the shitty photo. It’s the best I could get of the grey dip on our recent roadtrip. This hummus works well when using edamame in place of the black beans (and looks prettier, too!). I’ll update soon! Print Black Bean Hummus Author: HealthfulMama.com Recipe type: Appetizer, Snack Prep time: 1 min Cook time: 4 mins Total time: 5 mins Serves: 6 Easy prep and simple ingredients make this dip a winner Ingredients 3 cups or 2 cans of organic black beans, drained & liquid...
Read MoreTiger Pasta: a Kid-friendly, Something From Nothing meal
We took our son on his first trip to the zoo last weekend and had a blast. It’s amazing what taking a child out of his normal routine will do for brain development. Bear came home with a better understanding of all those animals in the books we read, learned more about riding in the car for long periods of time (he’s cool with it), and experienced a vocabulary explosion! He suddenly started saying words we didn’t think we was ready to say yet: hippo, panther, croc, and his new favorite: tiger. Returning home, we were hungry but had little food in the house. The following...
Read MoreHomemade Baked Chicken Empanadas
This poor planner ended up with a whole, cooked, yet uneaten chicken last week. I decided to try something new. These chicken empanadas (meat-filled pastry) are “like homemade Hot Pockets–easy to eat and grab on the go,” as one of my taste-testers noted. I’m calling them empanadas because that is what I based my dough from, but these are probably nothing like an authentic empanada. They are, however, filling and delicious. Enjoy! For the Dough Ingredients 3 cups bread flour 1/2 tsp sea salt 1/2 cup butter 1 egg yolk 3/4 to 1 cup milk (any type) 1. Combine flour and...
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