Peanut Butter Granola Bites

Peanut Butter Granola Bites

granola ground flax seed honey oat bran oats peanut butter Snack

Have you lot always picked out the large pieces from the residual of the granola? Or receive got you lot always left behind the fiddling pieces because it was inconvenient to swallow at the component division or inwards the car? These bites solve those problems!

No fiddling pieces, only perfect bite-sized pieces to receive got amongst you lot wherever you lot are. This granola is amount of protein, fiber, too complex carbs making them a skillful selection me upward for you lot too your kids!

Need a more substantial snack for the family? Try making a trail mix yesteryear adding pretzels, nuts, unsweetened banana chips, dried fruit, chocolate chips, or anything else that sounds good!


Peanut Butter Granola Bites
Yield: vi 1/4 C servings

Ingredients

• 1/2 C regular oats
• 1/4 C dry soil flaxseed
• 1/4 C oat bran
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp peanut butter
• 3 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 tbsp unsweetened applesauce (may ask less depending on moistness of your peanut butter)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325.
2. In a medium-sized bowl stir together the oats, flaxseed, oat bran, too salt. Set side.
3. In a pocket-size bowl mix together peanut butter too honey. Microwave for 8-10 seconds or until peanut butter melts. Stir inwards vanilla.
4. Pour peanut butter mixture over oats too stir. Add inwards unsweetened applesauce too stir until completely moistened. Form the mixture into large chunks, using your hands. Break the larger chunks into desired bite-size pieces. Repeat until entire oat mixture is used.
5. Place bites onto baking canvass too bake for 10-15 minutes or until granola starts to brown.
6. Remove pan too house on wire rack. Let cool completely too shop granola bites inwards airtight container.

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Roasted Scarlet Pepper Too Garlic Hummus

Roasted Scarlet Pepper Too Garlic Hummus

chickpea condiment low fat low sugar red pepper side dish

Since yesterday was the get-go solar daytime of Spring, I idea that a squeamish side was needed that would larn good amongst grilling, picnics, together with all of the other activities that cause got house in 1 trial the weather condition warms up. One of those sides is this super slow recipe for making your ain hummus. Hummus tin laissez passer the axe last made ahead of fourth dimension together with stored inward the fridge for 3-4 days giving yous the might to conception ahead together with cause got it create for  right when yous take away it!

One squeamish matter almost making your hummus is that yous tin laissez passer the axe accommodate the ingredients to gibe your tastes. Add to a greater extent than garlic, cause got away around of the lemon juice, it's upwards to you! Plus, yous larn to run your food processor together with sit down dorsum together with spotter it create all of the work!

Goes keen amongst baked tortilla chips!

Roasted Red Pepper together with Garlic Hummus
Yield: almost ii cups

Ingredients

• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 15oz tin laissez passer the axe chickpeas, drained amongst ii tbsp liquid reserved
• 3/4 C roasted crimson peppers
• 1/4 C fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 C tahini
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp common salt (You may take away to a greater extent than if yous cause got unsalted chickpeas.)
• Crushed crimson pepper, for garnish

Directions:

1. In nutrient processor, pulse garlic cloves until chopped. Scrape sides. Add the chickpeas, chickpea liquid, peppers, lemon juice, tahini, together with olive oil. Process until smoothen together with slightly fluffy. Scraping sides equally necessary.
2. Sprinkle inward the onion pulverization together with salt. Process until combined.
3. Remove the hummus to a serving bowl together with refrigerate for at to the lowest degree an sixty minutes earlier serving to permit for flavors to blend.
4. Sprinkle amongst crushed crimson pepper earlier serving.

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Roasted Asparagus Alongside Garlic-Lemon Yogurt Sauce

Roasted Asparagus Alongside Garlic-Lemon Yogurt Sauce

Greek yogurt lemon juice low-fat side dish vegetables

I intend I may bring establish my novel favorite agency to consume asparagus, roasted amongst lemon sauce! Maybe it's the fact that the conditions is getting warmer in addition to the coloring fabric light-green has reappeared but recently, but this dish tasted similar Spring! The yogurt sauce is lite in addition to refreshing, balancing out the heavier season of roasted asparagus. There is but plenty spice from the white pepper to plough over it a slight boot (feel costless to add together more!). So good!

Roasted Asparagus amongst Garlic-Lemon Yogurt Sauce
Yield: iv servings

Ingredients

• 1 lb asparagus, washed in addition to trimmed
• 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 1/4 C plainly Greek yogurt
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 2 1/2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove, finely minced
• 1/8 tsp white pepper

Direction

1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. Place asparagus on baking canvass in addition to drizzle amongst olive oil. Shake the pan to gyre the asparagus inward the oil. Sprinkle amongst tabular array salt in addition to pepper to taste.
3. Roast for 12-15 minutes or until tender, stirring 1 time halfway through.
4. Meanwhile, whisk together the yogurt, oil, lemon juice, garlic, in addition to white pepper inward a modest bowl. Refrigerate until arrive at to serve.
5. To serve, withdraw asparagus to plates in addition to piece of job past times amongst yogurt sauce. 

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Chewy Banana-Mini Flake Oatmeal Cookies

Chewy Banana-Mini Flake Oatmeal Cookies

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Thick, chewy cookies loaded amongst season in addition to texture, that are healthy?? Yep! Sweetness from the ripened bananas in addition to mini chips, along amongst the nutty texture of the oats makes these cookies difficult to swallow only one. Since it's bananas in addition to oatmeal, that's practically banana bread, which is a breakfast food, in addition to hence become ahead in addition to swallow these anytime of day! :)

Have a neat weekend! We are going to endeavour in addition to bask this sunny weather condition earlier it rains again! (And we'll belike convey to a greater extent than or less of these cookies along amongst us!)


Chewy Banana-Mini Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Adapted from: SkinnyTaste
Yield: virtually xxx cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 C all-purpose flour
• 1/2 C whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp butter, softened
• 1/4 C saccharide substitute
• 1/4 C sugar
• 1/2 C chocolate-brown sugar
• 1 egg, large
• 1/3 C ripe banana, mashed
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 C quick oats
• 1/4 C mini chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. 
2. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, powder, soda, in addition to salt.
3. In a split bowl, cream together butter in addition to sugars. Add inward egg in addition to trounce until low-cal in addition to creamy. Mix inward banana in addition to vanilla.
4. By hand, stir inward banana mixture into flour mixture until well-combined. Stir inward oats in addition to mini-chips.
5. Drop yesteryear heaping tablespoons onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges start out to brown. Do not over-bake.
6. Remove to wire rack in addition to cool. Store inward an airtight container.

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Carrot Cake Cupcakes Alongside Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot Cake Cupcakes Alongside Cream Cheese Frosting

carrots cream cheese cupcakes Dessert Easter low-fat

Carrot cake is 1 of my favorite cakes. When my hubby asks me what cake I desire him to brand for my birthday (Yes, he makes me a birthday cake, he's amazing!), the answer is carrot cake. It's also 1 of his favorite cakes, together with because of that I am ever looking for ways to alter the recipe to arrive healthier.

Well, this recipe is going to hold upwards around for awhile! It turned out great! Half whole wheat flour, yogurt together with applesauce significantly trim down the total of fatty together with calories inwards this cake, yet it's soundless light, moist, together with total of flavor!

The frosting, however, is a unlike story. . .I accept to acknowledge that I dear cream cheese frosting together with I accept yet to honour a recipe that is that salubrious that I actually similar other than using 1/3 of the fatty cream cheese. So, if yous are watching your calories, yous may desire to become lite on the frosting. And if yous accept whatever recipes that are peachy for a lite version, delight allow me know!

Carrot Cake Cupcakes amongst Cream Cheese Frosting
Yield: 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 C whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 C all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 C grated carrots
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp dry soil allspice
• 1/4 tsp dry soil nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp dry soil cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/3 C saccharide or 1/2 C saccharide substitute together with 1/2 C sugar
• 1/4 C nighttime dark-brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 C non-fat manifestly yogurt
• 1/4 C unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 C canola oil
• For the Frosting
• 1 8oz packet of 1/3 of the fatty cream cheese, softened
• 2 tbsp butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 2 C confectioner's sugar, sifted

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Place cupcake liners inwards muffins tins.
2. Place grated carrots into a large mixing bowl together with educate aside.
3. Put flours, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, together with tabular array salt into the bowl of a nutrient processor or stand upwards mixer. Pulse or mix for close for close 10 seconds. Add the flour mixture to the grated carrots together with toss to coat.
4. Next add together the sugars, eggs, yogurt, together with applesauce to the bowl of the nutrient processor/stand mixer together with pulse/beat until creamy. Add inwards the fossil oil together with mix until well-combined.
5. Pour the saccharide mixture inwards the carrots together with stir until but moistened. 
6. Fill cupcake liners close 2/3 total together with bake for 20-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
7. Remove cupcakes to wire rack together with allow to cool completely.
8. Preparing the Frosting
9. Using a stand upwards mixer, vanquish cream cheese together with butter together until blended. Add inwards the vanilla together with tabular array salt together with vanquish until smooth. Add inwards the confectioner's saccharide a 1/2 loving cup at a fourth dimension together with vanquish until smoothen together with creamy. 
10. Refrigerate for at to the lowest degree 10 minutes earlier frosting cupcakes.

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Versatile Blogger Awards

Versatile Blogger Awards

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One of my novel nutrient blogger friends, Oishii Treats, has nominated me for The Versatile Blogger Award! I am rattling honored yesteryear her choice. Thank you! :)  

Here are the rules for the Versatile Blog Award:

•  Thank the soul who gave you lot this award. 
•  Include a link to their blog.
•  Next, pick out fifteen blogs/bloggers that you’ve latterly discovered or follow regularly. 
•  Nominate those fifteen bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award.
•  Finally, say the soul who nominated you lot seven things most yourself. 

There are also a few improver rules:

• In the same post, include this ready of rules. 
• Inform each nominated blogger of their nomination yesteryear posting a comment on each of their blogs

So, what is the Versatile Blogger Award?  ”It is a dandy agency to innovate unlike bloggers to each other as well as to promote lineament blogs that awardees as well as their readers may non accept discovered otherwise.”

Here are my nominees! Be certain to halt yesteryear as well as cheque out their dandy photography as well as amazing recipes!!

Amuse Your Bouche
Bake.Eat.Repeat
Bloggy Writer
Crunchy Creamy Sweet
The Daily Deelight
Kitchie Coo
Liv Life
The Messy Baker Blog
NY City Eats
Oishii Treats
Piggy inward Polka Dots
Ravie Nom Noms
The Scrumptious Pumpkin
Slow Cooking Kitchen
Three Little Piglets


Seven things most myself. . .hmm. . .


1. I dearest to run! If I can't run, I teach rattling antsy! (Just inquire my husband!!)
2. The Food Network tin dismiss entertain me for hours :)
3. I dearest extra-dark chocolate, non only night chocolate, it's got to last extra-dark! Oh, as well as 1 slice tin dismiss final me a long time!
4. I prefer mutual depression temperature atmospheric condition over hot atmospheric condition if at that topographic point is snowfall on the ground. No snow?? Then plough over me the warm weather! 
5. I dearest existence outdoors whether it's hiking or kayaking or reading or grilling, or anything!
6. I'm a huge baseball game fan! It doesn't affair if I'm watching it on TV, listening to it on the radio, next it on Gameday, or of class watching it inward soul (thought that's the best!), I accept to follow the game. :)
7. Did I advert that I similar to last outside?? Because, apart from existence inward the kitchen trying out novel recipes, that is where you lot volition uncovering me!



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Garlic Roasted Babe Cerise Potatoes

Garlic Roasted Babe Cerise Potatoes

garlic potatoes side dish

Roasted potatoes are such a versatile dish. You tin serve them amongst breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner.

You tin grill them or roast them inwards the oven. I intend that's why I similar them in addition to hence much! That, in addition to they sense of savor good. :) This recipe trims the sum of fossil oil used to simply the sum needed to coat the potatoes in addition to hand them that squeamish crispy skin. If you lot bring to a greater extent than than a pound in addition to a one-half of potatoes, you lot may postulate to add together to a greater extent than oil.

Garlic Roasted Baby Red Potatoes
Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs babe blood-red potatoes, washed in addition to cubed
• 2 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• 2-3 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 1 tsp onion powder
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. Place potatoes on a baking canvass amongst a lip, such a a jellyroll pan/half sheet. 
3. In a pocket-size bowl, stir together the olive oil, garlic, in addition to onion powder. Drizzle over the potatoes. Stir or gently milk tremble the pan to coat the potatoes amongst oil.
4. Sprinkle amongst common salt in addition to pepper to taste. 
5. Bake for 30-40 depending on the size of the potatoes, until tender. Stir every 10 minutes to permit for fifty-fifty cooking. Serve warm.

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