No Bake Energy Bites for Toddlers. YUMMMM







 

 

These are seriously the easiest healthy snack I've ever made for Reef. Seriously. All you need is one bowl, a handful of ingredients, and BOOM energizing peanut buttery goodness!

 

I adapted this recipe from HERE

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

 

1/2 Cup Organic Peanut Butter (sometimes I use 1/4 cup peanut butter and 1/4 cup almond butter BUT they are definitely more dry and a little harder to shape when you do it this way)

 

1/3 Cup Organic Honey (of course I ran out of this stuff and used this bear honey my in laws had and it worked great)

 

1/2 Cup Organic Rolled Oats

 

1/2 Cup Organic Brown Rice Cereal (My MIL got this for Reef but I never feed it to him so I tend to use it as a filler in random things)

 

1/4 Cup ground Flax & Chia Seeds

 

1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

 

1 tsp Ground Cinnamon

 

Directions:

 

Add peanute butter, honey, vanilla, and cinnamon to a large bowl and stir until combined.

 

Dump in the brown rice cereal, rolled outs, and ground flax & chia seeds. Stir and stir until it creates one big ball.

 

Seperate and roll into bite size toddler balls.

 

Place them in a ziploc bag or reusable container and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before letting your toddler chomp on them. (this 30 minutes is really important as it will be a little too gooey for a toddler to handle)



 

 

 As you can see Reef kind of loves these things like crazy. I won't lie to you, so do I.

Xo

J

oh and yes, i'm pretending like it hasn't been months since I've blogged.

DROP DEAD DELICIOUS

Alright...there's no light way to say this- I'M IN LOVE WITH A SUMMER COUSCOUS SALAD.

Photo From: Sprinkles of Parsley

This is the first thing I've eaten my entire pregnancy that tastes like heaven...seriously, heaven. This recipe comes from the brilliant mind of Chelsea from Sprinkles of Parsley [the girl is utter genius when it comes to delicious home made goodness].

She actually guest posted this recipe at Simply Scratch, another fabulous food-blog-oh-heaven.

If you're into good home made recipes [and I mean, aside from how much time you have, who isn't?!] go check these ladies out!

Immunity

Since January I've had the most horrendous cough...the kind that drives even my husband, the medic, insane. My doctor can't figure out what's going on (always a comfort) because not only do I cough but I (WARNING TMI) viciously puke up mucus in the morning; I'm already feeling unsexy as it is, do we really need to add to it? I've gone from antibiotics to allergy medicine and now back to antibiotics and bed rest- bed rest is my personal hell- I'm a doer and a work junky.

I'm utterly determined to kick this cough once and for all and have an arsenal of immunity boosters to do so. The immunity boosters include:

Flax Seed Oil, Fish Oil, Spirulina Powder, Vitamin C, & more water than I've ever drank in my life. 

Plus large bowls of whole foods and leafy collard greans. 

The fish oil and vitamin C were strict orders from my doctor and the spirulina & flax seed oil were given her "OK". I absolutely love spirulina. It's one of the best Superfoods around and all you have to do is toss about a tablespoon (or more if you were raised around a lot of hippies like I was) into a smoothie and you're good to go! Once mixed into the smoothie it has absolutely no effect on the taste of the smoothie, only the color turning it a deep-green-Dr. Seuss-inspired hue. If you're having trouble with Iron or calcium it is packed with that as well! For more info my favorite brand is found here http://www.nutrex-hawaii.com/spirulina.html, they're a local company on the Big Island of Hawai'i that manufacture this glorious green powder I love so much.

I have a thing about putting my smoothies in mugs, now that I'm pregnant and doing my very best to stay away from my favorite addiction, Caffeine.

[[I'm hoping to get better at taking, what I like to call, Food Porn photos. You know, the kind that make you weak in the knees and desperately hungry in an instant]]

Last but not least of my immunity boosters- fresh flowers. Having them in the house when I'm sick (or not) always makes everything feel better.