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My Favorite Trail Mix
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Posted on March 31, 2008 in snacks by Elana
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Power Bars
For the past few months, I have been playing around with power bar recipes. When I’m on the go, I want to grab something that is packed with nutrition, not too sweet and plenty tasty.
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2 cups almonds (raw)
½ cup flax meal (flax seeds ground in a blender)
½ cup shredded coconut (unsweetened)
½ cup unsalted almond butter (roasted tastes better)
½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
½ cup coconut oil
4 drops stevia
1 tablespoon agave nectar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup dagoba chocodrops (optional)
- Place almonds, flax meal, shredded coconut, almond butter and salt in a food processor
- Pulse briefly, about 10 seconds
- In a small sauce pan, melt coconut oil over very low heat,
- Remove coconut oil from stove, stir stevia, agave and vanilla into oil
- Add coconut oil mixture to food processor and pulse until ingredients form a coarse paste
- Press mixture into an 8 x 8 glass baking dish
- Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour, until mixture hardens
- In a small saucepan, melt chocodrops over very low heat, stirring continuously
- Spread melted chocolate over bars; return to refrigerator for 30 minutes, until chocolate hardens
- Remove from refrigerator, cut into bars and serve.
Posted on February 1, 2008 in snacks by Elana
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Granola
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Posted on September 11, 2007 in breakfasts and snacks by Elana
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Yogurt with Orange and Coconut
Yum. My boys love this dish and somehow, a few simple ingredients thrown together look so elegant and appetizing. This easy snack for two takes mere minutes to make.
2 cups yogurt (I prefer Organic Nancy’s Whole Milk Yogurt)
2 oranges, peeled and sliced
¼ cup coconut flakes
- Take out 2 medium bowls and place orange slices in each one
- Spoon 1 cup of yogurt over orange slices in each bowl
- Sprinkle concoction with coconut flakes
- Enjoy!
Serves 2
Posted on July 5, 2007 in desserts and snacks by Elana
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Sesame Crackers
Every time my friend Patricia, Pilates Diva extraordinary, comes over she walks out of the house with a handful of these crackers. I promised her I would make this recipe my next post. Happy crunching!
3 cups blanched almond flour
1½ teaspoons celtic sea salt
1 cup sesame seeds
2 eggs, whisked until frothy
2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
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This highly nutritious gluten-free cracker goes well hummus, guacamole and other tasty spreads.
Posted on May 3, 2007 in snacks by Elana
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Mango Tango
As the weather warms, I follow suit and warm weather fruits make their way into my shopping cart.
Today I found gorgeous yellow mangos. I bought one and when I arrived home did the mango tango –a dance of slicing this slippery fruit.
- Stand the mango on its end, with stem side down
- Slice the flat sides off the mango, without cutting into the pit
- Place half mango on a cutting board, flesh side up
- Without cutting through the skin, score the mango with vertical lines
- Next, score mango with horizontal lines; leaving squares attached to the skin
- Turn the piece of fruit inside out and use a spoon to dislodge the cubes from the skin
- Repeat for the other half of the mango
I let the boys chew on the pit –a sweet and messy diversion for hungry little ones.
Posted on May 1, 2007 in snacks by Elana
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Liberté, Egalité, Crudité
It’s a vegetable revolution! They’re back. Vegetables, that is. They never really left, actually. Sometimes we just forget about them. If I take 10 minutes to chop up some carrots, cucumbers and yellow peppers, the boys will eat them the moment they walk in the door from school. That bowl is usually empty by dinner.
No recipe for this one. Just get yourself some good organic veggies, scrub and chop!
Posted on February 1, 2007 in snacks by Elana
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