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These can be made vegan, all natural, raw, and/or organic…as healthy as you like! No cooking or baking required…these are so easy to make! Chocolate, peanut butter, honey, coconut, chia seeds, oatmeal, vanilla = mmm, mmm, good!
1 cup old-fashioned oats, uncooked
1 cup coconut flakes, unsweetened
1/2 cup chia seeds
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup raw honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mash all ingredients together with a fork until mixed well. Shape into balls and chill in the refrigerator. Enjoy!
*I use raw, organic ingredients where possible in order to make this a healthier treat. I substitute the peanut butter with other nut butters sometimes because there are other nuts and seeds that are much healthier than peanuts. You could also use sesame seeds or flax seeds instead of the chia seeds, but I prefer the chia seeds for the omega 3′s. I get the Nutiva brand chia seeds because they are raw and organic. I don’t like using flax due to the phytoestrogens associated with it. The coconut, peanut butter, honey and chia seeds used in this recipe are all organic. I order my honey, chia seeds and coconut online.
Lisa,
Thanks for sharing this recipe! It’s so simple and sounds yummy! I’ll have to try it and I’m sure my family will love these “cookies”!
Thank you, Noel! My kids love the “cookies” and I feel good about it because they’re healthy! Here’s another healthy recipe that’s really good and super easy!
Pear & Cranberry Salad
Ingredients:
1 head green leafy lettuce
6 oz feta cheese, crumbled
4 oz dried cranberries
2/3 cup raw sunflower seeds
2 pears
Dressing: extra virgin olive oil
and rice vinegar
Directions:
1. Toast the sunflower seeds until slightly brown.
2. Chop the lettuce.
3. Cut the pears into slices removing and discarding the core and seeds.
4. Mix the lettuce, pears, cheese, sunflower seeds and cranberries into a large serving bowl.
5. Top with extra virgin olive oil and rice vinegar for dressing.
Enjoy!
*Alternatively, you could put some cranberries, rice vinegar and olive oil into a blender to make a sweeter dressing.
*It is important to use raw seeds and toast them yourself. Seeds that are already toasted in the store do NOT taste the same. There is just something good about the warm seeds placed on top of the feta cheese and how they cling to the wet, sliced pears…it is so good!
Lisa,
This sounds wonderful too! I’m going to have to make out a grocery list!!
I would like to submit my Thai Shrimp Cucumber Salad Recipe for consideration for publication. As a gastric bypass patient I am always creating recipes that are low fat, low sugar but pack a punch in the protein department. Using these type of recipes has helped me achieve my weight loss goal of 120 pounds in 9 months! Below is my Thai Shrimp Cucumber Salad Recipe.
Thai Shrimp Cucumber Salad Recipe
Serves 4
Time: 20 minutes prep
Ingredients
• 3 large cucumbers, peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, and cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 cup splenda sugar (You could use a bit of Agave syrup if you are following Clean Eating)
• 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
• ½ red onion sliced
• 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts
• 2 cups of cooked shrimp tails off
• 1 green onion diced
• 1/2 a lime juiced
• 2 tbsp basil leaves
• 1 tbsp dry red pepper flakes
• 1 tbsp peanut oil added to the sauce
Directions
1. Toss the cucumbers with the salt in a colander, and leave in the sink to drain for 30 minutes. Rinse with cold water, then drain and pat dry with paper towels.
2. Whisk together the sugar, peanut oil, lime juice and vinegar in a mixing bowl until the sugar has dissolved. Add the cucumbers, jalapeno peppers, green onion, red onion, shrimp and cilantro; toss to combine. Sprinkle chopped peanuts on top before serving.
Ellen,
This sounds spicy! This is a perfect summer time salad! I’m thinking the dressing would be good on any seafood salad… Thanks for submitting this recipe and Best of Luck on your nutrition plan. Congrats on reaching your goal weight!
~Noel