Yummy recipes the family will love! Ours did:)

Apple Cinnamon Bread
  One of my new favorites! you can put this in one 9x5 loaf and make a nice big loaf perfect for eating and cooking (think french toast!!!!!) or a couple smaller loaves perfect for school snacks and lunch bags!!

 pictured here with homemade Triple Berry Cinnamon Jam!

Ingredients:
3 cups white whole wheat flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. apple pie spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves)
1 tsp. salt
3 eggs
½ cup coconut oil
¾ cup maple syrup
¼ cup applesauce
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups grated apple and 1 cup diced apple

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease 2 medium loaf pans or equivalent.  (I used 2 mini-loaf pans plus a 12-muffin pan).
2. Mix the dry ingredients in a medium bowl and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, mix together the remaining ingredients.
4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir to combine well.
5. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean (45-50 minutes for a medium loaf pan; 30-35 minutes for a mini-loaf pan; 18-25 minutes for muffins).
6. Cool on a wire rack.

Our Version Of a Granola Bar and An Amazing Homemade Snack!!

Tonight we made fruit and walnut balls!

I combined two recipes to make this delicious and convenient no bake-snacks. 

1 scoop of brown rice powder...or you can use wheat germ

1 cup chopped dates

1 cup dried cranberries or 1/2 c raisins and 1/2 c cranberries

1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts- the smaller the nuts, the easier it is to bind the mixture together

1/2 cup melted all natural peanut butter ( I used MaraNatha Creamy No-Stir)

*The recipe didn't call for peanut butter but I found it easier to bind the balls this way

Mix the entire mixture into tightly packed 1 1/2 inch balls. This part is great for kids to get involved because it is a little messy:)

Cover with clear wrap and place in the refrigerator for a few hours until the balls harden and can be picked up without falling apart. Enjoy! Love, Kaite and Kendra