"Apple Pie" bites:
**Days 1-24**
Ingredients: 1 Granny Smith Green Apple
Cinnamon
Cut apple into slices.
Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Microwave for a minute or two (until juice comes out and pieces are soft... and it smells like apple pie!)
**Days 1-24**
Ingredients: 1 Granny Smith Green Apple
Cinnamon
Cut apple into slices.
Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Microwave for a minute or two (until juice comes out and pieces are soft... and it smells like apple pie!)
Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients: 3 Very Ripe Bananas
1/3 c Natural/unsweetened Apple Sauce
1/4 c Unsweetened Almond Milk
2 c Natural Oats (uncooked)
1 tsp Vanilla
2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 c Raisins or Mini-Chocolate Chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 350.
Mash bananas in a medium-sized bowl.
Pour in rest of ingredients and mix well.
Scoop mixture into big spoonfuls and put onto baking sheet.
Bake for 15-20 minutes.
*Can freeze and top with natural peanut butter if desired*
**These cookies will have a different texture than "normal" cookies, but enjoy them guilt-free!**
Ingredients: 3 Very Ripe Bananas
1/3 c Natural/unsweetened Apple Sauce
1/4 c Unsweetened Almond Milk
2 c Natural Oats (uncooked)
1 tsp Vanilla
2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 c Raisins or Mini-Chocolate Chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 350.
Mash bananas in a medium-sized bowl.
Pour in rest of ingredients and mix well.
Scoop mixture into big spoonfuls and put onto baking sheet.
Bake for 15-20 minutes.
*Can freeze and top with natural peanut butter if desired*
**These cookies will have a different texture than "normal" cookies, but enjoy them guilt-free!**
Protein Clusters:
**Days 1-24 if No Chips**
Ingredients: 1 c Old-Fashioned Oats
1 c All-Natural, Raw Almonds
3 scoops AdvoCare Chocolate Muscle Gain Protein Powder (or 1.5 Meal Replacements)
1.5 c All-Natural, Low Sodium Peanut Butter
1-2 T All-Natural Honey
1 c Peanut Butter Chips (optional)
1 c Chocolate Mini-Chips (optional)
In food processor, blend oats and almonds until they are powdery. Put in medium mixing bowl.
Add rest of ingredients to mixing bowl.
Stir (or mash together with your hands) ingredients until well-blended.
Form into balls.
*A "Cassie's Kitchen" Favorite! Refrigerate for 2 hours.
Yields approximately 18-20 clusters (size as shown), depending on the size you make them.
**Days 1-24 if No Chips**
Ingredients: 1 c Old-Fashioned Oats
1 c All-Natural, Raw Almonds
3 scoops AdvoCare Chocolate Muscle Gain Protein Powder (or 1.5 Meal Replacements)
1.5 c All-Natural, Low Sodium Peanut Butter
1-2 T All-Natural Honey
1 c Peanut Butter Chips (optional)
1 c Chocolate Mini-Chips (optional)
In food processor, blend oats and almonds until they are powdery. Put in medium mixing bowl.
Add rest of ingredients to mixing bowl.
Stir (or mash together with your hands) ingredients until well-blended.
Form into balls.
*A "Cassie's Kitchen" Favorite! Refrigerate for 2 hours.
Yields approximately 18-20 clusters (size as shown), depending on the size you make them.
Pumpkin Butter Bread
Ingredients: Whole Grain or Ezekiel Bread
Pure/Organic/No-Sugar-Added Pumpkin Butter
Toast bread if preferred.
Spread on pumpkin butter.
You can also find/use organic apple butter & almond butter.
Ingredients: Whole Grain or Ezekiel Bread
Pure/Organic/No-Sugar-Added Pumpkin Butter
Toast bread if preferred.
Spread on pumpkin butter.
You can also find/use organic apple butter & almond butter.
Quinoa Chocolate Chip Cookies
**Better for Post-Challenge**
Original Recipe Submitted by: Dusti B., Toronto
Ingredients: 1/2 c Crisco Butter-Flavor Baking Stick
1/2 c Unsweetened/Natural Applesauce
1/2 c Splenda Brown Sugar (equals 1 c brown sugar)
1 c Stevia In the Raw
3 egg whites
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 c Almond Meal
1 c Wheat Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1 c Cooked Quinoa
1-1/4 c Old-Fashion Oats
1 c Semi-Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips (or Cacao Nibs or Dark Chocolate Chips)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cook quinoa.
In bowl, beat Crisco, brown sugar, and Stevia until fluffy. Add in applesauce, egg whites, and vanilla.
In separate bowl, mix together almond meal, wheat flour, baking soda, and salt.
Add flour mixture to sugar mixture and blend.
Add in quinoa, oatmeal, and chocolate chips and mix together.
Scoop with spoon onto non-stick baking sheet.
Bake for 20 min, or until start to get golden-brown. (bake time will also depend on size of cookies)
Let cool for 30 minutes and enjoy!
Cookie size in picture shown yields approximately 26 cookies.
**Better for Post-Challenge**
Original Recipe Submitted by: Dusti B., Toronto
Ingredients: 1/2 c Crisco Butter-Flavor Baking Stick
1/2 c Unsweetened/Natural Applesauce
1/2 c Splenda Brown Sugar (equals 1 c brown sugar)
1 c Stevia In the Raw
3 egg whites
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 c Almond Meal
1 c Wheat Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1 c Cooked Quinoa
1-1/4 c Old-Fashion Oats
1 c Semi-Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips (or Cacao Nibs or Dark Chocolate Chips)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cook quinoa.
In bowl, beat Crisco, brown sugar, and Stevia until fluffy. Add in applesauce, egg whites, and vanilla.
In separate bowl, mix together almond meal, wheat flour, baking soda, and salt.
Add flour mixture to sugar mixture and blend.
Add in quinoa, oatmeal, and chocolate chips and mix together.
Scoop with spoon onto non-stick baking sheet.
Bake for 20 min, or until start to get golden-brown. (bake time will also depend on size of cookies)
Let cool for 30 minutes and enjoy!
Cookie size in picture shown yields approximately 26 cookies.
"Raw Cookie Dough" Bites, Version 1
**Days 11-24**
Ingredients: 2/3 c Raw Almonds
2/3 c Raw Walnuts
2/3 c Old-fashion Oats
1/4 tsp Cinnamon
1/8 tsp Sea Salt
1/4 c Raw Agave Nectar
2-3 tsp Vanilla Extract
3 tbsp Cacao Nibs or Dark Chocolate Chips
In a food processor, process the almonds, walnuts, oats, cinnamon and salt to a fine meal.
Add the agave nectar and vanilla and process to combine.
Next, add the cacoa nibs (or chocolate chips) and pulse just to combine.
Roll the cookie dough into balls about 1 tbsp each (wet your hands if the dough is too sticky) and place them in a plastic container with a lid or on a cookie pan lined with parchment paper. Place the pan in the freezer for about an hour to firm up. Store balls in a tightly covered container in the freezer.
Yield approximately 15-17 bites.
****A "Cassie's Kitchen" favorite!
**Days 11-24**
Ingredients: 2/3 c Raw Almonds
2/3 c Raw Walnuts
2/3 c Old-fashion Oats
1/4 tsp Cinnamon
1/8 tsp Sea Salt
1/4 c Raw Agave Nectar
2-3 tsp Vanilla Extract
3 tbsp Cacao Nibs or Dark Chocolate Chips
In a food processor, process the almonds, walnuts, oats, cinnamon and salt to a fine meal.
Add the agave nectar and vanilla and process to combine.
Next, add the cacoa nibs (or chocolate chips) and pulse just to combine.
Roll the cookie dough into balls about 1 tbsp each (wet your hands if the dough is too sticky) and place them in a plastic container with a lid or on a cookie pan lined with parchment paper. Place the pan in the freezer for about an hour to firm up. Store balls in a tightly covered container in the freezer.
Yield approximately 15-17 bites.
****A "Cassie's Kitchen" favorite!