Oatmeal Banana Peanut Butter Cookies

Who doesn't LOVE cookies? 

Who doesn't love feeling guiltless when eating cookies? I needed to Mokshafy a recipe to keep me on track and to let my son eat cookies without all the sugar. We both have a major sweet tooth. It can put us in a sugary situation.

This recipe did just that. I won't feel bad sneaking one of these into his lunches for school, or eating one in the middle of the day. Healthy Cookies! For real!

INGREDIENTS
3 bananas, ripe
1⁄3cup Coconut oil
2.25 cups quick cooking oats
1⁄2cup chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 Tbs Honey
3 Heaping Tbs of peanut butter

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas with a fork until no longer lumpy. If bananas aren't very ripe, a hand mixer may be used. Stir in oil, oats, chocolate chips, peanut butter and vanilla.
Lightly grease a cookie sheet or use a silpat.
For each cookie, spoon about 2 tablespoons of cookie mixture (or I like to use an ice cream scooper) onto the cookie sheet. 

Bake for 16-20 minutes.
**IF batter seems a little dry, add dashes of milk to moisten.

You can omit the chocolate chips to make them even healthier and add cinnamon, raisins or chopped pecans! Omitting the peanut butter all together is also a delish version! I just happen to have a love affair with peanut butter.

Enjoy and stay healthy my friends!

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Overnight Apple Cinnamon Refrigerator Oatmeal

Okay okay I know I already have a recipe for refrigerator oatmeal posted, but I created a new and improved one for my clean eating group. FYI, If you want to join one of my free 5 Day clean Eating groups just friend me here and I can add you. They are always fun plus you will get a weeks of recipes for free!

 IT'S DA BOMB! 

I like this recipe even better. This is the joy I get from experimenting in the kitchen and winging it. I enjoy reading a recipe once, then making it my own. It's the only way for me. I can NEVER stick to someone else's recipe entirely. I use them for inspiration. Unless it's baking of course. I suck at baking. I'm a wanna be baker. But baking is like chemistry. IT MUST BE RIGHT!  I hope you use my recipes for inspiration and make them your own as well.

Overnight Apple Cinnamon Refrigerator Oatmeal 

Ingredients:

Makes 2 large servings.

Total time 12+ hours

• 1/2 cup rolled dry oats
• 3/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk
• 3/4 cup plain greek yogurt
• 1 tbs Chia seeds
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
• couple dashes of Cinnamon
• 1/2 of small apple chopped
• 1/2 banana chopped
• 5 walnuts chopped
• 2 tsp Pure maple syrup or honey. *Liquid Stevia is a great no calorie option. Only 2 drops would be needed. 

Directions:

Make this the night before. 

Add oats in medium bowl. Add milk, yogurt, chia seeds, vanilla, cinnamon, all but a tbs of chopped apple, banana, walnuts and sweetener of choice. Mix well. Add the remaining apple and sprinkle with cinnamon again. Cover tightly with saran wrap or a jar with lid and place in refrigerator overnight. 

Good morning!

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Banana Bugs

I am SOO very lucky to have a child who will basically try ANY food you give to him. He has always had the best of appetites. I have never had to make a separate meal for him other than what I make for my husband and I. If we have a big ol Spinach salad for dinner, he does too. And he LOVES IT! In fact, he requests salads when we go out to restaurants. He has expensive taste buds that's for sure.  For example, he wont eat regular string cheese or cheddar, he only wants Aged Gouda and Manchego cheese. He wont eat hot dogs or grilled cheese, he would rather have roasted broccoli and green beans. He does love Hamburgers and Pizza, however  Who doesn't right? He's so my son! 

Basically, I don't have to make his food funny for him to eat it, I just like to. He enjoys it and I have even more fun creating it. The more fun in our lives the better! So today I made Banana bugs. Who doesn't like Bananas or Peanut Butter? Who doesn't like Coconut or Pretzels? Raisins I can see, so use mini chocolate chips and make them a treat. Be creative and have some fun. Food is awesome!

1 Banana

1 TBS Peanut Butter
1 Tsp unsweetened Coconut flakes
8 Pretzel sticks
4 Raisins

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