Clean Eating Spiced Honey Apple Oats

Spiced Honey Apple Oats

Serving Size: 1

1/3 cup old fashioned oats

1 cup water

2 tbsp honey

¼ tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 apple pealed, cored, sliced and diced.

In a small pan add water and apples, bring to a boil, then add oats. Cook 10-15 min depending on desired consistency. Add honey, pumpkin pie spice. Stir and serve Warm.

2 tbsp honey

Cran-raisin, Strawberry, Oat Chocolate Snack Bars

As part of our Cub Scout Pack meeting tonight, we were asked to bring a healthy snack to share with the cub scouts and their families. I know the typical carrots, apples, celery and all that... but I wanted to do something a little different. I wanted a healthy snack bar. I am not purchasing any as I have all the ingredients to make a yummy one at home. I googled a healthy homemade snack bar online and I found this one. It was a great starting point, as I have never made one before in my whole life. I was grateful for the basic needs of a snack bar. This one is packed with loads of stuff, I guess my only hope is that it tastes good and my kids will eat it. I will bring some to the church and some will stay home. This makes a LARGE batch, a jelly roll pan full.  The original batch called for a 13X9 pan.

Ingredients:
Combine...
4 cups of oats
2 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups brown sugar (that’s the only bad part)
1 cup raisins
1 cup craisins (dried cranberries)
1 cup wheat germ or ground flax seed (we did the flax)
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
2 cups freeze dried strawberries
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 cup sweetened coconut shredded
2 cups cinnamon almond granola



Stir in...
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 pint apple sauce (homemade, unsweetened)
1 cup honey
3 eggs
6 tsp vanilla

Blend well, incorporating all aspects of the mix. Spray a large jelly roll pan and pat mixture with a spatula. 

Bake for 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees until the edges are golden brown.

Snack bars cut

Pan of 42 snack bars

 close up of the snack bar

Verdict - 

Delicious, filling, and nutritious. Not too sweet, but sweet enough. I am not a big fan of raisins, but this is very delicious. I will be cutting some of the snack bars in half and bringing those to the Cub Scout Pack meeting, the other's are staying here, and if the kids don't eat them, I'm going to, because they are very good! Enjoy

Honey Oat & Wheat Bread (Bread maker)

As I have a chicken and wild rice dish in the slow cooker. I decided that some fresh bread would go well with it. As I'm sick, I don't have the energy to make my homemade bread from scratch today. So, luckily, I have a bread maker. I decided to have it work for me. Therefore, I can have fresh bread tonight with dinner, from scratch, where I didn't have to "work" for it. That's working smarter not harder... right. I'm surprised that my brain is working enough for me to figure that out on my own. :)

I have been loving the oat breads that I've been making lately, but wanted something using wheat flour, as I have a TON and I need to use it up. So, I found this recipe online. And it sounded wonderful. She uses all organic. I don't. I removed the organic. I read through the comments and adjusted where I felt it needed adjusting. Here's hoping it turns out delicious. It sounds delicious to me. I plan on making two of these today.

Ingredients:

1 1/4 C warm water (NOT HOT) 1 Tbsp olive oil  1/3 C honey  1 tsp salt  1 C Rolled Oats  2 C Whole Wheat flour 1 C unbleached Bread Flour  1 tsp yeast

2 tsp vital wheat gluten

Directions:

Add ingredients to bread machine in order (Unless your bread maker calls for flour first)
Use white bread cycle - I go with Medium crust
for a softer crust wrap with plastic wrap right away - the steam softens the crust

12 - 1 slice servings (including ends)

Makes a great sandwich bread and really yummy toast! 

Honey Oatmeal Bread (bread maker)

Last night I wanted a healthy breakfast bread to wake up to. I some how got the notion that if I had fresh hot bread waiting for my kids then my mornings would be, shall I say... less hectic... I know a mother's dream right! well, exactly what it seems like it is... a dream. Well, I had one good day and that was the day with peanut butter bread. (sorry all mothers with kids with peanut allergies). My kids LOVE peanut butter. I make sure they wash their hands and dust off really good before they go to school, if that helps. That aside. This morning I tried a different bread recipe for "hopefully" another pretty smooth morning. Unfortunately for me... they were't too excited to have this for breakfast, except lathered in peanut butter. Well, almost. I couldn't get Bryen to even try it. Braeden ate one piece with peanut butter on it and my little Mikey, had it with honey. I toasted 4 pieces for my sweet heart when he got home from work with just butter. He loved it! Then I gave Mikey another piece after school with nothing on it. HE loved it. He even asked it this was what I gave him this morning. I said "yes", He said "I LOVE IT!"I guess this morning they were too tired to eat it. Or care. Can you say early bed time :)

Again I found this on the WestBend website for 1 1/2 lb bread recipes. I love being able to find cool recipes online.  This recipe was I think so far one of my favorite bread machine bread recipes. It came out pretty close to perfect. So soft in the center and not too browned on the crust. (no I didn't cut my self this time) :) Small miracles I know. I'll take them every day and twice on Sundays. Again I set this recipe on delay and went to bed. (I don't know why it took me so long to use that feature.) I LOVE IT!

Ingredients
7 1/2 oz (3/4 +3 Tbsp) water, 75-85F
3 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp butter or margarine
2 cups bread flour
1 cup oats, quick or old fashioned
2 Tbsp dry milk
1 1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp active dry yeast or 1 1/2 tsp bread machine/fast rise yeast

1. Add liquid ingredients and butter to bread pan.

2. Add all dry ingredients, except yeast to bread pan. tap pan to settle dry ingredients and then level, pushing some of them into the corners. Lock pan into bread maker.

3. Make an indentation in center of dry ingredients fill with yeast. Select desired setting. Program timer, if necessary. Turn bread maker on. When bread is done, turn bread maker off and, using oven mitts, unlock and remove the bread pan. Shake bread out of pan and cool on rack before slicing. (or you can be like me and slice it hot and enjoy! :))

Verdict!
A definite make at my house again. I loved it, even if the kids weren't too thrilled with it this morning. My husband and I loved it. They don't have to eat it... That's more for me, and I love my CARBS!