My Foodie Call

Category: Snacks

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  Apple Pie Smoothie

  Posted at 8:00 pm by myfoodiecall

  Sep 14th
  

  Apple pie in a glass.

  I really like this smoothie because of its balance of nutrients. Almonds, oats, and apple???? Hello, breakfast in a glass. And it taste’s like apple pie. Winner.

  Serves 2 or 1 hungry person

  • 1 3/4 cup almond milk (or other non-dairy milk)
  • 1 cut up apple (keep the peel only if organic)
  • 5 almonds
  • 1/8 cup rolled oats
  • 2 medjool dates (pitted and chopped)
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 frozen banana
  • 1 stevia packet (optional)

  Load your blender in the order listed. Blend away!

  

  This recipe was a staple when my daughter had her tonsils out and could not eat anything with texture. She could only take so many mashed potatoes.

  Posted in Breakfast, Snacks | Tagged smoothie
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  12 Whole Wheat Berry Banana Muffins- Big ones.

  Posted at 8:00 pm by myfoodiecall

  Sep 12th

  We like muffins. Muffins are such an easy, versatile breakfast item.

  So easy that they make their way seamlessly into lunch boxes as a snack too.

  Or as a night-time snack. When the kids say they are starving two seconds before bed? They want chips? My response? Have a muffin.
  

  Here is a recent recipe.

  Berry Banana Muffins

  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened organic applesauce (Apples are at the top of the Dirty Dozen list. Buy organic)
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil (melted down)
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 bananas, mashed
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 1 cup frozen mixed berries

  DIRECTIONS:

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.  Line muffin tin with paper liners or non-stick spray.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, applesauce, coconut oil, brown sugar, vanilla and bananas. Combine the flour, baking soda and cinnamon. Stir into your wet mixture until moistened. Add the mixed berries. Stir again. Don’t worry if the berries clump a little because they are frozen. It will all come together in the oven. Spoon batter into muffin cups.

  3. Bake for 18-20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the tops of the muffins are lightly browned. Let cool for 10 minutes.

  

  Bursting with berries.
  Posted in Breakfast, Snacks | Tagged muffins, whole wheat
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  Watermelon Frosties- A family favorite

  Posted at 8:33 pm by myfoodiecall

  Sep 9th

  This one has been happening in the kitchen for a few years now.

  Original recipe from:

  http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2011/05/watermelon-frosty-or-margarita.html

  Lightly modified:

  Watermelon Frosty

  • 4 1/2 cups frozen cut watermelon (Usually I cut watermelon into chunks and freeze it in gallon sized bags so that I have it when needed)
  • 2 Bananas
  • 3 Tablespoons honey
  • Juice of two lemons
  • 1 1/4 cups water

  Blend up in your high-speed blender. So good.

  *I use my Vitamix for this. If you do not have a Vitamix, you can use a regular blender, but you may have to stop it periodically to mix it with a spoon and help it along.

  

  Frozen watermelon, bananas, lemon juice, honey. Bam.

  

  Yum.

  

  Because it’s still hot in the South.

  Posted in Snacks
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  Easy, healthier, microwave popcorn

  Posted at 8:23 pm by myfoodiecall

  Sep 1st

  So we all know that microwave popcorn is bad for us right?? And I am not talking about the butter. Buying “light popcorn” does nothing, by the way.

  Why??

  One of the biggest issues with prepackaged microwave popcorn are the PFC’s within the bags. These are  toxic, toxic, toxic. PFC’s are used to coat the inside of popcorn bags to make them more grease-proof. Okay,  so maybe this works, but in the meantime these chemicals just flat-out wreak havoc in the body. And have been linked to cancer. Deal breaker.

  That said, I do like popcorn and I do not have any desire to purchase, store, or deal with a popcorn maker. No thanks.

  Luckily there is an awesome trick that you can do in a snap. Still microwaved, but much healthier.

  

  I am even going to let you in on my go-to topping.

  

  Watch the magic.

  Easy, HEALTHIER, microwave popcorn

  What do you need?

  • Popcorn kernels (duh)
  • Paper lunch bags (remember the ones we had as kids?? yah, those)

  

  My handy-dandy scooper in that jar holds 1 tablespoon.

  

  Drop 5 tablespoons into your bag. Bird’s eye view. If a bird were viewing your kernels.

  

  Fold the top down about an inch.

  

  Fold again. And maybe even a third time. your choice :).

  Put your bag in the microwave. No oil. Nothing. Just put in microwave as is.

  Now for the timing.

  Here is where you may have to experiment a tiny bit. 5 tablespoons in our microwave takes 2 minutes 3 seconds. Odd I know. Not 2 minutes 2 seconds. 2:03. No popcorn setting. Just 2:03 and then push start.

  But…your microwave may be different. Play around a bit. You might burn a batch or two. It’s all good. Or have a few botched bags with un-popped kernels, but eventually you will figure out your golden number.

  

  Voila. A healthier, microwave popcorn.

  Now that the my-foodie-call family has our exact timing down, we have our popcorn kernels and paper bags on stockpile.

  

  A quick nighttime snack. My nine-year old makes this most nights.

  For the topping?

  • Bragg’s Liquid Aminos (a soy sauce alternative)
  • Nutritional yeast

  

  We keep Liquid Aminos in the pink squirt bottle.

  How to top your popcorn?

  1. Spray your kernels lightly with the liquid aminos.
  2. Shake a tiny bit of nutritional yeast on the moistened popcorn.
  3. Shake the bag to move kernels around
  4. Keep repeating steps 1 and 2 until you have reached desired taste.
  Posted in Small changes, Snacks | Tagged nutritional yeast

• Peanut Butter Protein Bars

  Posted at 7:20 pm by myfoodiecall

  Jun 9th
  Looking for a good breakfast bar? Or post workout snack? This is pretty much a good anytime bar. These babies will give you your punch of protein without any of that meat nonsense people think they need for muscle repair.

   

  Peanut butter Protein Bars

  2 1/2 cups Brown Rice Cereal
  

  2 cups quick-cooking oats

  2/3 cup raisins

  1/3 cup gogi berries (or more raisins)

  3/4 cup ground almond meal (you can grind almonds into a fine flour or find this at Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods…etc)

  1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

  1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

  1/2 cup honey

  1/4 cup brown sugar

  1/2 cup peanut butter (or any other nut butter)

  2 teaspoons vanilla extract

  dash sea salt

  Whisk together the Brown Rice Cereal, oats, raisins, gogi berries, almond meal, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl.

  In a medium saucepan, heat the honey and brown sugar over medium-low heat. Stir frequently until the sugar dissolves.

  Add the peanut butter into the honey mixture while still over the heat. Stir until completely combined. Next, stir in the vanilla and salt.

  Mix contents of saucepan into the dry ingredients. Using a rubber spatula, stir the ingredients together until the dry ingredients are mixed into the peanut butter mixture.

  Press the mixture firmly into a  9×13-inch pan, (using your fingertips.) Chill in the refrigerator. Cut into squares. Devour. 

  

  Posted in Desserts, Snacks | Tagged peanut butter

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