Banana Mini Muffins and a Muffin Mix

I came across a recipe the other day on superhealthykids. It is a super easy and healthy muffin mix with endless possibilities of items that can be added in. We opted to make some mini muffins with cinnamon and banana once the "Master Mix" was made.

Master Mix

• 8 cups of whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup coconut sugar
• 1/3 cup baking powder
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 cup coconut oil (in the solid state)

Mix all the dry ingredients together, and then cut in the solid coconut oil as if it were shortening.  Use a food processor with pastry blade to incorporate it well into the dry ingredients.

Store your mix at room temperature or below.  Any warmer, and your coconut oil will become soft and liquid.  If you live in a very warm climate, store your mix in the fridge.

Banana Mini Muffins

·         2 1/3 cup “Master Mix”

·         1 Egg

·         1 Cup of milk (used 2%)

·         1 banana, chopped into small pieces

·         1 tsp cinnamon

Pre heat oven to 400 degrees, grease or use paper muffin liners in a 24 mini muffin tin.

Stir all ingredients together until well blended. Scoop into muffin tins and bake 10-12 minutes.

Visit superhealthykids for more mix in options.

Kale and Mini Turkey Meatball Soup

This is an easy weeknight meal that's great as leftovers for the lunch the next day too. My 2 year old who will not eat soup even ate the mini meatballs out of the bowl! You can add brown rice, pasta, quinoa or even other veggies to bulk up the soup more.

Kale and Mini Turkey Meatball Soup

Soup

1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion diced
2 carrots, pealed and cut into chunks
1 can diced tomatoes
4 cups chicken broth
1 bunch of kale, cut into pieces
salt and pepper

Turkey Meatballs

1 lb ground turkey
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp onion powder
1 tbsp dried parsley flakes
salt and pepper


In a large saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat, add onion and carrots and saute for 5-7 minutes until onions are slightly translucent. Add tomatoes, chicken broth and kale. Mix all turkey meatball ingredients together in a bowl. Form into tbsp size meatballs and drop into soup. Bring soup to a boil and lower to a simmer. Cook 45-60 minutes on low heat.

"Healthier" Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

With some inspiration from Chocolate Covered Katie and the fact that I stumbled across coconut sugar at the grocery store today, I decided to try out these cookies. At first I wasn't sure they were blog worthy, but with lots of taste testers approving and asking for the recipe I decided to share. 

Ingredients

§  2/3 cup whole wheat flour

§  1/2 cup oats

§  1/4 tsp salt

§  1/2 tsp baking soda

§  4 tbsp coconut sugar (or brown sugar)

§  4 tbsp white sugar

§  1/2 cup chocolate chips (use mini if you can find them)

§  1 tsp pure vanilla extract

§  2 tbsp melted coconut oil (Or vegetable oil)

§  2 tsp flax seed, mixed with 2 tbsp water

§  3 tbsp milk of choice, I used 2% milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine all dry ingredients and mix very well. Add wet ingredients, and form into a big ball, use your hands to form.  Now make cookies into tablespoon size balls. Place on silt pad or parchment covered baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes on baking sheet. Remove and cool on cooling rack.