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CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE

CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE

Serves 2-4 We love avocados in our family and try to put them in EVERYTHING. What better way to add smooth, rich flavor to a drink than adding a whole avocado to it? This smoothie is so creamy and thick, we’ve started calling it a milkshake! INGREDIENTS • 2 dates,…

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Makes 24 cookies These chocolate chip cookies are amazingly delicious. As a matter of fact, we think they’re even better than any chocolate chip cookie we had before we ate like dinosaurs. We like to dip ours in (unsweetened) chocolate almond milk, but they’re also…

PINEAPPLE, MINT, AND CLEMENTINE WATER

PINEAPPLE, MINT, AND CLEMENTINE WATER

Makes one gallon We love pineapple, so we’re always looking for something to do with the leftover juice when we use canned pineapple in our recipes. We found that mixing it with water, fresh mint, and clementine creates a fresh, fruity, and fun drink that’s perfectly…

HAWAIIAN VACATION SMOOTHIE

HAWAIIAN VACATION SMOOTHIE

Makes 16 oz smoothie Sometimes, especially in the cold of winter, it’s fun to use your imagination and pretend you’re on vacation. Use tropical fruits like mango and pineapple to make a “vacation smoothie” like this one. Then put on your bathing suit and sunglasses…

ELVIS’S NUT BUTTER AND NANA SMOOTHIE

ELVIS’S NUT BUTTER AND NANA SMOOTHIE

Makes 16 oz of smoothie When we make this smoothie, one of us will do the full lip curl and explain to the kids that we’re making an “almond butter and ‘nana smoothie.” Grown-ups think this is funny because there used to be a famous singer that said things like that,…

PUMPKIN CIDER “LATTE”

PUMPKIN CIDER “LATTE”

Serves 4 One cool fall morning we woke up and decided we needed a warm drink to get us through the day. Cole came up with the idea to make his very own version of a winter drink using some pumpkin and apple juice. The boys loved pretending they were drinking coffee,…

CHERRY CHOCOLATE BALLS

CHERRY CHOCOLATE BALLS

Makes about 24 balls One of our favorite activities is picking fruit from our local “u-pick” farm. When cherries are ripe, we always pick lots and lots of them because it’s fun to climb trees and it’s nice and shady picking. We pit them, freeze them, and use them all…

CANDIED NUTS

CANDIED NUTS

Makes 6 cups of granola Having changed what you eat, you probably miss cereal from time to time. We’re not going to lie: we miss cereal, too. Granola has always been a favorite, but with the traditional variety containing oats, we have to pass it up at the store. The…

GRAIN-FREE GRANOLA

GRAIN-FREE GRANOLA

Makes 6 cups of granola Having changed what you eat, you probably miss cereal from time to time. We’re not going to lie: we miss cereal, too. Granola has always been a favorite, but with the traditional variety containing oats, we have to pass it up at the store. The…

GRAHAM COOKIES

GRAHAM COOKIES

Makes 24 cookies Since our boys sometimes missed sandwiches, we thought it’d be fun to make a “cookie” that was similar to a graham cracker AND bread! We love filling these with sunflower seed butter, honey, and banana slices for delicious sandwiches. We also love…

ANYTIME COOKIES

ANYTIME COOKIES

Makes 24 cookies A certain blue-furred monster has been known to say that cookies are a “sometimes” food. Normally that’s absolutely true, except in our house we make cookies entirely out of healthy foods and eat them anytime! They remind us of a flavorful shortbread…

ROLLED FRUIT LEATHERS

ROLLED FRUIT LEATHERS

Makes 12 servings CHERRY NECTARINE • 4 ripe nectarines • 2 C cherries, pitted • ¾ C water • 1 Tbsp almond extract You probably love fruit snacks. I know we did. Fruit snacks were one of the things we were very sad to find out wasn’t really a food a dinosaur would eat,…