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Pizza Bites

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 26 August, 2014 None comments

SNACK TIME!

Is it time for a evening snack? My husband and I have got into a bad habit of eating, what most people would consider to be a second dinner. Not the best idea, especially with summer here. I thought to myself the other day that normally it’s typical to store up chipmunk weight during winter, not summer. So what’s my deal? It’s pretty simple I must say; I eat late at night!

The more unfortunate problem is the reality that I always feel sick afterwards from eating too much and eating not so healthy. I always try and counteract my sweet tooth or carb craving by eating some fruit or vegetables which leads to something even more unhealthy snacks. ;)

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Tonight’s snack of choice was a pizza muffin. Pizza toppings on a toasted, buttery english muffin. Yup, yummy.

All I did was toast an English muffin, layer pepperoni and cheese and broiled until crispy. Topped with fresh basil and devoured by me. DELICIOUS!!!!

Easy and very satisfying. Mmmm good!

Coopie Bites

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 24 January, 2014 None comments

Coopie Bites were created by the Cook Clan. We have had Aussie bites from Costco and their energy bars as well. Basically I wanted to create a clean mixture between the two and came up with these. The name came from my husband. I must proudly give him 100% credit for the name. :) Cooper LOVES Aussie bites from Costco so we had to incorporate him into the name of course.

Directly on the packaging for Aussie bites it states: honey, cranberries, sunflower seeds, canola oil, and flax seed. Basically I took exactly that and added flour and eggs to keep them together. I have made these a few times trying to get the amounts perfect. Today I felt pretty confident that the amounts I had were good as I ate two Coopie bites straight from the oven. :)

Dry Ingredients:

  • 3 ½ cups oats
  • 1 ½ cup branflakes
  • 1 1/3 cup oat flour (may use all purpose)
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup coconut
  • ½ cup flax seed
  • ½ cup cranberries (dried blueberries or apricots work as well)
  • ½ cup nuts; sunflower, almonds, pecans any or all work great

Mix together in a large bowl; set aside.

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Wet Ingredients:

  • 1 cup honey
  • 1 cup Canola oil (may use coconut)
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla

Mix all wet ingredients in a stand mixer. Add dry ingredients a little at a time. Make sure it’s well incorporated.

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Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 9×13 pan and spread entire ingredients into the pan and bake for 18-20 minutes. Allow to cool.

Once cooled cut them into small bites as they are a great snack or energy bar for breakfast or before a workout.

Enjoy

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