Favorite Healthy Snack

Picture from Chobani website

I have recently joined a group on Facebook that is titled Women's Bible Cafe Weight Loss Group.  It's an amazing group of ladies all with a few common threads.  First.....we are all lovers of God and Jesus.  Second....we are all on a mission to get healthy and lose a few pounds in the process.

The ladies in this group got me back on track (I had fallen off a little) for a healthy life style.  Plus, they got me thinking about my food choices, especially my snacking choices.  I have one snack that I absolutly love and its healthy too.  Its Greek yogurt.

I am obsessed with Greek yogurt.  It is a fairly new product (well, at least here in the states) but, they have soooo many flavors that it wouldn't be hard for someone to find a flavor they like.  My favorites happen to be Honey, Black Cherry, and Peach.  Yeah, I know...not to exciting.  Hey, I'm a pretty simple person.  

The best part about Greek yogurt is that it's really thick.  If you don't like regular yogurt because of the fact that the texture is too runny you would probably really enjoy this.  The other thing I LOVE about Greek yogurt is that it has significantly more protein than regular.  All the other stats are about the same it just has a lot more protein which helps keep you fuller longer.  


Greek yogurt can also be exchanged for sour cream.  Well, the plain kind can.  It's so thick and has the same tang that sour cream has but with all the same flavor.  Only, it's a lot healthier.  Basically any place that you use sour cream, you could use plain Greek yogurt.

If you want to try out Greek yogurt for the first time go to Chobani's website....they have recipes and coupons.


Happy Healthy Eating,
|Bethany|

Oatmeal Squares

Extremely Yummy!

I was looking for something that I could give my kids for breakfast to change up the boring, old, oatmeal routine.  I HATE all the sugary cereals that you find in every grocery store and ONLY let my kids have then every once in a while but, oatmeal was getting kinda boring for them (and me) so I found a new way to make it.

These are great.  They have no flour or refined sugar and all the sweetener is from  all natural sources.  You can either eat them like a muffin or you can heat them up and pour a little milk over them.  Oh, here's the part I love...they can be frozen so you can make a TON and not have to worry about making them all the time.
So...about that recipe.  Well, here it is....Just a little change to the recipe that I made and it was that I used honey instead of Stevia.

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups applesauce, unsweetened
• 5 cups, Old Fashioned rolled oats
• 1 banana, mashed
• 2 3/4 cups milk (I used 1%)
• 1/4 cup flaxseed meal
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 3 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Optional toppings: raisins, walnuts, chocolate chips, etc

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix eggs, vanilla, applesauce, banana and honey together in a bowl.
3. Add in oats, salt, baking powder, flax and cinnamon and mix well with wet ingredients.
4. Finally pour in milk and combine.
5. Spray a 12 and 6 capacity muffin tin with cooking spray or use cupcake liners.
   Pour mixture evenly into muffin tin cups.
6. If using toppings add them onto the tops of muffins now. If using fresh or frozen fruit, drop it right into the batter.
7. Bake 30 minutes until a toothpick in center comes out clean. Cool and enjoy or freeze them in gallon freezer bags.

(Recipe is from Sugar-Free Mom)

If you freeze them, thaw them in the fridge overnight and reheat them for 45 seconds in the microwave.  They are absolutly amazing and you can change the flavor by the different toppings or add ins.

WARNING---------These are extremely addictive.

|Bethany|