No Bake Healthy Energy Bites

My kids love this snack and my oldest stepson requests this all the time to take with him to work. Its easy to throw together, healthy and full of protein.

Ingredients:

1 cup dry oatmeal
1/2 cup chocolate chips (I use unsweetened dark chocolate, its the best for you)
(You can also replace the chips with raisins, dried cranberries ect.)
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup flaxseed
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla extract

Throw all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

Place a sheet of wax paper on a cookies sheet, roll mixture into balls (You can also shape into a granola bar shape) place on cookie sheet and chill in the fridge for at least an hour.

Baked Oatmeal Muffins

Tomorrow we will be up at 4am and getting ready for the Color Me Rad 5k. Today I made some baked oatmeal muffins for a quick, healthy breakfast before our race. I made these with the intention of freezing some, but since half of them are already gone it looks like I will be making another batch next week. They were a hit!

Ingredients

3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup brown sugar (Use sucanat if you are going sugar-free)
1 sliced banana
1 cup of fruit (frozen or fresh blueberries, cranberries, mango, sliced strawberries ect)
OR 1 cup unsweetened or semi sweet chocolate chips

5 cups old fashioned oats (I used quick oats and it turned out fine)
1 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup ground flax seed
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 1/2 cups milk

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In large bowl mix eggs, vanilla and applesauce. Add sugar, banana and fruit.
3. In another bowl mix oats, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and flax seed.
4. Combine wet and dry ingredients until well mixed. Add milk and stir.

5. Spray muffin tins or line with paper bake cups.
6. Bake 30-40 minutes for regular muffins and 15 minutes for mini muffins. Make sure middle of muffins are set.