Friday "Food Fact"... Pumpkin Seeds

    

 http://allrecipes.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/nuts-and-seeds/pumpkin-seeds/

     Pumpkin seeds make a great low calorie snack and you can add them to your salad, smoothie or in your morning cereal. They are an excellent source of Vitamin B which is known to help with stress as well as a rich source of iron. Just an ounce of seeds gives you 20-30 % of your daily allowance of iron. Need some protein in your day? One ounce has 7 grams of protein.
      Click on the link above and find your favorite way to add more pumpkin seeds to your day.

Tuesday "Try"... Homemade Cereal

Vanilla Almond Cereal Puffs

http://www.runningtothekitchen.com/2014/01/vanilla-almond-cereal-puffs/

This is my version of the Vanilla Almond Cereal Puffs. And for those who know me best, know that I use whatever I have on hand and what works for my family. I love taking an idea and playing.

I mixed together, the almond flour, gluten free all purpose flour ( which I didn't have, so I used part potato starch and part tapioca starch), rice flour, vanilla ( extra because I'm not fond of almond extract), half of the amount of maple syrup ( used for the other half of the liquid was coconut milk), a little honey, plain coconut yogurt and coconut oil.

You just put all in the food processor and mix. It seemed a bit wet so I just added a very small amount of coconut flour ( but any flour would do) and blended again - Perfect!

Then you roll them into little balls. I would make them even smaller then I did next time. You bake them for about 12-15 min. 

Magic... You have cereal! It was fun and easy to make, well except for all the rolling. I wish I had known about this recipe when my children were little. They make a great little snack too.

Had a few with some almond milk.

This recipe sparked my interest in seeing what other cereal I can make ( besides my homemade granola). I LOVE making my own food. So keep coming back, because you never know what I will be making next!

My Version of - Vanilla Almond Cereal Puffs

1/2 c almond flour

1/4 c potato starch

1/4 c tapioca starch

1/4c rice flour

2 tsp. vanilla

1/8 c maple syrup

1/8 c coconut milk

honey ( about 1/8 cup or less)

1 Tb. coconut yogurt

1/2 Tb. coconut oil

Blended all in food processor and rolled in small balls. I put them on parchment paper on a cookie sheet in a 350 degree oven for 12-15 min.

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