Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Backpack Kisses
Recipe from Tosca Renos’ Eat Clean Diet

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 Cup old fashioned rolled oats
• 1/4 cup vegan unsweetened protein powder, as natural as possible
• 2 tbsp. hulled hemp seeds
• 2 tbsp. flaxseed, cracked
• 1/4 unsweetened dried cranberries
• 1/4 vegan semisweet natural chocolate chips
• pinch sea salt
• 1 cup all natural peanut butter, salt and sugar free
• 2 tbsp. pure honey

METHOD:

In a large bowl, mix together oats, protein powder, hemp seeds, flaxseed, dried cranberries, chocolate chips and sea salt. 

Add peanut butter and honey, mix together.

Using your hands, knead the mixture thoroughly.

Drop by rounded teaspoon onto a baking sheet, or use a mini ice cream scoop.  Using your hands, roll into balls. Wrap kisses in square cut aluminum foil, twisting tops to seal, or store them unwrapped in airtight container.  Chill.

Store in the fridge for up to two weeks or up to a month in the freezer.

Change your Smoothie into a Milkshake without Dairy!

Bananas are great to put into shakes/smoothies, even frozen!  Because frozen bananas are too hard to put in a Magic Bullet, put the banana in the microwave on defrost for 30 seconds just to get it soft enough to break part.

To make this successful you will need to put in a bit less liquid than usual. So instead of 1 cup water maybe 2/3 cup or 3/4.

Also, if you pre plan this you can take your banana out of the freezer 1/2hr to 45 minutes earlier instead of using the microwave.

Here is a sample recipe from Inside Fitness Magazine.

Peanut Brittle Shake
1 frozen banana (softened as above)
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 tbsp natural peanut butter
1 tbsp sugar-free caramel syrup (bought from Starbucks)
2/3 cup - 3/4 cup water

Blend & enjoy!

{Idea shared by Brandi Gagnon}