Dark Chocolate Morsels-shhh don’t tell

I’ve had so many requests for this recipe. These decident chocolate bites are amazing, and loaded with healthy stuff!

Ingredients: 

  • 1/2 cup coconut oil  (I’ve used organic grapeseed oil)
  • 2/3 cup honey
  • 2 eggs
  • 1+ tsp vanilla (we love homemade vanilla)
  • 1 1/2 cup fresh spinach
  • 2/3 cup dark cocoa powder 
  • 1/3 cup flax meal
  • 1/3 cup Shaklee Protein (Instant protein or energizing protein)
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp fresh ground sea salt 
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions: 

  • Heat oven to 350 F
  • Puree spinach, eggs, honey, and vanilla in blender
  • Add dry ingredients and mix (if we double this mix first ingredients in blender then mix dry ingredients in large bowl with wet ingredients. 
  • Line mini cupcake tins with papers
  • Scoop a scant 1/4 cup scoop into each cup
  • Bake at 350 F for 10 minutes

We like these a bit moist and fudgie so we bake them exactly 10-11 minutes and pull em out to enjoy. 

These are a regular staple in my daughter’s lunches. They can be frozen and popped into a lunchbox easily.

Enjoy!

Vegan Oatmeal Cupcakes

I am always looking for foods for my baby girl to take for lunches. Today, I made these.

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups rolled oatsoats
  • 1 cup instantĀ protein
  • 2 1/2 cups of mashed fruit (mashed ripe bananas or I used a combo of mashed peaches and applesauce)
  • 4 1/2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 2/3 cup mini chocolate chips (optional)
  • 2 1/3 cup water
  • 1/4 plus 1 tbsp oil (coconut, or other veg based oil)
  • 1 tbspĀ vanilla extract
  • Optional add ins: cinnamon, shredded coconut, chopped nuts, ground flax, dried fruit

Instructions:

  • Preheat oven to 380 F
  • Line 14 cupcake tins with liners
  • Mix all dry ingredients in one large bowl
  • Mix all wet ingredients in a medium bowl (fruit included)
  • Mix wet into dry ingredients
  • Pour scant 1/4 cup of batter into each cup
  • Bake 21 ish minutes

These can be frozen and reheated