Snack Recipies

My family LOVES snacks and I was having a hard time finding items at the store with whole ingredients and none of the icky additives (white sugar, high fructose corn syrup, MSG, salt, and soy, and items I cannot pronounce). I personally like to know what I am putting into my body. So I decided to start making my own snacks so that way I know the ingridents. Yes, it is more work then handing them a store bought snack, but I have loved even more not giving them processed food with icky ingredients. I will share more recipies later as I am always trying new ideas, but here are two of our favorites so far.

My son loves crackers so I decided to try making a graham cracker. These are a hit my with family and go very quickly. We also love commercial granola bars, but again wanted to know what was in them and that they were healthy. Note: You don't have to use organic ingreidents, but I choose to in most cases.

Graham Crackers
4 T or 1/2 stick of organic Butter (Sometimes I lessen this a little)
1 farm fresh egg
6 T Rapadura Sugar (unbleached and unrefined Evaporated cane juice)
2 T local raw honey (can be store bought)
2 T organic Molasses
1/2 t Baking Soda
2 t water
3/4 t sea salt
1 1/2 cups stone ground whole wheat graham flour
3/4 cup all purpose flour

Mix all of the liquid ingredients with the dry ingredients. You may not think it is mixed well as it may be a little lumpy, but it is fine. Then roll it all out to 1/8 inch. Then cut in shapes/squares. Put on ungreased cookie sheet and cook for 10-15 minutes. When you take them out they will be soft and you will think they aren't done, but they harden when cooling. Enjoy!


Granola Bars
2 cups of rolled oats (organic if can)
1/2 cup of dried fruit of choice (my son loves raisins)
1 t cinnamon
1/2 cup of organic raw almmond butter
1/3 cup of raw or store bought honey (can switch quantity with brown rice)
1/4 cup of brown rice syrup (can swith with honey)
1 tsp of alcohol free vanilla
organic cocoa powder

Combine dry and liquid ingredients seperate and then mix. Then pour the mix into a 8inch square and press firmly with spoon or hands to settle. Sprinkle cocoa powder on top. Place in freezer for 20 minutes or the fridge for an hour to harden. Then cut in bite size pieces of granola bar shapes.

Note: I mix and match this recipe by adding many other items. You can use peanut butter instead of almond butter and carob chocoalte chips. You can add add sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds. You can also switch up the honey, rice syrup, or subsitiute agave nectar. Whatever bar you want to make just mix and match. I change it up frequently and we enjoy it. The only thing I have noticed is that if these are given regularly to my son it can constipate him. So, I usually only give it to him a few times a week for snack. Then it leaves more for my husband and I. :)