Snack Recipes
Vegan Stuffed Mushrooms
Stuffed mushrooms make a great appetizer or finger food for a party! These stuffed mushrooms happen to be vegan, gluten free and actually healthy! Instead of being filled with cheese and breadcrumbs, I make a filling with walnuts, Italian flavors and a bit of nutritional yeast to give them a cheesy flavor! They are delicious! These would be the perfect thing to make for New Years Eve!
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Spiced Chocolate Roasted Chickpeas
If you are looking for a delicious but healthy appetizer or party snack, these roasted chickpeas are a great option! They taste like dessert, but they are packed with protein and fiber! Not only that, they are easy to make! These would be perfect to whip up for your New Years party spread!
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Festive Charcuterie Board for the Holiday
This holiday season let’s spread holiday cheer by creating a wow-worthy charcuterie board when entertaining! Here are some tips and tricks to create one effortlessly:
1 Variety of Selection
Select special ingredients to elevate your charcuterie board like Merlot Bellavitano Cheese or a variety of season nuts, herbs, and fruits for garnishing.
2 Build Your Board
Start by placing key elements on the board first, like your cheeses and bowls to hold smaller ingredients. Use these as pillars to balance the layout and fill in the with supportive ingredients.
3 Made to Wow Styling
To give your board a wow-factor, add styling elements: delicately fold pieces of sliced meats, fan out crackers and bring in different shapes like baguette slices for added texture.
4 Festive Finishing
To create a sense of movement and depth on the board, use tiny bowls, low mason jars or layering on smaller marble boards to hold ingredients.
Tip: To make your board feel extra festive, select ingredients that speak to the seasons like sprigs of rosemary or cranberries.
There is an array of products at Fresh & Natural Foods that would make great components for your charcuterie board. Come in and select what you like best.
Happy Holidays!
Cranberry Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cookies are an essential part of the Holidays! I love baking cookies, eating them, and of course sharing and gifting them to others! These Cranberry Pecan Chocolate Chip cookies are not only delicious, but really easy to make as far as holiday cookies go, just mix, shape and bake! Also, they happen to be vegan and gluten free but you would never guess by tasting them!
Sweet Potato Cinnamon Granola
Did you know you can make delicious oil free granola that is nice and crispy at home? Well, you can! This sweet potato granola is delicious with just the right amount of sweetness and a hint of cinnamon plus the crunch of pumpkin seeds and pecans! It is packed with fiber and protein, the perfect autumn snack!
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Pumpkin Spice Dessert Hummus
You may think of hummus as strictly a savory item, but did you know it is delicious as a dessert? Chickpeas are a pretty neutral flavor, so you can add pretty much anything to them! As a seasonal treat, I made a pumpkin spice dessert hummus with pumpkin puree, pumpkin spices, maple syrup, nut butter and vanilla and it is so good! It is packed with fiber and protein, but tastes like pumpkin pie! If you are looking for a healthy snack option for your Halloween party or fall gathering, give this a try! It is delicious served with cinnamon crackers, or apple or pear slices!
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Seeded Flax Crackers
These crackers are not only delicious but healthy as well! They are loaded with heart healthy omega 3 rich seeds, as well as fiber and they are the perfect thing to serve with hummus, on the side of a soup, or just for snacking! They are made in the dehydrator, but if you don’t own one, you can bake them in the oven at a very low temperature with good results as well. I like to keep a container of these on hand at all times!
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Nut Butter and Jelly Banana Bites
After school often times kids are hungry for a quick snack when they get home and want something fast. It can be easy enough to reach for the bag of chips, but these nut butter and jelly banana bites are the perfect thing to snack on! They are quick and easy to make, they satisfy a sweet tooth and that little bit of fat from the nut butter makes them satisfying. Next time you want something sweet but not unhealthy in the form of a snack, give these a try for your kids or yourself. Because adults like nut butter and jelly too!
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Trail Mix Granola Bars
I loved granola bars when I was a kid. We usually would buy them from the store, but if I had known how easy they were to make I would have asked my Mom to help me whip up a batch. These ones come together in about 15 minutes (not including chilling time), and they are worth making yourself, because they taste even better than store bought! They are loaded with fiber from the oats and dried fruit, and protein thanks to the nut butter. If you are not a fan of peanut butter, feel free to use almond butter instead and chopped almonds instead of the peanuts. Or, if you have a nut allergy, you can use sunflower seed butter instead of the peanut butter, and sunflower seeds instead of the peanuts. All of these variations are just as delicious and satisfying!
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Blackberry Apricot Popsicles
Popsicles are the perfect thing to cool off with on a hot Summer day! Although you can buy them already made, many of the commercially made ones have refined sugars, flavors and colors so I like to make my own. These blackberry apricot popsicles are not only healthy and filled with nutrients since they contain real fruit, they are easy to make and delicious as well! If you would like to use stevia to taste instead of the maple syrup, that is also another option.
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