Chocolate Covered Banana Bites

<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWOSfcUeFlG7ZkgSjv8MlsJJLMo78Hm4mwm_KQyXME38CZRPa-4tLRuhyphenhyphenha6ZstKCb0WncYFPBsD2g3iWcdofH1r5hn20MKyVGM-5m14WZ5Hfiob4kWFvvrsJh2zFLns3iO16OXR8pBDh/s1600/Chocolate+Covered+Banana+Bites.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWOSfcUeFlG7ZkgSjv8MlsJJLMo78Hm4mwm_KQyXME38CZRPa-4tLRuhyphenhyphenha6ZstKCb0WncYFPBsD2g3iWcdofH1r5hn20MKyVGM-5m14WZ5Hfiob4kWFvvrsJh2zFLns3iO16OXR8pBDh/s1600/Chocolate+Covered+Banana+Bites.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are perfect for when you have those sweet cravings. Sweet, crunchy and tastes like ice cream! </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may use your favorite chocolate, for this recipe I used dark chocolate.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ingredients:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 Banana</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 heaping dark chocolate chips</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 tbsp coconut oil</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Procedure:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Slice the banana and place them in tray. Put the tray in the freezer for about an hour or so till they are frozen. You may also place them overnight if you intend to make this recipe in the morning.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. In a microwave safe container, add the chocolate chips and coconut oil. Microwave for 30 seconds. Remove from the microwave then stir. Place it back for another 15 seconds then stir again. Repeat the process till the chocolate is smooth but make sure you do not overheat. Set it aside till it is cool enough to handle.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Now the fun part, take your frozen bananas, dip them in the chocolate till fully covered. The kids will love taking part in this too. You may use a fork to handle the dipping process for lesser mess. Put them in a tray and place back in the freezer. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Once hard, remove from freezer and time to eat!! ;) If you made a big batch it can be stored in zip lock bag (just make sure the chocolate is hard!)</span><br /> <br /> <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Lato Light"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">If you are looking to live a healthier life with nutritional whole foods, regular exercise, and want to approach life with a positive outlook,</span><a href="mailto:afitnurse@gmail.com" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a9cb8; font-family: Lato; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"> contact me!</a><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Lato Light"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> I’d love to help support you on your journey and connect with you on improving your life and reaching your health and wellness goal!</span><br /> <br />

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Chocolate Covered Banana Bites

These are perfect for when you have those sweet cravings. Sweet, crunchy and tastes like ice cream!  You may use your favorite chocol...

Clean Eating Honey Glazed Bananas

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFD6oV1cUoXNvVVdEQUp3nCjak9tale0tzL5BUYx5RzlyC-_e-1TQGps1SapdFZgx3TNZQAPI8X9XnPq9A5K7_wsG4RGNb9JndgkmG3i4rEGnp1j2z08PqRkxO1yXDoJrgvcUBZ7nLjRU/s1600/Clean+Eating+Honey+Glazed+Bananas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFD6oV1cUoXNvVVdEQUp3nCjak9tale0tzL5BUYx5RzlyC-_e-1TQGps1SapdFZgx3TNZQAPI8X9XnPq9A5K7_wsG4RGNb9JndgkmG3i4rEGnp1j2z08PqRkxO1yXDoJrgvcUBZ7nLjRU/s1600/Clean+Eating+Honey+Glazed+Bananas.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A lil bit of twist to plain ol' healthy banana. This clean eating recipe is simple and will surely satisfy your sweet tooth! </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ingredients:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 large banana</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 tsp honey (you may opt for agave nectar)</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 tsp. cinnamon</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How to do it:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Slice bananas into 1/4 to 1/2 inch slices.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Combine cinnamon and honey in a bowl. Honey might be thick and so sticky, so one technique is heating honey or agave nectar in microwave first so it becomes runny enough to pour over bananas.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Spray pan with oil of your choice.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4.  Pour the cinnamon and honey mixture.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Flip the bananas. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Remove from pan and serve and enjoy!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are looking to live a healthier life with nutritional whole foods, regular exercise, and want to approach life with a positive outlook, <a href="mailto:afitnurse@gmail.com" target="_blank">contact me</a>! I’d love to help support you on your journey and connect with you on improving your life and reaching your health and wellness goal!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <br />

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Clean Eating Honey Glazed Bananas

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Chocolate Almond Protein bars

<div id="ingredients" style="margin: 10px;"><div class="single_recipe_header" id="ingr_header" style="color: #7c0e66; font-size: 18px; margin: 6px 6px 6px 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">If you have been following my blog for awhile now you know that chocolate is like my BFF! I am always looking for healthy ways to get chocolate into my diet because lets face it, I can't live without it! Ha! This is one of my new favorite chocolate protein bar recipes! My kids love it as well! I made two batches because the first batch was gone within hours! </span></div><div class="single_recipe_header" style="color: #7c0e66; font-size: 18px; margin: 6px 6px 6px 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbo-R8xyzbmAeckpTXt_p_psftZW-aBmkmFD6VNtFjacY98q6BmEEiqSbZ9QXq0MNLPOnHhwpBMXZ4EhCluT8kF60wcqb6j4LDC897GymX95koaA0EaTjtsmOYJQveo0VcsWMyAuSI6km/s1600/chewy_protein_brownies_recipe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbo-R8xyzbmAeckpTXt_p_psftZW-aBmkmFD6VNtFjacY98q6BmEEiqSbZ9QXq0MNLPOnHhwpBMXZ4EhCluT8kF60wcqb6j4LDC897GymX95koaA0EaTjtsmOYJQveo0VcsWMyAuSI6km/s320/chewy_protein_brownies_recipe1.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><div class="single_recipe_header" style="color: #7c0e66; font-size: 18px; margin: 6px 6px 6px 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"> </div><div class="single_recipe_header" style="color: #7c0e66; font-size: 18px; margin: 6px 6px 6px 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"> </div><div class="single_recipe_header" style="color: #7c0e66; font-size: 18px; margin: 6px 6px 6px 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ingredients<span class="single_recipe_text" style="color: black; font-size: 14px;"> (8 bars)</span></div><ul class="single_recipe_text" id="ingr" style="color: black; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 20px; padding: 0px;"><li class="ingredient" style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 4px;">3/4 cup rolled oats</li> <li class="ingredient" style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 4px;">4 x 30 gram scoops chocolate flavoured whey protein</li> <li class="ingredient" style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 4px;">1/2 cup roughly chopped almonds</li> <li class="ingredient" style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 4px;">1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce</li> <li class="ingredient" style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 4px;">1/2 cup egg whites</li> <li class="ingredient" style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 4px;">1/4 cup mashed banana</li> <li class="ingredient" style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 4px;">2 tbsp maca root powder</li> <li class="ingredient" style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 4px;">1 tbsp raw cacao or cocoa powder (I used Navitas Naturals raw cacao, but you can use non-raw high quality cocoa too)</li> <li class="ingredient" style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 4px;">1/3 cup water</li> <li class="ingredient" style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 4px;">a few drops of almond extract</li> </ul></div><div id="instructions" style="margin: 10px;"><div class="single_recipe_header" id="inst_header" style="color: #7c0e66; font-size: 18px; margin: 6px 6px 6px 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Instructions</div><ul class="single_recipe_text" id="inst" style="color: black; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 20px; padding: 0px;"><li class="instruction" style="margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 4px;">Preheat oven to 375F and oil a 9x9 inch non-stick baking pan. (The hardest part about this recipe is getting the baked bars out of the pan, so do this bit well! I greased the inside of my pan with coconut oil.)</li> <li class="instruction" style="margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 4px;">Combine all wet ingredients in one bowl and all dry ingredients except for the almonds in another.</li> <li class="instruction" style="margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 4px;">Beat the wet ingredients with a fork or whisk until they form a smooth mixture, then pour into the combined dry ingredients.</li> <li class="instruction" style="margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 4px;">Fold in the almonds and mix one more time. Pour the batter into your greased pan and bake for 20 minutes. You may see small holes erupting with moisture on the surface of the bars when they're ready.</li> <li class="instruction" style="margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 4px;">Take the pan out of the oven and let it cool completely. Use a flipper and/or knife to separate the baked square from the edges of the pan.</li> <li class="instruction" style="margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 4px;">I've found that it's easiest to remove the bars by cutting a straight line down the middle, then using a metal flipper to lift one half out. Working from the line that you cut, wiggle the flipper underneath one half to loosen up the bottom, then lift it out. Do the same on the other side.</li> <li class="instruction" style="margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 4px;">Once both halves are out of the pan, cut them so that you have a total of 8 evenly sliced bars.</li> <li class="instruction" style="margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 4px;">Bars will keep well in the fridge for about 1 week. If you want to store them for longer, wrap each one in cling film, seal in a bag, and freeze. (of course they didn't last long enough in my house)</li> <li class="instruction" style="margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 4px;">Nutrition per serving (1 bar): 163 calories, 6g fat (1g saturated), 35mg cholesterol, 53mg sodium, 11g carbs, 2g fiber, 3g sugar, 16g protein.</li> </ul></div><div style="float: right; margin: 4px;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/green_tea/pin.jpg" /></a></div>

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Chocolate Almond Protein bars

If you have been following my blog for awhile now you know that chocolate is like my BFF! I am always looking for healthy ways to get chocol...

Shakeology Sunset Bars

Chocolate, honey, and bananas blend together to create this delicious clean snack that won't make you feel guilty for one of lives little indulges... CHOCOLATE!<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSWss42EeXM8HsTbyrKS-iRl9IXtkNvVdpM4fBO73pesNU4_F0vOkjCUT9AKJVXOjXCo7EX9vZvEzJmV22icYmMcMiqaEfDxmVznG-IQM6gVvLDzZ5tJD6BNDdmxb-wWPBmTg2KXyM7pN/s1600/shakeologybars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZyIea15eex4CHpHfTz3wvoAOOTeOrmEUH_Mqxz8bRl4kIkKLiI90mR80xJRHSpkynLlRuIMr7DgMlFD-yb-gNVEZocxj5mAMdyhQmfov5u5_ioRwALbrkS1QRyMOR4tTPKVQW2w2xB8Q/s1600/shakeologybars1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZyIea15eex4CHpHfTz3wvoAOOTeOrmEUH_Mqxz8bRl4kIkKLiI90mR80xJRHSpkynLlRuIMr7DgMlFD-yb-gNVEZocxj5mAMdyhQmfov5u5_ioRwALbrkS1QRyMOR4tTPKVQW2w2xB8Q/s640/shakeologybars1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /><br /><b>Total Time:</b> 3 hrs., 10 min.<br /><b>Prep Time:</b> 10 min.<br /><b>Yield: </b>10 bars<br /><b>Ingredients:</b><br />• 2 scoops Chocolate Shakeology<br />• 3 scoops egg white powder<br />• 2 cups oats<br />• ½ cup almond milk<br />• 4 Tbsp. honey<br />• 4 Tbsp. almond butter<br />• 2 bananas, mashed<br />• 2 Tbsp. wheat germ<br />• 2 Tbsp. flaxseed<br />• 1 tsp. cinnamon<br /> <b>Preparation:</b><br />1. Mix all dry ingredients together.<br />2. Add almond milk, honey, and bananas and mix well with a spatula or your hands.<br />3. After it's well mixed, put mixture in an 8" x 8" pan. Cover with plastic wrap and press down to flatten into pan. Refrigerate for 3 hours.<br />4. Remove from fridge, cut into 10 squares.<br /><br /><b>Nutritional Information (per serving):</b><br /> <br /> <div style="float: left; width: 160px;"> Calories: 277</div> <br /> <div style="float: left; width: 160px;"> Fat: 7g</div> <br /> <div style="float: left; width: 160px;"> Saturated Fat: 1g</div> <br /> <div style="float: left; width: 160px;"> Cholesterol: 3mg</div> <br /> <div style="float: left; width: 160px;"> Sodium: 120g</div> <br /> <div style="float: left; width: 160px;"> Carbohydrate: 40g</div> <br /> <div style="float: left; width: 160px;"> Fiber: 6g</div> <br /> <div style="float: left; width: 160px;"> Sugar Total: 12g</div> <br /> <div style="float: left; width: 160px;"> Protein: 18g</div>

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Shakeology Sunset Bars

Chocolate, honey, and bananas blend together to create this delicious clean snack that won't make you feel guilty for one of lives litt...