sugar at preschool!-recipes

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Chocolate Coconut Cookies

 

2 tbl spoons cocoa (no sugar, raw)

1 banana

2 tbl spoons coconut oil

1 cup coconut flour

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 teaspoon salt

 

mash banana and coconut oil. Add the rest of the ingrediants and kneed like

bread. Form into little balls and press with oiled fork on a cookie sheet. Cook

until lightly brown at 350 degrees. You can vary these. I make thumbprints by

making little divets with my pinky and put fruit spread (no sugar) in them. Add

more coconut oil if the dough is too dry. Increase the recipe to suit your

needs.

Cherry Bon Bons

Special thanks to Ruth at Harmonious Living

 

Filling: 2 Cups Frozen Cherries

4 Frozen Bananas

Coating: 2.5 Cups Raw Almonds

1 TBLS Vanilla

8-10 Dates

4-6 TBLS Water

4 TBLS Raw Carob

 

Run Frozen cherries and bananas through the Champion with blank, mix and put

into ice cube trays and back in freezer. Put raw almonds in food processor and

blend till very fine. Save out half a cup or more for rolling in. Add vanilla,

dates, carob and water till get good consistency. Refrigerate till filling in

freezer is set good. Take filling out of freezer and have each piece ready to

cover with coating. Then pinch off carob/date mixture coating and flatten

between hands (wet hands so doesn't stick). Wrap around frozen filling, roll in

ground almonds and put back in freezer. The number it makes depends on the size

of the filling and how thick or thin you make the coating.

 

Also there are many vegan cupcake recipes on the web. You can substitute dates

for sugar in recipes...and bananas sweeten things well too (but give a banana

taste). Agave Nectar is healthier than conventional sugar and you use less

because it is sweeter.

 

HTH-Kelli

 

 

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werallanimals

Tuesday, February 13, 2007 4:54 PM

Re: sugar at preschool!

 

 

Hi Kelli,

I would love some recipes! Thank you.

 

, " Kelli J. " <KelliJohnston

wrote:

>

> you can make cookies that don't have sugar in them. I make a

cookie sweetened with bananas or dates and they are very sweet but

healthy. There are also many raw food recipes that are excellent and

creative that they can actually make in class (if the teacher is up

for a project).To the kids, they are eating cookies but they are

nothing like the garbage out there! I think it is very important

that children don't get sugar every day or a least a VERY small

amount. The teacher should really be on top of this (hence your

concern )).

>

> To add what I said before, maybe bringing in cool recipes like I

was talking about above would inspire them to be more careful about

health in their classroom?

> If you are interested in some recipes, let me know. )

>

> Kelli

 

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

 

Here is another recipe that I've been making for many many years for

birthdays in the class room and after school snacks, etc. It has

variations, but is generally

high in grains, and low in sugar yet very delish. All kids love them

with chocolate chips.

 

Tracy

 

 

Vegan Bran/Almond/Wheat Germ Muffins

 

2 cups flour (whole wheat, pastry or white)

 

1 cup bran or wheat germ or ground almonds

 

1 ½ tsp baking soda

 

½ tsp salt

 

2 cups soy milk to which 1 T apple cider vinegar has been added

 

½ cup maple syrup or agave nectar

 

½ cup oil

 

½ cup raisins or dried cranberries or vegan chocolate chips

 

 

 

Stir dry ingredients together and make a well in the middle. Pour in

the liquid ingredients and stir enough to moisten flour. Add the

raisins or chips. Spoon into 24 medium muffin tins. Bake at 425 for

11-13 minutes.