Food/Recipes

“Cooking with your children can improve family dynamics,” says UCLA anthropologist Elinor Ochs. “A child who assists with meal preparation feels useful and appreciated when she sees other household members enjoying what she produced.”
I recently had the pleasure of seeing Kendra Smiley speak at my church.  She’s a wonderful, spiritual person who has great insight [...]

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This is a healthy recipe for  snack bars that are very tasty! Kids love them!
Here’s what you’ll need:

1 cup All Bran cereal, finely chopped
3/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tbsp confectioners sugar (optional)
1/2 cup raspberry preserves
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp [...]

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My whole family loves this Banana Bread recipe! You can substitute 1/4 cup applesauce and 1/2 cup sugar in place of the 3/4 cup sugar for a healthier alternative.
What you’ll need:

2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups mashed, fully ripe bananas
1 1/2 cups All-Bran cereal chopped [...]

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This is a very easy recipe to make blueberry muffins. It doesn’t have many ingredients and all you have to do is just mix them up with no prep work!
Here is what you will need:

3 cups fresh blueberries (frozen or any other fruit can be substituted)
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup orange juice
3 cups all [...]

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