GAPS No-Bake Cookies

It's easy to focus on all of the things that we can't eat, but I try to get the kids to focus instead on all of the things that we can eat.  We don't eat packaged candy and other sweets, but we CAN have many wonderful homemade treats that the kids love and appreciate now.  One of their favorites are these GAPS friendly No-bake Cookies.  I based my recipe for these cookies off of this Whole Food No Bake Cookie recipe.  These don't last long at my house.  As you can see, a little cookie thief snatched one before I could even get a picture.

1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup coconut oil
5T cocoa powder
1/2 cup Organic Sunbutter (Regular Sunbutter has added sugar!)
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup coconut flakes (Make sure you use unsweetened!)

Melt honey, coconut oil, and cocoa powder together over medium heat.  Remove from heat and stir in Sunbutter and vanilla.  Once mixed well, stir in the coconut flakes.  Place by tablespoons on waxed paper and put them in the freezer for a few minutes to set up.

What do my kids eat? Day 5 of 7

Breakfast:

Our juice this morning was made with beet, carrot, and apple.  I made butternut squash and Sunbutter pancakes.  I just use 2 cups cooked butternut squash, 1 cup Organic Sunbutter, and 4 eggs to make the batter and cook on a skillet with coconut oil just like regular pancakes.  I added 1/2 a banana and and handful of blueberries to eat kids plate to help fill them up.

Morning Snack:

Snack at school today!

Lunch:

We finished up the pork soup today for lunch.  I follow the motto, "Cook once, eat twice" or maybe even three or four times.

Afternoon Snack:

I surprised the kids this afternoon with an early Valentine's Day treat.  I made a variation of these 3-Ingredient Energy Bars with 1 cup almonds, 1 cup dates, 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes, 3T of cocoa powder, and 2T coconut oil.  I formed the mixture into small balls and pressed them into heart shaped candy molds.  All of the kids loved them!

Dinner:

I was able to get one more meal out of the leftover pork roast by making some homemade BBQ sauce to serve with pulled-pork and adding some steamed broccoli.  I just made 1/2 batch of the BBQ sauce which was more than enough for dinner tonight.  I have tried to save leftover sauce for later use in the past, but it didn't keep well.

Bedtime Snack:

We had a warm, delicious treat before bed tonight:  baked pears with honey, coconut oil, and cinnamon.  I used this recipe as a guide, but I did not peel the pears.  The kids also had a glass of coconut milk with their treat. 

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