Almond Butter Balls

3/4 cup creamy almond butter
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup and 2 tablespoons crisp rice cereal

Mix powdered sugar and cereal together in large mixing bowl.  Heat almond butter and butter on low until creamy.  Pour over dry mix and stir gently until moist.  Roll tablespoons full together into balls.  Refrigerate.

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup and 2 tablespoons crisp rice cereal

Mix powdered sugar and cereal together in large mixing bowl.  Heat peanut  butter and butter on low until creamy.  Pour over dry mix and stir gently until moist.  Roll tablespoons full together into balls.  Refrigerate.


Reviews - pre coating...

Almond Butter Balls = perfect consistency to roll and not get all stuck together.
PB Balls = very gooey...I would maybe use natural pb next time, or maybe crush up a bit of extra cereal to mix in...kind of soak up some goop.

Next day:  still haven't coated them yet...I'll finish that soon, and add more directions then.

Baked Oatmeal/Baked Quinoa

Original recipe:  Refined Sugar Free Baked Oatmeal
 

Baked Oatmeal

• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/2 - 1 cup honey
• 1 banana, sliced
• 1 cup strawberries cut up
• 1 cup applesauce, unsweetened
• 5 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 3 cups milk

Mix, bake 350 degrees, 35-40 minutes.

Baked Quinoa

• 1 1/2 cups prepared quinoa
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ~1/3 cup honey
•  sliced banana
• ~1/2 cup chopped strawberries
• 1/3 cup applesauce
• a sprinkle of salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2/3 cup coconut milk

Mix, bake 350 degrees, ~1 hour 

Blankets

 I have been enjoying small sewing projects lately.  Last weekend, B and I were on our own, and I think he got a little bored with me because he took long naps and went to bed early.  Even slept through the night one night.  Hm...  Anyways, I made 2 baby doll blankets and a "taggie" blanket.  I ordered to baby dolls online for 2 little girls.  They were girl babies with brown eyes...one came a boy.  At first, I panicked a little, but since L was playing that she had baby boys recently, I decided that it's ok for girls to have boy babies...I have one!  I hadn't yet finished the blanket with the blue and white on it.  I was going to sew a bright pink border on it.  So, I looked through my material stash and found just the thing.  And the boy baby came in a blue, green, and white outfit, so it worked well.  Problem solved.  Does anyone know how store bought taggie blankets have the crinkles in them?  What do they sew into the tags?

Colorful Baby Food

I've been enjoying making some new baby foods this past month.  Many that I don't think I made for the first two.  Spinach - just bought a bag of frozen, thawed, and chopped a little finer.  I heat it up a bit with the rest of the meal, but didn't initially cook it.  Red and yellow peppers - chopped, but not cooked.  Cauliflower - steamed and pureed, I did make this for the girls.  Look at how the colors match these blocks so well!

I also bought two bags of cranberries around Thanksgiving and have made Cranberry-pear Sauce and Cranberry-apple Sauce.  I found this recipe to base it off of.  I did use water instead of juice, but think I would add juice next time and no other fruits.  

Love this smile!!