Christmas has definitely snuck up on me this year, how about you? Derek departs tomorrow to Colombia, South America. We both have mixed feelings, its a once in a lifetime chance to go but he is far from us, should anything go wrong. He'll be home before we know it and I've made sure to keep us sort of busy over this next week while he's gone. My mom will be staying with us starting tomorrow through friday or saturday (basically however long I can handle her). Tomorrow we are visiting some friends, I have my last exam (absolutely no studying done - i should get off of this now), and alot of home made gifts that I still need to finish.
And somehow wrap the kids gifts - which doesn't sound like a lot but Bobby has been hit or miss with naps these days. And actually, since we moved him into his own room he gets up at like 5:30 everyday! YES! I KNOW!! Its because we think he's hearing Derek get up for work in the morning so he just gets up. So on days like those (like TODAY), I can bank on him taking a snooze. Which I know he desperately needs, I've been seeing a side of him lately that I just do not like and I know its all revolving around his lack of sleep. BOO.
Anyway. I came on here to share this...
Easy recipe for a super healthy snack. Not sure about everyone else, but my kids really like nuts but always have a hard time chewing them in their little mouths. This snack gets the nuts down plus some other benefits...
Energy Bars
6 Dates
1 or 1&1/2 Cups of Raw Almonds (or Cashews)
~1/2 Cup of Coconut oil
~ 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
other optional ingredients are chocolate chips, shredded coconut
Grind up in a blender or processor just the nuts and dates. I find for me, if I add in all the ingredients and then try to blend the mix, it just doesnt go well. Also, all my ingredient amounts are guesses. Well, I take that back, the dates, I did put in 6 but the nuts, eh you kind of have to eye ball it. My guess is it measures out to 1 - 2 cups of almonds.
Delicious! Kids inhale those bad boys. I wanted to add some of our cod liver oil, but it has an orange or lemon flavor and I think the contrast in flavors would just be terrible.
