Snack Dilemma: Solved!

Ok, I know I could just grab one of the many apples that is sitting on my diningroom table... but sometime I just don't want to! I want something with more flavor, something like I used to be able to have! 

I found a few snack recipes that, when slightly modified, I was able to have! Praise Jesus!

The first snack is a recipe that I found from this blog, which has lots of sugar free recipes. I add the sugar and substitute the other stuff. I don't know why, I just really like her stuff. :)

Baked Oatmeal (instead of granola bars)

2 eggs (substituted for 1/2 a banana and 1/2 tsp of baking soda

1tsp vanilla extract

2 c applesauce

1/2 c honey

5c old fashioned oats (sub. steal rolled oats)

1tbsp ground cinnamon

3tsp baking powder

1tsp salt

2 3/4 c milk (sub. rice milk)

Toppings: apples and rasins

Preheat oven 350degrees F. Mix eggs, vanilla, applesauce, sugar in a bowl. Add in oats, cinnamon, baking powder and salt, mix well. Pour in muffin pan and top with whatever you're using as your topping. Bake 30 minutes or until done. Mine came out pretty soft and more like an oatmeal muffin than a granola bar, but still delicious.

The second snack surprised me! It's baked Garbanzo (chickpea) beans. This was easy and really does taste like a nut, not a bean. So good, so easy and so healthy!

Crispy Cinnamon Garbanzo Beans

1 c dried garbanzo beans

2 tbsp olive oil

2tbsp sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

Soak beans overnight, pat dry in the morning. Preheat oven to 350degrees F. Toss beans with oil and sugar. Spread on un-greased baking sheet and cook for 45 minutes or until beans are no longer soft. Immediately toss in cinnamon and salt. Cool and serve or store in air tight container.

The third snack is home made chips and guacamole. If you've looked on many store-bought tortilla chip bags there are many oils used. My bag says this: canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or soybean oil and/or sunflower oil... REALLY?! So there is a chance that there is soybean oil in the chips, but there may not be. Lame. Can't take that chance so I made my own.

Corn Tortilla Chips

corn tortillas
salt, to taste

Preheat oven to 400degrees F. Cut Tortillas into six equal parts. Place on cookie sheet 1/2 an inch apart from each other. Bake for 8 minutes. Done.

Guacamole

avocados
onion
tomato
fresh cilantro
cayenne pepper
garlic powder
cumin powder
salt

The amount of ingredients depends on how much you want to make. If I'm making it for a snack for myself, I usually use one avocado and then everything else to taste. This and the chips are a perfect pair! I'm sure you could make salsa to go with the chips too. I didn't just because salsa doesn't have avocados in it, and I'm kind of obsessed with avocado. :)

I am thankful for the snacks I've discovered and, honestly, I think I would make all of them even if I wasn't so limited in what I can eat- they are that good! I hope you enjoy!