Green smoothie time!!

100 caloriea. Packed full of vitamins. And makes enough for me to have for morning tea and afternoon tea.

You just have to trust me!

Take a bowl of fruit, a tray of ice, and a sppon of flaxseed. Sometimes i add fish oil, chia seeds ... Just depends on my mood and what have on hand. Just make sure you check the calories of the fruit you put in. Oh ... And frozen bananas are just like icecream!


Blend. We have a vitamix. It has POWER. No lumpy bits in my smoothies!!! Yum!!!!

If miss 6 has guests over i often stop here ... Kids love pink smoothie!

But for me i add about two handfuls of greens. Spinach today.
Trust me. Im drinking one now. I can taste berrie, i can taste pineapple. I cannot taste the greens at all!!

Packed full of goodness and vitamins. I have some now... Some later in the day. And if any is left we freeze them in iceblock moulds. Smoothie iceblocks! Yum!


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For the kids! Choc chia pumpkin brownies!!

I wish I had a picture.

But these are baked, cut and frozen for afternoon treats so as not to tempt me!

You see - we have a pumpkin glut. Blame our chickens for that. I didn't plant the pumpkins. The chicken farmers did!
So I have been experimenting making after school snacks for Miss 6.
That use pumpkin.
And she likes.

Now - in my house pumpkin as a sweet ingredient isn't that unusual. She is used to mummy doing odd things. Like putting zucchini into chocolate cake.

Anyway -the amazing this about this recipe is ... it was GOOD!
And I might serve it to some junk food loving friends and see if they can pick it as healthy!

Anyway ... by popular demand ... the recipe ...

Ingredients
•2/3 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder (i used cacao powder! It's full of antioxidants. Its a superfood!)
• 1/2 cup wholemeal flour • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• About 60g butter (unsalted) or the meadow lee "free" spread (again less salt)
• 3/4 cup raw sugar
• 2/3 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract


Chia seeds - about 1/3 cup


How?


Spray a 8" square brownie tin



Preheat oven to 180C



Gently melt butter in microwave (don't burn it!)



Stir cocoa powder into butter



In a separate bowl mix flour, chia seeds, baking powder



Stir in sugar, vanilla, egg and puree



Add in butter and cocoa mix. Stir until well mixed






Pour into tin.



Bake approx 20min






Cool before cutting




YUM!!!



Now this is for the kids people. Exercise your willpower muscle!!



Yes it is a treat - but by baking it we talk about all the good things in it.And the bad things in commercial/bakery food. And I think that's ok. It's education.



Oh and if you cut it into 12 it's about 170Cal a serve. Fine for my active little healthy girl.



Let me know if these recipes are useful (and not too much temptation!)



If you are brave I have a wholemeal pumpkin sultana cake/muffin I can share with you tomorrow!