MAHA - Homemade Popcicles

Just like for gummies, there is a formula for popcicles.

2 cups of fruit
1 cup of fruit juice, milk, coconut water, or yogurt
2 to 4 tablespoons sweetener
Blend everything together until smooth.
Pour into molds, insert sticks, and freeze.
Remove pops from molds by running the mold under warm water, or by setting them in a sink of warm water for a few seconds.

I found it very helpful to use my kitchen scale. Just put the blender container on the scale and measure in your ingredients, taring between each one.
1 cup = 8 oz.

Just about every one of these recipes yielded 10 popcicles.

Strawberry Popsicles

2 cups of strawberries, roughly chopped
1 cup of coconut water
2 tablespoons of honey
Optional extras: 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla, 1 teaspoon of lemon zest, or orange juice instead of coconut water. You could also put in another summer fruit, like peache...

MAHA - Homemade Donuts

In the next installment of MAHA, we are going to make homemade donuts. Who doesn't like a donut? But the ones you get in the stores are not healthy. You can easily make healthier donuts at home in your own kitchen.
They might not be like a Shipley's donut, but you will feel good about giving them to your children.

MINI DONUTS
From Allison
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
4 tablespoons coconut oil
(For chocolate add 2 tablespoons cocoa.)
Mix all and put in mini donut pan.
Bake at 350 degrees until done in the middle. Glaze or coat with powdered sugar if desired.

WHOLE WHEAT CINNAMON SUGAR DONUTS
From generationacresfarm.com
1 cup + 1 tablespoon freshly-milled white wheat flour or whole wheat flour from the store
1/3 cup (packed) coconut sugar, maple sugar or su...

MAHA - Homemade Granola Bars and Energy Bites

In the next installment of MAHA, we are going to make homemade granola bars and energy bites.

ENERGY BITES
From Andi Anne Recipes

Oatmeal Raisin:
1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1/4 cup nut butter or seed butter - peanut butter, sunflower seed butter etc.
1/4 cup raisins
3 pitted dates
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup - optional
1/2 tablespoon chia seeds
1/2 tablespoon water

Double Chocolate Energy Balls:
1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1/4 cup nut butter or seed butter - peanut butter, sunflower seed butter etc.
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
3 pitted dates
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup
1/2 tablespoon water
1/2 tablespoon chia see...

MAHA - Homemade Fruit Leather and Gummies

In another episode of MAHA, we are going to make fruit leather and gummies.
You don't have to have a dehydrator. The fruit leather can be done in the oven at a low temperature.
You don't even need cute molds for the gummies. You can just pour the mixture into a shallow dish and cut them up.

The gelatin you use makes a huge difference!  You should look for grass-fed beef gelatin.  Gelatin provides so many benefits for our bodies.  It's good for bones and joints, teeth and nails.  

Be sure to use organic fruit if you can and real honey and these treats will be good for you and your children to eat.  Plus, your children will LOVE making them!

Homemade Fruit Leather
thanks to Seed and Sparrow Homestead
3 cups fruit puree
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3/4 cup honey (you decide how sweet you want them)
vanilla (optional)

Blend together and pour onto a parchment-lined she...