School Year 2017-2018 (Week 1)

Strawberries, Kix, date, cashew, hard-boiled egg, ham, banana pancakes,
avocado toast sprinkled with chia seeds

Blue box: Clementines, pumpkin cherry oat cookies**, steamed carrots and
broccoli, banana pancakes (with syrup), veggie sticks, and PB and homemade
jam** sandwich
Purple box: except she chose apples, sliced raw carrots, and cinnamon
chia seed pudding

Pink box: Superhero bananas**, quesadilla (with guac), roasted broccoli, apples,
and cinnamon chia seed pudding.
Green box: He had the same except he chose corn over broccoli.

Clementines, blueberries, banana pancakes (with syrup), roasted broccoli,
cinnamon chia seed pudding, ham and cream cheese roll-up,
Triscuits topped with peanut better and date slices.

Pumpkin Cranberry Oat Cookies

Ingredients

1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree

2/3 cup dried unsweetened cranberries

2 flax seed eggs (or 2 eggs)

1/4 cup agave

2 cups old fashioned oats

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup coconut oil

1/4 cup ground flaxseed

2/3 cup shelled pumpkin seeds

Method

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a microwavable bowl combine coconut oil and agave (microwave until melted)

In a large bowl combine oats, pumpkin seeds, ground flaxseed, pumpkin pie spice, salt, and oats

Add pumpkin puree and eggs, to the heated coconut oil and agave. Combine well.

Add the the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.

Shape 12-15 cookies

Bake for 12-18 minutes, edges will lightly brown.

Homemade Jam (adapted with slight modification from www.pickuplimes.com/single-post/2017/04/06/Easy-Berry-Chia-Seed-Jam)

Ingredients

2 cups frozen mixed berries

2 Tbsp chia seed

1 Tbsp orange juice (or agave if you'd like it sweeter)

Method

Heat frozen berries in the microwave for 3 minutes (stir every minute)

Food process thawed berries

Transfer berries to leak proof container 

Add chia seeds and juice (or agave)

Shake to combine

Let cook with top off then refrigerate for up to a week

Superhero Banana

Ingredients

Banana

Peanut butter (heated for 30 seconds)

Hemp seeds

Mini chocolate chips (I used semi-sweet)

Method

Slice bananas and set in a single layer

Drizzle heated PB over bananas

Sprinkle hemp seeds and chocolate chips