YOUR MINI RESOLUTION EAT MORE “FnVs” • WEEK 4

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By now, we hope you are finding it easier to eat more FnVs and that maybe you’ve explored a new recipe or two. Today, we’re tackling breakfast and dessert. This is kind of ironic since a typical American breakfast has as much sugar as a dessert. The recipes below are lightly sweetened with natural sugars, which are a marginally better option than white table sugar, meaning they retain some of their original micronutrients—they were not stripped away in the processing/bleaching handling.


CCP helps you stay on track!
 
 
 
Use our log to to track your progress toward our mini resolution. This month, we’re looking to up our fruit and veggie (FnVs) consumption!
 
For questions or assistance, email your Motivated Mondays Coach Michele McCambridge:
 
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From the era of the Snackwell cookie (ultimate UPF!), most of us are familiar with the trick of adding applesauce or pumpkin to our baking to increase the texture/moisture in low fat desserts. We have all made our fair share of fruit crisps and pies or banana and zucchini breads, but here we wholesale swap out the grains for FnVs. Plantains, pumpkin, sweet potato and beets take center stage in these recipes which are prepared in a blender and either lightly sweetened or have no added sugar at all.

 
BREAKFAST

WAFFLES

 
Sweet Potato Waffles - No Added Sweetener
Plantain Waffles - No Added Sweetener

PANCAKES

Plantain Pancakes
Pumpkin Pancakes

MUFFINS

Cherry Plantain Muffins
Beet Chocolate Muffins

 
DESSERT

ICE CREAM

 
Everyone screams for ice cream, even when it’s not actually a “cream” but a fruit dessert made from the Yonanas Classic Frozen Dessert Maker.

POPS

 
Kids won’t know their Green Monster Ice Pops have spinach in them, they will just know they are delicious! Kids can easily pitch in and help make their own chocolate banana pops. The recipe calls for sprinkles, but you can be creative with chopped nuts or shredded coconut too. Let the kids choose their topping!
 
Green Monster Ice Pops
Chocolate Banana Pops

BROWNIES

 
If you aren’t super comfy in the kitchen, or unsure about trying new recipes, then a brownie is the way to go. Brownies are the most forgiving baked good, it doesn’t matter if the top sinks, cracks, or domes, it doesn’t need to rise and there is always an audience for an over cooked edge. The first recipe uses beets as the base. Chocolate is a great way to hide your beets!
 
Beet Brownies
Sweet Potato Brownies

COOKIES

 
Even the fussiest Cookie Monster will devour these veggie-based cookies!
 
Zucchini Almond Butter Cookies
Carrot Cake Power Cookies

CAKE

 
These cakes cook up more like a torte, because of the absence of flour. PLEASE let us know if you try the banana-avocado frosting!
 
Purple Velvet Torte
Chocolate Cake with Banana-Avocado Frosting

That wraps up our resolution to eat more FnVs! Did you have a favorite recipe from this past month? If so, let us know! We’ll see you next week for a new resolution!