The Land of Milk and Honey...Balls

Oh how I love some good balls.

Tis the season for various balls of yumminess.

Get your minds out of the gutter people!

Since I found this recipe on Mr. Breakfast, I've made them 3 times (only found the recipe last Sunday). Seriously, The Dude loves these and so do the kids, soooooo why not? They're super easy, nutritious, and a quick breakfast.

Milk & Honey Balls

1 Cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy, your choice)

1 Cup honey

2 Cups oats

2 Cups nonfat instant dry milk

Combine all ingredients in medium sized bowl. You can mash it all up with your hands or with a spoon, whatever you fancy. I think I used about one Tablespoon per ball. Shoot for about a one inch ball. Your hands will be sticky...deal with it.

The add-in possibilities are endless: chopped dates, raisins, mini chocolate chips, nuts, coconut (toasted or not), and dried fruit actually. I could probably go on and on, but I'll stop there.

These are a little sticky to eat. Actually, sticky is a strong word. There is an ever so slight stick to them. You could easily remedy this by rolled them in toasted coconut, crushed pretzels, crushed cereal, nuts, whatever. I like them just how they are.

Nutrition Facts (per ball)
Serving Size 35 g
Amount Per Serving
Calories
95
Calories from Fat
38
% Daily Value*
Total Fat
4.2g
6%
Saturated Fat
1.0g
5%
Cholesterol
1mg
0%
Sodium
39mg
2%
Total Carbohydrates
12.9g
4%
Dietary Fiber
0.9g
4%
Sugars
9.1g
Protein
2.9g
Vitamin A 1%
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Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 2%
•
Iron 2%
Nutrition Grade B
* Based on a 2000 calorie diet

Put on a happy face

The girls are becoming increasingly more picky eaters. They used to eat EVERYTHING. They were used to gobble up anything I'd put in front of them, including strong flavored and "odd" things. People used to comment on how they couldn't believe the girls would eat some of the things we tried. Now that they're almost three, they've apparently decided they are only going to eat Mac N Cheese. Yes, they've become THOSE kids. How embarassing. While I do dress up the macaroni, adding roasted, pureed butternut squash (undetectable by 3 yrd old girls AND daddies!), I still feel like that is just not ok to eat for every meal, every day.

Along the way, I discovered the girls will, at least, try something if it looks fun. Slap a happy face on that sandwich and we're golden. I made them these pizzas. Not only did they love helping create the faces, they had fun EATING them.

Their favorite part was the black olives. The kids LOVES black olives. Can we classify them as a healthy vegetable, PLEASE?!

For the pizza faces, I used canned buttermilk biscuits, pepperoni, black olives, green onions and sundried tomatos (also discovered Kate's love for sundried tomatos). You can use anything you have in the pantry/fridge. Just have fun with it. Bake according to package directions. Serve with marinara/pizza sauce for dipping.