A Healthy Bite...for both of us!

In a renewed effort towards greater frugality,

I am trying to do better using up food in the fridge

especially things like

hummus

and

pita bread

that usually go stale or moldy after a while.

SO,

for lunch today Jonah and I had

Cheesy hummus pitas!

Spread a medium-thick layer of hummus (I used TJ's sweet roasted red pepper hummus)

on the inside of a pita, and sprinkle with cheese (cheddar is our favorite!)

Close the pita, and pop into the toaster oven until heated through and a little crisp on the outside.

Remove from toaster, and place baby spinach leaves inside.

Enjoy!

Get your chocolate fix the healthy way!

Here is a very yummy recipe I just found and made today. So healthy, delicious, and great for kids and adults alike!

Chocolate Coconut Haystacks
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/3 cup honey
1 t. vanilla
1/2 t. sea salt

2 1/2 cups unsweetened coconut
1/2 cup cocoa powder

Melt the coconut oil over low heat in a saucepan. Stir in peanut butter, honey, vanilla and salt. Remove from heat; add coconut and cocoa powder...mix. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet (or one lined with parchment paper). Refrigerate until firm. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.

I found this recipe here: http://carriedonthewind.blogspot.com/

Dragon and Turtle Friendship...

The Dragon and the Turtle, by Donita Paul and Evangeline Denmark, is a fairy-tale story of godly friendship. The cover photo is a cute picture of the main characters that excites you to open the book and read. Inside you'll find soft but engaging pictures illustrating the story line. In the story, Padraig the dragon goes searching for "creeping bugs" to eat, but instead finds a forlorn turtle who cannot find his home. Instead of pleasing his hungry stomach, Padraig decides to help, and flies away to search for Roger the turtle's description of his home. Each time, it is the wrong house, and Roger tells Padraig a new sensory description of his house to help him find it (i.e. "it smells like cookies and feels like the beach"). There is alot of good repetition of story elements and phrases, as well as those that build on one another (like the descriptions of Roger's house). I was a bit disappointed with the ending to the story. It is a long story, and builds to the point where you imagine a nice twist at the end, but the ending is fairly logical. However, the characters do set forth a nice example of selflessness, friendship, and kindness. The end of the book also has some nice extension activities and discussion, which is very nice.

*I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.