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Strawberry Chia Oat Bites

Name: Strawberry Chia Oat Bites
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 16 bites
Ingredients: 3 ripe bananas; 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce; 1 Tbsp vanilla; 1 Tbsp honey; 2 Tbsp chia seeds; 1 3/4 cup oats; 1/2 cup slivered almonds; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp dry ground ginger; 8 strawberries (diced)

These Strawberry Chia Oat Bites are a simple and delicious way to fill up with healthy whole grains and fruit to fuel you for hours!

I recently discovered the wonder of podcasts, and have been listening to a few about food while I run lately (oh the irony). In one I listened to today, it talked about ways to make desserts healthier, without necessarily jumping to Splenda (and without necessarily making them as terrible as my cookie tragedies).

So after some preliminary research (Pinterest) I took to my laboratory (kitchen) to try my hand at some healthy cookie bites. As with most cookies, I divided my ingredients by “wet” and “dry”. Let’s cook!

How to make these Oat Energy Bites

Wet: I used 3 squished bananas as a base, mixing in a half cup of unsweetened applesauce, a teaspoon of vanilla and a tablespoon of honey. I then threw in 2 tablespoons of chia seeds and let the chia seeds soak up some of that moisture while I got to work on the dry mix.

Dry: Oats make up the bulk of the dry mix (1 3/4 cups) . I used quick oats, but I would imagine it’d taste mighty fine with any make of oats. Mix the oats up with a teaspoon of cinnamon, half a teaspoon of dry ground ginger, and half a cup of slivered almonds.

Then I mixed up the wet and dry, diced up 8 strawberries, and mixed it all together.

Drop spoonfuls onto a greased or paper-lined cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes and until golden brown.