Cinnamon Sugar Rattle Snakes I Mean Snacks Recipes

CINNAMON SUGAR RATTLE SNAKES, I MEAN SNACKS!

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350*F.
• Mix the sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Add the chicpeas and toss until coated thoroughly.
• Spread out on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 55-60 minutes, shaking the sheet and mixing occasionally until the chickpeas are crisp and rattle in the pan. they will crisp more while cooling. Enjoy!

GOJI BERRY BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4.
• Combine the flour, cocoa,salt and cinnamon. Mix well.
• In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs, sweetener and applesauce.
• Add the egg mixture to the flour. Stir, but don't over mix, you'll have rubbery brownies otherwise.
• Carefully stir in the goji berries. Once again being careful not to over-mix.
• Pour into a 8 inch greased pan.
• Bake for 25 minutes.

ROASTED SOY NUTS

Steps:

• Soak beans in water 8-12 hours. Be sure to use enough water, as the beans will expand to about 3 cups.
• Rinse the beans and blot lightly with paper towel. They don't need to be dry, just not dripping wet with water.
• Sprinkle olive oil over the beans and toss lightly to coat. I do this right in the colander that I used to drain the beans.
• Sprinkle salt and cajun spice over the beans and continue to toss until coated.
• Spread the beans on a baking sheet in a single layer.
• Bake at 350F, stirring after 15 minutes. Stir beans and return to oven, baking and stirring every 5 minutes until soybeans are golden brown and crunchy. The amount of time to attain crunchy soy nuts will depend on the moisture of the soaked beans. It usually takes mine a total of 25-45 minutes. That's a big range, I know, but every batch is different is all I can say! Watch them carefully toward the end to make sure that they don't burn. Conversely, you definitely don't want to under-roast them either, or they will have a chewy consistency. They should be nicely browned, like in my picture.
• Cool the beans and enjoy!

LOW CARB HIGH FIBER HIGH PROTEIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 and spray 12 cup muffin tin with non-stick spray.
• Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl, stir and make a well in the middle.
• In a different bowl combine all wet ingredients.
• Pour wet ingredients into well in dry ingredients. Stir to combine, but don't over mix. Batter will be lumpy.
• Divide equally into muffin tins.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes then remove muffins and place on cooling rack.

GROUND BEEF + TVP = LOTS O' MEAT

Steps:

• Place TVP in a large bowl.
• Bring beef broth to a boil and pour over the TVP; stir well and let sit at room temperature for several hours until completely cool.
• When TVP is cool, add the ground beef and mush together extremely well with your hands. Keep mixing until the TVP is thoroughly mixed and blends in with the fat particles found in the regular ground beef.
• Use in any recipe calling for regular ground beef; I make and freeze meatballs, hamburger patties, meatloves, sausage, and regular crumbled ground beef.
• EQUIVALENCIES: 1 rounded cup of the raw mixture, or 10.75 oz, equals one pound of ground beef. 2 cups of the cooked mixture equals one pound of ground beef.

NEMO (CLOWNFISH) SNACKS

Steps:

• Take two dried apricots and cut the first one in half. Cut the second apricot into thirds. You only need half of the second apricot to complete one fish, but you'll probably be making a few so you won't need to throw it away.
• Heat the white chocolate in the microwave until it was melted.
• Recommend to microwave it for 10 seconds at a time so you don't burn the chocolate.
• Dip the edge of the first apricot piece into the white chocolate. Place the dipped piece on your work surface and push the second apricot piece firmly against it.
• Dip the cut edge of the third piece and press it to the second piece.
• Dip the rounded edge of the fourth piece into the white chocolate and attach it to make the fish's tail.
• Dip a small currant into the white chocolate and stick it onto your apricot fish to create the eye.
• Leave the chocolate to set; you can speed the process up by putting your fish in the fridge.