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Power Protein Balls

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It’s sometimes difficult to get my daughter to eat enough protein, but she loves these protein balls. She’ll have a couple as an afternoon snack after school.

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Power Protein Balls
Ingredients
  • 2 cups oats
  • 1 1/2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup pecans toasted and chopped
  • 3/4 cup honey
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions

  1. Mix all together in a large bowl.

  2. Flash freeze for 20 minutes.

  3. Roll into balls. Store in the refrigerator.

Halloween Pizzas

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Happy Halloween! My mom made these for us every Halloween growing up before we would go trick-or-treating. The meat mixture and the biscuit cups can be made ahead of time and then assembled when ready to eat.

Do not use the Grands! biscuits for these as they are too big. The Grands! Juniors work well though.

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Halloween Pizzas
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 
Servings: 15 pizzas
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 1 15 oz. can tomato sauce
  • 1 cup carrots shredded
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 3 cans 5 count refrigerated biscuits
  • 15 Velveeta slices
Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray the bottom of 2 muffin pans with cooking spray.

  2. In a large pan, brown ground beef over medium heat. Drain off the fat and put meat on a plate lined with paper towels.

  3. Add olive oil to the pan and cook the onions until for several minutes until soft.

  4. Put the meat back in add and the rest of the ingredients, except the biscuits and cheese. Simmer for 20 minutes.

  5. Flatten the biscuits and stretch to shape over the bottom of the muffin tins to form cups. Bake for 8 minutes.

  6. Cut cheese slices into jack-o-lantern faces and stir the cheese bits into the meat mixture.

  7. Fill the biscuit cups with the meat and top with a slice of cheese. Bake for 3-5 minutes until cheese is melted.