Oatmeal Breakfast bars

This recipe is from Sleek Body BootCamper Amanda.

2 Cups Quick Cooking Oats

1/2 Cup Brown Sugar  (This is too sweet in my opinion, I cut this down to like a tablespoon or two)

1 Tea Baking Powder

1 1/2 Cups Milk  (Can be replaced with water if you are doing dairy-free)

1/2 Cup All Natural, Unsweetened Applesauce

2 Tbl Butter, melted

1 Egg, beaten (Or the Egg Beaters equivalent for lower fat)

Handful of Pecans, Sprinkle of Flax, Handful of Unsweetened Dried Fruit

Combine oats, brown sugar and baking powder in a large bowl.

Combine milk, applesauce, butter and egg.

Add the liquid mixture to the oat mixture.  Stir well.

Pour into an 8x8 baking dish that has been sprayed.

Sprinkle with your nuts, flax, whatever you want!

Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.

Clean Stuffing Muffins

STUFFING MUFFINS

Clean eating doesn't have to take a back seat to traditional Thanksgiving recipes. One change you can make in your holiday cooking is to ditch the prepackaged stuffing mix. Every package of stuffing mix I picked up at the grocery store, had High Fructose Corn Syrup. Pepperidge farm to Stove top.. These companies have some explaining to do!!! Remember that HFCS makes it hard to know when you're full so you eat more food! If you are in charge of the stuffing, try this recipe for stuffng mix You can choose clean,grainy breads or at the very least, interesting breads like marbled one. I like this recipe because you can prepare the 'stuffing mix' up to 3 months a head of time. "Herbed stuffing Mix": ( this works well as croutons also) 30 slices firm-textured bread cut into 1/2 -inch cubes,1/3 cup cooking oil,3 Tbs. instant minced onion,3 Tbs. parsley flakes, 2 tsp. garlic salt,3/4 tsp. ground sage and 1/2 tsp. seasoned pepper or seasoning salt. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Put bread cubes in two 13"X9"baking pans. Toast cubes for 45 minutes, stirring occationally. Remove from oven and cool slightly. Stir in remaining ingredients.Lightly toss to coat thoroughly.Cool. Store in an airtight container, in a cool dry place.Use within 3 to 4 months.---Makes about 12 cups. Use as needed. Another idea is to take your stuffing mix and make it in muffin tins to keep your serving size in check. Rachel Ray has a yummy Apple Onion Stuffed Muffins recipe. If you like, you can replace the chicken stock for vegetable broth and have a clean, veg version of this deliciousness.

Caramel Apple Pie Baked Oatmeal

Caramel Apple Pie Baked Oatmeal Makes 1 serving Ingredients: 1/2 cup dry oats 1 cup water 2 T liquid egg whites sugar substitute to taste dash Cinnamon 1-2 sugar-free Caramel Torani syrup 2 T unsweetened organic applesauce 1/3 sliced apple 1 T raisins 1/8 t baking powder Directions: Mix the above and pour into an oven proof dish. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Nutrition: Calories 250 Calories from Fat 27.0 Total Fat 3g Saturated Fat 0.5g Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 59.61mg Total Carbohydrate 48.74g Dietary Fiber 6.84g Sugars 19.66g Protein 8.75g Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/recipes/caramel-apple-pie-baked-oatmeal/#ixzz0rgc67jvT Note: I made this without the Torini syrup and used a packet of Truvia.  I also added ground flax.