Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites

Rolled Oats with Dark Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Flax Seed

This week at Chews Healthy, I was itching to make another dessert. As a connoisseur of peanut butter, it was a no brainer to make these delicious balls of goodness. This recipe is packed with rolled oats, ground flax seed, organic raw honey, peanut butter, and dark chocolate. What's not to love, seriously?

Since this blog is dedicated to health, it is important to note that although all of the ingredients in this recipe are healthy for you, it's not recommended to eat a full batch of these in one sitting! They are recommended to eat in place of an energy or granola bar.

This recipe is super easy to make as it requires no baking or cooking. Simply mix, roll, indulge. Anyways, let's get started!

Guilt-Free Cookies? Seriously, They Exist!

Cranberry-Coconut Flaxseed & Oatmeal Cookies

This week at Chews Healthy, I decided to try something completely different, cookies! Everyone likes cookies, in fact I have never met someone who would turn down a cookie. Hypothetically speaking, if they did turn one down I would just assume they were a diet or just plain crazy.  Assuming they are not mentally unstable, and just health conscious, I decided to try and make this batch of cookies as healthy and guilt-free as possible.

These cookies are loaded with nutrition and flavour! Each cookie is made with rolled organic oats, whole wheat flour, ground flaxseeds, agave nectar, cranberries and unsweeted coconuts. Not to mention that there is no refined sugar in this recipe. The flaxseeds are packed with fibre, proteins, omega-3 fatty acids and Lignans. Lignans are "a type of phytoestrogen that may protect against certain types of cancer, including breast cancer and prostate cancer. Even the National Cancer Institute has identified its cancer-fighting potential." (B. Hand and N. Nichols. 2013).

Okay, so let's get started!