No Sugar No Flour Low Fat Power Cookies

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These "cookies" have no added sugar or flour and are very low fat.  They are simple to make and are a great healthy treat or a good "on the go" breakfast. 

These power cookies are reminiscent of an oatmeal cookie, but have a texture that is more moist and chewy.  If your looking for something that tastes just like a high calorie cookie; this isn't it. However, if your looking for a decent healthy alternative  - give it a try.  One of my kids loves these....the other one not so much.  I like them very much.  Its fun to eat cookies for breakfast!

This recipe makes 24 cookies and each cookie has approx. 43 calories each.

Ingredients
(3) very ripe bananas

(2) cups of old-fashioned rolled oats

1/3 cup of all-natural applesauce (this is approx. the size of one small individual container).                   

(1) teaspoon of cinnamon

A small amount of raisins (to taste).  I used 2 mini boxes of raisins.
A dash of salt (optional)

Directions:      

(1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.         

(2) In a large bowl, mash the bananas very well.  Add in the oats, applesauce, cinnamon, raisins and salt.  Mix and let sit for 15 minutes to moisten the oats.

(3) Drop rounded teaspoons of the cookie dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet. 

(4) Flatten with the back of a large spoon.   

(5) Bake for 20 minutes.

These are best served after they are completely cooled; even refrigerated.


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How to Plant A Pineapple Top and Grow Your Own Pineapple

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Planting and growing your own pineapple is fun!  I started a small pineapple garden several years ago.  Whenever we would buy a pineapple at the store to eat, I would plant the top.  They take a couple years to produce fruit, but they are beautiful plants and are low maintenance. 

If you live in a cold weather zone, you can still plant a pineapple, you just need to plant your pineapple in a pot indoors in a sunny location. 

How To Grow Your Own Pineapple:
(1) Buy a pineapple from the store

(2) Cut off the leafy top.  This is your plant. Make sure any fruit is sliced off.  Leaving fruit on the plant may cause the top to rot.

(3) Peel off several layers of bottom leaves until you start to see roots.

(4) Put your plant in dirt and water.  Pineapples like lots of sun and NOT a lot of water. Don't plant it where water will go downhill and pool near the plant.

(5) During dry periods - water them occasionally.  I fertilize mine once in a while with a sprinkle of  8-8-8 fertilizer when they start to look a bit yellow.

(6) a pineapple will generally produce in 18 to 24 months.

Once a plant has produced a single pineapple it is done and will not produce again.  Harvest the pineapple and start the cycle over again!

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