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If healthy junk food sounds like an oxymoron to you, that’s because it is! By definition, junk food is high in calories but low in nutrition content. Of course the obvious ones are candy, cookies, potato chips, and soda. These days, with clever marketing there are many products out there masquerading as healthy food, when they are really junk food! Let’s bust some myths: Just because something is organic, does not make it healthy.
Organic refers to the way in which things are grown. In order to be considered organic, food:
• Must be produced in a way that supports ecological balance and conserves biodiversity
• Cannot use synthetic pesticides or chemical fertilizer (but can still use approved pesticides and fertilizer)
• Cannot be processed using irradiation or genetic engineering
• Sahale Seasoned Nut Mixes
• Dried bean snacks like Seapoint Farms edamame
• Perfect Bars
• Graze Trail Mixes
• Kind Bars
• RX Bars
• Prana Trail Mix
• Bare Fruit Chips
• The New Primal Jerky
• Superseedz Flavored Pumpkin Seeds
Ingredients:
2 ripe bananas
1 cup old fashioned oats
¼ cup chopped dried fruit (any kind, preferably unsweetened)
¼ cup chopped nuts (any kind)
Method:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment and spray with cooking spray, or use a silicon baking sheet.
In a large bowl, mash the bananas. Add the oats, fruit, nuts, and mix all ingredients together until evenly combined. Form into cookie shapes.
Bake for 15-20 minutes. Let cool until the cookies stay together when picked up.