Crispy Juice Pulp Cracker Recipe

So you are juicing and have a ton of pulp left over.  What do you do with it?  Why not make some Crispy Juice Pulp Crackers?  You can dip them in Hummus, add them to your favorite soup, or use them as a healthy snack. 

This Juice Pulp Recipe is really easy to make and baking them in the oven allows you to set a timer and finish a few other tasks while they are baking. 

What you will need:

1 Cup of Pulp (You can easily double this recipe is you have more than 1 cup to use)
1/2 Tbsp. Olive Oil
1//2 cup Flaxseed Finely Ground
1 C. Whole Grain Oats Finely Ground (plus a little extra for dusting)
1-2 Tbsp your seasoning of choice (Sea Salt is a Healthy Choice, you may want to add some Black Pepper, we used Garlic and Herb Old Bay)

Preheat Oven to 325 degrees F

Add 1 cup of Juice Pulp to your bowl and mix in the Olive oil using a fork.  Add the remaining ingredients and stir (or mash with a fork) 

Next you are going to need a flat baking sheet, a rolling pin, and your extra oats for dusting.

You want to put the pulp mixture onto the baking sheet, no need to grease, and lightly dust with finely ground oats.  Roll as thin as you would like, the thinner the better.  You want them to be crispy, remember.  

 If pulp starts to stick to your rolling pin lightly dust more oats as needed.

If you have a pizza cutter you can easily cut the pulp into squares or triangles, however you would like them cut. 

Now it's time to add some Sea Salt to the top, go ahead and give it a little sprinkle all over and you are ready to bake.  Bake for 25-30 Mins.  The outside crackers will get crispy the quickest.  If they seem done go ahead and pull them off.  You want to flip the remaining crackers over at this time and bake for another 10-15 minutes.  Depending on how thick or thin they are rolled the times may change and because oven temps vary you will need to pay attention the first time making this recipe.

Also whatever you juice that day will determine the flavor of your cracker.  We juiced Celery, Apple, Spinach, Cucumber, and Kale for these crackers and the Kale was the strongest flavor.  You might even say these are Kale Crackers :)  SO depending on your tastes maybe a heavy carrot base or even Spinach would be better.  There is plenty of room to play around with this recipe.  Be creative and have fun with it.

Once the crackers are dry they are ready to eat.  Add them to your favorite soup or enjoy them with a healthy dip. 

Tuna Fish Triangles - Low Fat Healthy Recipe

How Delish are these Yummy Tuna Fish Triangles!!  Made with a Low-Fat Mayo and Spicy Brown Mustard, Yum!!  Add some chopped Spinach and Diced Tomatoes for a yummy healthy snack.  Scoop onto a Whole Wheat Pita Triangle and Enjoy!

Yummy Tuna Triangles - Low Fat Healthy Recipe

1 Can Tuna in Water drained
1 Tbsp Low Fat Mayo
1 tsp Spicy Brown Mustard
2 Tbsp Chopped Spinach
2 Tbsp Chopped Tomato
1 Whole Wheat Pita cut into Triangles

Mix everything together, starting with the Mayo and Mustard, scoop onto triangles and enjoy!!

Tuna Fish and Egg Salad Fish Shaped Sandwich Recipes for Healthy Kids!

Having 3 kids isn't always easy especially when 1 of them is a picky eater, 2 of them will pretty much eat anything, and then there is me "Mom" trying to eat Healthy while having a husband who loves Carbs, Carbs, and More Carbs. 

Yes this is my battle everyday, so you can imagine my relief when the 1 picky eater, 1 good eater, and the Carb loving Husband are at school or work for the day.  Then it is Emma (1 good eater) and I left to tackle Lunch :)  While she is with me I really try to involve her in my cooking, and cleaning for the day.  So we came up with this great Kid Friendly Recipe that is probably a favorite in your home as well.  She doesn't care for Tuna and for me it is one of the Healthiest things for me to eat while trying to Lose Weight.  So Emma makes her Egg Salad Fishy Shaped Sandwich while I eat my Yummy Tuna Salad, in a Joseph's Wrap, of course :)

Here's the Recipe:

Egg Salad Fishy Sandwich Recipe For Kids

• 3-4 Large Hard Boiled Eggs (Remove Shells and Chop egg whites into small pieces and mashing yolks with a fork)
• 2Tbsp. Low Fat Mayo or Miracle Whip
• Little Squirt of Mustard (yes this is how I measure sometimes)
• 2% Reduced Fat Shredded Cheese (We used a mexican cheese blend because we had it on hand)
• Tiny bit of Tuna (This is where I sneak in a little Tuna just for the added nutrients) I use the leftover tuna for my lunch
• 1 Tbsp. Puree of Choice (I like to use Squash because the color and taste aren't so noticeable, you could use Cauliflower as well.)
• 1 slice of Whole Wheat Bread
• 1 Fish Shaped Cookie Cutter

Mix together the Mayo, Mustard and Puree into a seperate bowl.  I then put the remaining ingredients into seperate bowls (hiding the tuna, to add after the next step) 

My daughter stands on her stool at the counter and I let her mix the Mayo mixture in with the Egg Mixture (diced Egg white and Mashed Egg Yolk).  I then take the bowl out of site and add a tiny amount of tuna (and I mean slightest amount, maybe a 1/2 Tbsp.)

Next you can toast the Whole Wheat bread slice or leave it plain if your child doesn't like toast (mine does).

Then use the fishy cookie cutter and cut out two shapes from the one slice.

Then I let my daughter spoon some of the Egg Salad onto one bread slice and she then sprinkles some cheese onto it and places the top piece of toast on. 

I dice up some Carrots for her to snack on with her sandwich, set her at the table, and mix up the rest of the tuna with 1-2 Tbsp of the Reduced Fat mayo for myself.  Place on a Joseph's Pita and add some Romaine Lettuce. 

Eat and Enjoy the fact that you are both eating healthy :)