Peanut Butter Cheerio Bars

 

Lately I've been making a pan of these on Saturday's to have for breakfast for the week ahead.  The kids love them and will usually have them with a side of yogurt and piece of fruit.  They're only three ingredients and SUPER quick and easy to make.

8 cups Cheerios

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup honey

In a large glass measuring cup (I use my 4 cup measuring cup) add the peanut butter and honey.  Microwave for 30 seconds, stir, and microwave an additional 30 seconds.  Mix well to combine.

In a large mixing bowl add 8 cups of Cheerios.  Pour the peanut butter/honey mixture over top and mix well to combine.

Spray a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick spray, place the cheerio mixture into the baking dish and press into the bottom of the pan.  Cover and refrigerate for one hour or until set.  Slice into bars.  Keep refrigerated.

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

I know...how hard can it be to make hard boiled eggs?  Does it really deserve a blog post?  Yes!  If you use your Instant Pot to hard boil your eggs, you absolutely need to know this method.  So many people do the 5-5-5 method or the 6-6-6 method or a 4-5-4 method....blah blah blah.  I'm a busy mama and don't have time to carefully time eggs.  I'll mess it up because there's always something to distract me.  So here's the easiest way AND it doesn't require you to babysit it.

Eggs, room temp (I do a dozen or two at a time)

1 cup water

Place the trivet in the bottom of your instant pot.  Add the water to the pot.  Place the eggs on top of the trivet.  

Secure the lid, set the valve to sealing, and process on high pressure for 2 minutes.  THAT'S IT!!  2 minutes!!

Allow the pressure to completely release naturally.  (Read: forget about it while you do other stuff)

Once the pressure has released, take your eggs out and store in the fridge.

Vitamin C Bombs

What kid doesn't love a gummy fruit snack or a fun jiggly jello shape?!  Here is a recipe for a homemade treat your kids will love that is packed with Vitamin C, NO fillers, and no refined sugar. And you can use your little ones favorite 100% juice!  Apple, Orange, White Grape, anything!  My daughter LOVES Grape Juice so that's what we normally use.  Oooo, you can also get creative and mix some juices for a neat combo! 

*Note: This treat contains honey.  If your child is younger than 12 months, this treat is unsafe for your child.

 

3 cups 100% juice, any kind you like that is high in Vitamin C, divided

3 envelopes Knox brand unflavored gelatin

2 tablespoons honey

 

In a small saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups of the fruit juice to a boil.

Meanwhile in a medium mixing bowl, mix together the remaining 1 1/2 cups of cold fruit juice with the unflavored gelatin until most of the gelatin has dissolved. 

Once the juice has come to a boil, carefully and slowly pour the boiling juice into the cold juice mixture.  Stir it until all of the gelatin has completely dissolved.  Add the honey and stir until the honey has completely melted into the mixture.

Now, you can go one of two ways.  You can pour the juice into fun little ice cube trays/molds (Ikea has some cute ones!).  Or, you can simply pour it into an 8 or 9 inch baking dish.  Either way, pour the juice into your desired container and stick it in the fridge for 4 hours or overnight.