Day 7 Clean eating - whole grain chicken spinach pizza and peanut butter, oatmeal, chocolate chip, cranberry bars!

Today is my last day of my clean eating challenge! Although after today I may not eat clean 100% (heck, I've had a few cheats already this week) I am going to try to continue to incorporate clean foods as much as I can and try new recipes :)

Today I helped out Girls of Grace at my church (large conference for teen girls). I had to be there by 7am, which is waaay early for me. I didn't eat breakfast before I left so brought one of the cookies I made yesterday with me and a bag of grapes. Lunch was provided. It ended up being panera bread sandwiches, turkey and cheese. So somewhat healthy but the bread wasn't whole grain and I don't think the cheese was "real" either and the turkey probably loaded with preservatives ;)

For dinner I made a whole grain chicken spinach pizza!

 

I used this whole grain pizza crust recipe, cut it in half for a thin crust pizza and used honey instead of sugar.

I then cooked it in the oven for 5 minutes, took it back out and topped it with diced tomatoes, cut up spinach, boiled chicken with a little garlic on it and mozzarella cheese. This was SOOO yummy!

Tonight I'm going to my cousin's birthday party and won't be able to eat the cake and icecream so made a treat to bring with me! These were lightly sweet, very heavy but yummy! Definitely need a glass of milk to go with!

 

Here's the recipe!

Healthy peanut butter, oatmeal, chocolate chip, cranberry bars

Soft and chewy peanut butter oatmeal bars made with healthy, wholesome ingredients. The chocolate is optional. Sort of.

Yield: 12-16 bars, depending how large you cut them
Ingredients:

    1/2 cup  brown sugar
    1 cup  natural chunky peanut butter
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    1 cup whole wheat flour
    1 cup  old-fashioned rolled oats
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1/2 cup  milk (can use diary, almond, coconut, etc)
    1/2 cup  60% cacao chip
    1/2 cup organic dried cranberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray 8x8 baking dish with olive oil spray. Set aside.
In medium bowl mix together peanut butter,vanilla and brown sugar. Add in milk, then slowly flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Mix thoroughly then fold in cacao chips and cranberries.

Once dough is completely combined, press it lightly into the prepared baking dish. Bake for about 1718 minutes until the bars are lightly golden and set. Allow to cool completely and cut into squares.