Banana, Date and Almond Protein Smoothie

Lately I've been paying more attention to the food I eat and trying to be more active.  One thing I've been doing is trying to eat more protein.  This Banana, Date and Almond Protein Smoothie is one of the ways I've been trying to increase my protein intake.  I will have this smoothie after my workout.  I personally don't like the taste of protein powder so in the recipe I've given a range to use.  You can start out with less and try to increase the amount as you get used to the flavour.  Currently I use about 3/4 scoop in my smoothie.

Medjool Date Bread Rings {Natural Delights}

Ramadan is just around the corner.  The time for fasting and for some delicious treats!  Today I am sharing with you a recipe for Medjool Date Bread Rings using Natural Delights Medjool Dates.  This is a recipe that brings back fond memories of going to Juma prayers with my family as a child.  Also anything with dates reminds me of Ramadan.

Medjool Dates and Tamarind Chutney with Natural Delights {Kajoor Imli Ki Chutney}

Back in October I had reviewed Natural Delights Medjool Dates.  These are the best dates we've ever had.  Medjool Dates are a wonderful snack especially if you have a sweet tooth!  They are a great source of fibre.  A couple of Medjool dates accounts for 11% of your daily fibre requirement.  They are also full of antioxidants.

Chocolate Truffle Energy Bites

Recently I shared with you my review of Natural Delights Medjool Dates.  We love dates and these were the best ones we have ever had.  With the Natural Delights Medjool Dates I made these amazing Chocolate Truffle Energy Bites.  Earlier in May I had posted a recipe for Peanut Butter, Oatmeal and Chocolate Chip Energy Bites and since then I have been searching for a recipe that didn't use any peanut butter.  I found this recipe on Sally's Baking Addiction which looked like it would be good to try.  I made a few changes to adjust for what ingredients I had on hand.  These turned out great and tasted best chilled.  I told Hasan they were chocolate to get him to try them and he loved them!  He even asked for some the next day.  I made half the recipe but next time will be making the whole recipe since they didn't last very long!

Mango Date Green Monster {Guest Post}

This will be a different Ramadan.  A Ramadan without Baba.  In the picture above I have placed a pocket watch we found in Baba's things.  It is an antique pocket watch and my dad had written on the bag Eglinton Ave E/Laird (where he bought it) and $5.35.  Baba was such an organized man.  Always thought of everything and made sure everything was in place.  During Ramadan, iftari at my parents place was usually the tradtional waday, dahi baday and aloo bonday.  All things Baba loved.  He could never resist the Iftari.  When my brother and I were still at home, Baba would buy baklava and chocolate every Ramadan.  We would always have some at sehri/suhoor.  May Allah forgive him and grant him Jannat-ul-Firdous.  May Allah make this easy time for Mummy.  Ameen.

Orange, Date and Walnut Muffins {SRC}

It's Secret Recipe Club time again!  For those of you unfamiliar with the club, every month we are assigned a blog and must make one recipe from that blog.  But we must keep it a secret who we were assigned.  Then on reveal day we all post our recipes and find out who was assigned who.

Oatmeal Date Muffins

Seven years ago my husband and I went to PEI.  We stayed in the cutest inn called The Great George.  I can't remember if it was everyday or just on weekends, but they would serve complimentary breakfast in the lobby.  They would also have coffee, tea and treats in the lobby 24 hours a day.  You could buy the recipes for all these tasty treats in the lobby.  We enjoyed everything so much that I bought a recipe book.  This recipe book had a recipe which we didn't have at the Inn.  It was for these muffins.  I made a few tweaks to the recipe to suit our tastes.  This is a mildly sweet muffin that is perfect for breakfast.  It is sweetened with honey and dates.  I had made these this past Ramadan to have during Sehri (our meal prior to the sun rising).  I added some flaxseed to bump up the fiber in them and mixed in a little whole wheat flour.

Low Fat Oatmeal Date Bars {SRC}

It's time for Secret Recipe Club again!  For those not familiar with the club, every month you are assigned a blog and you must make one recipe from that blog.  Then on Reveal Day we all post at the same time.  This month I was assigned the blog Cookin' with Cyndi.  After searching through Cyndi's recipes I settled on her Oatmeal Date Bars.  I've been making a lot of oatmeal lately and dates are always a hit in our home.  My kids love to snack on them.  My main changes to the recipe was to replace the butter with oil and applesauce.  I also used brown sugar instead of Splenda and included some all-purpose flour.  Bilal loved them and called them "Go-Bah" meaning granola bar.  It's so cute the way little kids try to say words.  Hasan used to call granola bars "Go-Ma-Ma".  I think you can switch up the date filling in these.  I'm thinking of trying it with some strawberry jam next time.