Natural Health and Wellness

FRUIT SMOOTHIES Ingredients: Natural plain yoghurt Fruit of your choice (preferably colourful) Honey Granola A dash of pure fruit juice of your choice (no sugar added) Combine the above in a blender Serve with a sprinkling of nuts on top KIDS LOVE THEM! ROLLED DATE BALLS Ingredients: Soft dates without pips Dessicated coconut Form dates into soft balls Roll the balls into the coconut YOU NOW HAVE A DELICIOUS COCONUT DATE BALL. APPLES WITH PEANUT BUTTER (one of my sons favourites!) Sliced apples Spread with peanut butter YUM! A NICE PROTEIN AND HEALTHY ENERGY BOOST!

My children are the kind that just bounce off the walls when they eat sweets made from refined sugar. I have spent a great deal of time thinking up healthy alternatives to their sweet intake. The recipes I post are tried and tested. My kids love them and aren't even bothered that they are not traditional sweets. I think it is because they are getting their sugar fix naturally. I have found that they are far calmer.... I especially have to watch the refined sugar intake of my Mosaic Downs Syndrome son. The sugar has a direct effect on his ears. When he has had a lot of refined sugar he gets ear infections.