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By Estela - Weekly Bite, March 24, 2011 7:39 am

No news on the home front. House is still on the market and waiting for that perfect buyer. We’ve had lots of looks and lots of folks love our home, but no one ready to bite the bullet just yet.

In the meantime, while we’re waiting for that perfect buyer, I made myself some High-Fiber Marshmallow Treats

I featured  these on my blog close to a year ago and love love love them!!

I was having a major sweet craving and needed to satisfy it while healthily feeding the bell pepper sized baby growing inside of me

These fit the bill perfectly!

The ingredients are simple…

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 10.5 oz bag mini marshmallows
• 5 cups Fiber One cereal
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds
• 1/2 cup dried cherries (or any dried fruit you like)
• 2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

In a large saucepan, melt the butter then add in marshmallows. Stir over medium low heat until marshmallows are melted. Once the marshmallows are nice and melty, remove from the heat and add in your cereal, almonds, & dried cherries. Fold through until everything is mixed in. Next add in your chocolate chips. Gently fold these into the mix. Make sure to leave some chocolate chunks in tact.

Spray a 13×9 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray. Spread mixture into the pan and let cool completely. Cut into desired sized bars & Enjoy

My best advice to you…

Try not to eat the whole pan… they are that good

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By Estela - Weekly Bite, March 11, 2010 9:17 am

Sorry for being MIA yesterday.

It was an incredibly busy day!

Not only have I been super busy training my replacement at work (yes… you read that correctly), but it’s National Nutrition Month AND yesterday was National Registered Dietitian Day!!!

There were lots of festivities that I organized at work and these high fiber treats were part of it.

For our Nutrition table I contacted numerous vendors for donations.

I’m pretty sure we got close to a thousand sample of fiber one

Along with this sample, I created and printed out this recipe for people to make.

These bars include Fiber One cereal, marshmallows, dried fruit, and semi-sweet chocolate chips.

The best thing about these bars is they contain 12 grams of fiber each!

Ingredients:

• 1 bag marshmallows
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 5 cups Fiber One Cereal
• 1/2 cup dried fruit. I like to use either dates or dried cherries.
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds
• 2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Directions:

Spray 13×9 pan with non-stick cooking spray.

Melt butter in a large saucepan at medium low heat.

Add marshmallows to melted butter.

Keep heat at medium low. Continuously stir marshmallows until completely melted. Be careful not to burn marshmallows.

Take marshmallows off heat. Add in cereal, dried fruit, and almonds. Gently fold in chocolate. Be careful not to over mix.

Spread in pan, allow to cool completely, then cut into 12 squares.

Enjoy!

As far as my job goes… today is my last day. I’m so excited about my new endeavor. I’m working on a post for tomorrow to explain it all.
Have a wonderful Thursday