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Food as Medicine: Treating Toddler Constipation with Banana Flax Muffins

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

These muffins will keep your toddler regular without any fuss. Plus they are super healthy. I use these in combination with the Gluten Free Peanut Butter cookies to treat toddler poop withholding.

This recipe is also reduced sugar.

Banana Flax Muffins

Ingredients

-1/2 cup butter

-1/2 cup sugar

-1 cup mashed bananas

-1 cup dried fruit such as raisins or chopped prunes

-1 tbsp vanilla

-1 egg

-1 cup flour (whole wheat is fine as is white)

-1/2 cup ground flax meal (again, this is available at grocery stores, but usually cheaper on Amazon.com.)

-1/4 tsp. salt

-1 tbsp Cinnamon

-1 tsp. baking soda

Instructions

1.Cream sugar and butter.

2.Add egg, mashed bananas, and vanilla.

3.Mix in dry ingredients.

4.Fill muffin tins and bake for 20-30 minutes at 350F.  Makes 12 muffins.

I give our toddler one every morning for breakfast. Then she gets one peanut butter flax cookie as a snack. Plus some regular prunes. If I keep up with the baking, this food schedule keeps her regular.

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Food as Medicine: Treating Toddler Constipation with Cookies

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Here is a great recipe that will keep any toddler regular. If you are struggling with a stubborn toddler who just won’t poop, this is the solution you’ve been looking for.

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies (with a secret ingredient to combat constipation in toddlers)

Between the peanuts and the flax, these cookies will get things moving and your toddler will have NO idea the real purpose behind this delicious cookie.

Ingredients
-1 cup natural peanut butter (I nuked it a bit to make it runny)
-1/2 cup sugar or sweetener (I reduced this to 1/4 cup)
-1/2 cup ground flax meal (can be found in grocery stores but is usually cheaper at Amazon.com. Note:If you don’t have flax handy, just use 1/4 cup of flour. Peanuts often have a laxative effect on their own.)
-1 egg
-1 tbsp vanilla
-1 tsp baking soda
-1/4 cup sugar for coating cookies prior to baking

Optional add ins like chocolate chips.

Instructions

-Blend the peanut butter, egg vanilla and sugar.

-Add the flax meal and baking soda and chocolate.

-Mix the ingredients–you might need to use your hands.

-Form into small balls (about the size of a big marble).

-Roll in sugar.

-Bake 10 min at 350F. Not a second longer or they’ll burn. Also, let them sit for a few minutes before moving, they can be fragile until they ’set.’

-Makes about 16 small cookies. I dole them out one at a time.

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