ZUCCHINI-CHIA-BANANA CHEWS 
Healthy, chewy, nothing artificial and fast!

zucchini (~ 1 lb. - Monster garden zucchinis are great for this!)
4 oz. chia seeds
bananas (~ 1 lb. - brown & squishy like you'd use for banana bread!)
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. ginger

Note: I like it best if amounts of zucchini and banana are about equal.

Peel zucchini and cut into food mill-size pieces; then run through your food mill or blender. I don't seed them; the seeds are good for you, providing fiber, enzymes, etc.

Mash bananas with a potato masher or run through a fool mill. "Brown' bananas are sweeter than those you'd put in cereal and they mash more easily.

Mix these 2 together thoroughly, then add chia seeds and spices and mix thoroughly together again. Let sit 10 minutes so the chia seeds can absorb the liquid and it all makes a gelled mush.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper and put in dehydrator until as dry as you like them, OR onto cookie sheets you have sprayed so they won't stick and dry in the oven on lowest setting.

Store in brown paper bags in cool place or in freezer - they will always stick together if you leave them at room temperature. If they last that long!

Submitted by: Carel Two-Eagle

 

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