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This video is an interview that Reed did to talk about his journey to healthy eating and having fun doing it.  He answers why he started getting serious about his health, his eating regimen, his exercise and his recipes and the most important meal of the day!

Oatmeal Pancakes

What you need:

• ½ cup of uncooked oats
• 1 cup of whole wheat flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 3 tsp of light brown sugar
• ¼ tsp of salt
• 2 egg whites
• 1 cup of nonfat milk
• canola oil (for spray pan)
• ½ cup of fat free, sugar free syrup
• 1 ripe banana

What to do:

1. Blend up the oats in a blender until they are in flour state. Pour them into a bowl.
2. Add in brown sugar, salt, baking powder and whole wheat flour.
3. In a separate bowl, beat up the egg whites and add in nonfat milk.
4. Combine this with the mixture in the first bowl. Let this batter settle together for approx. 5 minutes.
5. Slice up the banana in thin slices.
6. Spray pan with canola oil and place on the stove burner at a medium temperature.
7. Drop in batter using about ¼ cup for each pancake. Add in a few slices of banana to each one.
8. Flip your cakes when the middle of each begins to bubble.
9. Dip each bite into a little bit of fat free sugar free syrup.

Makes 4 servings

For more cool recipes from Reed Alexander, visit his website.

Photo credit: used by permisison of Much and House PR

What you need:

• 1 mini whole-wheat pizza crust or whole-grain flatbread
• 1 head of romaine lettuce, washed and sliced into bite-sized pieces
• 1 cup of cooked black beans (or 1 can, drained)
• 1 cup of cooked corn (or 1 can, drained)
• 1 can of garbanzo beans
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 red onion, diced
• 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
• Sea salt, to taste
• Ground black pepper, to taste
• Fresh cilantro leaves (to garnish)
• Honey
• 1 Lime
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Garlic Powder

What to do:

1. Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit.
2. Season chicken breasts with salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste and grill over medium heat until fully cooked through.
3. When finished, remove chicken from grill and cut chicken breasts into long, thin slices. Set aside
4. Lightly brush whole-wheat pizza crust with extra virgin olive oil to coat and place in oven for 3 to 5 minutes to toast until crispy
5. Layer flatbread with first Romaine lettuce, add black-beans atop the lettuce, followed by the corn, garbanzo beans, diced red bell pepper, and diced red onion. Arrange the chicken slices on top and garnish with fresh leaves of cilantro.
6. Drizzle dressing over top

Photo credit: Used by permission of Much and House PR

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Some the recipes that Reed created are on this video.  You and your child can watch it so you can see how simple it is for a child to do. I love that he shares his story and talks about health issues in his family as a motivator to eat well.

He has lots of energy and passion for food. He’s a real foodie!