Healthy Alternative's to Your Childhood Favorites!

As a kid did you love corndogs? Pigs in a blanket?
Do your kids love them now? But you don't want all that processed fat going into their bodies?
Well, Outoftheboxfood.com has awesome recipes that take your childhood favorites and makes them in a healthy way.
Below are some of the recipes for my favorites!


Corn Dog-
1 1/4 cups of cornmeal
3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour, plus 1/2 cup for dredging.
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp sea salt
2 tbsp honey
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
8 uncooked turkey hot dogs
8 wood skewers (you can make these without the skewers if you want and just cut them up)
Vegetable oil for frying, approx. 2 quarts

1. Preheat 1-2" oil in a pot until @375 degrees
2. Put hot dogs on skewers
3. Place cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt in a container, shake until all combined
4. Add eggs, milk and honey.  Shake until all combined again.  
5. Pour reserved 1/2 cup of flour onto a plate and roll skewered hot dogs in flour to coat
6. Dip hot dogs into container several times to coat with batter 
7. Place corn dog in hot oil until golden brown
8. Remove and put on paper towel lined plate.  

Pigs in a Blanket-
Trader Joes' All Natural Cocktail Pups
Pillsbury Reduced Fat Puff Pastry Dough

Just cut the pastry dough into triangles, then roll the cocktail pups up in the puff pastry! Cook at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes.  (until golden brown and puffed up).  You can add reduced fat cheese or low-fat mustard before you bake the pigs in a blanket if you would like as well.  Or just use the mustard as a dipping sauce.

Pop Tarts:

2 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
4 tbsp flax meal
16 tbsp butter (cold)
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 1/2 tsp granulated sugar
1 egg, beaten
5 tbsp ice water

For filling:
2 12 oz bags frozen organic strawberries
1/4 cups raw sugar

For Jam-

1. In a saucepan, heat strawberries until they begin to release juices 
2. Add sugar
3. Reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Cool and set aside
5. Place

For Pastry

1. Place butter in freezer for about 15 minutes to make sure it is very cold
2. Whisk flour, flax meal, and sea salt
3. Cube butter into 1/2" pieces and add to flour mixture
4. Blend with pastry press or in food processor until crumbly
5. Drizzle ice water over flour mixture and toss with a fork
6. Turn dough out onto smooth surface and divide into four pieces 
7. Using your hands, press dough down lightly, don't overdue it though and warm it with your hands
8. Scrape up all dough and place on a sheet of plastic wrap, press down into a 4-5" disk and wrap in plastic wrap
9. Refrigerate for about an hour

To assemble Pop Tarts-

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Roll dough into a huge rectangle
3. Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut an even number of equal sized squares or rectangles our of the dough
4. Place a dollop of the strawberry jam into the center of half of the dough pieces 
5. Top each jam topped piece of dough with one of the equally sized plain pieces
6. Crimp the edges of the pop tarts with a fork
7. Brush with egg wash and bake for 15 minutes 

These can be frozen too :) Super easy snack or breakfast!