No-Bake Energy Balls

I've been making these no-bake energy balls for years and they are still one of my
favorite "healthy" desserts.  I started making them when Madison was in elementary
school.  She was such a junk food junkie, so I started sneaking flax seed into everything,
trying to get more fiber into her diet.  She referred to them as bird seed balls - ha ha,
but she ate them, so my plan worked.

Raspberry Flax Protein Smoothie

New Year's Eve was not very exciting around here.
I was in bed with bronchitis and the flu. I didn't even get to see the ball drop since I fell
asleep at 9:00! Not fun.
Eight days later the cough and stuffy nose still linger on and I've been surviving on soup,
chai tea lattes and smoothies.

Banana Yogurt Snack Cake

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So I was at my parents house the other day and my mom had four very ripe bananas
sitting on her kitchen counter.  I said "do you have plans for those bananas?" She
said "no, I'll probably just give them to the cows." Sorry cows, but those bananas
came home with me :)

Thanks to mom, my recipe today is for a banana yogurt snack cake.  You could totally
turn this recipe banana bread if you like, but I decided on a snack cake because one,
it bakes faster in a square baking dish and two, cake sounds better than bread :)