Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
I’m offering a little mom snack hack today so thanks for starting your week with me right here on Ranch Raised!
With 4 kids home 100% of the time, its like my kitchen never shuts down. I am always looking for fresh ideas for meals and snacks. My teenage girls occasionally offer up ideas that they spot online. That is exactly what happened this summer when my oldest daughter said, “could we buy some dates? I have something I want to try.” I am always game to let my kids experiment in the kitchen and boy, this one was a winner!
These little jewels are a no bake treat that pretty much taste like a Snicker bar only they are healthier, the kids can throw them together, and they are a perfect frozen sweet treat in the afternoon.
Start by splitting around a dozen dates and pulling out the seed pit. We just lay them out flat on a little cookie sheet that will fit easily in your freezer. Then fill each date with a “schmeer” of peanut butter, such a technical term that is probably over a teaspoon of peanut butter. Then we make our own chocolate magic shell topping which is a half a cup of chocolate chips and a heaping teaspoon full of coconut oil and melt together. Drizzle the chocolate over the top of the peanut butter filled dates. Top with flaky sea salt and put in the freezer for a few hours. You gotta let me know how much you love this when you try it!
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 4 children near Merriman, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her former role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the Jones Ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
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