Healthy Delights
Posted by baahar | Filed under food, health
It has been over a month since I banned processed sugar and white flour from my daily diet. As I said before, the transition was surprisingly smooth. My family and friends do not realise that it has been a huge change for me .. I mean really huge. If my late grandfather and best friend would see my eating habits now he wouldn’t believe it. We used to be partners in crime during the Eid days when it came to eating all the chocolate in the house my grandmother reserved for the guests :)
As easy the transition was, there was one thing I did miss during the past month … biscuits/cookies to go with my glass of milk.
But today, when I was looking for healthy dessert recipes without sugar I came across Heidi’s 101 Coobooks blog where she published her friend’s Nikki’s “Healthy Cookies Recipe“. Me being me, and also not having the exact ingredients at home, I changed the recipe a bit and was blown away by the way they turned out. And it was unbelievably easy and fast to make as well. I made a big tray full and there were only 6 left when I last saw them in the kitchen.
Without further ado, here comes the recipe with the title: easiest, healthiest, tastiest, bestest cookie recipe I’ve seen. Pity that my photo doesn’t do the cookies justice.
Ingredients:
- 4 ripe bananas
- 1/4 cup rape oil
- 2/3 cup raisins
- 2 cups of oat bran
- 1 cup ground almonds
- 1/3 cup coconut flakes
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Procedure:
Mix all the dry ingredients. Blend the bananas in a large bowl with a hand blender and add the oil and raisins. Add the dry ingredients and mix everything using a spoon. Take tablespoon fulls of the mixture and place them on the baking paper leaving some distance between each.
Bake at 180 C until they get brown underneath (takes approximately 30 minutes)
Tags: cookie, dessert, health, recipe
May 8th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Okay, I’m going shopping for the ingrediants to make this recipe today…sounds so delicious it’s making me hungry as I type!
May 8th, 2010 at 10:29 am
look so yummy and from the recipe is healthy. shall try some with the kids. :D
May 8th, 2010 at 10:30 am
Oh Baa,
congrats for doing that and
your success with it.
I remember I done it years ago, no Sugar and
I feel the change with you, as I remember how it was for me:)
May 8th, 2010 at 10:31 am
They were a big hit with the kids yesterday. One of them even skipped the regular “unhealthy” chocolate cake I made and wanted another cookie instead :)
May 8th, 2010 at 10:41 am
Sounds yummy and healthy!
Thank you so much for sharing!
May 8th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Healthy cookies are the best!
I saw this recipe on her blog some time ago and tried it too (I just adjusted the recipe a little bit as I didn’t have all those ingredients available at home) and they turned out fine. Will make again!
May 8th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Sounds yummy.
May 8th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Oh, these look yammy! :) THank you for your kind wishes! :) I’ll have some cakes and cookes today as well, but with sugar and chocolate tho :)
May 8th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
These look delicious! Can’t wait to try these out, and thank you so much for sharing the recipe!
May 8th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Those sound absolutely delicious!
May 10th, 2010 at 7:43 am
Oh yummy! And congrats for beeing so good with your healthy eating!
May 10th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Thanks for the great recipe! I’m trying to move towards an unprocessed, no refined sugar diet but crave a little “sweet something” in the afternoon. Will have to give these biscuits a try.
May 29th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Very nice post. I really enjoy trying new recipes as caring for my family is at the top of my list. Thanks for sharing.