Posts Tagged ‘healthy dessert’
Amazing Sugarless Date Squares
Hermit Cookies – Gluten Free
As I had promised to share this recipe right away, I am posting it before I normally would. These have a dryer texture then the ones with wheat in them and I will be fine-tuning this recipe. We will post below this one the Wheat Hermits soon. Both cookies are not overly sweet which is why we like them.
Ingredients:
¾ cup vegetable fat
4 tbsp sucanat
1 tbsp molasses
¼ tsp stevia
4 tbsp soy flour
1 cup water
1 cup white rice flour
¾ cup brown rice flour
¼ cup potato flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp cloves
¾ cup walnuts
¾ cup sultanas
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 F.
2. Combine butter, sucanat, stevia and molasses until creamy.
3. Stir in soy flour and water
4. Then mix in other flours, baking powder, salt and spices.
5. Mix in fruit and nuts.
6. Roll into 1-inch balls and flatten with a fork on a greased baking sheet.
7. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
Cinnamon is one of the oldest known spices. The darker the cinnamon the better it is.
Benefits of Cinnamon:
• In traditional Chinese medicine, cinnamon is used for colds, nausea, diarrhea and painful menstrual periods.
• It can improve energy, vitality and circulation.
• Recent studies have shown that cinnamon maybe have a beneficial effect on blood sugar.
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Luxurious Brown Rice Pudding
This brown rice pudding and the creamy sauce that goes with it, is sugar-free, dairy-free, and egg-free and it tastes great! It is a favorite desert of mine that has gone through many changes through the years. I often do not even bake it; I just cook it on top of the stove in a pot until it is the consistency I like.
Ingredients:
1 cup short grain brown rice, cooked
½ tsp. salt
1 ½ cups rice, almond or soy milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 tbsp. coconut oil or butter
1 tsp. – 2 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup sultana raisins
½ cup dates, chopped
½ cup unsweetened coconut
½ cup walnuts, chopped
Directions:
• Cook rice.
• Mix cooked rice in a glass baking dish with remaining ingredients except for cinnamon.
• Sprinkle cinnamon on top.
• Bake at 400º for 40 to 50 minutes.
• Serve with “Cream Sauce” on top.
Serves 4 big servings or 8 small ones.
CREAM SAUCE
Ingredients:
1¼ cup rice, almond or soy milk
¾ cup apple juice
3 tbsp. arrowroot
2 tbsp. coconut oil or butter
1 tsp. lemon juice
Directions:
• Mix the first 3 ingredients together.
• Add the remaining ingredients.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly until thickened.
• Add lemon juice and coconut oil.
Serve on top of Brown Rice Pudding.
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Sugar Free Apple Sauce
I love sweets! I know that many others do too, as I am frequently hearing about it.
To help with those sugar cravings in a healthy way, we need to prepare nutritious sweets. I have created lots of sugar free recipes and here is a first one to start a whole series of sugar-free yummies.
Of course it is more nutritious to eat the fruit raw but sometimes we are looking for that comfort food that is sweet and hot. This is a good fruit sauce that does not have any added sugar and it tastes good too.
APPLE with sultanas
Ingredients:
2 cups apples, sliced
½ cup water
1 tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. nutmeg
½ cup sultanas
Directions:
1. Core and slice apples.
2. Place all ingredients in a pot.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Simmer until fruit is soft.
Serve as is or with yogurt on top.
Apple Facts:
To discover all the wonderful benefits click on this link APPLE Powerfood
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BERRY CRUMBLE
Blueberries have more antioxidants than any other popular fruit and help prevent cancer, diabetes, age-related memory loss and are anti-inflammatory. They are also rich in potassium, fibre and vitamins A & C.
“Inflammation is a key driver of all chronic diseases, so blueberries have a host of benefits,” says Ann Kulze, MD, of Charleston, S.C.
Interesting Fact: The paint the Shakers used for the woodwork on their houses was made from sage blossoms, indigo, blueberry skins & mixed in milk.
BERRY BASE
Ingredients:
1 – 2 apples
2 cups berries (blue berries, blackberries, Saskatoons, currants or strawberries)
Stevia – light liquid (Sunny Dew is best)
Directions:
1. Core and slice apples.
2. Simmer apples with a few spoons of water in a covered pot.
3. Mix in berries and simmer a few minutes.
4. Sweeten to taste with stevia.
5. Place berry/apple mixture in a baking dish
CRUMBLE TOPPING
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups brown rice flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 tsp. salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup rice syrup
1/4 tsp Stevia – light liquid (Sunny Dew is best)
Directions:
1. Mix dry ingredients together
2. Mix oil, stevia and rice syrup and add to dry ingredients.
3. Mix thoroughly.
4. Sprinkle on top of fruit
5. Bake at 350º F. in oven for approximately 40 minutes.
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