Posted by Carole-Anne on May 13, 2009
CHOCOLATE PEACAN OATIES
Healthy Recipes must offer some good healthy cookies for the little ones and when the kids come home from school. They must contain healthy ingredients for healthy living, yet be tasty enough for the children to want to eat the oaties. These cookies are wonderful – they were one of my favorites when my kids were growing up.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Nutri-Flour
1/2 tsp each baking soda and salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp finely grated orange peel (orange peel is the ultimate in these cookies)
3/4 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 egg beaten
2 cups quick cooking oatmeal
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut and coarsely cut pecans
JUST FOLLOW ME:
Pre-heat oven to 325F . Spray cookie sheet with non stick healthy cooking spray.
In a bowl, stir in flour, baking soda, pinch of salt and orange peel. Stir gently with a fork.
Using spoon, stir in Nutri-mix Robin Hood flour into large bowl above. Add chocolate chips, coconut and nuts. Mix until just combined.
Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls.
Place on baking sheets 4 inches apart, flattening into rounds.
Bake in centre of 325F oven until edges are golden, but centers are soft, 12 – 15 minutes. Watch carefully.
Cook on rack when cooked. Store at room temp in air tight container.
Cookies will make 26 per batch – can be frozen in container with tight fitting lid. This is such a favorite to make ahead for when the grans come over for a visit.
Use for energy snacks, or lunches or for coffee snack.
Each cookies contains approximately 164 calories only 2 gms. fat.
Healthy Living Recipes are the only way to go! Enjoy.
Posted by Carole-Anne on January 19, 2009
Healthy Recipes has found this delectable Minestrone soup with Kale added to it. Kale gives the soup a peppery taste. Kale is a member of the cabbage family and if you have not used kale prior to this, look for a green leafy vegetable, sometimes red, purple and yellow. All varieties of kale are edible and highly nutritious, containing vitamin C and E, beta carotene, and it is a good source of folate, calcium, iron and potassium. Kale is eaten as a regular vegetable and dresses soups and a variety of dishes with not only the peppery taste, but an excellent flavor. We highly recommend kale as part of your diet for healthy living.
INGREDIENTS:
2 tsp olive oil
2 medium zucchini, cut into quarters, then sliced into 4-inch strips
3 1/2 oz baby carrots, cut into halves width wise
1 medium onion, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces
2 cups kale, coarsely chopped
4 cups vegetable broth
1 cup tomato juice or V-8 juice
15 oz white kidney beans or great northern beans, drained and rinsed
1/4 tsp ground sea salt
1/4 tsp ground pepper
1/2 cup uncooked rotini
3/4 grated Parmesan cheese (use fresh shaved for best flavor)
NOW FOLLOW ME:
Heat oil in a large pot. Add zucchini, carrots and onion.
Saute for 3 to 5 minutes, or until wilted.
Add diced tomatoes, broth and white or great northern beans.
Simmer for 20 minutes until carrots are tender. Stir in ground sea salt and ground black pepper.
To serve, pour into bowls and sprinkle freshly grated Parmesan generously to top of each bowl of soup.
Be certain to add this flavorful soup to your healthy recipes for healthy living.
This incredible healthy Minestrone Kale Soup serves 10.
P.S. Under Biscuits, Muffins etc., in our Healthy Recipes for Healthy Living, I would choose the healthy Baking Powder Biscuits as a compliment to the Minestrone Kale Soup.
Posted by Carole-Anne on December 16, 2008
We just love this delightful coffee cake or dessert as you wish, which we have reduced the amount of what we call the “baddies” in cooking. If you are diabetic you may replace the sugar with Stevia’; notice the cream cheese is the light or low-fat and the flour is a Nutri-Flour which is half regular flour and half whole wheat. Apples maintain healthy living for all of us, no matter what age.
1/2 cup softened butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup Nutri-Flour by Robin Hood
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1 package 8 oz reduced-calorie cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
1 free range, organic egg
1-1/2 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup sugar
3/4 tsp cinnamon
4 cups Granny Smith apples, sliced and peeled
Now Follow Me:
Cream butter and 1/3 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
Add vanilla and beat well.
Add flour and cinnamon and beat well.
Spread onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of a 9-inch springform pan and set aside.
Beat light cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar until fluffy.
Beat in the egg and vanilla; then spread onto crust.
Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl adding apples into mixture.
Arrange apples in an attractive pattern on top of filling.
Bake at 450°F for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 400°F/200°C and bake 25 minutes.
Cool apple mixture thoroughly and serve..
Makes 8 deliciously healthy living servings. Enjoy!
At Healthy Recipes, we try to make our desserts or muffins or cakes with the leastamount of fats; remember one serving please! Enjoy!
Posted by Carole-Anne on December 3, 2008
RAISIN BRAN MUFFINS
Raisin bran muffins are one of my favorite healthy recipes, as they are nutritious, tasty and can be used for a snack, lunches, breakfast, or part of a brunch. These Raisin Bran muffins only take 40 minutes from prep time to serving.
INGREDIENTS:
1/3 cup nonfat, non sugar yogurt
1 large egg
2 Tbsp grapeseed oil
1/2 cup seedless raisins
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup molasses
2 Tbsp brown sugar
1 cup wheat bran
1-1/4 cups Nutri Flour (1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 all-purpose flour)
NOW FOLLOW THE COOK PLEASE:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 12 muffin tins with muffin baking cups and set aside. Combine flour, bran and baking powder and mix together. In another bowl, beat egg, molasses, brown sugar and oil until smooth.
Add yogurt and beat again until smooth and well blended.
Add flour and raisins until all ingredients are just mixed.
Spoon batter into muffin baking cups until 2/3 full.
Bake in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, until the muffins are lightly browned and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in muffin tin for 5-10 minutes and this Healthy Living Recipe is ready to serve. Enjoy!
Yield: 12 servings of Healthy Living Muffins.