No Butter Chubby Oatmeal Cookie

This soft and chewy cookie is a decadent treat for those who watch their waistline. You can have it with your morning cup of coffee as breakfast or to satisfy your late night sweet-tooth. The recipe calls for brown sugar, but I replaced it with equal amount of date sugar. Date sugar is nothing but dehydrated dates ground into granulated form. It is a whole food, high in fiber, vitamins and minerals. I think it is a great substitute and the best part is you won't taste anything different. And here goes the recipe,
Ingredients:

3/4 cup APF/Maida

3/4 cup Rolled Oats

1/2 cup Date Sugar

1/4 cup White granulated sugar

1/2tsp Baking soda

1/4tsp Salt

1 Egg

1/3 cup Canola Oil

1/2tsp Vanilla Extract

1/2 tbsp Water

How to:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or use foil and spray it with oil.
• In a bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, salt and oats.

• In another bowl, break the egg and whisk until frothy. Add date sugar and white sugar followed by oil, vanilla extract and water.

• Now slowly add the flour mixture into the egg-sugar mixture and blend'em well.

• Scoop equal amount of the mixture and place it on the cookie sheet. Then gently press it to flatten the mixture and bake'em for 10 mins.

• Cool completely on a cooling rack before storing.

 

•  Serve it as a snack or dessert.

Tips:

• Date sugar is available online or in specialty food stores.
• To make it even more decadent, add chocolate chips, raisin or any dried fruit into the mixture.

Spiced Roasted Nuts

'A handful of nuts a day keeps your bad cholesterol away'. If you are not into raw nuts, try spicing it up and eat'em to compliment your naturally healthy diet. This is such a simple recipe and makes a great on-the-go snack with a spice kick. You can experiment with the spices and play with the recipe. Also try mixing some sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds along with the nuts. I always eat'em raw with my morning oatmeal bowl. Go healthy! Go Nuts!

Ingredients:

1 cup Whole Raw Almonds

1 cup Whole Raw Walnuts

1tsp Chilli powder

1/2tsp Coriander powder

1/2tsp Cumin powder

1/4tsp ground Cinnamon

1/4tsp Black Pepper powder

1/2tsp Salt 

1tbsp Olive oil

How to:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a bowl, mix together the chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, cinnamon, black pepper powder and salt(i used a little less than 1/2 tsp), followed by the oil.

• Now add the nuts and mix well to coat the spicy masala.

• Spread the coated nuts on a baking sheet and roast'em for 10 mins by stirring twice in the middle.

• Let completely cool and store'em in an airtight container.