Healthy Sweet Bites

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 I was born with a massive sweet tooth. 

And now that I am on this health journey - have replaced wheat completely, have mostly moved away from white rice, eat millets and brown rice with prefect happiness - even then my sweet cravings don't go away. In fact, I feel desperate to have an ice cream even after a full meal or more.

What's the solution? Have some healthy desserts handy so that I don't end up ordering the unhealthy stuff. So, here goes:

  

Oat bites

Came across this in a youtube short - tried it, and it's good. Simple, but definitely takes longer than 5 minutes to make (oats to roast, chocolate to melt, final setting). And I felt that its shelf life is not more than a week. But a recipe worth making frequently, nevertheless. Liked it for using flaxseeds - i will also try melon/sunflower seeds in future.

  • 1/3 cup oats 
  • 50g dates (deseeded)
  • 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
  • 2 tbsp desiccated coconut 
  • 2 tbsp almonds
  • 50 g melted chocolate

Roast the oats in a dry pan, and keep aside. Roast the almonds, then flaxseed, and finally coconut as well (very lightly). Mix everything in a blender along with dates. Take out and shape them in cupcake mold/cubic molds.

 Variation: I also added 5-6 Brazil nuts along with almonds to the roasting pan. Also, the mixture was not sticky enough, so I added half the melted chocolate to the mix before molding them. Rest was poured on the top.

Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNu9_M_b328&list=PLQimcwgB_2esv1UtnvM5KAQWFRHb8Y2w5&index=39


Sattu Seed Protein Bars

For the seed mix - 

  • flax seeds 
  • chia seeds 
  • sesame seeds 
  • pumpkin seeds 
  • sunflower seeds (1 tsp each)
Roast them - cool and coarsely grind.

  •  3/4 cup sattu powder - roast
  • 2 mejdool dates, 4 tbsp peanut butter - grind these 2 into paste

Add seed mix to sattu powder & sprinkle some elaichi & mix in the dates and peanut butter (you can add more peanut butter or a tbsp of ghee till it binds nicely )

Set in a mould and refrigerate for 6 hours before you cut into bite size pieces and store for upto 7 days in the fridge.

Ref: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1244190076760564


Banana icecream

Well, this is definitely a viral trend right now, and I am going to try this tomorrow. Have put bananas in freezer today.


Apple Pie

  • Oatmeal - 1.5 cups (150 g).
  • Milk – 1 cup (200 ml).
Leave for 10 minutes.
  • 2 apples – grated
  • Cinnamon – 1/2 tsp
  • Egg – 2
  • Topinambur syrup (sweetener).
  • Salt
Mix everything and add the oatmeal-milk mixture.
  • Rice flour - 2 tbsp
  • Baking powder – 1 tsp
  • Chopped walnuts – 1/2 cup

Add these too, and bake for 40-45 minutes at 180*C.

Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j1Zpveuerc


Energetic bites with pista and chia seeds

  • Almond flour 100g
  • Chia seeds 20g
  • Pista
  • cinnamon and cardamom powder, sea salt
  • Ghee to mix
Mix everything and make small balls. It doesnt use any sweetener but I may add some maple syrup/honey.

Ref: https://www.facebook.com/reel/984773960150267


Deal with Cravings Dessert

(makes 1 bowl)

  • 5g cacao
  • 15g oats
  • Chia seeds 10g
  • Milk 50ml
  • 1tbsp peanut butter 
  • 1tbsp honey 2 (1 for greek yogurt & 1 for topping)
  • Greek yogurt 150g
Mix everything except Greek yogurt and 1 spoon honey. Heat it a little to cook the oats ? Or just keep them in fridge for 30 minutes. will try and update how it goes.

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