Our other secret is to swap some of
the traditional oil and sugar you might find in a standard muffin recipe with fruit!
Not exact matches
Unlike
traditional caramel which is purely refined
sugar, this healthy version is made with delicious medjool dates, coconut
oil and a touch of milk.
One of the troubles with
traditional baked goods (
and many gluten - free options as well) is that even though they say they're made with whole - grain / whole wheat flour, any nutrients you would see from those flours are overshadowed by copious amounts of butter (or vegetable
oil)
and sugar.
It is easy
and versatile,
and with ingredients like whole wheat flour, cane
sugar, olive
oil,
and unsweetened coconut, it's cleaner than a
traditional carrot cake.
I received my delivery yesterday
and made a batch this morning, using my
traditional recipe (half cornmeal, half corn flour,
sugar,
oil, baking powder
and milk).
Unlike
traditional pumpkin bread recipes, that call for over a cup of
sugar and oil, this recipe is light
and tender, without sacrificing on any flavor.
Instead of the refined
sugar and cacao solids used in
traditional chocolate, our bars combine raw honey
and unrefined coconut
oil with carefully sourced cacao powder.
As it's now the week before Christmas, I wanted to decorate these cookies as I would the
traditional ones, so rather than using the standard royal icing which is a mix of icing
sugar and egg white, I created a slightly heathier icing from whipped cashew butter, coconut
oil and maple syrup.
Many of the recipes below use coconut
oil, nuts,
and natural sources of
sugar to replace the
traditional ingredients in classic dessert recipes, giving you a nutritional one - up.
Many
traditional desserts that are full of white flour,
sugar and fat have been transformed by clever cooks into healthier versions using almond flour (ground almonds), coconut
oil (yes, it is healthy), coconut flour
and natural sweeteners.
I swapped
traditional butter for coconut
oil, used coconut
sugar and of course all other ingredients have been cleaned up.
The fact is that coconut
oil and coconut
sugar are both
Traditional Foods.
Other standard ingredients like
sugar are substituted with honey or agave nectar while
traditional vegetable
oil can be replaced with the healthier
and paleo approved coconut
oil.
The seeds are shelled
and eaten raw, roasted, with
sugar on top, or as an
oil in
traditional recipes.
In
traditional diets, levels of these key nutrients were about ten times higher than levels in diets based on the foods of modern commerce, containing
sugar, white flour
and vegetable
oil.
It is easy
and versatile,
and with ingredients like whole wheat flour, cane
sugar, olive
oil,
and unsweetened coconut, it's cleaner than a
traditional carrot cake.
So tender
and delicious you'll never guess this
traditional treat is
oil - free, gluten - free, plant - based,
and refined
sugar - free!
Instead of the refined
sugar and cacao solids used in
traditional chocolate, our bars combine raw honey
and unrefined coconut
oil with carefully sourced cacao powder.
It is easy
and versatile,
and with ingredients like whole wheat flour, cane
sugar, olive
oil,
and unsweetened coconut, it's cleaner than a
traditional carrot cake.
Unlike
traditional waffles which use wheat flour,
sugar,
and oil, these need none of these!
They are the perfect holiday, Christmas or festive cookie recipe to enjoy,
and are even perfect to give as gifts!Unlike
traditional thumbprint cookies, these contain no grains, butter,
oil, white
sugar or dairy, but you'd never be able to tell - The cookie base is chewy
and doughy (thanks to the coconut flour
and almond flour combination!)