Whole Wheat Apple Pie (no sugar, no butter)

WHOLE WHEAT APPLE PIE (no sugar, no butter)

Whole Wheat Apple Pie (no sugar, no butter)

WHOLE WHEAT APPLE PIE (no sugar, no butter)

I'm obsessed :-) by recipes without sugar, and this whole wheat apple pie definitely is.
This pie is really good, healthy, with whole wheat flour and low in calories.
Even my teenage daughter approved, and this is really reassuring :-)
I'm really happy because I didn't use any type of sugar (brown sugar, apple juice, powdered stevia and similar).
Apple pie is a classic dessert but the classic recipe calls for loads of butter, sugar and all-purpose flour. Without compromising the delicious taste, I’ve eliminated these three ingredients to create an apple pie without refined flour and sugar and butter.
Substituting butter with avocado not only lowers the calorie content — half a cup of butter is 800 calories, and the same amount of mashed avocado is 18 but it also yields a softer, moister baked good. While this fruit is high in fat, avocados contain heart-healthy monounsaturated fat, which can actually lower LDL (bad) cholesterol and maintain HDL (good) cholesterol and help decrease belly fat.
Try this speedy and healthy recipe that takes just 15 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 7 oz. avocado, mashed (or 2 tablespoons sunflower oil)
• 1 - 1/4 cup of vegetable milk (almond or rice)
• 5 oz. whole wheat flour 
• 3 tablespoons sultanas
• 2 medium apples, peeled, thinly sliced
• 1 pear, peeled, thinly sliced
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder 

Place sultanas in a small saucepan, cover them with hot water and let them rest for 8 to 10 minutes until they are soft.
Beat the egg white until stiff peaks form.
Grease a pan with butter and dust with flour, then put part of the apple slices all around.
In a large bowl mix vegetable milk with an egg yolk and add the mashed avocado, the flour, sultanas, the rest of apple and pear slices, cinnamon, baking powder.
Stir all the ingredients until the apples and pears are well embedded. Finally add the egg white.
Pour the mixture in the pan and spread it all around, covering the apple slices.
Bake at 375° for 35-40 minutes or until browned.
Let it rest 20 minutes before slicing.

Follow me on facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Eat-Healthy-and-run-536617906489942/?ref=hl

Chickpea Salad Vegetable Recipe

CHICKPEA SALAD VEGETABLE RECIPE

Chickpea Salad with Belgian endive, iceberg, orange, apple and nuts

Legumes are a superfood!!
Research shows us that legumes are good for overall health, the environment and our wallet.
Legumes include lentils, chickpeas, cannellini beans, butter beans, borlotti beans, navy beans, soy beans and many more. Legumes are also recommended as a healthy alternative to animal-derived foods because of their high-protein content. similar to that of beef, egg and dairy and are a rich source of healthy fibers.
Now, we know that it's important to eat legumes if possible every day.
So, without further ado, let’s discuss my new favorite salad: Salad with Chickpeas, walnuts, orange and apple.
This recipe is useful for your #MeatLessMonday #MeatLess #Monday

Ingredients (3 servings):

• 2 medium Belgian endive

• 7 oz. iceberg lettuce 

• an apple

• an orange

• 10 Brazil nuts

• 3 oz. chickpeas

For the dressing:

• 1 lemon, juiced

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

• salt

  In a small bowl, whisk together all the ingredients for the dressing and set aside.
Wash the salad and cut the vegetables, the apple, the orange and the nuts. Place all the prepared ingredients for the salad in a large bowl. Drizzle with salad dressing.
Easy, healthy and cheap!
Enjoy your meal!

Follow me on fb: https://www.facebook.com/Eat-Healthy-and-run-536617906489942/

Try my recipe of roman gnocchi

Whole Wheat English Muffin Bread (recipe step by step)

WHOLE WHEAT ENGLISH MUFFIN BREAD

Whole Wheat English Muffin Bread with blueberries

When I put my English Muffin Bread in the oven. I was immediately transported back to a time. Toast reminds me of childhood. It is breakfast, lunch, dinner. It is something I would almost always be happy to eat. This recipe is easy, it's cheap (you can save $12 a week), it's healthy (no fat and no sugar) and last but not least it's delicious.
It keeps for 5 days on the counter, which means you can have breakfast and snack all week.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups warm milk (in my recipe homemade almond milk, I prefer vegetable milk)
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 tablespoon rice malt (or integral sugar)
• 4 - 1/2 teaspoons dry active yeast
• 5 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon of turmeric (optional)
• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon (optional)
• 3 tablespoon of blueberries (optional)

In a bowl pour 2 cups warm milk and 1/2 cup warm water, 1 tablespoon integral sugar (or rice malto), mix until everything is combined, add 4 teaspoons dry active yeast, then stir with a whisk and allow to sit 5 minutes. 

Milk, water and yeast

In another bowl put 5 cups flour, 1 tsp salt, tumeric and cinnamon.

Mix flour, salt, tumeric and cinnamon

Make small well and add milk mixture, mixing the dough (you could use a wooden spoon). Do not knead. Cover and allow to sit 25 minutes.

Dough

The dough will be very sticky. Divide the dough and add in one half blueberries, put in a grease two PlumCake tin (or loaf pan), spinkle cornmeal, press with floured fingers, sprinkle cornmeal.

Plumcake tin

Set your dough to prove in a warm place, covered with a cloth over the bowl (I put it in the oven off) for two hours or allow to double in size.

Bake at 375° for 35-40 minutes. Loaves should be a nice golden brown on all sides.
Remove from pans and let cool on cooling rack before attempting to slice. Toast to serve.
Good with  jam or honey! Also delicious with just butter or ham and cheese!

Whole Wheat English Muffin Bread