Vegan Oats & Almond Meal Coconut Raisin Cookies

If you include grains like Oats, you should definitely try this cookie out. With Oats, Almond Meal, Coconut, Raisin, Maple Syrup these cookies are absolutely delicious. I used to make these cookies frequently before oats, wheat & barley were eliminated from our house hold. I still continue to make these for people who eat this high fiber grain and baking couple of batches to be put in gift boxes to be distributed for the New Year. If you are looking for vegan cookie recipe, this one is a must try. Happen to try this, let me know how you liked it. Will be very happy to know the feedback.Cooking Time - 15 minutes Preparation Time - 10 minutes Yields - Around 20-24 Cookies depending on the sizeIngredients Oats Flour ...

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Mango Jelly using Xylitol

  I hope all of you are having a great Holiday Season. Happy Holiday wishes to all my readers and friends. Life is become so hectic with all the holiday gift shopping, school vacation, work, year end Doctor visits so blogging has been pushed into back seat. But hoping to be quite regular in a few days. It is been a while since I posted any recipe and to end this void thought of publishing this unseasonal post. This has been lying in my drafts from Summer. I love mangoes so much,  I make mango puree and freeze them in season which I use in various recipes when this lovely fruit is not in available.  So whenever you can get hold of this yummy fruit or if you also freeze the pulp like me, do  try out this Jelly. I used...

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Sugar free Almond Flour Cookies(Gluten, Grain & Egg free)

I make cookies only with Almond Flour nowadays for my family,  they are not alone gluten, grain free but also high in protein and very nutritious. But you will still see some cookies with whole wheat, oats etc in future posts which were all done in my earlier attempt few years back and which I still bake for people who are on a nut free diet.  In all my almond flour cookie recipes I use maple syrup as sweetener which is all natural and doesn’t cause cavities like sugar does. So they are safe for dental health but still they are sweetener which will increase blood sugar for people with diabetes. So I tried using Stevia and Xylitol as the sweetening agent couple of times before I nailed down this recipe. Stevia definitely had an after...

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Spinach, Peas & Paneer(Cottage Cheese) Brown Rice

Brown rice was the every day food in my house couple of years before. It’s been almost two years since Quinoa, replaced this wonderful grain. There are lot of posts still lying in my draft with brown rice as the star ingredient. I love this grain and even though I don’t cook with it very often like before now, I do make dishes occasionally using this high fiber grain.  If you include brown rice in your diet do try this recipe out and I am sure you are going to love it.  Do not forget to presoak your brown rice, I normally soak it for 12-18 hours.Preparation Time – 20 MinutesCooking Time – 30 to 45 MinutesServes – 3 to 4IngredientsBrown Basmati Rice – 1 1/4 Cup(Soaked for 12-18 hours, rinsed and drained)Spinach – 1 Bunch(Rinsed, drained,...

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Vegan Chocolate Banana Pancake(Gluten & Grain free)

If something is gluten free does it mean it is healthy? Nay, lot of gluten free mixes are made up of high starchy ingredients and the taste is also not that great. So far after trying lot of different gluten free mixes and with still half left in each one of them and unnecessarily occupying my pantry space, I have decided not to spend any more money on them. But the gluten free substitutions that really works for me is almond flour for cookies, cheese cake crusts, pancakes. But for bread and cakes I still haven’t nailed out a good recipe to share with but I am seriously trying to. One thing I found in this process is lot of these gluten free mixes have some bad tasting bean flour as one of the ingredient, but the split chick pea flour that...

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Almond Flour Coconut, Cashew Cookies(Gluten, Grain, Egg Free)

Cookies are definitely a must in after school snacks along with some protein rich nuts, veggies, fruits and a glass of milk in my household. It is been a while since my kids touched store bought cookies, so I have to make them something interesting each week. This time I decided to add some coconut to the cookie flour and they were so good. Made with protein rich almond flour, casein free clarified butter, coconut and studded with cashew, these are very easy to make and tastes absolutely delicious. I know this is the time of season to bake all different kinds of cookies and cakes. So if you are looking for a gluten free and a delicious and healthy cookie, do try this out  and let me know how you liked them. Maple syrup is all natural...

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Ragi(Finger Millet), Black Chick Pea, Green Mung Bean Porridge

I totally agree with the fact that, we eat with our eyes first. But lot of times appearance are deceptive. This porridge might look dull and in not so pleasing color. But I assure you it tastes great and more than that it is too good for the body. If you are looking for a gluten free, high protein and low carbohydrate breakfast and that is easy and quick to do. Then this is surely for you. This porridge can be made by adding yogurt or without it, seasoned with green chilies, ginger, raw onion and grated cucumber. This is such a wholesome breakfast. Do try this out and let me know how you liked it. Preparation Time - 5 Minutes Cooking Time - 10 Minutes Serves - 1 to 2 IngredientsRagi, Mung Bean and Black Chickpea flour mixture - 1/2 Cup Sour...

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Eggless Whole Wheat Tropical Banana Bread

I hope all of you had great week end and those of you in US had a great Thanksgiving and long weekend. Even though I avoid gluten because out of four people in house hold,  two are on a gluten free diet because of various health reasons. But I love to bake and I jump on opportunities when I have to bake it with gluten based flours and have to give it out to others. The moment I saw this tropical banana bread recipe in the good house keeping book – recipes for children which my elder one had got it for me, I was totally tempted to bake. I baked this quick bread for one of my friend few months back and got a great review. Do not be intimidated with the long list of ingredients, once you get a grasp of the ingredients this is very easy...

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Tindora(Ivy Gourd) Quinoa

Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers and friends. I am sure every body would have started on their Thanksgiving menu and meal ideas already and  if you are still trying to figure out an option for the main course and which needs to be something nutritious, guilt free and something you don’t have to worry about after indulging. Then do include this high protein pseudo grain in menu.  Very easy to prepare and nutritious. Do try it out and let me know, how you liked it.Ivy gourd(Tindora) can be found in Indian(Asian) stores and is very low in carbohydrate and in alternate medicine it is believed to regulate sugar metabolism. Looks like a small miniature cucumber and crunchy and crispy in taste.Preparation Time – 15 MinutesCooking Time...

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Eggless Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are not health food to do a write up about the nutritional value. But they are any time better than the store bought one with no preservatives and additives.I have been baking these chocolate chip cookies for a long time and continue to bake them when I have to do a nut free baking.  This is the recipe which you can find in the Nestle Chocolate Chip Bags and I just substituted with whole wheat instead of refined flour and raw sugar instead of white sugar and are egg free. Personally I prefer my Almond Flour Chocolate chip cookies over these but I had to make these for some body who is allergic to nuts. So if you are looking for a chocolate chip cookie recipe to bake this holiday season do try out this one and do let me know how...

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Mixed Bean & Raw Banana Cutlet

How often do you do pantry audits? I do once in couple of weeks and when I did, I had small amounts of four different varieties of beans lying around and also had few raw bananas, onion, little bit of mixed vegetables lying in my refrigerator. In my attempt to clean up my refrigerator and my pantry and  before I stock up on fresh new produce. I wanted to use up  all these little bit of everything and  make something out of it.  Finally ended up in making these healthy and delicious cutlets, you can make them more tasty and sinful by adding some boiled and mashed potatoes and powdered bread crumbs and of course deep frying them and making it more interesting and delicious. But I decided to stick on to the high protein, low...

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Spinach & Bean Soup

So planning to throw a holiday party ? Definitely include these kind of soups and salads, which are water rich and fiber rich to fills up and helps to cut down on the calorie rich main course. Spinach is such a healthy vegetable with loads of Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Iron, Calcium apart from a host of other vitamins and minerals. A low glycemic index food and will perfectly fit the diet list of weight watchers and carb watchers also. The addition of Cannellini bean in this soup, adds not only thickness to this soup but fortifies with additional protein.  This recipe is too simple and can be done in minutes, do try this out and let me know what you think about this one.Preparation Time - 10 MinutesCooking Time - 10 to 15 MinutesServes -...

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Mixed Veg & Chick Pea Salad with Parsley & Yogurt Dressing

Do you love salads? I do, not just because they are so healthy and good for the body but also they are easy to put together in a jiffy. Most of the time no cooking is involved, add this and that. Come up with a dressing and toss things together and the salad is ready in few minutes. Starting the meal with fiber and water rich food like salads or soups with veggies fills you up and prevents from over doing the high calorie main course later. So give this colorful salad a try as a part of your Thanks giving meal and let me know how you like it. Now getting on to this super simple recipe.Preparation Time - 10 MinutesCooking Time - NoneServes - 4IngredientsCucumber - 1 (Medium size, washed, peeled and cubed)Tomato - 1 small choppedMixed bell peppers...

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Eggplant Quinoa

Quinoa is a protein rich pseudo grain, meaning a seed actually used as grain and is of South American origin. With a slightly crunchy texture and a nutty flavor this can be substituted in place of rice in most of the dishes. Quinoa is available in your local health food store or online stores. This eggplant quinoa is super quick to make. With rice being a staple in the region from where I come, there are so many varieties of rice that are prepared and relished and this is one amongst them. But in my house hold since quinoa is a staple, I just substituted the rice with quinoa to make this protein rich one pot meal.  The spice powder  is the key to this flavorful and delicious dish and I make it before hand and this stays good for at...

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Sweet Tender Pumpkin in Coconut Sauce(Parangikottai Paal Kootu)

Think Pumpkin people think the ripe orange color, but the young tender pumpkin is green in color with very tender seeds. I don't know how many of you have used it in your cooking, I rarely find that kind of young tenders ones in the grocery stores or farmers market here. This dish was made almost year and half before when my parents visited us. I love this young tender pumpkin and my sister who was in the west coast at that time, packed off couple of them from the farmers market there. The tender pumpkins have slight green color skin and the skin is also pretty edible because they are not thick like the yellow ones. A very simple dish made by adding jaggery(panela) & coconut, this dish absolutely tastes divine. So if you happen to see the...

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