Healthy Choices

This page is dedicated to making Healthy Choices!  We will share recipes and ideas that will hopefully make a difference for you and your loved ones.  Please let me know if you have any ideas for this pages by sending me an email at bgena2000@yahoo.com.

Here is a delicious way to add more valuable fiber into our daily diets while also satisfying the sweet tooth!

 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

You can substitute 1/2 of the butter, oil, crisco with pureed white beans in a lot of recipes- it does make cookies a bit "cake-ier" and use pureed black beans in brownies so you can't see them (gives brownies a different texture...still good though) . You just open a can, rinse well and puree. I use my magic bullet, my blender just shoots them everywhere.

Bean Cookies

half of 3/4 c. crisco ( like butter flavor)

scant 1/2 c. of pureed white beans

1 1/2 t. vanilla-use the real stuff to help the flavor!

1 egg

1 3/4 c. flour

3/4 t. salt

3/4 t. baking soda

1 c chocolate chips

Cream crisco, beans and vanilla. Add egg and blend til creamy. Combine flour, salt, and soda. Add to creamed mixture gradually. Stir in chocolate chips. Put on cookie sheet and slight press down, or they will cook like little balls. Bake at 350-375 for 9-10 minutes.

Bean Brownies

1 can black beans (Rinse, then I put them in my magic bullet and add water to the level of the beans, puree- a lot, until they are completely smooth, about 30-45 seconds)

3-4 T. oil

1 brownie mix

Mix together and bake as usual.

 

 

Hope you enjoy!

 

Brian Pontius   (RT) (T) (R) (CMD)

Certified Medical Dosimetrist

Central Utah Clinic