Easy, irresistible and healthy. What more could you ask for from cookies? Roberto Bosquet, Chef Bosquet, proposes this week on ABC Bienestar three homemade alternatives for those who flee the temptation of industrial versions of cookies that include added sugars, refined flours and saturated fats, as well as attractive packaging and messages that encourage consumption.
The secret to making a healthy cookie It is precisely to avoid added sugars (sweetening with fruits), saturated fats (providing healthy options) and refined flours (using better bases such as oats, vegetables or even nuts) as suggested in its three recipes. ideal to try during the weekend: carrot cookies, coconut and lemon cookies and cookies with chocolate chips.
carrot cookies
The success of their carrot cookies lies in their easy preparation, their originality, their flavor, and they are a better option than industrial ones. “They are so delicious that you only have to be careful with one thing: they are addictive for both adults and children,” he jokes.
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Carrots
100 grams -
Almonds
100 grams -
oat flakes
100 grams -
Pitted dates
100 grams -
EVOO
30 grams -
Cinnamon
1 teaspoon -
powdered ginger
¼ teaspoon -
Vanilla paste
¼ teaspoon
One of the keys for the recipe to turn out well is, as Chef Bosquet explains, that we first grind some of the ingredients separately and then give the final touch of grinding them all together. Check the video that accompanies the image to discover how to prepare them step by step.
Carrot cookies.
Coconut and lemon cookies
Their coconut and lemon cookies have a very special ingredient that, despite its name, is suitable for celiacs as it does not contain gluten.
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Buckwheat flour
100 grams -
Cashews
50 grams -
Soaked dates
100 grams -
EVOO
20 grams -
grated coconut
20 grams -
lemon zest
1 medium
In addition to the coconut and lemon zest, which you can see how they are integrated into the recipe when you watch the step-by-step video that accompanies the image, Chef Bosquet’s cookies are prepared with buckwheat flour, which is a pseudocereal without gluten. Of course, it explains that, if for any reason it is not possible for us to find this type of flour, we can use the same amount of oat flour instead and the result will be equally satisfactory.
Coconut and lemon cookies.
chocolate cookies
Preparing a healthy version of cookies with cocoa nibs at home is a luxury, if you take good note of the ingredients that Chef Bosquet proposes.
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Egg (or ½ banana)
1 -
Hydrated dates
60 grams -
Pure cocoa powder
15 grams -
Butter (or EVOO)
30 grams -
Pure chocolate chips
to taste
It has been one of the most shared recent recipes by Chef Bosquet, who has almost half a million followers on Instagram.
One of the keys to its success is that, although it proposes buckwheat as one of its main ingredients, the formula is quite flexible since it can also be prepared with crushed oat flakes, with equally crushed nuts or with any other type of whole wheat flour.
You can learn more ideas from Chef Bosquet in his upcoming book «Chef Bosquet. The pleasure of eating without regrets» (Planeta) or in your account instagram where it already has nearly half a million followers.
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