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Teff-Almond Bread/Cake/Muffins with Date Caramel Sauce (Free of Added Sugar, Gluten-Free & Vegan)

Moist, healthy enough to be eaten for breakfast (in moderation), or as a dessert drizzled with a date caramel sauce. The date caramel is optional, but I am warning you, it is addictive! The batter can also be used to make muffins (with a reduced baking time). The date caramel recipe was actually created by accident. I was blending together the wet ingredients for my ginger-spice cookies, tasted the mixture just for fun and was amazed at how much it tasted like caramel! And so the date caramel was born. This recipe contains a lot of dates so although it is very nutritive, it should still be eaten in moderation. Other nuts, seeds and fruit pieces can be added to the batter along with the raisins (or instead of the raisins).

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Sensible Bean's Original Chewy Ginger Spice Cookies (No Added Sugar, Vegan & Gluten-Free)

Even though it is quite simple, this in one of the recipes that I am most proud of. I find that the most difficult type of food to make healthy and truly satisfying is dessert. Especially since I want to avoid typical all purpose gluten-free flour blends, which are not particularly healthy. I have tried and modified multiple recipes of healthy, vegan, gluten-free and added-sugar-free cookies in the past, none of which I found to be particularly good. Until I created these! I first made a plain vanilla version and found that the texture and taste of these cookies resembled that of molasses cookies. With the added spices, the taste is complete! You could never tell that these are made without sugar, regular flour, or butter. On top of all that, these cookies keep their shape very well, so you can cut them into fun shapes for the holiday season like you would traditional gingerbread cookies! These cookies are packed with fibre, with around 12 % of the recommended daily about for just two cookies! Since they are made with a combination of grains, seeds and nuts (teff, almonds and oats), they also offer a good amount of “complete” protein. They are extremely filling, and I usually have enough with a couple of cookies as a snack.

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