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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Healthy Date and Wheat Snacks

If you are dieting or health conscious or you dont eat eggs these are a fantastic healthy snack.

1 tbsp Set Honey

2 tbsp Healthy Margarine
1 Heaped tsp Almond Paste
1 Teaspoon Rice Flour
3 tbs Wholewheat Flour
Tiny Pinch Cinnamon
1 More tbsp Set Honey mix
4 tbsp Wholewheat
Hand Full Dates
Splash of Water and Honey
Melted Margarine

Mix 1 tbs of honey with the margarine and cream together, add the almond nut paste and mix well. Add the rice flour and sieve in 3 tbs of wholewheat flour with a tiny pinch of Cinnamon(you will be left with some wheat bits in the sieve, keep it to the side as it is added later) then add the other tbs of honey. It should form a doughy ball.

Then add 3 heaped tbs of whole wheat flour and the wheat bits from earlier. Rub together with your hands as thought to make (short crust pastry) a crumb like texture.

Then warm a little water with a little honey and mix in the dates, then pour the whole cup into one of the mixes and make into a biscuit dough. To make the plain dough just add a little water.

Roll the date mix flat and put onto your greased tray then spread with a little melted margarine(you can sprinkle on some grated coconut at this point if you wish) then roll the plain mix and put it on top of the date mix.

Cook on a medium heat until golden brown.

Cut into whichever shape you wish and enjoy! :)

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Date and Apricot Health Bars Recipe

This recipe is so very simple to bake.

There is a reason that I love the combination of dried apricots and dates together. When they cook they turn into natures very own soft toffee - in texture and in taste. They are healthy and are naturally very sweet.

Unsulphured apricots are the only apricots I use in most recipes. They are brown in colour like the dates rather than the bright orange colour of the dried apricots that contain preservatives. The flavour of an unsulphured apricot is very different in taste to the standard dried apricots.

My date and apricot bars are not only really tasty to eat but they are so healthy to eat.

I only use one ounce of brown sugar in this recipe, I use date syrup for extra sweetness and that combined with the cooked dates and apricots make into a very special sweet treat to eat.

Dates and apricots contain lots of vitamins and minerals such as Vitamin A, C, E and Iron.

I use rice flour in this recipe so it is a gluten free date bar recipe as well as being egg freedairy free it is a vegan date bar recipe.

You do not have to feel guilty after eating one of my date and apricot bars! and

Ingredients for Date and Apricot Bars
4oz Dates
4oz Dried apricots (unsulphured)
100ml Soya milk
4 Tbsp Rapeseed oil or other flavourless vegetable oil
1oz Light brown Muscovado sugar
3oz Rice flour
1/2 tsp Vanilla essence
1/2 tsp Baking powder
2 Large Tbsp Date syrup

How to make Chef Jeenas Date and Apricot Health Bars

Place soya milk, rice flour, oil, vanilla, baking powder and sugar into a bowl and mix very well.

Once it has mixed into a creamy batter add the dates, apricots and date syrup.

Mix very well.

Pour into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap.

Place into a fridge for 30 minutes.

Grease and flour a baking tray.

Pour the mixture onto the tray and spread out evenly.

Place into a hot oven at 200C for 7-10 minutes.

You can cook this mixture as cookies if desired.

Once cooked leave to stand for a few minutes then remover from the tray onto a cooling rack. If it it too big to remover slice into four then remove each piece to the rack.

If you made cookies remove them instantly.

Once the date and apricots health bars are fully cool slice into squares and enjoy.