After the countless family dinners, cakes, Belgian chocolate and eating out in restaurant that Arnaud and I experienced the past few weeks during our trip back to Belgium, we decided it was about time to try and “re-balance” what we eat in order to give our bodies a rest (and re-load on some much needed energy). We intend to do so by skipping on the refined sugars, and lowering our intake of any kind of sugars in general, but also…
Here is a cookie recipe that I came up with by mixing up my sweet tooth cravings along with a lot of healthy ingredients that I found in my kitchen. One of my (and Arnaud’s… although he doesn’t know it yet ;-)) New Year’s resolution is to eat (a lot!) less refined sugar than what we used to. Here’s a good start with those double-chocolate-cookies made with natural sugar only (except for the one in the chocolate… But I am…
Because apparently, old bananas forgotten at the bottom of your race-day backpack seems to turn into a habit at home (and also because we love love love cookies), here’s another recipe that allows you to use them ripe bananas for something good. On top of that, these cookies are made without butter or other shortening, and require only very little sugar. They make a great pre- or post-workout snack! Makes about 15 cookies: 2 ripe bananas 1 egg, yolk and…
In my quest for a healthy-yet-not-boring breakfast, here is my on-the-go version. These really soft cookies also make a great afternoon snack. They are better when eaten the same day they were baked, so you can make a lot and freeze most of them, then you just have to heat them in the oven for a few minutes whenever you feel like eating some. They are very lightly sweetened because that’s how I like my breakfast, but feel free to…
Here’s an easy and yummy recipe of chewy chocolate chips cookies that can be fun to make with (or for) kids. Tried and tested by the big child I have at home 🙂 You can easily double the quantity and share with everyone at work or at school -and become the hero of the day. Makes about 15 cookies: 2/5 cup (80gr) granulated sugar 2/5 cup (80gr) brown sugar Vanilla extract ½ cup (120gr) butter 1 egg 1 ¼ cup (150gr) flour 1…