Is there any smell better than fresh baking coming from your kitchen?
If the oven is the heart of your home, then you’re going to love this month’s new Success Membership Recipes!
This is where sweet and wholesome flavors meet whole natural (and a few surprise) ingredients!
Healthy-ish Baking Recipes are a labor of love turning classic favorites into healthified versions you can savor and enjoy.
The art of baking can be a soothing therapy, so preheat that oven and get ready for this month’s session!
Here’s a few reasons why you’ll love making these Healthy-ish Baking Recipes on your road to better health:
✅(1) Enjoyment: Baking is a great way to express your inner chef and really pour your heart into your craft!
✅(2) Budget-friendly: Ounce for ounce, baked goods are inexpensive and often a fraction of the cost of store-bought or bakery versions.
✅(3) High Fiber: With a grain usually as the base and sometimes fruit as a natural sweetener, their high fiber content helps to reduce the risk of heart disease by reducing cholesterol and blood pressure levels and aids in digestion.
✅(4) Variety: You’ll get a whole host of different flavors, textures and aromas from that recipes as is and many can be adapted to fit your preferences and cravings! 🙌🏻
✅(5) Support Weight Loss: These recipes are packed with soluble and insoluble fiber which supports healthy and efficient weight loss.
✅(6) Satisfying: Because there is such a great variety of quality carbohydrates plus the addition of nuts and seeds to provide good-fats and protein, you’ll stay full longer and enjoy the various flavors and textures.
✅(7) Help reverse high blood cholesterol, blood pressure & blood sugars: Every single recipe is loaded with quality fiber, the key to reducing cholesterol, blood sugars and high blood pressure.
✅(8) Tasty! Delicious recipes that are sure to keep you feeling nourished, satisfied, and feeling empowered to make healthful choices everyday!
So as you can see our Healthy-ish Baking Recipes, are perfect for maintaining a healthy, happy and energized body and supporting heart and digestive health. ❤️👏
Now let’s take a peek at what you can enjoy this month:
Having a healthy delicious dessert is as easy as combining oranges and zucchini!
Zucchini is a versatile vegetable that’s been featured in dishes from brownies to egg bakes. It’s antioxidant carotenoids, phytonutrients and fiber content can help you to better manage diabetes, digestive issues, high blood pressure and inflammation. Zucchini is an especially good source of manganese which can improve bone health, speed up collagen production for strong skin and improve thyroid health.
The orange zing does more than create an impressive flavor profile. Oranges are packed with Vitamin C, even more fiber and antioxidants to build immune support, create healthy skin, reduce inflammation and reduce cholesterol. Some orange zest on top is also a great way to add a pop of color to this treat – enjoy!
Enjoy fall flavors all year long with a tasty treat that’s wholesome enough to enjoy as breakfast or brunch!
Rolled oats ensure that you’re eating plenty of heart healthy fiber to help reduce blood sugar spikes and improve cholesterol levels from this sweet treat. Fresh (or canned) pumpkin puree is packed with potassium to help reduce blood pressure, Vitamins C to help build your immune system and beta-carotene with Vitamin A to help reduce your risk of cancers and vision issues.
To top it off a mix of soothing spices really kicks up the flavor while helping manage blood sugars, reduce inflammation and protect you against cancer and illness.
Peanut Butter ‘N Carrot Cookies
Vegetables and dessert may seem like an unlikely pairing, but it is a great way to introduce extra vitamins, minerals and fiber to your favorite sweet treats. If done right, it can also amp up the flavor. Let’s give your sweet tooth something to sing about!
Elevate a classic peanut butter cookie recipe with the addition of a popular, hearty and colorful root vegetable, the carrot. Carrots are a great, cost-effective source of fiber, Vitamin K and potassium. Most notably the carrot’s powerhouse antioxidant, beta-carotene along with Vitamin A, helping keep your vision in tip top shape.
The trifecta of fat and protein from the nuts and fiber-rich carbohydrate from the carrots make this cookie satisfying without any unwanted blood-sugar spikes. Think carrot cake in the form of a cookie with all the health benefits of a hearty high-fiber breakfast!
Here are your Sheet Pan Time Saver Recipes:
Here are all the Recipes in one document for ease of printing.
And here are the individual recipes:
Peanut Butter ‘N Carrot Cookies
Cinnamon Almond Butter Cookies
Black Bean and Zucchini Chocolate Brownies
As always, you can download or print these recipes to use them anytime.
We hope you enjoy these recipes! We look forward to seeing some of your Healthy-ish Baking Recipes in the Members-Only Group.
And don’t forget to tag your Success Plus+ Membership posts with #successplus so they’re easy for everyone to find!
WHY HEALTHY-ISH BAKING?
Baking may not be synonymous with healthy, but it can be better for you when you do it the “Homemade way”!
Baking your own healthy-ish recipes gives you control over the ingredients, allowing you to make as much – or as little – as you like and also takes a fair bit of work to mix so it has a built in exercise! 😁
Pre-packaged options and traditional baking recipes are packed with sugar and highly processed white flour that will spike blood sugars and can contribute to weight gain over time because there is little to no fiber in them. They also generally have hydrogenated oil in them which are harmful to your body as they creates free radicals that damage your body’s cells.
We’ve called this month’s recipes “Healthy-ish Baking” so you can please your palette and still feel good making them with a Homemade spin. Just remember to listen to your body so you don’t overdo it! Enjoy!
