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Clean Eating Apple Pie

Desserts & TreatsWhitney Carlson3 Comments

What Thanksgiving celebration is complete without a little apple pie? Hold the ice cream and this clean treat will more than satisfy your cravings!

Eat Clean Apple Pie

Oxygen Magazine December 2012, pg 60

Ingredients:

Pie Crust:

Pie Filling:

  • 3 lbs tart, crisp baking apples
  • 3 TBSP almond flour
  • 3 TBSP lemon juice
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 2 TBSP light butter, unsalted, chilled and diced
  • 1/2 cup honey

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Mix almond flour and salt in a food processor to blend. Add remaining ingredients and blend until a ball of dough is formed.

3. Press dough into a 9inch pie pan (or a cake pan in our case!) and cover with a wet cloth. Set aside.

4. Fill a large bowl with water and add 2 TBSP of lemon juice.

5. Core, peel and slice apples, placing in water to prevent browning of apples.

6. Once apples are soaking, drain water and pat apples dry with a clean cloth to absorb excess water and moisture.

7. Add remaining ingredients, including remaining lemon juice to the apples and toss to combine.

8. Remove wet cloth and pour apple mixture into pie crust. Bake for 45-55 minutes until crust is golden and mixtures is bubbling on top.

9. Remove from oven and let cool 1 hr before serving.

Enjoy!

Pumpkin Protein Cookies

Seasonal, Desserts & TreatsWhitney Carlson42 Comments

Celebrate fall (or anytime of the year) by making these delicious Pumpkin Protein Cookies!

Clean Eat Recipe :: Pumpkin Protein Cookies

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Using a whisk or fork, mix all ingredients.

2. Bake at 350 degrees for 6 minutes.

Makes approx 9 cookies

Macros:

  • Calories: 60
  • Carbs: 4g
  • Protein: 6g
  • Fat: 2g
  • Sugar: 1g

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- Whitney

Recipe created by Michelle LeSueur, BEP, CNC, CSN, CPT.  Used with her permission

Oatmeal Cinnamon Raisin Cookies

Desserts & TreatsWhitney Carlson26 Comments

My favorite Sesame Street character was 'Cookie Monster.' I LOVED to watch him crumble up and devour his cookies in one fell swoop! Cookies make me happy, but too many cookies leave me bloated!  So, having this recipe to share with you REALLY makes me happy!

Oatmeal Cinnamon Raisin Cookies

Ingredients:

 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with Parchment Paper (this is different than wax paper!)

2. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl using a spoon.

3. Spoon mixture onto lined baking sheet.

4. Bake for 15 minutes.

Makes 16 cookies.

Mets: (with Sucanat Sugar)

  • Calories - 87
  • Protein - 2g
  • Fat - 1g
  • Carbohydrates - 18g
  • Sugars - 8g
  • Sodium - 45mg

Mets: (with Ideal Brown No Calorie Sweetener)

  • Calories - 72
  • Protein - 2g
  • Fat - 1g
  • Carbohydrates - 15g
  • Sugars - 4g
  • Sodium - 45g

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Happy Baking!