Quickie post: Honey Nut Granola Bars

RECIPE I ALTERED SLIGHTLY HERE

below, * indicates alterations.

Honey, *almond butter, oats, *oat bran, *walnuts, * olive oil, egg white, cinnamon, and * melted sugar free chocolate chips. 

Very good, next time I thought about using agave instead. We'll see. 

Mini cheesecakes - Healthified

Healthified Mini Cheesecake Bites!

• 1 pkg fat free cream cheese room temp
• 1 contanor fat free cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup greek yogurt or sour cream
• 1 cup (or to taste) brown sugar xyltitol
• vanilla, lemon and salt to taste 
• 2 eggs room temp
• 2 tbsp bean flour

(1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp lemon, pinch salt for me)

crust is oat bran, (ground up in chopper) oat shredded square cereal, flax, brown sugar xylitol, spices (cinnamon, apple pie spice), and butter (melted) or oil. 

preheat oven to 350 line muffin tin, spray cups

mix crust ingredients together, spoon in about 1/4 - 1/3 cup and squish down flat in each cup.

mix wet ingredients in top list, minus eggs, in chopper, add sugar salt flavorings, add flour, add eggs. 

the chopper adds less air than stand mixers do.

after well blended, gently add to each cup, get close to top without going over, not much rising here.

bake twenty minutes. cool in or on top of oven for thirty mins. place in fridge for hour or more, then gently remove cups and serve. 

second batch

i just made these recently, first batch got a tad over cooked (i did 30 mins) so beware not to overcook!

Unrecipe - Oat Bran Muffins

Oat bran, a Dukan staple. I love everything oat, but oat bran is a tad more challenging. Though, its health benefits make it way worth a look. 

I do not have a recipe, but ingridiants for the muffins I just made for my Dukan breakfast oat muffins. 

You can prob find a regular recipe and switch up or figure out.

- oat bran, more this than others

- oat flour

- cornstarch (tolerated food item)

- 2 eggs (why 2? idk)

- salt, baking soda and powder

- fat free cream cheese

- cinnamon and apple pie spice

- stevia in the raw

- honey/agave

- tad olive oil

- fat free/low fat buttermilk or yogurt, or sour cream, or almond, whatever (I used the first)

you could add fruit, replace oil with applesauce (except dukaners) or add nuts.

mix together whatever measurements of what you decide. bake 400 F for 15 mins or until done inside. 

Mine made six. 

For a full recipe of oat bran muffins here are a few options...

apple muffins

http://unsophisticook.com/apple-muffins/

moist bran muffins

http://www.wellsphere.com/healthy-cooking-article/bran-muffin-recipe/774173

flax bran muffins

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/oat-bran-muffins-10000000522196/

vegan oat bran muffins

http://www.egglesscooking.com/2010/04/19/vegan-oat-bran-muffins/

blueberry versions :

http://www.livelaugheat.com/2011/04/12/blueberry-oat-bran-muffins/

&

http://www.onearabvegan.com/2012/03/10/banilla-blueberry-and-yoghurt-oat-bran-muffins/

Or just take a basic oat bran recipe and play switch up with healthier options and add in things like shredded carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin, apples raisins, whatever you want!

They say that muffin batter, being thin, should not contain any items larger than a blueberry or it might sink for lack of support no matter how much flour you dust it with. You could try adding in at halfway point or after long enough for batter to thicken in oven.

oh and I glazed tops of mine with a lite kiss of honey.

ok, bye bye now!