Three ingredient healthy cookies

hettyGreek

I saw these last night on facebook and have just made them and are delicious and cheap. The video recipe is at https://www.facebook.com/nestandglow/videos/vl.1723054057947052/624197144424177

Just mash up a banana with ready break then stir in some raisins and bake - http://www.nestandglow.com/healthy-recipes/3-ingredient-raisin-banana-oat-biscuits :j

Zeni

I loved mashed banana in cooking.. I make pancakes by adding a mashed banana to one egg and beating together and then frying, Makes nice pancakes

Toothsmith

The raisins will mean they're not a dentally healthy snacks.

I'm not 100% sure about Ready Brek either. There is 'no added sugar' but the ingredients give it as 8% sugar.

fairy_lights

I make those quite often, just mash a banana and some oats together with my hands and bake. They're lovely and gooey and a great way to use up over ripe fruit but I wouldn't necessarily say they're 'healthier' than any other cookie. They are slightly higher in fibre but the calories and sugar are about the same as any cookie.

cashewnut

Toothsmith wrote: »

The raisins will mean they're not a dentally healthy snacks.

I'm not 100% sure about Ready Brek either. There is 'no added sugar' but the ingredients give it as 8% sugar.

Is there a substitute you'd recommend? I want to look after my teeth more! I've already started with eating a piece of hard cheese after lunch and dinner

Toothsmith

The general advice I give (and other dentists) is that the teeth can stand 3-4 sugary attacks a day.

So - don't worry about what you have at mealtimes. Ready Brek, being a breakfast, shouldn't really be worried about when used in its proper place.

But - using it to make cookies - a between-meal snack - is more worrying.

Check very thoroughly anything you eat, or give to your kids to eat ( or drink), as between meal snacks. Better still, try and cut out snacks between meals completely, and only have milk or water to drink in between.

trailingspouse

The whole point of cookies (or, as we say in English, biscuits...) is that they are a sweet treat. So making 'healthy' ones is a contradiction in terms. Just eat fewer.