Lemon Coconut Protein Crinkles

Made these cookies a grand total of 3 times. The first two times they looked more volcano like and were rather dry. Third times the charm I guess :) These make your kitchen and hands smell nice because of the lemon zest!

Crinkle cookies aren't very common in Singapore, where I live, so I made my own! They are sort of a cake-cookie, and have cracks across the top surface of the cookie! Instead of rolling mine in powdered sugar I used ground dried coconut! Definitely healthier :) This cookie is fairly low in fat but high in protein!

About 6 cookies:

What you'll need

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

1/2 cup oat flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 cup greek yogurt

1 tbsp honey or slightly more to taste

3 tbsp whisked egg/1 small egg

Lemon zest of 1 lemon

1/4 tsp vanilla extract 

3 tbsp dried coconut 

How to

1. Combine the first 3 ingredients. 

2. Whisk together remaining ingredients, except coconut. Next combine both mixtures. Freeze for 1h or longer.

Preheat oven to 180C.

3. Blend 3 tbsp dried coconut as fine as possible. Get a tbsp of cookie dough, form into a ball, roll in coconut, place on prepared baking sheet. Repeat until dough is used up. 

4. Bake for 10min.

Paleo English Muffins

Paleo English muffins! Complete with the nooks and crannies of our usual muffin, perfect for spreading creamy nut butters and jam on :-)) Paleo also means dairy free and gluten free yay! These are about 100 calories per muffin, low fat, low carb and high in protein and fiber! 

How to serve: Split your English muffin in half and toast. I topped one half with mashed raspberries, pistachio and desiccated coconut. The other with adams crunchy peanut butter, cottage cheese and pomegranate arils ~

Yum and not hard at all to make. It may take a while to bake but remember, real English muffins require a lot of waiting time to let the dough rise! So this is actually quicker and healthier too :) 

The yeast is just to add flavour... The boiling water kind of kills the yeast haha. 

What you'll need

1/4 cup coconut flour 

3 tbsp psyllium husk 

1 tsp baking powder

1/3 tsp yeast (for flavour) 

3 egg whites

1/3 cup boiling water

How to

1. Mix dry ingredients. 

2. Mix in egg whites with a fork. Add in the boiling water and combine well.

Preheat oven to 160C

3. Form the dough into two English muffin shaped patties. Heat a little oil in a pan and fry the patties over low heat on both sides until golden brown. 

4. Place on baking paper and bake for 40min. The bottoms will look nicer after baking so turn them around after baking. 

5. Use a fork to split into two, toast, and serve! 

Mozzarella stuffed Meatballs

They may look like regular meatballs, but when you bite into them, they're filled with ooey gooey mozzarella cheese :-) Really easy to make and you can take these to a Christmas party too! 

These are the mozzarella balls I used. I couldn't find low fat but if you can, good for you! I know they aren't completely healthy but if you use lean beef this recipe is moderately healthy :)

Makes 5 meatballs

What you'll need

120g lean minced beef

1/2 tsp minced garlic

2 tbsp diced onion

1/2 tsp smoked paprika

1/2 tsp dried herbs

1/2 tsp chili flakes 

2 tbsp oats 

1 egg white 

5 mozzarella balls

How to

Preheat oven to 200C

1. Mix the 1st 7 ingredients together. Beat in the egg white. 

2. Grab some beef and form it into a disk. Then wrap it around a mozzarella ball. Repeat for the remaining meatballs.

3. Bake for 15min (or longer if needed) then serve with tomato pasta sauce, wholemeal pasta and vegetables.