Healthy Eating Can Taste Good!

One of my missions in life is to demonstrate to people that eating healthy can taste good!  I have a blog that I love to visit called Nourishing Meals (www.nourishingmeals.com)  it contains many tasty healthy and nourishing recipes for all types of meals and snacks.  I have included one of our family favorites below.  This cookie contains good fats for your brain- coconut oil and coconut.  It contains almond flour which is high in protein along with only 2T. of maple syrup a natural sweetener!  This is a great way to sweeten up the day and nourish your body!  They taste like little banana bread bites!  Give them a try and let me know what you think!

Banana Coconut Cookies

These cookies are crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. They are only slightly sweet and high in protein, making them a nutritious after school snack served along side carrot and celery sticks. You can add mini chocolate chips to some of them if desired though this will add a little bit of cane sugar. You could replace the 2 tablespoons of maple syrup with more banana if you don't want any sweetener.

Wet Ingredients:
1/3 cup mashed ripe banana (about 1 medium)
1/3 cup melted coconut oil
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon organic almond flavoring

Dry Ingredients:
2 cups blanched almond flour
1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon sea salt

In a medium-sized mixing bowl whisk together the wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients and mix together using a fork. Form dough into ball and refrigerate for 30 to 60 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Form dough into small balls (about 15) and place onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten each cookie ball with the palm of your hand. Bake for about 15 minutes. Cookies will be soft straight out of the oven but will firm up once completely cool. You can place them onto a wire rack to cool and then place the rack into your freezer for quick cooling.