Oats Strawberry Bars

I saw this recipe when I was searching in the internet and found this very interesting and healthy. I did make some changes to the original recipe as I felt it was on the sweeter side. I made this for breakfast and for almost a week, we kept eating this as our daily breakfast. Even Shoj's friend at office asked about it and wanted this recipe, so that even he can save some time while going to office. This is like pick and go kinda bar...not too sweet but very healthy and filling.

Ingredients:
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Filling:
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3 cups fresh or frozen Strawberries
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
1/4 cup Sugar
2 tbsp Cornstarch

Crust:
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1 1/2 cups All-Purpose flour
1 1/2 cups Quick Cooking Oats
3/4 cup firmly packed Brown Sugar
3/4 cup Butter (room temperature)
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Salt

Drizzle:
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1/2 cup Confectioners Sugar or Powdered Sugar
1 tbsp Milk

Method:
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Filling:
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1. Preheat oven to 350F. I used a toaster oven so didn't need any preheating.
2. Wash and remove the stem of the strawberries, crush it in a blender with lemon juice.
3. Add the crushed strawberries in a sauce pan and cook until tender on medium flame for about 8-12 mins.
4. In a bowl mix sugar and corn starch and add this mixture to the strawberries and keep stirring on low flame until the mixture gets thick and bubly for about 1 min. Make sure there are no lumps.

5. Off the flame and allow this mixture to cool a bit.

Crust:
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1. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl, mix until you get a crumbly texture.
2. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of the crumb mixture for the top.

Drizzle:
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1. Mix the sugar and milk with a fork and keep it aside.

Assembling and Baking:
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1. Take a oven safe glass dish or any baking sheet, grease the bottom of the pan and add the crumb mixture and press down to form a even layer.

2. Now add the filling mixture over the top of the pressed crumbs and even it out.

3. Add the reserved 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture over the top evenly and bake it for about 30 to 35 mins or until the top of the crust is golden brown.
4. Allow it to cool completely.

5. Now you can drizzle with the sugar solution and I also added chocolate syrup over the top.
Note: Make sure you don't drizzle too much, as it will make the bars too sweet. I just used it to decorate for the pic. If you like it to be sweet, then you can add as much as you want. :-)

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Banana, Cranberry, Carrot and Honey Mini Muffins - Healthy and Low-Fat

Once again my fruit bowl is full of ripe bananas waiting for me!! So I started search for some healthy breakfast muffins. I found this recipe from Food Blogga by Susan C. Russo who is a Blogger, Author and a Freelance Writer. I fell in love with the healthy ingredients that she used in making this recipe and decided to make this mini muffins with a little twist and also to make use of my pantry. So linking this recipe to the Wednesday's Blog Hop, hosted by Radhika of Ticking Palates and this recipe is adapted from my partner Jyothi's Blog - Pages. These muffins came out so perfect that now I am not able to wait until it cools. :-(

I would like to re-mention the nutrition information which Susan mentioned in her recipe and added my ingredients nutrition information too:

By using half Whole Wheat Flour and mostly Egg Whites, the Fat and Cholesterol in these muffins is reduced, while the Fiber is increased. Plus Antioxidant-rich Cranberries, high Potassium Bananas, high  β-carotene (metabolized into Vitamin A) Carrots and Almonds rich in Dietary Fiber and Carbohydrates make these muffins subtly sweet, tangy, colorful and of course very healthy.

Ingredients:
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Dry Ingredients:
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1 cup APF (All-Purpose Flour)
1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp ground Cinnamon
1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar

Semi Dry Ingredients:
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1/3 cup grated Carrot
1/3 cup dried Cranberries
1/3 cup blanched Almonds
1 tsp APF (all-purpose flour for dusting)

Wet Ingredients:
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1/2 cup Honey
4 tbsp melted unsalted Butter
2 tsp pure Vanilla Extract
1 large Egg + 4 Egg Whites
2 (1 cup) very ripe Bananas (mashed with fork)
1-2 tsp 1 whole Orange Zest

Method:
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1. Preheat oven to 375F.

2. Mix the dry, semi dry and wet ingredients separately in  three bowls, use a hand mixer or whisk for the wet ingredients.
3. First add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and beat with a hand mixer until all the flour is incorporated.
4. Now using a spatula or a wooden spoon gently blend in the semi dry ingredients. The flour in the semi wet ingredients helps from sticking and also while baking they will not sink to the bottom of the muffin cup.

5. Take a mini muffin pan spray with non-stick cooking spray and spoon the muffin batter and bake it for around 13-15 mins, if using a mini muffin pan and 18-20 mins if using the normal muffin pan, or bake it until the top is golden brown or if a took pick or skewer pricked in between should come out clean.

Sending this recipe to Wednesday Blog Hop hosted by Radhika

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Chocolate Lava Cake

I and Anush love chocolate and cakes of course. I wanted to try this chocolate lava cake for a long time. So today is the day, I had lot of time as Shoj was not coming home for lunch and I planned to prepare small meal for Anush with a cake dessert. So I made this lava cake with semi sweet chocolate and dark chocolate in between which was perfect and Anush loved it so much and he could not wait until it was done. Today he ate cake for his lunch. :-)

Ingredients:
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1 stick/ 1/4 lb + 1tsp Butter
1/4 lb Semi Sweet Chocolate chips
4 Chocolate 1 inch pieces
1/4 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1 1/2 tbsp All Purpose Flour

Method:
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1. Preheat oven to 350F or if using a toaster oven need not preheat it.

 

2. In a microwave safe bowl add butter and semi sweet chocolate chips and microwave it for about 20 secs, remove and stir it, again microwave it for 20 secs and stir it until the chocolate melts.

4. Make sure the chocolate butter is not too hot to add to the eggs, else it will cook the eggs. Add it slowly and keep whisking while adding.

5. Grease the ramekins with butter and pour the batter about 2/3 in each ramekin.

 

 

6. Insert one piece in middle of each of the ramekins and bake it for about 20-25 mins. when a tooth pick is inserted the middle will be wet that is ok and it's because of the chocolate.

 

7. serve this warm and enjoy the chocolate oozing out from the middle.

 

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Event - BERRIES - Strawberry - Desserts - August 1st to 31st

Berries are the crown jewels of summer, the gems that inspire pies,

parfaits, cobblers, ice cream treats, and whipped cream wonders. 

Best of all, berries deliver super-healthy antioxidants that help 

fight disease.

The word "Berry" means a freshly fruit produced from a single 

ovary. In everyday English, "berry" is a term for any small 

edible fruit. These "berries" are usually juicy, round or semi-

oblong, brightly colored, sweet or sour, and do not have a stone or 

pit, although many seeds may be present.

Berries provide all the disease-fighting antioxidants you need in a 

single day.

I love all berries as they are simply sweet and sour, have vibrant 

color and very high in antioxidants.

You can make any recipe from which can be a Dessert/Sweet

...the main in

ingredient should be the strawberry in your recipe. 

The 

Strawberries you use can be fresh, frozen, dried etc., you can make 

vegetarian or non-vegetarian recipes.

Add a line or two as to why you like this berry, 

Nutritional Information about the berry, Homemade 

Beauty Tips like Face Packs, Scrubs etc., and Weight Loss Tips 

with the berry you used in your recipe.


I want to keep this event going on, so would like to use these berry theme with different menu categories like appetizer, snack, entree, juice/milkshakes, ice cream/sorbets, dessert/sweets etc., and you need to choose one berry like Strawberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Gooseberry etc.,....

So this month  (August 1st to 31st ) I am choosing "Berries - Strawberry - Desserts"


I am also posting this same event in my other blog "Anu's Healthy Kitchen"

Now to the Event Rules:
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1. Send in as many as recipes as you want, archived entries are 

allowed only if re-posted and linked to this event. New recipe should also be linked to this event page.

2. You should use strawberry as your dessert menu.

2. Use of logo is mandatory, so that the berry word will spread 

around bloggers and non-bloggers.

3. Bloggers and Non-bloggers can participate.

4. Event date starts from August 1 to August 31st.

5. Please enter you recipe details by clicking on the Event Logo at the end of this post/page.

Please Click on the EVENT LOGO to ENTER the RECIPE DETAILS....

If you face any problems leave me a comment or drop a line to anu(dot)healthykitchen(at)gmail(dot)com.

So hurry up friends we have only 30 days to fill my inbox with lots of yummy berricious recipes.......... :-)

If anyone interested in guest hosting this event for the coming months....please look at the Event Calender for more details and if willing to guest host for the same, email me at  anu(dot)healthykitchen(at)gmail(dot)com. I am also updating a Event Calender Page with rest of the details about this Ongoing Event.

Strawberry Biscotti (Double Baked Cake)

I been watching myself that whenever I try to come up with a new recipe with leftovers, I create a new recipe which tastes great and better than eating the same old boring leftover.

I baked this Strawberry Cake (homemade) for my friend and myself, I ended up making a big cake ....we ate a lot continuously two days and finally got bored....so I wanted to make it more interesting to eat the leftovers and not to waste it. I didn't want to make anything much heavier but lite and should be interesting. We all love tea time snacks, so this thought striked my mind about biscotti, which I love a lot to eat with tea. So just gave it a try. It was awesome, evening I made tea and this....the biscotti finished the same day...we all liked it a lot. IT was crisp and tasted very good. This the best way to eat a leftover cake with no additional ingredients to add. :))

Ingredients:

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Strawberry Cake (click on the link to view my Strawberry cake recipe)

Method:

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1. Preheat oven to 350F and slice the cake into 1 1/2 inch thick slices or any desired shape and bake it for about 20 mins or until the top is golden brown.

2. Best and easy T time snack. 

Strawberry Cake (Homemade)

 

I my friend went to this year's strawberry picking and had totally 10 lbs of fresh strawberries...she asked me to bake a cake as her son too loves strawberries and cakes. Even Anush loves strawberries a lot, so thought of making the strawberry popsicle and strawberry cake. I baked two cakes, one for Anush and one for my friend's son. It was awesome and definitely better one than the store bought or made from the box mix or even the store bought strawberries. The freshly picked strawberries tasted much better, more juicy and had vibrant color. I always make cakes with no oil in it and use applesauce (unsweetened) instead. This time I was running out of applesauce at home....So who ever is conscious like me please use unsweetened applesauce instead of oil....just an healthy alternative!!

Loved it!!

Ingredients:

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3 cups Self Raising flour

2 cups Granulated Sugar

3/4 cup Vegetable Oil / Unsweetened Apple sauce

1 1/2 cup pureed Strawberries

1 tsp pure Vanilla Extract

1 tsp Orange/Orange Zest (I used Orange)

4 Eggs, beaten

Method:

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1. Preheat oven to 350F.

2. Spray with cooking oil/butter spray on cake pan/or any baking dish, and sprinkle flour all over and shake off the excess by tapping.

3. Meanwhile, beat the eggs with hand mixer/stand mixer until it's light and fluffy and the color of the eggs should have turned pale color. for about 4-5 mins. Now add the rest of the ingredients first the wet ingredients and then the flour combine again with a hand mixer/stand mixer until you get a smooth non-lumpy batter for about 3-4 mins.

4. Pour this batter into the baking pan and bake it for about 26 to 28 mins or until the top is slightly golden and if a toothpick or skewer inserted comes out clean.

5. Transfer the cake on a wire rack and let it cool.

Note: You can use Strawberry Cream Cheese as the icing. Very simple and easy.