Thursday, September 13, 2007

The Healthy Cookie Quest

Ruthie & Allisone shared their favorite healthy cookie recipes with me. I really appreciated this since I still haven't peeked in a cookbook on my own yet. (There's actually a really good reason for this. When I attempted to put my cookbooks back in the cabinet that I keep them in, I discovered the cabinet seemed to be pulling out of the wall from their weight. Well...I do have a lot of cookbooks:) Now the cookbooks are in two enormous piles waiting for me to clear out a bookshelf to put them in - Jim is fixing the cabinet tonight but has requested I keep my five tons of cookbooks in an alternate location. They are not convenient to peruse at this time!)

Yesterday, for an after school snack, I whipped up the Banana Oatmeal Cookies that Ruthie suggested. These were easy and tasty, although my sons dislike date chunks no matter how small they are. I might try pureeing the dates next time or using raisins. Jim, the girls and I loved these and couldn't believe they had no added sugar.

The kids are off today so I'll be trying the other two suggested recipes with them, as well as continuing the organization extravaganza. (The boys' room is next on my hit list.) Also in the kitchen, there will be some preserving going on today to clear out the fridge for Saturday's CSA pickup. There are zucchinis to shred and freeze, tomatoes to turn into sauce, and greens to wilt and freeze.

I've really wanted to make seitan the last few days but haven't had the time. Last night I made Isa's seitan recipe, although I prefer the texture of Lachesis' Seitan O'Greatness. The problem was, I didn't have the time to dedicate to cooking the seitan, mixing up a batch takes no time at all. What's a girl to do?? This girl tried cooking it in the pressure cooker for 15 minutes on high. It actually turned out pretty good. I cubed it and served it with greens, red peppers, carrots and the marinade from the Jerk Seitan recipe from Vegan with a Vengeance as a sauce. (If I didn't have time to cook it, you know I definitely didn't have time to marinade it!) There were no leftovers so it must have been good.

I still stand by original assertion that my favorite seitan is baked seitan but in a pinch this worked out very well.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you have a favorite baked seitan recipe? I too enjoy baked seitan, but I am still looking for that "great" recipe...

Thanks!
Courtney

Anonymous said...

I don't know if these are healthy enough for a lunch box, but we love these jam cookies from the PPK website at our house. We usually add in extra nuts and omit the cinnamon - the cookies end up a bit crumbly but very filling.
http://www.theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/recipe.php?RecipeID=47

Anonymous said...

I like the seitan recipe at www.3abn.org. It's Cinda Micheff Sanner's. I just bake and then pressure cook it.

Katie said...

Courtney,
My favorite baked seitan recipe is the seitan 0'greatness that is linked to in this post.

Ooo, those jam cookies sound really good. I'll add them to the list of things to try.

I'm having a little trouble finging Cinda Micheff Sanner's seitan recipe. Can you give me the link to the actual recipe?