44 healthy optional Recipes

butter, room temperature, brown sugar, honey, egg, water, whole wheat flour (all-purpose is good too), salt, baking soda, rolled oats (aka oatmeal), chopped dates (optional) or figs (optional) or raisins (optional) or currants (optional) or chocolate chips (optional) or chopped nuts, etc (optional)

old fashioned oats, milk, water, apple, peeled and chopped, dried cranberries or 1/4 cup raisins, cinnamon (saigon is my preference), vanilla, brown sugar (optional) or honey (optional) or maple syrup, to taste (optional)

whole wheat flour, skim milk, diced apples (optional) or 1 banana (optional), salt, baking soda, baking powder, honey (or 4 sweetener packets), egg (or substitute), ground flax seeds, cinnamon, oatmeal

coffee, nonfat milk (can use more if desired) or 3/4 cup soymilk (can use more if desired), sugar substitute (splenda ), hot cocoa (diet 25 calories ), peppermint extract (optional) or 1/4 tsp raspberry extract (optional), ice

plain flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, egg whites, over ripe bananas, mashed, skim milk, unsweetened applesauce, pecans (optional) or 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

whole wheat flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, egg whites, unsweetened applesauce, vanilla, skim milk, pureed bananas, chopped pecans (optional) or 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts (optional)

cocoa powder (preferably without added sugar), frozen raspberries (or any other kind of berries you like), cold water, vanilla essence, splenda sugar substitute (optional), fresh basil leaves (optional) or mint leaf (optional)

light olive oil, brown rice syrup, almond butter (or peanut butter), vanilla extract, dry natural brown crispy rice cereal, peanuts (optional), raisins (optional) or 1/2 cup currants (optional), unsweetened carob chips (optional), chopped almonds (optional)

dark chocolate chips (ghirardelli 60% cacao), lowfat silken tofu (aka lite firm silken tofu), honey (rare hawaiian organic white), real vanilla extract (madagascar bourbon), coffee liqueur (optional) or 1/3 cup other liqueur (optional), chocolate wafer pie crust

ripe mashed bananas, low-fat milk, sugar, plain fat-free yogurt or 1/3 cup non-fat vanilla yogurt, lemon juice (optional) or 1 tsp vanilla (optional)

eggplant, butter (optional) or 2 tbsp margarine (optional), onion, diced, fresh mushrooms, diced, chervil, basil, fresh ground black pepper, lean ground turkey, no-added-salt tomato paste, wheat germ (optional), fresh parsley, chopped, parmesan cheese (optional) or 2 tbsp romano cheese, grated (optional)

chicken breast, - 2 large skinned boneless chicken breasts filleted cut into 4 serving pieces (between 1/4 and 1/2 thick), frozen chopped spinach, thawed, onion, chopped (divided ), garlic cloves (divided ), olive oil, feta (optional) or 1/4 cup ricotta cheese (optional) or 1/4 cup requeson cheese (optional), ripe roma tomato, cored (10 - 12), red bell pepper , rough chopped, dry basil or 1/2 tsp oregano, salt and pepper

rolled oats (not instant ), whole wheat flour (you can use bread flour or whole wheat pastry flour depending on how wholesome you like your healt), salt, walnuts (halves or pieces), melted butter (1 stick), light olive oil, pure maple syrup, eggs, dried sweetened cranberries (craisins), rolled oats, turbinado sugar (can be added to wet or dry ingredients if your family is used to sweeter treats, optional) (optional) or 1/4 cup brown sugar (can be added to wet or dry ingredients if your family is used to sweeter treats) (optional)

fresh yeast cakes or 2 (14 g) active dry yeast, water, salt, sugar, plain yogurt, egg whites or 1 egg, old fashioned oats, apples, shredded with peel, flour, poppy seeds (optional) or 2 tbsp sunflower seeds (optional)

sugar, unsweetened applesauce, water, ground flax seeds, brewed coffee, water, vanilla extract, white whole wheat flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, semisweet vegan chocolate chips, coarsely chopped pecans (optional) or 1/2-1 cup walnuts (optional)

quick-cooking oats, milk, canned pumpkin, margarine, apricot fruit spread, ground golden flax seeds, pumpkin seeds (optional), almonds (option), low-fat plain yogurt

eggs, buttermilk (converted from european measurement 2 dl.), carrots (medium size, peeled and chopped into small pieces), salt, butter (melted , use microwave oven, optional leave out for low-fat version), oatmeal, whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, cardamom, vanilla sugar, baking powder, baking soda

whole wheat lasagna noodles, fat-free cottage cheese, spaghetti sauce, shredded fat free mozzarella cheese, italian spices, fresh ground black pepper, lean ground beef or 1 lb lean ground turkey or 1 lb lean ground lamb (optional) or 1 lb ground lean pork (optional)