Spoonful of Sugar Free

Registered Dietitian

Day 2: Apple Crisps and Peanut Butter Hummus Dip

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Welcome to day two of the Sugar Free Challenge! Here is today’s sample menu:

Breakfast: Bitter Chocolate Waffles with Sliced bananas and peanut butter whip.

Lunch: Socca with a spinach salad topped with fresh bruschetta. Served with a hard-boiled egg.

Snack: Apple Crisps with Peanut Butter Hummus Dip (recipe below).

Dinner: Brown Rice Stir Fry with carrots, onions, leftover chicken, bell pepper, ginger, soy sauce, and a sprinkle of sesame seeds.

Dessert: Chocolate Almond Cookie Dough Bites.

 

Apple Crisps with Peanut Butter Hummus Dip

~This recipe is from my Apple a Day Dinner menu. They were inspired by my High-Protein Cookie Dough. Gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, grain-free, vegan, and, of course, sugar-free! 

Apple Crisp Directions

Thinly slice your apples, and leave the peel on. I used a mandolin slicer to have even slices. You may slice in rounds or halves. If desired, sprinkle with cinnamon.

Dehydrator Method: Lay slices flat on food dehydrator and dehydrate for 24 hours. Let cool in a dry area before serving or covering.

Oven Method: Lay slices flat on baking sheet. Do not overlap. Preheat oven to 225* nd bake for two hours, turning halfway through. Let cool in a dry area before serving or covering.

Peanut Butter Hummus Dip Directions

  • 1 can chickpeas (1 1/2 cups)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/3 cup nondairy milk

First, drain and wash chickpeas well. Make sure they are well-washed so that the cookie dough doesn’t taste like beans. Add all the ingredients into a blender or food processor and process until smooth. Adjust liquid as needed.

Health Benefits

 

 

  • Chickpeas: Click HERE for a post I did about all the benefits of chickpeas.
  • Peanut Butter: These legumes are full of protein with 7g per ounce. They also have a great monounsaturated fat content that helps your heart and brain. Peanut is a good source of Coenzyme Q10 which protects the heart during the period of lack of oxygen example high altitudes and clogged arteries. It also has a high antioxidant and high niacin content that helps in the recovery of cell damage and provides protection against Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive problem.
  • Apples: a flavanoid called phloridzin that is found only in apples may protect post-menopausal women from osteoporosis and may also increase bone density. Boron, another ingredient in apples, also strengthens bones. The pectin in apples lowers LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, and it supplies galacturonic acid to the body which lowers the body’s need for insulin and may help in the management of diabetes.

THOUGHT-PROVOKING, MIND-PRODDING QUESTION OF THE DAY: 

How was your second day of sugar-free?

Also, what’s your favorite dish to bring to parties? Please share! I would love some more ideas.

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Comments

  1. the pb frosting looks yum. I wonder if you could get the same results from pb flour & almond milk? I have recently disovered pb flour & i am in love! and it’s alot less caloric than regular pb. 🙂

  3. I had chickpeas yesterday…I love how versatile they can be in recipes!
    Taking part in this challenge has definitely made me think a little more especially when snacking in between meals. My Grandmother actually went to the trouble of giving me veggies grown from her garden 🙂

  4. Love this idea- It combines two of my favorite foods! Hummus and nut butter

    The Sugar-free Challenge is going well. I was not expecting to feel as good as I have been (because I really don’t eat much in the first place!)

  5. The PB hummus dip looks great. I’ve tried something similar before, but apple crisps for dipping. MMMM!!!
    Also I think its great that you are posting sample menus!! It give people an idea of all the possibilities!!

  6. Day 2 is going well! Although its still the morning, but I just whipped together an awesome sunflower seed butter recipe that I’m so excited to share! Have an awesome weekend!!

  7. oddly i find my biggest fight each sugar-free day is my usual stick of “sugar-free” gum after a meal or snack.. avoiding the “sugar alcohols” is noticable and i even feel more healthy.. BUT the habit must be akin to smoking. Yuck!

  8. I am totally making those waffles in pancake form tomorrow morning!!!! OMG I am so excited! 🙂 And I am going to party tomorrow so I am going to make my delicious crustless, no sugar added pumpkin pie! Recipe below for anyone who is interested!!

    1 15oz. Can of organic pumpkin puree
    1 1/2 Cups of unsweetened almond or soy milk
    9 Organic medjool dates, pitted and finely chopped
    1 1/2 tsp. Vietnamese cinnamon
    1/2 tsp. fresh ground ginger root
    1/4 tsp. ground clove
    1/4 tsp. cardamon
    2 Large cage free eggs (whole eggs or just egg whites)

    Puree finely chopped dates with milk until completely smooth (this may take a few minutes but it will blend). This will make a thick, sweet milk.

    Next, blend mix all ingredients together and pour into a pie dish (or pie shell if you can’t live without the crust!) and bake like you would a regular pumpkin pie! (the back of the can of pumpkin should give baking instruction, I can’t remember them off the top of my head!)

    Serves 8. Calories without the crust: 89

    • Hey Roni,

      Others have told me they had success making the waffles into pancakes. I hope you enjoy them!

      Wow. That pumpkin pie recipe sounds divineeee!!! Thanks so much for sharing! I will have to make it! I have a pumpkin pie recipe that uses dates for the crust, but I haven’t thought about putting it into the pie. Thanks for the idea!!!

  10. Those apple crisps are such a good idea! Will have to give em a whirl for sure…. especially when served with peanut buttery hummus, perfection 🙂

  11. Breakfast was CCK’s banana pizzert, lunch was a greek omelette, and dinner will be minestrone. I’ve seen apple chip recipes before but never made them…I guess I thought they were too much of a hassle. That dip looks so good though…

  16. Day Two went great!

    I had the same breakfast and relatively the same lunch as yesterday, but today for supper I ate at the mall- japanese chicken (made with no sauce) and steamed veggies. We also stopped at caribou coffee and I got my usual plain, skim cappucino.

    For a snack I had greek yogurt mixed with pb and a few apple slices. I also made your bitter chocolate cake for the third time. I make mine with 1/4 cup cocoa powder, 1/8 tsp baking soda, 2 tbsp egg beaters, 1/2 banana mashed and 1 tbsp skim milk. Baked for 20 minutes and top with 2 tsp natural peanut butter…. YUM

    Can’t wait to see more of your apple recipes! I am most excited about the apple pie 🙂

  17. I LOVE the newsletter-why eat sugar filled junk with food like that around! Day 2 was fine, went to listen to some music last night and drank soda water to avoid sugar and sweeteners. How is everyone doing?