December has arrived, one of the most feared in terms of health and food, because let's be honest, is the month when we neglect our diet the most, but how to refuse those delicious dinners, desserts and different typical Christmas meals, in addition to eating after hours, among other bad eating habits, but do not worry, it is normal and it happens to all of us, and we sincerely enjoy it, but when January comes ... AUCH! How those extra pounds hurt us, but don't worry, that's why we are friends, to take care of each other, so today we will share 3 Christmas recipes that you will surely enjoy, and that will help you take care of yourself and stay healthy, and that those "extra pounds" do not affect you.
Healthy custard
Undoubtedly one of the most typical Christmas meals / desserts in many regions of Latin America is the custard, and despite being delicious, unfortunately it has some ingredients that give us some extra calories that do not go well for our health, however in this way you will do A delicious healthy 100% custard.
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of cornstarch or cornstarch Universal
- Two cans of coconut milk Andean Traditions
- 3 tablespoons stevia or honey.
preparation:
- In a bowl mix 1 cup of Andean Traditions coconut milk, with 300 grams of Universal cornstarch.
- In a separate pot, boil the rest of the Andean traditions coconut milk.
- When it has boiled pour the cornstarch mixture and the sweetener that you have chosen, you can optionally add Andean Tradition cinnamon to your liking.
- At the moment it has the thick consistency that you want to let it boil for about 8 minutes while stirring.
- Serve in a bowl or mold, let cool to room temperature.
- Serve and enjoy. (You can accompany and decorate with our delicious blackberry sweet recipe, you can find it in the recipes)
Turkey breast
The most popular Christmas dinner in the world, the delicious turkey, this time a little healthier, without removing the fact of being extremely delicious.
Ingredients:
- 1 chicken breast cut into 2 fillets.
- Half cup of dried apple.
- Half a cup of nuts or almonds cut into small pieces.
- Half a cup of peanut cut into small pieces.
- Half a cup of blueberries
- Half a cup of raisins.
- 1 egg
- Salt
- Black pepper Andean traditions to taste.
preparation:
- Wash the breast previously cut in 2 large fillets.
- On one of the 2 fillets delicately put all the other ingredients.
- Delicately put the other steak over the first.
- Season with salt and black pepper Andean traditions to taste.
- As it will surely be difficult to seal the 2 fillets, we will beat the egg and put it on all the edges that join them.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Bake for about 20 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy. (You can accompany with a delicious fresh salad)
Ginger and honey cookies
Of course we cannot forget one of the best known Christmas meals, and for generations, all over the world, these delicious cookies have stolen the attention of all of us.
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of wheat flour.
- Half a cup of stevia
- Half a cup of honey
- Two teaspoons of yeast.
- A spoonful of ginger powder Andean Traditions
- A pinch of salt.
- One and a half tablespoon of baking soda.
- Two bananas
- A teaspoon of cinnamon powder Andean Traditions
preparation:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- In a bowl mix all the ingredients, taking into account especially the banana, since it is replacing the butter, so it should be as a single dough.
- Make balls with our dough and place them on a tray covered by aluminum foil.
- Bake for approximately 8 minutes.
- Let cool and enjoy.
We hope with all my heart that these recipes are useful to you and that you enjoy a wonderful Christmas season with all your loved ones, do not forget to tell us if they made them and how they did with them.
From here we wish you HAPPY HOLIDAYS!