One Simple Product For One Delicious Cookie

When looking for a healthy cookie recipe we want our cookie and we want to eat it too. It is so hard to want to put good things into our bodies and still have our treats. The most popular American cookie is the chocolate chip cookie. Luckily, healthy chocolate chip cookies are easy to create and still maintain their nostalgic and comforting qualities.

A healthy cookie could mean so many things to so many people; it just depends on what you are looking for. It could mean low fat, no fat, whole wheat, no wheat, sugar free and on and on. One way to change a chocolate chip cookie into healthier fare is to make it with whole wheat flour.

Whole wheat flour, especially freshly ground, is far and above healthier than white flour. The less a whole grain, such as wheat, is processed and refined, the more nutrients and protein it contains. Whole wheat chocolate chip cookies are delicious, full of texture and just as satisfying as a nutrient absent cookie.

Buckwheat flour, although not a true wheat grain, is another nutritious alternate ingredient for a healthy cookie recipe. Unlike wheat flours, buckwheat flour is gluten free but higher in fat and can easily go rancid. However, mixing whole wheat flour and buckwheat flour is the perfect solution to a nutrient packed cookie; there is a very fast, economical, and easy way to do this. There are a wide variety of buckwheat pancake mixes on the market and many of them are perfect for making a healthy whole wheat chocolate chip cookie.

Buckwheat flour on its own would not be appetizing enough for a cookie, but mixed with whole wheat flour it works perfectly. The majority of buckwheat pancake mixes have both flours in them. In addition, the mix will also have the salt and leavening agents you need when making a cookie. In one box you have most the ingredients you need to make a nutritious cookie for a reasonable price. This is nice as healthier baking can become quite costly.

These stands are all over the place because they take up little space and are easy to set up. They encourage customers who are hungry but in a hurry. You'll find something tasty and filling along with a bottle of green tea for under 1000 yen (around ten US dollars). These places are perfect for soba but other options are available including sushi and udon.

Standing bars have been a tradition in Japan as early as the 1600's. Even today's Japanese izakaya bars started as stands and some still are. If you're interested in soba, there's no need to come all the way to Japan. In the video below you'll find a simple, delicious recipe.

Ingredients should be available at your local Asian market or health food store. Japanese buckwheat noodles aren't always 100% buckwheat. Oftentimes, wheat flour is included to keep the noodles elastic and consistent. If you want pure buckwheat but aren't sure where to start, ask someone! Tsuyu (the dipping sauce) can be high in sodium. If sodium is a concern for you then add some water to adjust the strength. Soba is vegan but tsuyu is not. Dashi is an important ingredient in tsuyu and dashi is a soup stock made from tuna.

In the years I've been in Japan I've never seen or heard of vegan dashi. Kikkoman Somen Tsuyu Soup Base, 17 OunceIf you have trouble finding tsuyu, take a look here. I'm surprised to see a local, authentic tsuyu available outside of Japan. Although it says it's for somen (wheat flour noodles), it's perfect for buckwheat noodles as well.

Kikkoman tsuyu is what we use at home for somen and soba. The only reason I didn't include a zaru soba recipe is because I already found one! Click here and you're good to go. There's more to do with buckwheat than make noodles. Here's a tasty, vegan pancake recipe.

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