Eating more legumes is correlated with a longer lifespan. But sometimes we wonder how to add these magical fruits into our diet.
Jump to RecipeThis Post is about Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites, and how to easily eat more beans.
Beans, beans the magical fruit, the more you eat them the more you feel great!
What are all the amazing benefits of beans? This article enumerates several benefits including the following:
- They are a great source of protein, antioxidants, and folate (which is especially important for pregnant mommas).
2. They are awesome for your heart because they lower your cholesterol and blood pressure.
3. They slow the growth of cancer, especially in the intestines.
4. They help with diabetes and blood sugar metabolism, prevent fatty liver, control appetite, and improve gut health (which is probably the root of all the aforementioned benefits).
So hopefully you are convinced of the MAGIC of these legumes and just need some help adding them into your diet.
I think I can help…
Do you like cookie dough? That’s what we have here. Magical cookie dough that tastes delicious and does you some FAVORS at the same time. I thought it was only in heaven that cookie dough would actually be healthy… not so, Heaven is now!
Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites
Equipment
- Cuisinart food processor
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chickpeas rinsed if in a can, or cook your own
- .5 cup nut or seed butter of choice You can also make your own by simply processing nuts in your food processor. I used a combo of almond, walnut, and hempseed.
- 2 Medjool dates pits removed
- .25 c maple syrup
- .5 tsp salt
- .5 cup chocolate chips cocoa nibs can be used for less sugar
- maldon salt for garnish salt as a garnish will put these over the top as delicious
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to food processor and blend till smooth
- chill in fridge for 20 minutes
- Roll dough into cookie dough bites and refridgerate them until you eat them. They can also be frozen.
- If you want to turn this dough into baked cookies you can simply add 1/4 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp baking soda to the dough when in the food processor, and bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
