Eating Healthier

Discussion in 'Health and Fitness' started by expiated, Jul 17, 2020.

  1. expiated

    expiated

    It probably depends on your personal definition for the word "good." The following isn't what I eat myself, but they are two suggestions from a YouTube personality who often gets hundreds of thousands and sometime even millions of views.


     
    #281     Jun 28, 2021
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  2. tedmos38

    tedmos38

    Thanks, actually I am not currently doing any major physical activities just a normal routine, but sometimes I feel like that the body is not working up to its full capabilities.
     
    #282     Jun 29, 2021
  3. expiated

    expiated

    Replacing Dates with Extract

    Based on the other recipes I just glanced at, the following amount of pancake batter would call for ¼ to ½ of a tablespoon of sugar.

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    Given that I initially equated 2 drops of monk fruit extract to 1 teaspoon of sugar, and 6 drops to 1 tablespoon (and 96 drops for every cup, which equals 1 teaspoon of extract) it would seem I should substitute the 2 Medjool dates with 2 to 3 drops of monk fruit or stevia extract.
     
    #283     Jun 29, 2021
  4. tedmos38

    tedmos38

    I will give this a try :)
     
    #284     Jun 30, 2021
  5. #285     Jun 30, 2021
  6. expiated

    expiated

    Then I should probably mention that not only do I leave out the salt and the 1/4 tsp of baking soda... I think I also cut the baking powder in half, to only one teaspoon instead of two. And since I would always have to figure out what to do with the other half of a banana, I now just put in the whole thing. (The bananas I buy are not very large.)
     
    #286     Jun 30, 2021
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  7. tedmos38

    tedmos38

    Okay I got you, thanks
     
    #287     Jul 1, 2021
  8. expiated

    expiated

    Why are some brownies more like cake whereas others are more like fudge?



    By the way, given that the combining of sugar molecules with water molecules forms a strong bond that leads to a soft, moist texture... if you bake with stevia or monk fruit extract in place of sugar, the end product (judging by the chocolate cake I made a couple of weeks ago) is going to be more crumbly than what one might consider normal.
     
    #288     Jul 5, 2021
  9. easymon1

    easymon1

    #289     Jul 5, 2021
  10. expiated

    expiated

    Carrot Cake Recipe Compare and Contrast

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    Each of the three "normal" recipes use a total of 2 cups of sugar when you combine the brown sugar with the granulated sugar. So, if you are going to cut the recipes in half, that would be a total of one cup of sugar, which is equal to 1 teaspoon of stevia/monk fruit extract in place of the 3 Medjool dates used in the Microwave Carrot Cake recipe.
     
    Last edited: Jul 7, 2021
    #290     Jul 7, 2021