After publishing my easy ramen recipe I invited ya’ll to share some easy, healthy recipes of your own with me…
Well, can I just say how awesome this LTYG community is? Because immediately I received this below recipe from a reader named Emilie!
Here are some gut-friendly winter AND summer treats she and her husband created when they felt like having a healthy dessert:
Winter treat
In a small oven-safe dish, bake one of the following:
- Frozen cherries and/or blueberries mixed with coconut mana or coconut oil
- OR cut-up granny smith apples mixed with coconut mana or coconut oil
Just my own added thought, but cocoa butter may work well here too. Cocoa butter is a very healthy/healing fat, and very satisfying to the body’s satiety-meter. It has good antioxidant levels and contains the following vitamins and minerals: magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron, vitamin D, vitamin E, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B1, vitamin A.
Emilie likes to add a bit of maple syrup before eating, but if you’d like the added immune benefits of manuka honey, that would work too. You could probably also use stevia or monk fruit, or a sugar alcohol xylitol or erythritol – powdered Truvia or Lakanto work well. But don’t use sugar alcohols if you’re prone to gas or diarrhea as they will make both conditions worse.
Or, you can always omit if you don’t want any added sugars! I personally feel the berries would be sweet enough on their own when baked, but up to your preference.
Summer treat
Blend the following:
- Frozen honeydew melon chunks
- Frozen cherries
- Frozen blueberries
- Any other frozen fruit you like
- Organic store-bought or homemade oat milk
Emilie recommends Chobani Extra Creamy oat milk or Oatley creamer as best for frozen treats – and that they also turn any tea or hot cocoa into a rich and creamy treat.
Thank you so much for sharing, Emilie! Personally, I think that winter treat sounds so warming and comforting – I look forward to trying it.
If anyone else is interested in sharing their easy, healthy recipe(s) with me, post below (or email me) any of your favorite easy meals. If I get enough recipes, I can put them together into a recipe book for us. 🙂
Looking for even more healthy recipes? Visit the recipe section of my blog.
Jini Patel Thompson is an internationally recognized expert on natural healing for digestive diseases. She healed herself from widespread Crohn’s Disease and has remained drug and surgery-free for over 25 years. Jini has appeared on numerous podcast, TV, and radio shows throughout the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia, giving people hope and vision for how they can heal their Colitis, Crohn’s, Diverticulitis and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), using entirely natural methods. Her books on natural healing for digestive diseases have sold worldwide in over 80 countries.
