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Bananas are probably one of the most popular natural sweeteners that you can easily add to your bread, cookies, pancakes, and muffins instead of sugar. Bananas are a great alternative to sugar that will make these foods super fluffy and flavorful.
Figs
Figs are also healthy and sweet fruits that you can soak for a few hours and blend to make a tasty fig puree. Use this puree as a spread or add them to cookies, muffins, pancakes, smoothies, and other dishes instead of sugar.
Apples
Much like pureed bananas, applesauce is an excellent alternative to sugar when it comes to preparing soft and fluffy baked goods. It’s inexpensive and very easy to prepare at home, so make sure to put your homemade applesauce to good use.
Dates
As you probably know, dates are one of the sweetest fruits out there, which means they’re an excellent natural sweetener. They have a wonderful caramel taste that will add more flavor to your smoothies, baked goods, salads, and more.
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Although high in calories, coconut sugar is packed full of essential nutrients. It contain good fatty acids, antioxidants that boost the immune system, and vital minerals such as potassium, calcium, zinc and iron. A good perk of coconut sugar is you can use the same ratio as normal caster sugar. This makes cooking a breeze.
Molasses
In addition to high levels of iron, potassium, calcium, copper and B vitamins, molasses contain the most antioxidants of all sweeteners.
Banana
Bananas are an excellent natural sweetener. You can use whole bananas when baking to make banana bread, cakes and pastries. They are full of potassium, magnesium, fiber and antioxidants. They are great for improving digestive and heart health.
Maple Crystals
Made from dehydrated maple sap, maple crystals are packed with vital minerals such as magnesium, potassium, calcium, manganese, iron, zinc and folic acid. These are essential for strong immune, cardiovascular and reproductive systems.
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- 100 g oats flakes
- 80 g white all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon grounded cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon dry ginger powder
- 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
- 100 g grated carrot
- 150 g agave syrup
- 100 g coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 180 C.
- In a large bowl, mix the oats, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nuts, and ginger.
- In a second bowl, mix the agave syrup and the coconut oil until they unite.
- Mix the contents of both bowls.
- Using a spoon, place the cookies mixture onto a baking tray.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes before serving. Enjoy.
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Sweet potato toast is super popular now and it’s easy to make—all you need is to slice a large sweet potato in half-inch slices and to toast it. Some toppings to try include nut butter, guacamole, and hummus.
which one would you chose? 
Anyone else absolutely obsessed with sweet potato toasts lately?! Such a delicious, healthy breakfast, lunch or snack and extremely simple! Recipe below and on our blog 
Ingredients (serves 2) 1 large sweet potato washed and sliced in to 6mm even slices For the chickpea topping: 1 avocado 400ml can chickpeas drained and rinsed 1/4 tsp sea salt Juice of 1/2 small lemon Small handful baby watercress or sprouts optional For the pepper hummus topping Small handful of pickled peppers, sliced Basil leaves 60g hummus 1⃣ Set the toaster to high and toast the sweet potato slices. After the first toast, pierce the potato flesh with a fork and toast again. If you want them a little bit softer, you can roast them in the oven at 190C for about 10 minutes. 2⃣ In a bowl combine the avocado, chickpeas, sea salt and lemon juice and smash with a fork. Season with salt and pepper. 3⃣ Once the potato is toasted through (this may take a few rounds in the toaster) place the slices up on a plate. 4⃣ Spoon a good amount of the avocado chickpea mixture directly on one to the potatoes and sprinkle with baby watercress or sprouts to serve. 5⃣ To make the pepper hummus version, smear a good amount of hummus directly on to the potato, top with pepper slices and a few basil leaves and season with salt and pepper.Cauliflower Crust
You’ll forget that this pizza crust is made from cauliflower when you eat it—it’s that good! Pair it with your usual toppings like pepperoni, onions, mushrooms, and pineapple.
. Marinara sauce, spinach, and mozzarella over @traderjoes cauliflower crust. Topped with black pepper and truffle salt. #pizzagoalsPortobello Mushrooms
This meaty fungus has been used as a burger substitute or as the bun. You can even enjoy them as an open-face sandwich with anything you’d put in a normal sandwich.
Chickpea Flatbread
Loaded with vitamins, minerals, and protein, chickpea flatbread has a neutral taste that works with with a variety of toppings.
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