Blueberry Glazed Donuts

There’s not much that’s better than a delicious donut.  Especially one that’s… healthy?  Wait, what’s that?  Donut?  Healthy?

Of course- and it’s all thanks to this!

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Now you can BAKE a donut.  You get to control the ingredients in your donuts.  And they’re baked, not fried so it won’t leave your tummy hurting (I have a pretty sensitive stomach and too much fat really does a number on my tummy!).

I got my donut pan on Amazon.  I originally got the regular sized 6-count donut pan.  Then I was browsing around Hobby Lobby one day and I noticed that they had donut pans too.  So I got one of the 12-count mini donut pans.  I’m having so much fun experimenting with different recipes for donuts!

First up is a blueberry glazed donut that will knock your socks off!  These donuts are low fat and vegan but don’t let that fool you because they’re amazing!!

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Blueberry Glazed Donuts
(Print this recipe!)

Ingredients:

For the donuts:
1 cup AP flour
1 cup Whole Wheat pastry flour
1 T baking powder
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 cup applesauce
1/2 cup sugar
1 t vanilla
1 cup non-dairy milk
1 cup blueberries

For the glaze:
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1-2 T non-dairy milk (depending on the thickness that you prefer for your glaze)

 

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl.

In a small bowl combine wet ingredients.

Add wet to dry and stir until just combined.

Carefully fold in blueberries.

Spoon mixture into a donut pan that’s been sprayed with cooking spray.

Bake for 12-13 minutes until donuts are firm and slightly brown.

Let cool in pan for 5 minutes.

For glaze mix together the confectioners sugar and milk and dip each donut into glaze.  Let donuts sit until glaze hardens. (NOTE: if you store these in an airtight container the glaze will melt so plan accordingly!)

 

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NOM!!

Enjoy!

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Kicking excess fat out of your diet!

Lately I’ve been trying to get rid of some of the excess fat from my diet.  And it’s really made a difference in my energy and weight loss. I’m being mindful of the sources of fat I take in and concentrating on trying to get most of my fat right from food sources (I.e. nuts, avocados, flax seeds, etc…).

When you get your fat from food sources you are getting many other nutrients with that healthy source of fat.  When you get your fat from oils (canola, olive, coconut, etc…) you get nothing but pure fat.  No fiber, no protein, no vitamins.  So it makes sense that your body would prefer these natural sources of fat to a processed source (nothing wrong with olives, but think about if it’s really good to extract the fat from the olive and throw away all the other healthy stuff that an olive gives you and then just eat the fat…).

Tips for taking some fat out of your diet…

  • sauté your veggies in vegetable stock instead of olive oil.  Yes this really works!!  And I have to tell you it tastes much better than sautéing them in oil.  The vegetable stock really gives them a lot of extra flavor and no extra greasiness!
  • You don’t really need butter/margarine on your toast if you’re also going to use jelly/jam/preserves as well.  I took it off and just did the preserves and I did not miss it at all!  I really truly didn’t notice a taste difference.
  • hold the (vegan) mayo!  Either leave it off or reduce the amount that you’re using.   I used a little in a potato salad I made earlier this week, but I cut the amount I put in there by half.  The potato salad tasted the same but had much less fat in it!
  • why not use salsa or pico de gallo on your baked potato instead of butter, sour cream and cheese?  Pico is one of my absolute favorite toppings on a baked potato!
  • Use my super cheesy awesome sauce instead of cheese or cheese sauce.  It has NO FAT and tastes a whole lot like queso!

 

These are just a few easy things you can do to cut some fat.  Feel free to add to my list!

Have a great day!