Hope's Edge_ The Next Diet for a Small Planet - Frances Moore Lappe [139]
Complementary protein: peanuts + milk + wheat
4.
Protein for Dessert
Cookies
Chock-Full Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies with a Difference
Cakes
Chameleon Spice Cake (Apple, Banana, or Carob)
* The Thinking Person’s Cheesecake
Poppy Seed Cake
* Tofu-Apple-Nut Loaf
Sesame Dream Bars
Applesauce-Ginger Squares (or Banana Bread)
Cypress Point Carrot Cake
* Betty the Peacenik Gingerbread
Puddings
Sweet Rice Delight
Tangy Rice-Sesame Pudding
Indian Pudding
Pies
Easy “Pat-In” Dessert Pie Crust
* Winter Fruit Pie
Easy Apple-Cheese Pie
Soybean Pie
* Frozen Peach Treat
* New recipe.
These cookies, cakes, puddings, and pies hopefully will give you some sense of the range of possibilities for making complementary protein desserts. Make up your own with favorite recipes by simply following these rules of thumb.
1. For baking, see “Tips for Baked-In Protein,” this page.
2. For dessert fillings, when a recipe calls for sour cream or cream cheese, substitute any combination of cottage cheese, yogurt, ricotta, or buttermilk. (Sometimes it is better to mix ingredients gently with a fork. A blender can make them thinner than you would want for some recipes.)
3. In addition to the recipes that follow, here are common but often neglected desserts that are not empty calories:
Egg custard
Bread pudding
Rice pudding
Fruit cup with toasted nuts or seeds
Pumpkin pie
Chock-Full Chocolate Chip Cookies
About 45 cookies
I include this recipe to show that I am definitely not a purist. Actually, this is one of my favorite recipes in the book.
½ cup soft margarine
¾ cup lightly packed brown sugar
2 to 3 egg whites, beaten stiff
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup instant dry milk (¼ cup noninstant)
½ cup water
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chocolate chips
¾ cup chopped peanuts
1 cup sunflower seeds
Preheat oven to 375°F. In a large bowl, cream together margarine and sugar. Add egg whites, vanilla, milk, and water and beat until fluffy. Stir together flour and baking soda and add to wet ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips, peanuts, and seeds. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet and bake until browned, 10 to 15 minutes.
Remember, you can add complementary protein ingredients to any cake or cookie recipe that calls for nuts. Just add peanuts and sunflower seeds in place of the nuts or seeds called for in the recipe.
Complementary protein: peanuts + sunflower seeds
Peanut Butter Cookies with a Difference
About 30 cookies
You can omit 1 egg yolk to reduce cholesterol—just add 2 tablespoons water to compensate.
½ cup oil
1 cup honey
¾ cup peanut butter
2 eggs, beaten
½ cup instant dry milk (⅓ cup noninstant)
2 tablespoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt (optional)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon mace
¼ teaspoon cloves
½ cup rolled oats or Granola
½ cup raisins
1½ cups whole wheat flour
Preheat oven to 325°F. In a large bowl, beat oil and honey with an electric mixer until creamy and light. Beat in peanut butter, then eggs, milk, baking powder, salt, and spices. By hand stir in oats, raisins, and flour. Mix well and drop by teaspoonfuls on an unoiled baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
Complementary protein: peanuts + milk + wheat
Chameleon Spice Cake (Apple, Banana, or Carob)
12 servings
This is so yummy, your child may not be able to resist sneaking a fingerful of frosting off the cake. You can omit 1 or 2 egg yolks to reduce cholesterol, replacing each with 1 tablespoon milk.
½ cup honey
½ cup oil
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
½ cup low-fat milk or buttermilk
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
½ cup soy flour
½ cup instant dry milk powder
½ cup wheat germ
2 teaspoons baking powder Spices (for apple or banana cake only):
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon allspice
Flavoring: