4 Shocking secrets about fast food
Here’s a very interesting article about what’s in some of your favorite fast foods.

The article answers some nagging questions, like:

What’s in a Chicken Nugget?
What’s in a Wendy’s Frosty?
What’s in a Filet-O-Fish?
What’s in my salami sandwich?

The answer? PURE NASTINESS. I encourage you to read the article.

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I made some yummy goodness over last weekend and just couldn’t wait until Sunday to share it with you. The recipe uses spelt and oat/millet flours and turned out fantastic!

Apple Drop Biscuits

Clean Eating, January/February 2010

Makes: 24 biscuits. Hands-on time: 15 minutes. Total time: 30 to 35 minutes.

Nutrients per 1-tsp serving: Calories: 40; Total Fat: 1.5 g; Sat. Fat: 0 g; Carbs: 5 g; Fiber: 1 g; Sugars: 1 g; Protein: 1 g; Sodium: 0 mg; Cholesterol: 0 mg

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup spelt flour
• 3/4 cup oat or millet flour
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon, ground
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/8 tsp sea salt
• 2 tbsp raw organic honey (I used regular honey)
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt or nonfat Greek-style yogurt
• 1 cup apples, unpeeled, shredded with grater
• Olive oil cooking spray

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400F. In a medium bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
In a small bowl, whisk together honey, oil, yogurt, and apples.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and combine. Do not over-mix.

Sweetened Oat Topping

INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup rolled oats
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp organic evaporated cane juice or Sucanat

DIRECTIONS
In a small bowl, mix all ingredients until combined.

Grating the apple was a bit of a tough feat!

Mist a baking sheet with cooking spray. Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto baking sheet, 1 inch apart. Sprinkle Sweetened Oat Topping on each biscuit, if desired. Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until biscuits are golden.

They tasted as good as they looked!!!

FINAL THOUGHTS:

I have no idea what “organic evaporated cane juice” or “Sucanat” is or where you buy it, so I used sugar free syrup. Yeah it’s processed, but it was only a small amount, and it did the trick. I also had to add a little bit of water to this mixture as it wasn’t holding together very well at first.

The kids LOVED this treat and so did my husband. A HUGE success – I would recommend these for sure!

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