Recipes

Healthier eating means losing calories - not flavor and satisfaction! Ultimate Health Matters brings you a selection of healthy recipes and ideas to make your family-favorite dishes using healthier substitutes and ingredients. Try out the recipes below, and check back often for new ideas.

Chocolate-Dipped Gingersnaps

No baking required! Just dress up store-bought gingersnap cookies for any occasion with a dip of rich chocolate and sprinkling of crystallized ginger and cranberries. Decorated cookies will store in a refrigerated container for up to 5 days - if they last that long!

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Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies

Nothing beats a fresh-from-the-oven cookie, especially these rich buttery cocoa dreams made healthier with whole-wheat pastry flour. The slice-and-bake dough can store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. So you can bake a few cookies or a whole batch at a time.

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Raspberry-Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Sweet and decadent, you'll forget these little delights are made with healthful ingredients including almonds, fruit, chocolate, and whole-wheat pastry flour. Experiment with different fruit fillings and nuts to create your own signature cookie.

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One-Bowl Chocolate Cake

Almost as easy to make as a box cake and without the transfats, this simple one-bowl recipe uses healthier ingredient substitutions including whole-wheat pastry flour, canola oil, buttermilk, and cocoa powder to make a dark, rich chocolate cake.

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Cranberry Upside-Down Cake

An adaptation of a familiar favorite, any fresh fruit in season - cranberries, apples, pears, peaches, plums - can be used with the basic batter recipe to create a harvest-fresh and delicious cross between a pie and cake. Serve warm from the oven.

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