Healthy Recipe: Blueberry-Almond-Flax Breakfast Cookies

Cookies for breakfast? When they’re health coach Colleen DiPietro’s blueberry almond flax cookies, absolutely. By Ali Eaves

Comments () | Published September 28, 2012

We never thought we’d see the day when we would recommend cookies as a healthy breakfast, but ingenious health coach Colleen DiPietro has made it happen.

These blueberry-almond-flax cookies are rich in protein, fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, and antioxidants, making them a perfect breakfast or snack, she says. They’re also low in sugar—only two tablespoons of raw honey sweeten the whole batch. Raw honey has not been pasteurized or processed, so it provides more nutrients than regular honey, DiPietro says.

“These are a well-balanced breakfast or snack that leave you feeling satisfied, won’t spike your blood sugar levels, and provide a variety of amazing nutrients,” she says. Enjoy!

Yield: 20 cookies
Per-cookie nutrition: 57 calories, 4.7 grams fat, 2.4 grams saturated fat, 53 milligrams sodium, 3.5 grams carbohydrates, 1.1 grams fiber, 2.2 grams sugar, 1.1 grams protein.

Ingredients:
1½ cups almond flour or meal
½ cup ground flaxseeds
¼ teaspoon Celtic sea salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup unrefined coconut oil
2 tablespoons raw honey
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
½ cup blueberries

Directions:

1) Combine almond meal, ground flaxseeds, salt, and baking soda in a food processor. (Mixing the old-fashioned way also does the trick.)