Healthier flapjacks

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• Calvin

  27 December 2012

  Calvin rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These are certainly NOT healthy! low-fat spread? is that a joke - margarine is full of vegetable oils and trans fats that cause inflammation. Real butter is much healthier. And agave syrup is not healthy - it has a low GI (so does ice cream!) but it is too high in fructose to be classed as healthy, much like high-fructose corn syrup! Make flapjacks with real butter and maple syrup is much healthier!

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• Loubob

  17 January 2013

  Loubob commented on this recipe

  Agree with Calvin, I will be making these with the ingredients they were meant to be made with, namely real butter and true syrup.

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• maza

  11 February 2013

  maza rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These were fantastic tasted just like the full fat version, dont listen to the muppet who rated it as a 1star without even cooking them

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• Holly

  24 March 2013

  Holly commented on this recipe

  Totally agree with Calvin, ANYONE who states that margarine is any kind of good for you is either ignorant or stupid - everyone should boycott margarine and only ever buy REAL butter! I have tried with butter and honey and yum yum :)

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• Debbie Pettit

  11 April 2013

  Debbie Pettit commented on this recipe

  How about rating the recipe on its merits not your beliefs. Not everyone wants to eat butter. Thanks Maza for your review I will give them a go!

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• fairystoryteller

  15 April 2013

  fairystoryteller rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Cooked these this weekend and family polished them off very quickly. We liked them! So despite earlier comments I would recommend especially for people (like me) who are looking for recipes to reduce their overall fat consumption.

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• Roseleanor

  16 April 2013

  Roseleanor commented on this recipe

  I'm sure these are delicious, but I must agree with Calvin - they are not really any healthier than other versions, so the name is somwhat misleading. Compare the nutritional content of these flapjacks (190 kcalories, protein 4.4g, carbohydrate 23.6g, fat 8.2 g, saturated fat 1.3g, fibre 3.2g, sugar 15.8g, salt 0.1 g) with the nutritional content in the Breakfast bar recipe on this site (205 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 25g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 2g, sugar 17g, salt 0.2 g ). The "healthier" version saves you 15 calories, has the fat reduced by by a whopping 1.8g, and the sugar is an equally massive 1.2g less per serving. And for anybody following the Weight Watchers plan, these are still 5 ProPoints per serving.

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• ElianeSweety

  13 May 2013

  ElianeSweety commented on this recipe

  Calvin is completely right. Never mind about the flavour (how it taste like has nothing to do with healthy) or beliefs (something is healthy or is not healthy!). What does believe have to do with it?! It doesn't take a bright brain to know that what Calvin is saying is correct. Just do some research! A lot of people couldn't care less for healthy food. But a lot of people care and will just follow the word "healthy" on this recipe. They shouldn't have used the word healthy.

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• KeyToNutrition

  07 June 2013

  KeyToNutrition commented on this recipe

  As a nutritional coach myself I have to agree with the majority of comments posted. Calvin wasn't commenting on the taste or flavour or whether they are good or not. He was commenting on the use of the word 'healthy' which as mentioned people will just follow blindly because they might not know as much as others about health and nutrition. Just because the macro values are lower or higher than a standard recipe, does not mean they are outright healthier. There are good fats and bad fats, good carbs and bad carbs, and good proteins and better proteins, so its not so much about the values, as about the actual ingredients! Replace the margarine/spread with coconut oil and the agave syrup with organic almond butter and this becomes 'healthy'

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Ingredients

• 150g ready-to-eat stoned dates
• 100g low-fat spread
• 3 generous tbsp agave syrup
• 50g ready-to-eat stoned dried apricots , finely chopped
• 50g chopped toasted hazelnuts
• 3 tbsp mixed seeds
• 50g raisins
• 150g porridge oats

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Makes 12

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Prep 10 mins

Cook 20 mins

Ingredients

• 150g ready-to-eat stoned dates
• 100g low-fat spread
• 3 generous tbsp agave syrup
• 50g ready-to-eat stoned dried apricots , finely chopped
• 50g chopped toasted hazelnuts
• 3 tbsp mixed seeds
• 50g raisins
• 150g porridge oats

PER SERVING

190 kcalories, protein 4.4g, carbohydrate 23.6g, fat 8.2 g, saturated fat 1.3g, fibre 3.2g, sugar 15.8g, salt 0.1 g

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