Dr Oz: Healthy Black Bean Brownies & Low-Sugar Ice Cream Recipes

Dr Oz: Healthy Low-Sugar Desserts

Dr. Oz was talking to Catarah and Shoneji, two bakery owners who successfully beat their addiction to sugar. Just a month ago, Catarah and Shoneji were a little uneasy about Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s healthy desserts, but now they  managed to find a way to enjoy the treats without all the sugar.

Dr Oz: Fudgy Black Bean Brownies Recipe Ingredients

The first tip Dr. Oz shared for beating your addiction to sugar is sneaking beans into your dessert. They explained that Dr. Fuhrman has a great acronym, g-bombs, for everything that we should eat every day, and beans are included in that. They make brownies using black beans. Dr. Fuhrman said they’re actually lowering the glycemic effect of the whole meal just by adding beans to your diet regularly.

• 2 C canned no-salt-added or low-sodium black beans, drained
• 1 1/4 C pitted dates
• 2 tbsp raw almond butter
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 C natural, nonalkalized cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp ground chia seeds

Dr Oz: Fudgy Black Bean Brownies Recipe Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
2. Combine the black beans, dates, almond butter and vanilla in a food processor or high-powered blender and blend until smooth.
3. Add the remaining ingredients and blend again.
4. Pour into a very lightly oiled 8-x-8-inch baking pan.
5. Bake for 90 minutes.
6. Cool completely before cutting into 16 small squares.

Dr Oz: Low-Sugar Ice Cream Recipe Ingredients

Next, the two women explained that they make ice cream out of frozen fruit to help them fight sugar cravings. Shoneji explained that you start with frozen bananas, but be sure to peel them, and then you can add in other frozen fruits or mix-ins. She warned to not add too much milk so that it stays an ice cream consistency. You can also add in cocoa powder to make chocolate ice cream.

• 2 frozen bananas
• 1/2 C almond milk
• 1 handful frozen raspberries (optional)
• 1 handful chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
• 2 pitted dates (optional)
• 2 tbsp all-natural cocoa powder (optional)

Dr Oz: Low-Sugar Ice Cream Recipe Directions

1. Blend together frozen bananas and almond milk until creamy.
2. Place in a bowl to serve, and top with any of the optional toppings.
3. You can also substitute coconut milk instead of using almond milk.

Dr Oz: Mango Pudding Recipe Ingredients

They then shared an on-the-go dessert: dried mango. They explained that they like it because it satisfies a sweet craving and you can take it with you wherever you go. They also shared a mango pudding that they make using the dried mangoes. You can also add frozen mango to the dried mango for a special treat.

• 1/4 C raw almonds
• 2 ripe mangoes, peeled and cut into pieces
• 1 banana
• 3 pitted dates
• 1/8 C unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 C currants
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon

Dr Oz: Mango Pudding Recipe Directions

1. Grind almonds in a high-powered blender and then add mangoes, banana, dates, coconut and vanilla and blend until smooth and creamy.
2. Place in a bowl, stir in currants and sprinkle with cinnamon.
3. Chill for at least two hours before serving.

Dr Oz: BananoNut Pudding Recipe Ingredients

Dr. Fuhrman shared his own bananonut pudding that is made uses fruits and beans, and is really healthy and satisfies your sugar cravings. Agar is a stabilizing and thickening agent made from seaweed. If you decide to use agar powder instead of flakes, reduce the amount to 1 tablespoon.

• 4 Medjool dates, pitted, or 8 Deglet Noor dates, pitted
• 1 C unsweetened shredded coconut
• 2 1/4 C water
• 3/4 c raw almonds, lightly toasted
• 2 tbsp agar flakes
• 6 ripe medium bananas, mashed
• 2 tsp alcohol-free vanilla extract
• 1/2 C low-sodium canned cannellini beans, drained

Dr Oz: BananoNut Pudding Recipe Ingredients

1. Soak dates in 1/4 cup of the water or enough to cover. Soak coconut in the remaining water.
2. After 20 minutes, drain dates and coconut and reserve soaking water.
3. Chop 1/4 cup of the almonds and put aside for topping.
4. Transfer coconut and date soaking liquid to a saucepan, add agar flakes and cook over medium heat, whisking until dissolved, about 5 minutes.
5. Reduce heat, add mashed bananas and bring to a simmer.
6. Cook for 2 minutes, remove from heat and add vanilla.
7. In a high-powered blender, blend banana mixture with remaining almonds, dates and beans until smooth.
8. Pour mixture into a medium bowl.
9. Stir in coconut flakes and mix.
10. Transfer to a large serving dish or individual dishes.
11. Top with reserved chopped almonds and chill for at least one hour before serving.