Healthy oat-courgette-apple-peanut butter cookies
Healthy cookies with oats, courgette and apple
When I got peanut butter in the house, I figured it was high time to get creative with it. And what better way to spend a rainy Sunday than baking these incredibly tasty yet healthy cookies?! So you can curl up on the sofa in your joggers, snacking away while watching a film or Netflix.
Now you're probably thinking... courgette?! Let me explain. Back when I was competing in bodyfitness competitions, I started adding more vegetables to my diet — firstly to keep hunger at bay, and secondly to make sure I was getting enough micronutrients and vitamins, because that sport is incredibly demanding on your body.
Most people don't hit their recommended daily intake of vegetables and fruit. By getting creative with food like this, you can easily sneak in your veggies — without even realising you're eating them. It's become a healthy habit for me, and I always try to find creative ways to add some vegetables to every meal I eat. Courgette is a vegetable that has very little flavour of its own, which makes it perfect for this! And you'll notice: it gives the cookies a great texture, but absolutely no weird taste.
And the flavour is seriously delicious thanks to the apple and peanut butter — that's just a golden combination.