{"id":6763,"date":"2012-05-06T08:14:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T22:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.wordpress.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2019-06-03T11:26:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T01:26:58","slug":"healthy-chocolate-date-loaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenutritionguruandthechef.com\/2012\/05\/06\/healthy-chocolate-date-loaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Date Loaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/325604_313522355366006_266028573448718_945895_976267041_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-51\" title=\"Healthy Chocolate Date loaf\" src=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/325604_313522355366006_266028573448718_945895_976267041_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There comes a time, where we need to take 5 mins out of our busy day and have a cup of tea to regroup and re-energise. It&#8217;s always nice to have something to nibble on, and this Chocolate Date loaf is the perfect little snack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY IS THIS HEALTHY?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This recipe is very low in fat as it uses yoghurt instead of butter.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0It does not\u00a0use refined sugar. Rather, the dates are used to sweeten the mixture which have the added benefit of fibre. Natvia (an all natural sweetener can be used<a href=\"http:\/\/natvia.com.au\/\">http:\/\/natvia.com.au\/<\/a>) or you could choose a low GI sugar such as Coconut Sugar or Rapidura<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0You can see that no chocolate is used in this recipe, which is normally a source of fat and sugar. To give the loaf a rich chocolate taste, cocoa is used instead and is high in potassium.<\/li>\n<li>The only naughty-ish ingredient is the white <strong>flour, but you can use wholemeal and just add approx. \u00bc of a cup extra of water to the mixture<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To create a <strong>gluten free version<\/strong>, replace the flour with <strong>almond meal<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bc C low fat yoghurt<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup pureed dates (see below for recipe)<\/li>\n<li>8 teaspoons Coconut, Rapidura, brown sugar or Nativa<\/li>\n<li>1 egg white<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp vanilla essence<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sifted flour<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat oven to 180 degrees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To make the date puree:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Place 2 cups of pitted dates (available at all supermarkets normally in the baking aisle) in a saucepan with 2 cups of water.<\/li>\n<li>Heat on medium until the dates are soft and water almost evaporated.<\/li>\n<li>Mash with a potato masher or fork until smooth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To make the loaf<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a bowl, beat yoghurt, pureed\u00a0dates,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.natvia.com\/\"> Natvia<\/a> or sugar, egg white and vanilla until mixed ( you will see lumps of dates but that is ok).<\/li>\n<li>To this, sift in the flour, cocoa, and baking powder.<\/li>\n<li>Mix until thoroughly combined.<\/li>\n<li>Pour into a greased loaf pan, or ramekins (will require shorter cooking time).<\/li>\n<li>Bake for approximately 45 mins.<\/li>\n<li>Allow to cool before slicing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/396441_313051912079717_266028573448718_945250_1222503067_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52\" title=\"Yummo\" src=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/396441_313051912079717_266028573448718_945250_1222503067_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/397822_316145158437059_266028573448718_952307_1977887853_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53\" title=\"397822_316145158437059_266028573448718_952307_1977887853_n\" src=\"http:\/\/thenutritionguruandthechef.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/397822_316145158437059_266028573448718_952307_1977887853_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Using wholemeal flour. Thankyou Vanessa Getliffe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yummo<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super simple to make and you probably already have all the ingredients in your pantry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Healthy Chocolate Date Loaf http:\/\/wp.me\/p2pJ9q-O","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[201,1037,174,207],"tags":[202,203,183,19,204,205,206,11,208],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chocolate Date Loaf - The Nutrition Guru and the Chef<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenutritionguruandthechef.com\/2012\/05\/06\/healthy-chocolate-date-loaf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chocolate Date Loaf - 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