How to Serve:
A great go-to sweet snack on their own as a fruit portion in the diet. Add them as ingredients in your baked goods like bread, cookies, and muffins; chop them up and mix in your oatmeal for breakfast or in milkshakes, toss in salads, add in appetizers with cold cuts, and more.
Recipe Suggestion:
Date Milkshake
Ingredients
150 ml skimmed milk
30 g pitted dates
2 cm vanilla bean
1 pinch of ground cinnamon
Directions
Chop the dates pitted dates.
Bring milk to a boil with the scraped vanilla pod and cinnamon.
Add the chopped dates, turn off the heat, and let infuse for at least 1 hour.
Remove the vanilla pod, then mix the preparation.
Reheat slightly, then whisk before serving to obtain a frothy texture.
Serve and enjoy!
Health Benefits:
Your daily source of energy and naturally sweet pitted dates help in filling the hunger pangs and keep satiety for longer. They are rich in fibers as well that ensure good digestive health, are a good source of antioxidants, and help fight off diseases.
They contain vitamins and minerals such as vitamin B complex, potassium, iron, copper, phosphorus, and magnesium, small doses of vitamin K, calcium, zinc, and all other essential minerals.
- -No sugar added
- -16% Vitamin A (Daily Value)
- -25% Dietary Fibre
| Average Nutritional Values (serving size 100g) | Per 100 g |
| Calories | 300 | |
| Total Fat | 0 g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 0.0 g | 0% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 78 g | 28% |
| Dietary Fiber | 7.5 g | 27% |
| Sugars | 73 g | |
| Protein | 2.5 g | 5% |
| Sodium | 0 g | 0% |
| Calcium | 4% |
| Iron | 5% |
| Potassium | 13% |
Percent values are based on a 2000-calorie diet.
Storage: Store in an airtight sealed bag in a cool dry place. For best quality, refrigerate after opening.
Over time, sugar crystals may appear on the skin over, low heat will help dissolve them.
Shelf life: 1 year unopened in the fridge, 6 months after opening.
