Healthy eating habits and a balanced lifestyle can help you to prevent a lot of diseases  and you can control your weight . Despite the fact that nowadays life has a much more faster rhythm and we have less time to  take care of our health , we should not forget that we are what we eat  and that it has influence on the quality of our lifestyle . Snacks are one important part of our eating habits and it has been proven that our majority intake of calories comes from the snacks that we have between the meals .  If an adult can’t say that , what can you say about kids ?! They always want something between the meals and statistics points out that fourth of the calories that a kid eats per day comes from the snacks .



When we want something sweet to eat , a good healthy solution represents the peanut butter oatmeal cookie recipe . It is extremely healthy because it contains a great amount of whole grains and fiber . For preparing these delicious cookies , you need the following ingredients : ½ cups of all-purpose flour  , ¾ cup of white whole  wheat flour , 1 cup quick cooking rolled oats , ½ teaspoon of baking soda , little salt , ¾ light brown sugar , 1/3 cup butter , some creamy peanut butter , ¼ non fat buttermilk , 1/3 cup of chocolate chips or semisweet chocolate chips . It is very important to preheat the oven before . You have to spray a cookie sheet  with nonstick spray . In a large bowl , mix the all-purpose flour , the white whole wheat flour , the cooking rolled oats , baking soda and the salt . In another bowl , you have to beat the sugar , butter , peanut butter and buttermilk together .



The next step is to combine the two mixtures . You need to add the last mixture in the flour mixture and mix it well  till it is formed a soft dough . In the end , add the chocolate chips . Now you have to make some forms out of the dough so try to roll the dough into walnut - shapes  and place them on the cooking sheet but make sure to leave some space between them because they can stick together . You can flatten them gently with the back of a fork . Bake them for 10 to 12 minutes . You can store the cookies in an airtight container and add a piece of white bread because it keeps the cookies soft . This ingredients will be enough to make 30 cookies . Per cookie , you eat 95 calories , 4 grams fat , 6 grams cholesterol  and a very important substance : iron almost 3% of the daily value .



So peanut butter oatmeal cookies are  a very good dessert which has a low calorie content and it is perfect for every occasion when you have to make something sweet for the whole family .