Blueberry Quinoa Muffins
DRY: 2 cups Quinoa flour ½ cup Chickpea flour ¼ cup Tapioca flour ¼ cup Flax meal 2 tsp Baking soda 1 tsp Baking powder ½ tsp Salt WET: ½ cup Coconut oil ¾ cup Agave syrup or maple syrup 1 tsp Vanilla 2 tsp Apple cider vinegar ½ cup Applesauce 2 cups Blueberries Melt coconut oil and whisk together with agave syrup. Add other wet ingredients. Mix dry ingredients. Add wet to dry and then add frozen or fresh blueberries. Mix until just moist – will have thick consistency. Fill muffin tins to brim and bake approx. 30 min on 325°. Remove and let stand in baking tin for 5...
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Dry 2 cups Gluten free flour (1/4 cup potato fl, ¾ cup quinoa fl, ½ cup brown rice fl, ½ cup tapioca fl) 2 tsp Baking powder 2 tsp Baking soda Wet 1/2 cup Agave nectar 3 Tbsp Oil 1 tsp Vanilla 1 cup Mashed bananas 1 cup Grated carrots ¼ cup Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) Zest of one lemon ½ cup Chopped dried apricots ½ cup Chopped raw almonds Preheat oven to 350°, line loaf pan with parchment paper. Mash bananas with rest of wet ingredients, Mix the dry ingredients and combine the two mixtures. Fold in the nuts and apricots. Fill Loaf pan and bake for about 30 min and test with...
Read MoreArugula, Spinach and Beet Salad
1 part Fresh Arugula 2 parts Fresh Spinach 4 Beets (greens and beet) ¼ cup Hemp hearts handful chopped chives Dressing: 3 Tbsp Olive oil 1 ½ Tbsp Tarragon or Apple Cider Vinegar 1 tsp Honey Herbamare sea salt pepper Boil and peel beets, then chop. Also thoroughly wash beet greens and chop very finely. In large pot, wilt the finely chopped beet greens in a ½ cm of water until soft enough to chew. Drain & let cool before adding to other ingredients. **my mom always makes her own tarragon vinegar by throwing cleaned tarragon from her garden in a mason jar, filling it with white...
Read MoreAlmond Cranberry Muffins
½ cup Tapioca flour 1 ¾ cup Freshly ground almond flour (done in vitamix blender) ½ cup Rice flour or Sorghum flour 1 tsp Xanthum gum 1 Tbsp Baking powder 1 tsp Baking soda 4 Tbsp Agave nectar 2 Tbsp Water 2 small freezer Bananas (defrosted and mashed) 1 tsp Vanilla extract 2 Tbsp Ground flax 1 cup Milk substitute ¼ cup Melted coconut oil ½ cup Dried cranberries Mix all dry ingredients, then wet ingredients separately. Add coconut oil to dry ingredients mixing well with fork. Add two mixtures, mix with fork until just mixed through, add cranberries. Spoon into muffin tins and bake...
Read More“Creamy” Cashew Ceasar Dressing
Handful Cashews 1-2 Crushed cloves of garlic 2-4 Anchovies 2 Tbsp Olive oil 1 Tbsp Rice Vinegar 1 Tbsp Water I can’t exactly remember if the above ratios are right but usually this ends up hitting the spot. Experiment for your taste buds. Add all ingredients to a blender – blend until cashews are liquefied (soak ahead of time if your blender isn’t very powerful).
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