maggie’s peanut butter cookies

These are Maggie’s cookies, but she won’t eat them.  She likes baking more than she likes eating baked goods!  I get requests from her to make a cake…. and we will.  And then she’ll have two bites and then be done… leaving an entire cake just sitting around asking to be eaten. Trouble.  She [...]

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creamy leek & pumpkin soup

1 large pumpkin, pureed, or two large cans of pumpkin puree
1 pack of maple smoked bacon
butter or olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
6 cloves of garlic, chopped
5 large leeks, mostly white part, chopped and rinsed
32 oz chicken stock, plus more to cover vegetables for cooking
salt and pepper
cinnamon
ground cloves
nutmeg
almond milk, or heavy cream for stirring in at [...]

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Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

makes 4 small, dense, cake rounds (recipe easily doubles)

about 1 cup or small jar of hazelnut butter
3/4 cup of honey (or your sweetener of choice)
2 tablespoons coconut oil or butter
1 extra-large egg
1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder (I use Green & Black)
1 tablespoon of vanilla
4 ounces of  dark chocolate, melted
1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
1 teaspoon [...]

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to the seaside

Maggie and I are headed to the seaside…
Will be back next week with a recipe for chocolate hazelnut cake. YUM!

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chocolate mousse

 

MELT 1 bar of dark chocolate with 1/2 cup coconut oil and teaspoon of raw honey, mix well. crack 4 organic egg whites into a bowl and whisk until firm peaks. you can do this by hand, like i did, and get an arm work out at the same time. mix the 4 yolks in [...]

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Everything Crackers.

These almond flour crackers are inspired by the everything bagels– you know, the best ones, with onion, poppy seeds, & sesame seeds.  Elizabeth, Karina & Elana, who all have similar versions.  I made up my recipe as I went a long, so if you’re looking for a recipe, click on their names.  They are pretty [...]

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not bread pudding, and a salad

since I have been cooking a lot (mostly) from scratch the last couple years, my health has greatly improved, but it is really time consuming some times!! not to mention all the dirty dishes… and we don’t have a dishwasher in our tiny apartment. not the best set up, but what can you do?
so, to [...]

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banana bread muffins. and cake!

for 2 dozen muffins, or 1 dozen muffins and one thin cake, or 1 thick cake.

6 very ripe bananas
3 organic eggs
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
200g or 1& 3/4 cups ground almonds
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp baking soda
half a bar of dark chocolate, chopped
1/2 a cup chopped walnuts (optional)
oil for [...]

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Chocolate-Coconut Ice cream

To celebrate our 4yr anniversary, I surprised Noah with a chocolate flavoured coconut ice cream. It’s dairy-free and only uses a few tablespoons of honey for a sweetener.
For the cream:

2 cans full fat coconut milk
6 eggs
pinch of salt
4 tablespoons of honey (more or less to taste)
2 heaping tablespoons of cocoa powder (I used green & [...]

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pancetta and leek frittata; I <3 the allium family

 

frittata, originally uploaded by –Barbara–.
I love frittatas. like a crustless quiche– but even quicker to throw together.
This one is just fried pancetta, leeks, garlic and spring green onions. 6 organic eggs, scrambled, mixed with the goods, s+p and baked in a hot oven for a half hour. If you can tolerate dairy, top with parmesean [...]

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Texas Caviar Pasta Salad

We recently discoverd texas caviar, and it is now a staple in my diet.  Warning: very addictive.  For Noah’s mom’s birthday dinner on Saturday, I made this salad.  The brown rice pasta is great because it is low glycemic & gluten free.  So, you don’t have to feel bad for having seconds (or thirds..) of [...]

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Parsnip and Sweet Potato Soup

This is a great winter soup, that can be made with what ever root veggies you have on hand.  I also like making a version of this with carrots and squash.  This was also my first attempt at making spelt bread, and it turned out great! Delicious with this soup in fact.  I will post [...]

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Drink yo’ Greens!

This is a super easy and delicious way to start your day. Baby spinach is the suprising star of this drink. Make sure it’s fresh and organic, and it wont taste bitter at all when blended with frozen peaches and pineapple juice. Add a little cinnamon and vanilla, and you’ll [...]

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quinoa pasta with cinamon and walnuts

This is a great quick-fix suitable for toddlers, kids, vegetarians, vegans, people on dairy-free/gluten-free diets, celiacs, diabetics… and for people who just like simple, tasty food.
All ingredients are pantry items, which is nice, but the cinamon and walnuts keep it tasting fresh.

Quinoa Pasta Shells
Celtic Sea Salt
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Cinamon
Crushed Walnuts (I use one of these fancy [...]

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vegan spinach dip

made for the super bowl…
super easy, and yummy to boot. basically, a lot of tofutti products and frozen spinach. If you can find the non-hydrogenated products, then that’s the way to go. Ingredients:

1 container of Sour Supreme.
1 container of Better than cream cheese (i used the french onion flavor).
1 cup of vegan mayonnaise, any brand.
3 cloves [...]

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