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Sourdough Cardamom Blueberry Coffee/Tea Cake
Cardamom is one of my favorite spices. I love to find different ways to use it. However cardamom is also one of the more pricier spices especially if you buy organic. Knowing I wanted to use cardamom for my cake recipe I checked my spice shelf to make sure I had enough cardamom. It turned out I only had a pinch of cardamom left. So that meant a trip to my local market. Normally I buy spices already ground up…
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The Top 10 Reasons To Eat Amaranth Leaves
Three weeks ago I tried amaranth leaves for the first time. And since then every Saturday I’ve been leaving the farmers market with a big bunch of amaranth leaves. What I do with them is make a soup. While listening to some groovy sounds on my old 70s record player, I clean and cut up the greens then I go on to make a delicious amaranth leaf soup which lasts me almost the whole week. This is now my…
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3 Easy Delicious Green Smoothies without the Greens
I am presenting to you three wonderful easy to make green smoothies that are packed with nutrients and fruits. The only thing is that these green smoothies are a little bit different. They do not contain your normal type of greens, like kale or spinach. Instead of greens what makes these smoothies highly nutritional and green is a supplement called spirulina. I prefer spirulina in my green smoothies because of the high amounts of minerals and nutrients. And you don’t…
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Fluffy Gluten-Free Plant-Based Nectarine Pancakes
Pancakes are something that takes me back to being a child on Sunday mornings with my family. And when I became a mom pancakes continued to be that go to breakfast for Sundays. What makes a good pancake is a pancake which is fluffy, soft, not too thick and able to incorporate fruit without falling apart. However, when you’re trying to make gluten-free pancakes achieving these qualities can be a little challenging. But I’ve finally come up with a gluten…
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Einkorn Sourdough English Muffins
I’ve been having fun recently playing with my spelt sourdough starter. And my freezer is becoming full with the results. Not too long ago I made a delicious carob bread using the starter. And this week I decided to make English muffins. I’ve never made English muffins before. Which is quite odd because I’ve baked every type of bread I can think of besides bagels (which is going to be next on my sourdough list :)). English muffins are suppose…
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Blackberry Banana Cobbler
Oh summer, how I love you so! Warm, sunny days. Fresh fruit and vegetables in abundance. And blackberries…ahhh blackberries. I never knew how much I liked blackberries until I moved to North Carolina. North Carolina’s state fruit is the Scuppernong grape ( I have a post about this indigenous grape linked here). And it’s reported the state’s red fruit is strawberry and the state’s blue fruit is blueberry. However in my opinion the state’s blue fruit should definitely be the blackberry.…
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The BEST Gluten-Free Protein Carob Brownies Ever!
If you’re like me and shouldn’t consume chocolate you’re going to be so happy with this recipe. Chocolate use to be my saving grace, a piece of chocolate to help survive a hectic work day, or a brownie when I was feeling down. But those days are long gone. Like a lot of people chocolate has now become my nemesis, it’s too inflammatory for my body. So carob has taken chocolate’s place. Out of every chocolate dessert including chocolate cake,…
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Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Waffle Sandwiches
When you think of Spring what dessert comes to mind? For me it’s definitely carrot cake. Maybe it’s because of Spring and Easter is in Spring, bunnies are associated with Easter and bunnies eat carrots. I don’t know but either way who doesn’t love a good carrot cake. Carrot cake was my specialty when I had my dessert business years ago but the way I made carrot cake back then is not how I eat now. For a while I’ve…
