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Heirloom Tomato and Arugula Pesto Turnovers
This is the first year where I’ve taken a deep interest in heirloom tomatoes. And that’s because in years past I’ve been skeptical about eating them. You see my digestion of tomatoes have not been the best in the past few years. For example every time I would eat a tomato or something tomato based, I would break out in a rash and my stomach would get upset. So I made sure to stay away from them. But a few…
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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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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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Blueberry Crumble Tart
If somebody said I had to pick between eating blueberry pie and apple pie for the rest of my life. I’m going with blueberry hands down. There’s nothing like the taste of sweet plump, juicy blueberries with the contrast of a crumb or flaky crust to get me excited. To me blueberry pie is just as American as apple pie or maybe even more so since the blueberry is indigenous to North America. The History of Blueberries Blueberries and…
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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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Making Carob Bread with My Spelt Sourdough Starter
The whole science of making bread has always fascinated me. Actually baking in general. So its been challenging to say the least that due to my digestive issues and autoimmune challenges I’ve had to change the way I eat and bake. There’s no more sugar laden, chocolate indulgent, dairy filled , white flour desserts or breads for me anymore. Instead I’ve had to make adjustments. I noticed the impact gluten as well as grains were having on…
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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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Radish Tart
This recipe is a take off an Asian classic dim sum….turnip cake. The traditional way to make turnip cake is with a rice flour batter, dried shrimp, some type of meat and mushrooms. I decided to reconstruct this Asian classic, use all veggies and make a quiche like tart. I also made it a one bowl kind of deal instead of the traditional way of boiling the radish and mixing the water with the rice flour. This dish…
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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,…
