Organic Granny

  Soda bread is the perfect accompaniment with any rustic casseroles or soups, particularly if they are Irish and on St. Paddy's day.  This recipe is especially yummy because it is made with spelt flour , an ancient grain flour that is kind of suited to cakes and muffins, in my opinion. Once in our local health store I was searching madly for spelt flour, and ran into another woman who was as well. We joined in a mutual rave. If you aren't baking with it yet, you will like it a lot when you do. Here are the ingredients for the soda bread 3 cups  spelt flour   (or 1 3/4 cup plain white flour, 1 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour) 1/2 cup  rolled oats 1 teaspoon  salt 1 teaspoon  baking soda  (NOT baking powder) 1 tablespoon  fennel seeds or currents  (optional) 1 1/4 cup  non-dairy milk  (I used almond milk--oat, rice, soy are all good neutral-tasting choices) 1 tablespoon  apple cider vinegar or lemon juice Discover vegan colca...

  Enjoy the vibrant flavors of this Lemon Zest Soup, a refreshing blend of Fall vegetables and buttermilk (or vegan-friendly alternative). This cold soup is delicious and makes use of the abundant vegetables found at a Farmer's Market (or in your own backyard), The original recipe contains buttermilk. I suggest that you find the best source (organic if possible) of buttermilk around. If you are vegan, you can substitute a nut milk, soy milk, or rice milk instead, squeezing some lime or lemon into it for about 15 minutes before making the rest of the recipe..   Ingredients: 4 C. Buttermilk (or substitute) 2 C. vine-ripened tomatoes (could be 2 large tomatoes) 2 C. fresh, young (milky but not green)corn kernels 1 C. fennel root (or English cucumber if there is no fennel available) 18 fresh basil leaves 1/4 lemon skin, chopped-- should be a fairly tender skin (organic preferred) Celtic Sea Salt to taste 1/4 tsp. black pepper Method:  Add all ingredients to the Vita-Mix®...