Organic Granny

  When you make these delicious gluten-free oat-buckwheat cookies  you wiĺl need to use a light and fluffy buckwheat flour made from dehydrated buckwheat crispies .  Make your own crispies-- easy peas y or buy puffed buckwheat from a health store or Amazon . For this cookie recipe, Step 2 is to grind up the crispies in a coffee bean grinder into a fine flour (you can actually grind the dehydrated groats in your high speed blender into a flour as well if you don't want to soak and dehydrate your buckwheat).  These make a fine, sweet, substantial, fairly soft cookie.  If I'd had any GF chocolate chips around, I would have added them! Preheat oven to 350F. Put the following into a Food Processor: *1/2 C.  Virgin Coconut Oil  (doesn't have to be melted) *1 C. Granulated  Sweetener (I used a combination of Palm Sugar & Stevia) *1  Vegan Egg  (1 T. Flax seed, ground, and mixed into 3 T. warm water) *1 tsp.  Vanilla *1 C.  Buckwheat Crispie  "Flour"  (Crispies groun

You have likely run across the benefits of a living and raw vegan diet for anyone who is gluten-sensitive or has celiac disease.   The major benefit is that raw fruits and veggies are chock-full of enzymes that help with the digestion of food, and generally, grains like wheat are totally missing from the diet because, well, they are highly acid-producing, have nasty-tasting 'inhibitors' in their bran, and just don't add anything to the deliciousness of the raw vegan experience.   As well, many writers of raw and living food recipes discovered their own sensitivity to gluten.  So, a good food dehydrator like the  Excalibur  is a great boon to broadening your gluten-free recipe repertoire. The amazing thing about raw recipes  is that many of them can be made up to similulate the flavor, texture, and other elements of "mouth appeal" that we look for in traditional heated recipes.  I'm just starting to use buckwheat crispies in various recipes.  You can too!  Belo

 I finally tried soy curls!  They are not available to us locally-- and I do like to buy my groceries locally-- so I ended up ordering them .   I topped two pizzas and made 3 sandwiches for about $7.50 CAD using about $4.50 of Soy Curls product for the 2 pizzas and maybe $1 of soy curls for each sandwich.   They are a whole food and non-GMO.  I didn't count in the cost of other ingredients, but I don't see them as being too dear when considering they were a nutritious part of six meals.  They were easy to put together and delicious!  Pizza GARLIC SOY CURLS RECIPE Ingredients: (makes 2 cups) 4 ounces/ 1/2 8-oz. Bag Soy Curls 1 1/2 cups hot/boiling water 1 tablespoon/15 ml soya sauce 1 teaspoon/ 3.28 g garlic powder Extra virgin coconut oil 2 tablespoons/11  g  nutritional yeast Fine sea salt ............... From Chris Wark of #ChrisBeatCancer, his latest best selling book:  Order Here BEAT CANCER KITCHEN: Deliciously Simple Plant-based Anti-Cancer Recipes METHOD for making G

  C ombine the following and  bring to a boil in a stainless steel 'less water' type pot, put on lid and turn down to Lowest setting for about 5 minutes.  Remove from burner and let it cool (lid still on): 1 C organic  quinoa 2 C water Preheat oven to 350 F Combine and blend together in a food  processor the following  (coarse vs. paste): 1/2 C. w ater 1 C  pecans  –  1 T. ground chia seed 1/2 C wheat-free  Tamari  1/3 C melted c oconut oil or olive oil 1/4 C n utritional yeast flakes 2 tsp dried organic  basil 2 tsp dried organic  oregano 2 tsp organic  onion powder 2 tsp organic  garlic powder 1 tsp organic  ground sage 1 tsp organic  ground fennel Pour into quinoa; mix well.   Let mix  sit  until extra water is absorbed.   A little  oatmeal can be added if the batter  seems too thin. On a parchment-covered pan mound  burgers.  Shape with fingers.  They will  be crumbly but delicious.   Bake 15 minutes on each side.  This makes about 10-20 patties.  Freeze well. --   Happy m

There are a few of us who are eating gluten-free at our Church and today's recipe, absolutely delectable finger-lickin good gluten-free apple cobbler is a great contribution to that-- or just as a family treat.   The trick will be to keep it away from all the people who can indulge in wheat desserts (like brownies, etc.) so that the gluten-free eaters at least get a chunk to sample at our Church and today's recipe, absolutely delectable finger-lickin good gluten-free apple cobbler is a great contribution to that-- or just as a family treat. The trick will be to keep it away from all the people who can indulge in wheat desserts (like brownies, etc.) so that the gluten-free eaters at least get a chunk to sample. INGREDIENTS 6 medium/ 10 small organic  Apples 1/2 C.  Sugar 4 tsp  Cinnamon 1/3 C.  Extra Virgin Coconut Oil 1 1/2 C.  Rice flour** 1/2 C.  Coconut Flour 2 C. organic  Sugar 2 tsp  Baking Powder 1/2 tsp  Sea Salt   2 C.  Rice milk or  other non-dairy milk METHOD Cut

 This red onion pickle recipe is so fast and easy-- and you can start eating the zesty relish the next day! What you need: 2 large or 4-5 small Red Onions 2 cups hot Water 1 cup Apple Cider Vinegar 1 tablespoon Sea Salt 2 tablespoons Maple Syrup Sharp knife Quart Mason Jar with lid Method : Slice the onions in thin halves (fans) Pile in clean jar Cover onion with hot water, and then the mix of salt  maple syrup and vinegar Put lid securely on jar and carefully invert contents, shaking gently to mix throughout Place right-side up in fridge. Enjoy: With Hummus Atop Avocado toast As a soup garnish In veggie sandwiches On burgers   Onions, Onions, WE Love Red Onions! Rossa di Milano- Pungeant Italian Heirloom Onions Get your Seeds HERE! Companion Planting The pungent odour of onions repels many pests and also protects nearby garden vegetables. Plant chamomile and summer savory near onions to improve their flavour. Onions also work well alongside beets, Brassicas, carrots, dill, kohlrabi,

Tomorrow we have been invited out for lunch. I have been I have already eaten enough with R. to know that she rarely eats dessert.   What can I take that she will enjoy?  She told me that growing up in the '50s in Northern Europe her diet was mostly potatoes, rye bread and salty oatmeal,and that salty oatmeal is a particular comfort food.  She also told me she eschews most sweets, but  does  like bitter-sweet chocolate.  So, I went in search of a gluten-free chocolate chip salty oatmeal cookie recipe.  The internet is great that way. Here is an adaptation of another recipe (that is an adaptation of yet another)*. It is super! I've just adjusted it to use what I have available (and because I don't  ever  use canola oil). Hope you enjoy it too! 1 C. Coconut Flour 2/3 C. Steelcut Oats, ground in food processor 1 C. Palm Sugar (or other sweetener of choice) 1 tsp. Cinnamon 1 tsp. Celtic Sea Salt 1 tsp. Baking Soda 1 T. Chia Seed, ground in coffee bean grinder (or blender) 3/4