Recipes

Here are several of the recipes I've made up recently.  All of these were a hit with DH and the five of our children that are still at home.

They are also all gluten free, fat free, and pretty much allergen free.  In addition, they are in quantities that are practical for large families, with ingredients that can be purchased at most local grocery stores.

Sorry I don't have pictures to go with them yet.  If I waited to be able to post pictures, they might not every make it on my blog.  But I will get the pictures here eventually.  Hopefully, you all have very good imaginations and can see in your mind's eye some beautiful preparations and colorful presentations!





Breakfast

Oatmeal with Cherry Berry Blend

3 c regular oatmeal
2 t cinnamon
dash of salt
1 pk stevia

Put oatmeal in a microwaveable bowl large enough that the oatmeal would only fill to no more than one inch of the bowl.  This prevents it from boiling over into the microwave. Cover the oatmeal with water.  Microwave for 4 minutes.  Oatmeal should be mushy but not watery.  If it is watery add cooking time.  Add frozen Cherry Berry Blend to Oatmeal.  The frozen fruit will cool off the hot oatmeal and the hot oatmeal with thaw out the fruit.   Add a small amount of raisins, if desired.  

Fat Free, Sugar Free, Gluten Free Teff Pancakes

On the Esselstyn plan, ground flour is discouraged if there is a problem with belly fat, indicating metabolic issues.  Since ground flours can cause blood sugar spikes, one needs to be careful not to eat to many recipes with ground flour in them because blood sugar spikes can compromise nitric oxide levels.  However, if you are not overweight, one of these pancakes here and there shouldn't be a problem.  This recipe is high in Omega 3's provided by the chia seeds.

In your mixing bowl start by soaking 2 T of chia seeds in 1/4 cup water for 15 minutes.  These provide healthy Omega 3 fats, and also serve as an egg replacer.

1 ripe banana
2 t cinnamon
3 pk Sweet Leaf Stevia
2 cups water
1 cup Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Baking Flour
1 1/2 T Baking Powder (aluminum free)
1 cup Teff Flour (I get this from Bob's Red Mill, as well)

Using a mixer mix the ripe bananas with chia seeds, and add cinnamon and stevia.  Mix until smooth.  Add water and mix until completely blended.  Add gluten free baking flour and mix until completely blended.  Then gradually add the Teff and mix while sprinkling the baking powder in with it.  This is to try to keep the baking powder active as long as possible.

The batter should be the typical runny but not watery texture.  If it is too thick add enough water to make it the desired consistency.  If too runny add more gluten free baking flour.

Using a non-stick frying pan, heat to about level 7  or medium high.  Pour the batter on the pan as you would any other pancake mix.  The pancakes will stick to the pan until they have dry bubbles on the top, so don't try to flip too early.  They should come right up when they are ready.  If not, take a papertowel and put a very small amount of oil on it and wipe the pan with the oil.  But don't let it be drippy.  Just barely moistening the pan with oil should do the trick.

Now what to put on the pancakes?  If you are worried about heart health, stick to unsweetened applesauce, or thawed blue berries with a little Sweet Leaf sprinkled on top.  Honey, syrup, all of the other traditional toppings are harmful for heart patients, or anyone concerned about preventing heart disease.  Fortunately, I have gotten used to eating them dry, and they have actually become quite a treat since I rarely have flour based products anymore.

Kale for Breakfast?!  Come On, You're Kidding Me!

If you don't have severe gastritis, like I do (I'm still healing up from a severe h.pylori infection which will take a year), them kales is the best breakfast and great tasting.  Now, why would kale be harmful to a person with gastritis.  It's not.  It just doesn't taste all of that exciting with the vinegar.

However, if you can handle vinegar in the morning, steamed kale with infused vinegar is delightful!  Dr. Esselstyn says it taste like hot fudge Sunday.  I wouldn't go that far, but it is rather delicious if you can get the right type of vinegar.  Dr. Esselstyn has been promoting the vinegars from http://www.oiltap.com, but I simply can't afford a $25.00 bottle of vinegar.  Even with my not using vinegar right now, we are still going through two bottles a week for DH, as it is.

But, I found two wonderful vinegars at the local grocery store and they can be purchased online for about $3.00, as well.  The Vigo Allessi infused brands are delicious and make a great substitute for salad dressings, taste great in hummus, and wonderful mixed with steamed Kale.  My favorite flavor is the Ginger Infused, and DH loves the Raspberry Blush.  DH dislikes anything that is too vinegary but we were able to use the Raspberry Blush to get him off of oil salad dressing because of it's pleasing flavor.

So how to prepare this remarkable meat substitute called kale.  Meat substitute?  Yes, look at http://www.whfoods.com.  Do a search on kale and you will find it has far more nutrients than beef.  If you are worried about not getting your vitamins and minerals from being a vegan, you don't have to worry if you are eating kale everyday.

Anyway, back to the prep.....

Get a small saucepan, put 1 inch of water on the bottom, and bring to a boil.  I just place a colander of the same diameter as the pan on top of the saucepan for steaming.  To prepare the kale, you have to pull the leaves off of the steams, and then shred the leaves into bite size pieces which are placed in the colander.  The water in the pan should be at a rapid boil, and steam should be coming up through the colander.  Steam for 5 minutes.  The kale will be really hot, so get a plate and dump the kale out of the colander onto the plate and cool off in the fridge for another 5 minutes.

Drizzle the vinegar on the kale and enjoy a nitric oxide building breakfast.  Don't forgot your oatmeal.  Together they make a great heart healthy and artery healing breakfast!

Main Dishes

Gluten Free Vitamin and Flavor Packed Low-fat Spring Rolls

2 cups shredded carrots
1 cup shredded cabbage (purple makes this dish very colorful)
1 red bell pepper shredded
1/4 c shredded fresh ginger
1/4 c shredded onion
1 can drained garbanzo beans
1/3 jar LaChoy Sweet and Sour Sauce (optional, heart patients shouldn't have sweeteners)
1/2 tsp salt (or more to taste if you can handle the extra sodium)
1 t sweet basil
1 t Tone's Lemon Peel
1 t Tone's Orange Peel
1 t garlic powder (optional)
2 cups cooked brown rice
1 package of rice based (not wheat based) spring roll wrappers.

Filling: 

Shred all veggies and garbanzo beans together in a food processor.  I have a Ninja and it works great!  After processing, scoop everything in the food processor into a non-stick frying pan that has about 1/4 inch of water in it.  Add sweet and sour sauce if you are using that option, and salt and spices to stir-fry.  Stir-fry until the veggies are cooked but still crunchy, so don't stir-fry to the point that the veggies get mushy.  Stir in brown rice.  Transfer mixture to a seperate bowl, and rinse out frying pan.

To make the spring rolls:

After rinsing out non-stick frying pan, fill up about 1/2 inch of water.  Put pan on the burner and warm up water to about the temperature you would your bathtub, not to hot to burn the skin, but warm enough that it's above room temperature.   Make a clean place on your countertop to roll up the rolls.  I use a clean cutting board.  Have your rice wrappers, the shredded mixture, and warm water surrounding you so they are all three handy for spring roll assembly.

Take a rice wrapper and place it in the water for three seconds.  Don't worry if it does not soften up completely.  They will continue to aborb the water that is still on the wrapper, and the water in the mixture.  You just need them pliable enough to be able to roll up without cracking.  Also, if you get them too mushy, by keeping them in the water too long, the should still work, but you'll have to coax them a bit more to keep them from sticking to themselves while you are rolling.

Put the softened wrapper on the working surface and on one third of the wrapper drop 1/4 cup of veggie mixture.    Roll one edge over the mixture, then bring in the two side, and then roll up the wrapper the rest of the way.

Because the rolls are so sticky, I line a large casserole dish with wax paper and then place the rolls on the dish with a space in between each roll.  I layer a couple of rows of rolls on the bottom of the dish, and then place a layer of wax paper on those, and then start another couple of rolls until I either run out of veggie mixture, or have used up all of the rice wraps.  I usually end up with about 10 wraps left over.  It depends on how thick of a glop of veggie mixture I put in the wraps, and it's different every time.

Once all of the wraps have been used up, or you have your desired amount of rolls made, then cover the casserole dish with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to cool off.  I like my rolls nice and cold, DH likes them hot, so he will warm them up in the microwave.

These taste good with or without a dipping sauce.  I gained a few pounds the week I didn't regulate myself and used sweet and sour sauce to dip these in.  They are good without the sauce, and much healthier.

Once you get the concepts behind making spring rolls you can experiment with different types of veggies, like adding kale, or brocolli slaw!  You can make them without cooking the veggies first.  I cook them because I tend to gas up and have a return of IBS symptoms, but I've had them with raw veggies at a local Thai restaurant and they are just as good.  You can also experiment with no sauce, or more spice, or different spice.  There's no end to the creations you can make!


Savory Carrot and Lentil Casserole

2 cups lentils

2 cups unsweetened almond milk

1/4 sorghum flour

1 T Mrs. Dash Onion and Herb

1 t salt

1/4 c nutritional yeast

8 carrots sliced

10 Baked Brown Rice Edward & Sons Crackers crushed Tamari Sesame flavor

Boil lentils in a saucepan until tender.  In a saucepan, make a gravy out of the almond milk, sorghum flour, Mrs. Dash, salt, and nutritional yeast by bringing to a boil and stirring over medium heat until thickened.  Once the lentils are tender, drain in a colander, then put the lentils in a bowl and stir in the gravy and sliced carrots.  Line a casserole dish with parchment paper, pour the contents of the bowl into the casserole dish and smooth out throughout the dish.  Sprinkle crackers on the top.

Bake casserole at 350 degrees for 1 hours, or until carrots are tender.  

What a Delight Potato Salad

This recipe was very much inspired by Ann Esselstyn's Yam-Yukon Gold Potato Salad, but I made some adjustments to the taste of my boys who don't particularly appreciate sauces made by tofu.  The recipe still has tofu in it, but a fraction of the amount, and more hummus than Ann's recipe called for.  Plus, I also used red potatoes.

Boil for 10 minutes or until just barely tender, strain, and chill in fridge

3 cups peeled yams or sweet potatoes
3 cups yukon gold potatoes
3 cups red potatoes
1/2 chopped onion (or use 1 T dehydrated chopped onions)


Blend together until smooth in blender....

1/2 cup of homemade hummus, see recipe below
1/3 cup light silken tofu
4 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar (I used a ginger infused variety)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 t garlic powder
1/4 pk of stevia

While the above ingredients are chilling in the fridge cut up....

4 stalks of celery

After the potatoes, onions, and sauce are chilled combine with celery in a large bowl and mix together with

1 t Mrs. Dash
salt and pepper to taste

Rainy Day Creamy Cheesy Soup for a Healthy Heart

This is a creamy heart healthy soup with no added fat, salt, or sweeteners. This soup was inspired by the recipe Not Your Mother's Oatmeal on the web site authored by a medical librarian (she doesn't publish her name)  who embraced a plant based diet for healing heart disease.  Her web site is  athttp://www.happyhealthylonglife.com/happy_healthy_long_life/nitric-oxide/

The oatmeal and kale provide nitric oxide for accelerating the healing of the damaged endothelial cells.

1 box Kitchen Basics Vegetable Broth

1 head of orange colored cauliflower cut into chunks (white can be used, just blend in a jar of pimientos to make the cheesy color)

10 quartered small yukon potatoes

1 cup gluten free oatmeal (if not celiac you can use regular)

1/4 cup dehydrated chopped onion

Pour vegetable broth into a medium saucepan.  Bring to a boil and add cauliflower and potato pieces, oatmeal, and onions.  Simmer until tender.

Once tender, using a large spoon, "fish" out all large cauliflower pieces and half of the potato pieces and put in a high powered blender.  Some liquid should end up in blender to help with the blending process.  Once mixture is smooth and creamy return it back into the pot.

Add the following ingredients to the saucepan...

1 additional cup of oatmeal

1 T Bragg's Amino Acids (this is to give the soup somewhat of a salty flavor, but for a heart healthy soup this is all of the sodium that should be added to the soup.  Others who don't have heart problems can add salt to taste later)

1/4 c nutritional yeast (heart patients, especially vegans,  need B-vitamins to keep homocystein levels down and this is an excellent non-meat source)

1 t Mrs. Garlic and Herb Dash (any type of Mrs. Dash will do)

2 fist fulls of torn into small pieces kale (not cooked)

1 cup frozen peas (not cooked)

The peas and the kale will have good bio-avaliabilty as the warm soup breaks down the outer cell walls somewhat, but doesn't kill all of their enzymes.

Let the soup sit for ten minutes, without being on the burner, before serving so the piece and kale have time to "process".

Again, if you aren't a heart patient feel free to add salt to taste to bring out a more cheesy flavor!

Amino Complete Kale, Brown Rice, and Hummus Delight

This is my favorite meal morning, noon, and night, when my gastritis is under control.  It is complete with protein, B vitamins, so packed with everything good.

1 cup steamed kale
1 cup boiled brown rice
1/2 cup homemade fat free hummus
Alessi Ginger Infused Balsamic Vinegar
1/3 cup diced red bell pepper

Steam the kale as shown in the Breakfast section.  Make sure the kale is cool and then place nicely on a dinner plate.  Top with cold brown rice.  Pour desired amount of vinegar on the rice and the kale.  I used about 1/4 cup.  Then top with hummus and bell peppers.  

Corn Tortilla Mexican Lasagne

This is fat free, sugar free, and dairy free, but not taste free.

Line a casserole dish with parchment paper.  Layer the following:  

Corn tortillas

thin layer of salsa

corn

tortillas

refried beans

corn

corn tortillas

artichoke dip from the Dr. McDougall Newsletter (this recipe is also in my Facebook Notes notes)

baby spinach artichoke dip

corn

corn tortillas

thin layer salsa

refried beans

corn

corn tortillas

thick layer of salsa

Sprinkle corn and nutritional yeast on the top

Bake at 400 degrees until crunch on the top

Gluten Free Bean Burgers

Drain, rinse, and mash  the following

1 can black beans

2 cans red kidney beans

1 can garbanzo beans

Soak the following in 3/4 water

1 T chia seeds

1/4 dehydrated chopped onions

1/4 dehydrated chopped bell peppers

After mashing the beans drain the soaked ingredients above and mix into the bean mixture

Then mix in

1 tsp balsamic vinegar

1 tsp Mrs. Dash

1/4 tsp salt

1 16 oz can of tomatoes and green chili's drained

1 T Bragg's Amino Acids

1/4 xanthum gum

1 c Bob's Bakery Flour

2 C gluten free oats

This mixture should make a concrete texture.  Glop onto a parchment paper covered cookie sheet like cookie batter, and press down into a burger shape.

Bake on each side for 15 minutes at 425 degrees.

Creamy Cauliflower "Alfredo" and Pasta

The cashews listed below may be made to be eaten by families who are not serving food to a heart patient, but because cashews are high in saturated fats, they should be left out for those with heart disease.  The fats in the cashews make the blood sticky and can form unstable blood clots that back up behind their more calcified plaques.  The sauce still tastes good without the cashews.

1 box Kitchen Basics Vegetable Broth

5 red potatoes

1/2 head cauliflower

1 sweet onion

7 whole cashews

Bring to a boil all of the above and simmer until tender.  Take out all of the vegetables and put in a blender and blend until creamy.

Add the creamy mixture back in with the broth.  

Now add...

1 bag of broccoli stirfry 

2 T Bragg's Amino Acids

2 T Bragg's Nutritional yeast

1 tsp. sea salt

1/2 bag of Mrs. Leeper's gluten free Rice Vegetable Twists.

1/2 bag frozen corn

Simmer until twists are cooked through and frozen veggies are thawed out and tender.

Nutrient Complete Zesty and Cool Broccoli Salad

I'm listing this as a main dish because it is complete in all amino acids, therefore it has complete proteins in it, and complete in nutrients.

1 1/2 cups quinoa

1 bag frozen broccoli florets

In a small saucepan boil quinoa while steaming the broccoli florets on top of the pan until broccoli and quinoa are tender.  Once that is done put those in the fridge to cool off.

1 mango chopped

1/4 red onion chopped

Chop mango and red onion and put in a large salad bowl

1/8 cup lemon juice

1 tsp honey

1/2 cup raisins

1 tsp Bragg's amino acids

Once broccoli and quinoa are cold,  mix together in salad bowl with mango, red onion, lemon juice, honey, 1/2 raisins, Bragg's amino acids.  Chill in refridgerator until ready to be eaten.

Warming Inflammation Fighting Red Lentil Soup

1 box of gluten free vegetable broth (add more water as need to keep the lentils covered during the simmering process.

2 cups red lentils

1 onion diced

1 small bag of the tiny baby carrots

1 pk Stevia

1 t cumin

1 t turmeric

Sea salt to taste

Fill a saucepan 1/3 with gluten free vegetable broth and bring to boil.  Add lentils, diced onions, and carrots to boiling water and turn heat to simmer and simmer until all ingredients are mushy consistence.  Add stevia l, spices, and add salt to taste.

Sides

Fat Free Roasted Brussel Sprouts

Ohhhh!  These were sooooo good!!!

1 bag frozen brussel sprouts

2 T lemon juice

1 T Alessi Infused Ginger Balsamic Vinegar ( I bought mine at Hyvee)

1 t garlic powder

2 pk Stevia

1 t sweet basil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Warm the frozen brussel sprouts in the microwave for 1 minute.  Slice the sprouts into 1/2 inch slices.  Put the remaining ingredients in a gallon Ziploc type bag, and then put the sliced brussel sprouts in the bag.  Shake the bag, throw it up in the air, twist it around, and move it from hand to hand, anything you can do to completely coat the slices with the contents of the bag.

After the brussel sprouts are completely covered, place them in a single layer on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.

Roast in the oven until the brussel sprouts brown.  It took me 30 minutes.

Sweet and Crunchy Sweet Potato Coins

Preheat oven at 350 degrees

Peel and slice two sweet potatoes, or yams, into 1/8 - 1/4 inch slices.  Places slices onto a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.

Bake for 15 minutes, then turn over.  Bake for another 15 minutes, but keep checking to make sure they don't burn.  

They are just right when they have hardened up but have not burnt.  The trick is to keep checking every couple of minutes, take the finished coins off and place on a plate on the countertop, and bake the rest another minute or two, and then take them out and check, take off the ones that are done, and put the rest back in, and keep doing this until all of them have finished.  They are so sweet, tasty, and filling cooked this way.  It's worth the extra effort.

Suprisingly Delicious Steamed Kale

Dr. Esselstyn told me that Clark needed foods high in nitrates three times a day to heal up the boiling cauldron in his arteries.  He said one tight fist full of steamed  greens, i.e. kale, collard greens, chard, spinach, three times a day.  So today I went into our garden and picked some kale.  I chopped it up in tiny pieces then steamed it for 8 minutes.  Then I put the fist full on a plate, sprinkled ginger infused balsamic vinegar on it, then layered brown rice, my homemade fat free hummus (recipe in my notes), and topped it with a couple canned roasted red peppers .  The dark green of the kale, contrasted against the light tan rice, light orange hummus, and red pepper looked really appetizing.  DH liked it!!!  Yay!!!!!  I liked it too and I'm going back for seconds!

Dips

Artichoke Spread from Dr. McDougall's Newsletter

This is not my recipe, but it is so delicious I just had share.  Thank you Dr. McDougall!

This is delicious as a spread for sandwiches, as a dip for crackers or veggies, or stuffed into pita and topped with chopped tomatoes, cucumbers and sprouts.

Preparation Time: 10 minutesServings: Makes about 3 cups 

2 14 ounce cans artichoke hearts in water, drained and rinsed1 15 ounce can white beans, drained and rinsed4 tablespoons lemon juice2 cloves garlic, crushed4 green onions, chopped1 tablespoon soy sauce ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Combine all ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth.

Never Fail Fat Free Hummus

I have developed many hummus recipes, but this is the easiest and tastiest to prepare.  Even DH likes it!

2 cans of garbanzo beans.  Drain one can and leave the liquid in the other can.

1 small jar of pimientos or 1/4 red bell pepper

4 T lemon juice

4 T Alessi Ginger Infused Balsamic Vinegar

1 T chia seeds (this optional ingredient can be used if you want to add Omega 3's to your diet)

2 pk Sweet Leaf Stevia

1 - 2 T Bragg's Nutritional Yeast (to taste)

1 t - 2 t garlic powder (to taste)

Place all of the above ingredients in a heavy duty blender and blend until smooth.  Put the hummus in a storage container and chill in the refrigerator.  We love to used this as a dip for the Roasted Brussel Sprouts, oven baked potato french fries, and bean burgers.  

Fancy Non-fat Artichoke and Red Bell Pepper Hummus

1 can garbanzo beans (drained)

1 can garbanzo beans (with full liquid)

1 14 oz can artichoke hearts

1 T Bragg's Nutritional Yeast (found at Hyvee Health Market)

1 T Mrs. Dash Onion and Herb

1 T garlic powder

3 T Alessi Ginger Infused White Balsamic Vinegar (found at Hyvee or online)

3 T lemon juice

1 pk Sweet Leaf Stevia (found at Hyvee Health Market)

1 leaf of Kale (I used steamed because I already had some steamed, but I think you could use raw)

1 red bell pepper

Put all ingredients together in a high powered blender or  food processor, except for the red bell pepper and process until smooth.  Rinse out the processor and add the red bell pepper cut up in large chunks and seeded.  Process the bell pepper until it's in little chunks.  Stir into the hummus.

For dieters who are trying to cut their fat and calories this tastes great as a butter substitute on baked potatoes.  We can't get enough of it, and the high protein content keeps the potato from hitting your blood sugar so hard!

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Salads

Golden Sunshine Salad
This salad reminds me of Matisyahu's song Golden Sunshine because it makes me happy when I look at it, just like the song makes me happy when I hear it.  It is full of crunch and color!  It's easy and nutritionally complete.

1/2 bag of frozen peas (no need to thaw as they will thaw by the time the slad is finished being made)
1 can drained corn
1 can drained garbanzo beans
3 stalks of celery chopped up
4 carrots chopped (I used my Ninja food processor)
1 yellow bell pepper chopped (again, used the ninja)
1 handful raisins
1 can chopped water chestnuts
1 small handful of dehydrated onions.  

Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl and dress with your favorite infused balsamic vinegar.  I use Alessi's White Ginger.

Winter Cheer Up Salad ( I did have a picture for this one)

2 Romaine Hearts finely chopped

1 large handful of Half and Half Mix (This is a Walmart product of baby greens and baby spinach)

1 can drained navy beans

10 cherry tomatoes chopped in half

1/4 sweet onion chopped

1/2 bag frozen peas (wash with warm water to thaw out and then just put into salad)

1 chopped red bell pepper

1 chopped orange bell pepper

1 T Mrs. Dash Herb and Onion 

1/4 c raisins

1 T lemon juice

1 t lime juice

1/4 t Sweet Leaf Stevia

1/4 c red wine vinegar (or to taste)

Mix all of the ingredients in a very large bowl.  It makes enough to feed 8 people.  If you don't have 8 people to eat it, eat it yourself for breafast lunch and dinner.  It's full of everything you need to get through a busy day.

Desserts


Oops! I Forgot to Buy Pumpkin Butternut Thanksgiving Pudding


1 T chia seeds

2 T water

1 ripe banana

1 c almond milk

1 T Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Baking Flour

1 can butternut squash puree

1/4 t salt

1/4 t nutmeg

1/4 t (Tone's has this) orange peel

1 T cinnamon

4 pk Sweet Leaf Stevia

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Soak chia seeds in 2 T water for 15 minutes.  Mash banana and blend with chia mixture.  Pour almond milk into a small saucepan and whip the 1 T Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Baking Flour into the milk.  Heat up saucepan to med heat and bring almond milk to boil.  Heat milk to a thick texture while stirring and then pour into the chia banana mixture.  Add the remaining ingredients and mix.  Line a 9x9 baking dish with parchment paper and pour the mixture into the dish.  Bake for 30 minutes.  Poke the center of the pudding with a fork and bake until it the fork comes out clean, adding five minutes to the baking time each time the fork comes out with pudding on it.

Gluten Free Fat Free Allergen Free Pumpkin Bars

I made this for Clark to help get him through the transition of having "no baked goods and no sweetener".

1 can butter beans drained

4 medjool dates

1 cup raisins

1 T chia seeds

1/4 c water

Blend the above ingredients in a blender then transfer mixture to a mixing bowl and add

1/2 tsp xanthum gum

1/3 c canned pumpkin

1 T cinnamon

1 T allspice...

1/2 c Bob's Red Mill Baking Flour

Blend ingredients together and then spoon onto a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper and spread the batter as if you were making cookie bars.

Chop up an apple in tiny pieces, leaving the skin on and sprinkle the apple pieces on top of the batter.

Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Lo-fat Vegan Gluten Free Peach Cobbler

This recipe never lasts.  All of my boys, including  my son-in-law love it.

1 1/2 T chia seeds

1/4 c water

1/3 c apple sauce

1/3 c honey

1/3 c Bob's Red Mill Baking Flour

1/3 c Teff Flour

1 t cinnamon

2 t baking powder

dash of salt 

dash of xanthum gum

In the bottom of your mixing bowl soak chia seeds in water for 10 minutes (this is your egg replacer).  Mix chia seeds mixture with the remaining ingredients.

Line a 9x13 baking pan with parchment paper and spoon batter into the pan.

Then sprinkle a thin layer of raisins on the batter.

Next you will need 2 cups of frozen peach slices.  Press the frozen peach slices into the batter.  Sprinkle the peaches with desired amount of cinnamon.

Bake in 400 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes until the cobbler is fully cooked. Test with a knife like you would a cake.