Gluten Free Pumpkin Muffins

As I have said before I looooooove muffins. And I love pumpkin, so these tasty treats are perfect for breakfast. I have adapted from the Joy Of Cooking, but subsisted a lot of the ingredients and
reduced the sugar. These really are best if made from real
sugar pumpkin, but a good quality canned variety works too. to make Vegan, just sub the eggs for you favortie fake egg.
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees, grease or line a 12 cup muffin pan.

1 ½ cups gluten free flour mix
1tsp backing soda
¼ tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp guar gum
1tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon(or just use pumpkin pie spice)
1 tsp ginger
¼ tsp nutmeg and cloves
1/3 soy milk (or nut milk)
1 tsp vannila
1/3 cup coconut oil (or butter or other oil)
¾ cup sugar (demera, cane, coconut or agave syrup)
2 eggs (or egg sub)
1 cup pumpkin (cooked or canned)
½ cup chopped pumkin seeds, nuts and raisins


　
Wisk dry ingredients togegether                                Combine milk and vanilla in a small bowl

 Beat oil and sugar in a large bowl, adding eggs one at a time. Slowly add in pumpkin and beat until blended.

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Add flour mixture to wet in three parts alternating with milk mixture, stirring to combine with a spatula. Stir in seeds or nuts. Fill muffin cups ¾ cup full

Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes or untill a knife inserted in to muffin comes out clean, cool slightly then remove from pan.

Gluten Free Vegan Almond Butter Cookies

½ cup gluten free flour      

1 tbs ground flax

1/4 tsp baking soda

½ tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp salt

½ cup almond butter

3 tbs water

3 tbs maple syrup

¼ cup chocolate chips                                                                        

¼ cup chopped almonds

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees

• Mix flax with water and Wisk until it gels slightly and then stir in wet ingredients.
• Stir dry ingredients together. Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients until well combined
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and spoon drop about 2 tbsp worth of cookie dough for each cookie. Bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes before removing from pan.

Vegan and gluten free chocolate cranberry power bars

These bars are a great pick me up snack. Add what ever you favorite protein powder is, mine is VEGA. Feel free to change up the seeds and nuts to suit your needs and taste. These wont last long, so if you have a hungry house ( I do) make a double batch.I am very lucky to have an awesome Robot Coupe professional food processor with a very large bowl, so I can do a large batch. If you have a smaller machine, blend the first set of ingredients and set aside, mix the next and process together in small batch and hand mix in the cranberries and chips

Combine in a large food processor.
 1 cup raw almonds (or your favorite nut)
1 cup ground almonds
1 cup oats or rolled quinoa
1 cup nut butter
½ cup protein powder ½ dates soaked in hot water and drained
½ cup raw agave

Blend above ingredients until they hold together, mixture will be wet.
Add
¼ cup pumpkin seeds
¼ cup sesame seeds
¼ flax seeds
¼ sunflower seeds
¼ cup chia seeds
¼ cup coco

Process the mixture until it hold together well, adding more butter or agave if need
Add
½ cup cranberries
½ chocolate chips

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, use you hand to push the mixture down and in to the corners. Using a rolling pin, roll to flatten, press very hard as this will help the bars keep there shape. Place pan in freezer for about half an hour, remove, cut in to bars and keep refrigerated.

Garlic Roast Beef with Roasted Root Veggies

Roast beef dinner is always welcome and looked forward to in our house. I make the whole meal (minus the greens) in my Dutch oven which saves on dishes and roasting with the lid on help to make the beef tender and juicy, even if I use a cheap cut of beef. I have used a really lean cut of meet, so I wont get the lovely dripping to make gravy this time. I bought some beautiful rainbow organic carrots at The Rootceller, tossed in some sweet onions, red potatoes and golden beets.



1 roast beef (your preferred cut, or in my case. What’s on sale.)
6 cloves of garlic
2tbs horseradish
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
6 Carrots
Small red potatoes
3 sweet or red onions
2 golden beets
Sprigs of rosemary and thyme

Pre heat oven to 400

 1. In a food processor combine garlic, horseradish, salt and pepper. Spread over beef.
2. Cut vegetables in to good size chucks. Toss with olive oil, salt and pepper.
3. Lay veggies in the bottom of Dutch oven (or roasting pan) place beef on top.
4. Roast covered for about an hour
5. Remove lid and roast until done to your taste (about 20 -30 minutes depending on the size of theroast)
6. Remove from pan, tent with foil and let stand for 10 mins. Carve and serve with roasted veggies and your favorite greens.

* I had a 3.5 lb roast and cooked it for 90 minutes to medium. A basic rule to follow is 20 mins per pound, but adjust it a little if you like your meet rare   

or well done.

Tuscan Roasted Tomato and Basil soup

I love tomato soup, but I find the canned ones too salty and bland. I got insired to make some today when I saw the 11lb flats of Campri tomatoes on sale at the Rootcellar (my favorite grocery store) This soup is really flavorful as the roosted tomatoes give a sweet and smoky flavor and the basil and garlic add depth. If you want to make this a decedent cream soup, stir in some 10% or table cream. I like mine topped with a dollop of Greek yogurt, fresh chopped basil and a grilled cheese sandwich. I always make a huge batch and freeze half for weekday lunches.

　
5 lbs of tomatoes (I used Campari)
3 cups vegetable stock
3 shallots (finely diced)
8 cloves of garlic
1 cup shredded basil
Fresh oregano (dried works as well)
tarragon
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper

Optional 1 cup cream

Preheat oven to 350

Seeding the tomatoes make the soup richer and I personally don’t like seeds in my soup. Keep an eye on the tomatoes while roasting that they juices don’t over flow. Using a food processor to dice the shallots saves on time and tears.





1. Half and seed tomatoes, peel garlic. Lay tomatoes cut side down on a parchment lined rimmed baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and fresh cracked pepper, oregano and garlic.
2. Roast for an hour, or until the skins of the tomatoes are brown and the tomatoes are starting to caramelize
3. Let cool and remove skins.
4. In large sauce pan heat 1 tbs olive oil and sauté the shallots until they are translucent, add pepper and tarragon. add stock and tomatoes, garlic and juices from pan. Simmer over medium heat for about half an hour. Season to taste.
5. With a hand held blender puree the soup to your desired thickness (add more stock if it is too thick)
6. Add basil and cream (if using) and simmer for five minutes. Garnish with basil leaves.

Chocolate Banana Pecan Muffins

I love muffins. Especially if they are home made and
warm from the oven (with chocolate chips!)
I have used chia meal (left over from making chia oil)
but you can use chia seeds if you like, or substitute flax
meal. using really ripe bananas adds a natural
sweetness do you can use less sugar if you like.

Preheat oven to 375 and grease or line a 12 cup muffin pan.



Wisk together

1 ¾ cups flour (wheat, or your favorite gluten free flour blend*)
¼ cup ground flax or chia meal
2tsp baking soda
1tsp guar gum (or xanthium gum if using gluten free flour)
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt

Combine in a large bowl
1 large egg (or egg sub)
¾ cup coconut sugar (or your preferred kind)
1 1/3 cup mashed ripe banana (about 3 med)
1/3 cup coconut oil
1tsp vanilla

Fold the dry ingredients in to wet, stir just to combine.

Add

½ cup chopped pecans
½ cup dark chocolate chips

Mix nut and chips in to combine, divide in to cups and bake for 14-16 minutes.

*Gluten Free Flour Blend1 cup Rice flour
1 cup Tapioca starch
1 cup Sorghum flour
1 cup rice flour
Mix ingredients together and store in an air tight container.
Double or triple and use mix to replace flour in any recipe!

Sweet and sticky pork ribs

These ribs are not the healthiest thing I’ve made, but they are so delicious and such a treat! Just don’t eat them every day (although you will want to!) and you will be just fine.
This recipe is super versatile, as you can make ribs in the crock pot, oven or BBQ, How ever you like!When they go on sale I buy a bunch, as they are great to keep in the freezer.
I cant take to much credit for this recipe as Tyver made the very very delicious sauce that they get cooked in and bushed with. Boiling prior to cooking helps to cook off some of the fat, and is a very quick way to thaw they if they are frozen. I prefer the third method listed below, the ribs are sticky and fall off the bone tender.

In a large pot of water boil for one hour.
1 or 2 racks of pork ribs (the leanest ones you can find) cut in to 3 and 4 rib chunks.

　
Tyvers Rib Sauce
1 cup BBQ sauce(your favorite)
1 can Pepsi (or coke)
3tbs apple cider vinegar
2tsp Sirachi hot sauce
2tsp Worcestershire
2tbs molasses
1tbs honey
3 cloves garlic passed through press
Cumin
Coriander
Paprika
Salt
Pepper

　


There are a few different methods to cook ribs.Pick the one that works best for you
1. Boil ribs for 1 hour, cover with sauce and bake in oven for 1 ½ -2 hours brushing with sauce as they cook.
2. Boil ribs for 1 hour, marinate with sauce overnight and BBQ, brushing with leftover sauce.
3. Boil ribs for 1 hour, cook in crock pot with sauce for 7-8 hours on low, removed ribs and place in a lined baking dish, then place in oven for 20 minutes to slightly crisp up brushing with leftover sauce.

　

　

Baked Yam Fries with Thyme
3 yams peeled
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
paprika
Thyme sprigs

Pre heat oven to 400

Peel yams and slice in to wedges, toss with oil and seasonings, bake at 400 degrees for 20-30 minutes until tender and crispy