Bev's Recipe Collection

These are a big hit!

Ingredients:

• ⅔ cup (2¾ oz.) almond flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 6 oz. chocolate chips
• ½ cup (4 oz.) coconut oil
• 1/4 cup honey granules (or sugar)
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup peanuts
• 5 oz. chocolate chips
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 1/4 cups puffed rice cereal

Instructions:

1. Line a 8″ x 8″ pan with parchment paper and then lightly grease.
2. Whisk together the almond flour, salt, and cocoa powder.
3. In a pan on medium-low heat, warm the chocolate chips and coconut oil until melted; whisk in the honey granules.
4. Add eggs and vanilla and whisk to combine (the mixture should be close to room temperature).
5. Fold in the flour mixture until just a bit of the flour is still visible.
6. Pour batter into prepared pan, and bake at 350 for 23 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs still attached. (The bars will firm up as they cool.)
7. Sprinkle with peanuts.
8. After taking the brownies out of the oven, melt the chocolate chips and peanut butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; stir in the puffed rice cereal until coated.
9. Spread the topping evenly over the bars.
10. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before cutting and serving. Store in refrigerator. Enjoy! 🙂

Recipe from Bakerita

For the apples:

• 16 cups apples, peeled and diced
• 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
• 6 tablespoons water
• 4 teaspoons cinnamon

For the crumble topping:

• 2 cup old-fashioned oats (or 1 cup buckwheat flour)
• 1 cup almond flour
• 1 cup chopped pecans (I use pecans)
• 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup melted coconut oil
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup

In a large bowl, toss apples with maple syrup, water, and cinnamon. Pour apples into two greased 9″ x 13″ baking dishes. In the same (now empty) bowl, add oats, almond flour, pecans, cinnamon, salt, coconut oil, and maple syrup. Stir crumble topping together and pour into baking dish on top of apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes until apples are soft. This is wonderful served fresh or room temperature.

Recipe from Healthy Liv

1 (15 oz.) can chickpeas (or 1 1/2 cups cooked)
2/3 + 2 Tbs creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
dash of salt

Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend until velvety in texture (8-10 minutes). Line a 5″ x 7″ pan with parchment paper (or wax paper). Spread the fudge evenly in the pan and freeze for at least 1 hour. Remove from the freezer and cut into squares. Store in the freezer, allowing the fudge to thaw slightly before eating.

Recipe from Eat Healthy, Eat Happy

• 3 pounds boneless chicken (or a 6-7 pound turkey or two fryers)
• 1 t minced garlic
• 1 t salt
• 1 t paprika
• 1 t Italian seasoning
• 1/2 t pepper

Place 1/2 C water in bottom of slow cooker. Mix the seasonings and rub on chicken. Cook on low 5-7 hours. Enjoy!

A quick and easy, slightly sweet, moist and delicious rice flatbread.

• 2 1/4 cup rice flour (I grind my own in a high-power blender)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup softened butter (or olive oil)
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 Tbs honey
• 4 eggs

1. Preheat oven to 350, and line two 9″ by 13″ pans with parchment paper.
2. Whisk together the rice flour, baking powder, and salt.
3. Add the butter, water, honey, and eggs, and whisk till combined.
4. Pour batter into the prepared pans and smooth the batter out evenly.
5. Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until it feels set to the touch.
6. Cut the bread into squares and serve. This bread is delicious fresh out of the oven, room temperature, or chilled. Thaws quickly from the freezer for sandwiches. Tastes great plain or with butter too.

by Joy Williams

Note: Add cinnamon and raisins for a yummy twist. Wipe the parchment papers and reuse them.

This is a kid-friendly and delicious way to add kefir to your daily diet.

• 1 cup kefir
• 1 frozen banana, cut into 1/4″ slices (this will help it puree better)
• 5 frozen strawberries, sliced
• 2 tsp honey
• splash of vanilla to taste (optional)

Puree all ingredients in a food processor. Enjoy! 🙂

Serves 2-3

• 1 pound chicken tenders (boneless and skinless)
• 2 cans organic corn
• 2 cans mild chili beans
• 2 cans black beans
• 1 jar salsa
• 6 T taco seasoning mix (or 2 packages from the store)

Place raw chicken in the bottom of a crockpot. Put other ingredients on top. Cook all day on low. Shred the chicken and serve in a bowl. Top with shredded cheese, green onions, lettuce, tomatoes, or sour cream. Serve tortilla chips on the side.

Love this, Bec! Thanks for sharing!

• 1 1/2 cups olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups sucanat (or brown sugar)
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 eggs
• 4 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 2 tsp ginger
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Mix the olive oil, sucanat, molasses, and eggs. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, ginger, and cinnamon. Mix the flour mixture into the oil mixture. Refrigerate for at least an hour. Shape into balls, place on baking trays, and flatten each cookie ball. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes. Cookies will flatten more and look cracked and set. Allow to cool 5 minutes, then remove to wire racks.

These are so easy and incredibly yummy!

• 2 cup peanut butter (or almond butter)
• 3/4 cup honey
• 2 egg
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Stir all ingredients together. Drop by tablespoons onto a baking tray. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Cookies should be golden, yet still soft. Let cool on tray. Enjoy!