Bev's Recipe Collection

• 6 cups oats
• 4 t baking powder
• 2 t salt
• 1 t ground cinnamon
• 4 eggs
• 2 cup buttermilk (or almond milk)
• 1/2 cup sucanat (or brown sugar)
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 3 cups assorted fresh or frozen fruit, such as blueberries, peaches, and strawberries

Stir together the oats, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. In a saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the coconut oil. Pour the oil mixture into a large bowl and add the eggs, milk, sucanat, and honey; whisk until combined. Stir in the dry ingredients, then the fruit. Pour into a greased 9″x 13″ baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Serve with milk or butter if desired.

9 servings

adapted from Taste of Home Most Requested Recipes

Here is a quick, healthy, delicious, and easily adaptable vegetarian lunch!

Ingredients:

• 1 (15 oz) can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1 Tbsp each of mayonnaise, lemon juice, olive oil, and mustard (or some combination to make a 1/4 cup)
• 1/4 tsp each of cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, and chili powder (or whatever spices you’d like!)
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup finely chopped cucumber
• 1/4 cup diced tomato
• 2 Tbs finely chopped celery

Directions:

In a small bowl, mash the chickpeas with a fork until partly pasty.

Blend in the liquids (whatever combination you want).

Add the rest of the ingredients. Adjust the seasonings to taste. I garnish with extra chili powder.

Excellent on pita chips or in pitas (or gluten free creacker) with lettuce or avocado, but any bread will do! You can be creative with this recipe, but I love this combination! 🙂

From Blog of Joy

Simple and delicious!

Ingredients:

• 3 lbs. whole organic carrots
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 t salt
• 1/2 t pepper

Directions:

Cut off both ends of the washed carrots. Cut into carrot sticks (or desired size). Place in a 9″ x 13″ baking dish. Glaze the carrots with the olive oil, honey, salt, and pepper; mix with your hands until evenly coated. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes until tender. Bake 40 minutes in a convention oven–minimum. Serve.

From Blog of Joy

A delicious and refreshing treat!

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips (I use Enjoy Life)
• 1 tsp coconut oil
• 1 orange, peeled and segmented

Directions:

Arrange the orange segments on a parchment covered dish. Place in the freezer for a few minutes. Meanwhile melt the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until melted. Roll each orange segment in the melted chocolate until coated and place back on the parchment paper covered dish. You may need to melt more chocolate chips and coconut oil depending on the size of the orange and how thickly you coat the segments. Place back in the freezer uncovered for about 15 minutes or until the chocolate is hardened. Serve. Store leftovers (if there are any!) in a sealed container in the refrigerator.

From Blog of Joy

Ingredients:

3 Tbs mayonnaise
2 Tbs apple cider vinegar
1 Tbs maple syrup
2 tsp spicy brown mustard
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp lemon juice
1 Tbs poppy seeds
1/2 tsp garlic powder
pinch of onion powder
salt + pepper to taste

Directions:

Whisk all ingredients together until smooth or blend in a blender. Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes for best flavor.

Adapted from Healthy.Happy.Life.

For the Bars:

• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 5 tablespoons liquid sweetener (maple syrup, agave, etc.), or to taste
• pinch of sea salt, to taste
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup rice crisp cereal

Line a 9×5 inch loaf pan with parchment paper. In a pot over low heat, gently melt the coconut oil and then whisk in the rest of the crunch bar ingredients (except the rice crisp) to taste. Once the mixture is smooth remove from heat and stir in the rice crisp cereal. Pour mixture into prepared pan, smooth out, and then freeze for 10-15 minutes, or until the chocolate is solid.

For the Peanut Butter Drizzle:

• 2 tablespoons all-natural peanut butter (or any nut/seed butter of choice)
• 1.5-2 teaspoons coconut oil, as needed to thin out
• 1 teaspoon liquid sweetener (maple syrup, agave, etc.)

Melt the coconut oil and then whisk in the peanut butter and liquid sweetener. Adjust to taste if desired. Scoop into a plastic baggie. Remove crunch bars from the freezer and cut into 12 small bars. Snip a tiny hole in the baggie and drizzle the PB mixture onto the bars (you can also try drizzling it with a spoon, if desired). Return bars to the freezer until the PB drizzle is solid, about 5 minutes. Serve straight from the freezer or fridge. Bars will melt slightly at room temperature so I don’t suggest keeping them out long. Store leftovers in the fridge or freezer.

From Oh She Glows

Ingredients:

• 3 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 3 Tbs honey granules (or sugar)
• 1 Tbs salt
• 3/4 tsp paprika
• 1 1/2 sticks cold butter, sliced
• 3/4 cup water
• 3/4  tsp vanilla
• Salt, for topping

Directions:

1. Combine flour, salt, honey granules, and paprika in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with a fork or pastry blender, until small crumbs form. Or, combine the dry ingredients and butter in a food processor bowl and pulse until crumbly.

2. Make a well in the center, and add the water and vanilla. Stir to mix, then use clean hands to knead a few times, just enough to form a ball of dough. (Add just a tad more water, only if needed.) Divide dough into two pieces.

3. Lightly grease two 11″ x 15″ baking sheets  and sprinkle lightly with salt.

4.Roll the dough until about 1/4 inch thick on the trays. Sprinkle tops with salt. Cut the dough into square crackers with a pizza cutter.

6. Bake at 400 degrees for 5-10 minutes, until crisp and lightly browned. Crackers will become more crispy as they cool, so don’t over-bake! (Remove edge crackers that are getting too dark if the middle crackers aren’t quite done yet, and continue baking.)

7. Remove baked crackers from sheets and cool on a wire rack. Serve warm or cool, plain or with dips or  and store leftover crackers in a sealed bag or container.

From Tammy’s Recipes

This spicy chicken is delicious and easy to make with only 5 ingredients!

Ingredients:

• 1.5 lbs chicken breasts
• 3/4 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 Tbs Cajun Seasoning
• pinch of salt
• 3 Tbs melted butter (optional)

Directions:

In a small bowl, stir together the breadcrumbs, Cajun Seasoning, and salt. Dip each chicken breast in the melted butter (if using) and then coat it in the seasoned breadcrumbs. Place in a parchment lined 8″ by 11″ baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

From Blog of Joy

• 4 cans organic corn, drained
• 1 C flour
• 2/3 C corn meal
• 1/4 C sugar
• 1 T baking powder
• 1/2 t salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/3 C sour cream
• 3/4 C butter

Mix batter by hand in a bowl. Place in a parchment lined 13×9″ pan and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Here is our version of this delectable Israeli pastry:

Dough:

2 sticks (1 cup) cold butter
8 oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
2 cups whole wheat flour (I milled soft white wheat berries.)
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp honey granules (or sugar)

Filling:

1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans
1 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup berry preserves (raspberry, strawberry, or blackberry)
1/4 cup sucanat or brown sugar

Topping:
1 egg
1 tsp water
2 T cup honey granules or sugar
3/4 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

• Chop cold butter and cream cheese into smaller pieces. Put pieces into your food processor along with sour cream, flour, salt, and sugar. Pulse until a crumbly dough forms and begins to fall away from the sides of the processor. Don’t over-process; the dough should look crumbly, like cottage cheese.
• Divide the dough into four equal balls. Wrap each ball with plastic and place in the refrigerator for 1 1/2 to 48 hours.
• In a skillet, toast the chopped nuts over medium heat until fragrant. Pour the toasted nuts into a food processor along with the chocolate chips, berry preserves, and brown sugar. Pulse together until a thick, coarse paste forms. Reserve.
• Combine the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl; reserve. Whisk the egg and water; reserve.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly flour your rolling surface and rolling pin. Take one portion of the dough out the refrigerator. Roll out the dough to about 1/8 inch thickness, spreading with your hands if necessary. (You may need to use the rolling pin to pound out the dough a bit at the beginning; the dough will be very firm and cold, but will become more pliable as it starts to warm.)
• Lift the dough gently from the rolling surface and re-flour your surface beneath the dough. Replace the dough onto the re-floured surface. Use a round 9″ plate or cake pan as a guide to make an imprint in the dough. Cut the dough into a circle. Form the trimmed excess dough into a small ball. Wrap it in plastic and reserve in the refrigerator, adding to the ball with each batch that is made.
• Take 1/4 of the filling and place it in the center of the circle. Spread it across the surface of the dough, leaving 1/2 inch margin. You can use your hands to make the spreading easier.
• Cut the circle into 8 or 12 equal triangles.
• Roll up each triangle, starting from the wide flat end and rolling towards the narrow point. Press the end point into the cookie to secure it. With the end point down, place the rolled cookies onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
• Brush the cookies with egg wash, and sprinkle them with cinnamon sugar. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Serve at any temperature. They’ll keep for a few days in a tightly sealed container.

Makes about 50 rugelach

Adapted from The Shiksah