Happy fritter Sunday! Hope you have a sweet, blessed day! 3 c flour(I used a combo of wheat/oat) 4 t baking soda 1/2 c sugar 1/2 t salt 2 T cinnamon 1 c buttermilk 2 eggs, lightly beaten 2 apples, peeled & chopped Oil for frying ( I used combo of peanut/coconut) Mix all dry…
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A Mouthful of Summer
“Everything in moderation…including moderation.” ~ Julia Child The most requested recipe? Fruit Pizza!! Aside from my pizza dough, this tasty gem of a dessert has even the biggest skeptic (what? fruit pizza?) asking for more and eventually asking for the recipe. For my “gluten-free” friends, using a combination of gluten-free and coconut flours and coconut…
chia pet, chia juice, chia bread, chia, chia everywhere!
Salvia hispanica Salvia hispanica, commonly known as chia, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala. Things to do with chia seeds: add to your daily smoothie, your pancakes or your yogurt put 1 T in your juice to give you energy,…
Real Food Served Here!
GMO is one of the latest concerns with food. As a self-proclaimed foodie, I have to admit ignorance on this one. I’d like to think its because I use fresh ingredients and I try to make homemade foods for my friends and family! Because of my love of food and an even greater love for…
Breaking Bread
All sorrows are less with bread. – Miguel de Cervantes There is something so gratifyingly innate about making bread. I love the entire process! Grinding flour, kneading the dough with my hands, the rise or two my loaves get and then the best part: the baking! My kitchen is nice and toasty…
No Soda Today!
My friends know I’m a hater of diet soda [bad aspartame! bad aspartame!] I say, do natural (real sugar) or do nothing! Every day, I consume about 200 ounces or more of water. I have been told I was going to drown myself (hyponatremia)… but, I feel parched with less! Sometimes I’ll add wedges of…
The Bull and Lettuce
“Never mind love, have a cup of tea.” favorite British saying Ok, The Bull and Lettuce may only be what we had for dinner last night (steak salad with horseradish cream), but it would be a GREAT pub name! If the Brits can have The Butt & Oyster (what?!?), why not the Bull and Lettuce? …
Summer in a spoonful ~
Here in good old San Antonio, it is going to be a sultry 94 degrees today! (Mind you, it is 18 March; not May, June, July, August; but, March) Today definitely is NOT soup weather… so, as I drink my HOT coffee in my 83 degree house this morning, I am thinking lemons. Anything…
Colors of the Rainbow ~ and my kitchen
The “canned food” section of my kitchen! I have cans of Hatch Green Chile, Coconut Milk, Water Chestnuts and Muir Glen Fire Roasted Tomatoes in my pantry, but that is it. For most meals, our plates look like a color bomb exploded! Fresh this, fresh that ~ You can’t help feeling healthy with every bite!…
CHICKEN SOUP CURES ALL ~ READ ALL ABOUT IT!! Chicken soup may contain a number of substances with beneficial medicinal activity including an anti-inflammatory mechanism that could ease the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections, according to a new study. (Science Daily) Although many foods are considered to be healthy due to their individual blends…
hoppy, fluffy, marshmallow
If you have ever received a Christmas platter from me, you’ll have discovered my toasted coconut marshmallows nestled in with the fudge, thumb print cookies and sunflower-pumpkin seed brittle ~ but marshmallows for Easter?!? I am so excited to give these lemon jewels a try! I hope you enjoy these variations from Epicurious.com ~ and…
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