Best Banana Nut Pancakes (Gluten Free, Grain Free, GAPS, Paleo)

Here are some yummy pancakes that we have been loving lately. Hope you try them!

Best Banana Nut Pancakes (Gluten Free, Grain Free, GAPS, Paleo)

6 T Coconut flour

6 Eggs

3/4 C Milk (you can use coconut milk)

A Couple Pinches Baking Soda

1 Banana, chopped

1/2 C Finely Chopped Crispy Almonds

1 t GF Vanilla

Use butter, coconut oil or lard to fry them up in a pan. Make them small as they will be easier to flip. 

Enjoy!

Flaky Gluten and Grain-Free Biscuits

Flaky Gluten and Grain-Free Biscuits

3 C cipsy almonds
1/2 C organic amaranth, teff, potato, tapioca or corn flour
1/2 C coconut flour
1/2 t Salt
3/4 t baking Soda
1/2 C bacon fat or butter
2 eggs
1 t apple cider vinegar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a food processor grind Almonds, Flours, Salt and Baking Soda. Add the bacon fat or butter and pulse until the fat is about the size of a pea. In a separate small bowl whisk together the eggs and Vinegar. Pour mixture in with the flour and mix just until the dough comes together. It may feel a little wet. Form gently into biscuit sized pieces and put on a parchment paper line cookie sheet. Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes. Top with more butter and enjoy!

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waffles, apple pie, and Ice-cream for dinner?

I made Grain-free,  Gluten-free Waffles, with Hot Apple Pie Filling, Homemade Vanilla Ice-Cream, and Salt Cured Bacon on the side for dinner last night. I could hear the happiness at the table. Or should I say the silence spoke loud and clear. Hmmmmmm. And the plates? Well of course they were licked clean. It is so much fun making playful, delicious meals that are still healthy. No guilt, only pleasure.


Waffles
4 eggs
1 C crispy cashews
1/3 C milk (I use raw milk)
1 T honey
10 drops Stevia
1t GF vanilla
1t GF almond extract

3 Tcoconut oil, melted
¼ t salt
¾ t baking soda
3 T coconut flour

Directions: Blend all ingredients in a food processor until fairly smooth. Cook in a well greased waffle maker. I just used a little coconut oil for greasing.

Apple Pie Filling
Sliced Apples

cinimmin

nutmeg

GF Vanilla

1 T lemon juice

Directions: Cook on top of the stove on low to medium heat until soft.

Vanilla Ice Cream

Milk ( I use Raw Milk)

Cream ( I use Raw Cream)

GF Vanilla

1 T Honey

Stevia to taste

Directions: Blend together and put into ice-ream maker.




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healthy gluten-free oatmeal raisin cookies (no sugar)

I just love cooking with my children. Maybe I am re-living some of my childhood vicariously through them. I never got to cook in my house growing up. Well, does making rice-crispy treats once count? Even though I didn't have a Mom that liked cooking or making messes in the kitchen, funny enough I turned out to love both. I always feel like anything is possible in the kitchen. There is so much learning and creativity that goes on and the end result is always right around the corner to enjoy. There are so many opportunities to make mistakes and try again. I enjoy the fact that even mistakes can taste so good. I love that the only judge is yourself.  And all the time and effort you put in to create your masterpiece is fully experienced and gone in one bite, not taking up any space in the home and leaving the studio (or kitchen) ready for  the next creation (or meal). It is a daily practice that fills my heart with joy to share with my children. I think through this practice of creating and consuming the piece of art there is a letting go that takes place. For the moment is all we have and a beautiful and delicious meal created together with our own hands is all we can ask for.

Healthy Gluten-free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

(great for dessert or a snack)

1 1/2 C raisins 

1/2 C crispy cashews 

1/4 C coconut flour 

1/3 C finely shredded coconut flakes

1/2 C butter 

3/4 t stevia 

2 T maple syrup

2 t gf vanilla extract

2  egg

2 C soaked rolled oats

2 C gf flour (I used sorghum) 

1 t baking soda

3 t cinnamon

pinch salt

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Preheat oven to 350. Put parchment paper down on a cookie sheet. Coarsely grind cashews in a food processor. Cream the cashew with the flour and butter. Add the stevia, maple syrup, vanilla, and eggs. Move mixture to mixing bowl and add the milk, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Combine thoroughly. Spoon onto cookie sheet, Bake until just golden. You might want to make a double batch because they will go quickly.

from my garden into my kitchen

Cucumbers and ground cherries galore! 

Ground cherries growing in the garden. The kids love to look for them each day. 

 Peppers

 The view from the coop

a friend picking berries

I've been roasting veggies from the garden with olive oil and salt lately. So simple and delicious. 

 Had a craving for pizza a couple weeks ago while the kids were at a sleep over. I looked in the fridge to see what was in my mystery ice box and here is what I came up with. I made the crust with 1 avocado, 4 eggs, a little coconut and quinoa flour (about 1/4 cup total), xanthamn gum, baking soda and salt, blended in the food prosseor and put in a buttered pie dish to bake for about 10 minutes on 395, then added cheese, onions and peppers from the garden on top and it baked up golden brown. Sounds strange, I know, but I thought I was in Italy eating a plate of gluten. John and I scarfed it down. I will have to make this again for the kids, as they would love it. Hope some of you will try it and let me know what you think.

grain-free wild mora lasagna

After being diagnosed with ciliac over 10 years ago, I have lived without gluten, but still never felt that my gut was is good shape. I don't been my waist line, but my digestive system. After years of eating a SAD diet my gut was in sad shape. Although my acute symptoms were gone, my digestion was still never great  and I was always left with a bloated feeling by the end of the day. I  always soak  and ferment all my grains, which does make a big difference, but still I had this dreaded bloat and gas.  I have gone on and off of no grain diets over the years, but it isn't until now that I truly believe that my whole family does better without grains and starchy veggies. My sons eczema, that he has had since birth, has finally cleared up and I feel better then ever. We have recently incorporated 1/2 a serving of grains in the form of a quinoa granola that I make (recipe in process) with no ill effects. All in all, I haven't missed the grains too much. I have become quite good at making all our favorite meals with a no-grain twist and I am not hearing much complaining from the peanut gallery. A dear friend of  mine from El Salvador told me about this wonderful wild edible called mora that they eat all the time in El Salvador and it grows here in Maryland too. The other night I made a wild mora  lasagna with layers of egg instead of noodles. I got all the cheesy gooey goodness without the bloat.  The added bonus to all this is that I have an excuse to be creative in the kitchen!