Spicy Tomatillo Quinoa
Ingredients
- 6 medium organic tomatillos, husked, rinsed, and divided
- 1 cup organic chicken or vegetable broth
- 3/4 cup coarsely chopped organic cilantro, divided
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped organic onion
- 1 medium organic jalapeño, halved and seeded (optional)
- 1 clove organic garlic
- 1 cup sprouted organic quinoa
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar (or sweetener of choice)
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup organic corn kernels, fresh or frozen (thawed)
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Instructions
- Cut 4 tomatillos in half and puree in blender or food processor with ¾ cup broth, ½ cup cilantro, onion, jalapeno, and garlic until mostly smooth. Add enough of the remaining broth to equal 2 cups total.
- Combine the tomatillo mixture, quinoa, sugar and salt in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until the liquid is absorbed, 15-20 minutes. Let stand, covered, for 10 minutes.
- Chop the remaining 2 tomatillos. Stir into the quinoa along with corn and the remaining ¼ cup cilantro.
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Lemon-Buttermilk Scones
Ingredients
- 2 cups sprouted flour (your choice)
- 1 cup sprouted yellow corn flour
- 2 tablespoons organic sugar
- 2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
- 3/4 cup whole organic buttermilk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
- 1 tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 organic egg white, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon sugar
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place the flours, sugar, baking powder and salt into a food processor. Pulse a couple of times to combine. Add butter. Pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal (about 8-10 times).
- Add buttermilk, rind, and lemon juice. Pulse until just combined.
- Scrape dough onto a lightly floured surface. Sprinkle top of dough lightly with flour (dough will be soft). Pat dough into an 8-inch circle.
- Cut dough into 10 wedges. Brush wedges with egg white and sprinkle with a teaspoon of sugar.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until golden. Cool on a wire rack. Great with lemon curd or your favorite jam and lots of butter.
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Organic Zucchini Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Grated Fresh Zucchini
- 2/3 Cup Organic Melted Butter
- 1 1/3 Cup sugar
- 2 eggs preferably pastured
- 2 Teaspoons vanilla
- 2 Teaspoons baking soda
- Pinch sea salt
- 3 Cups organic sprouted flour (we suggest sprouted white wheat or sorghum flour)
- 2 Teaspoons Organic Cinnamon
- 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg or Allspice
- 1 Cup Walnuts
- 1 Cup raisins or dried cranberries (Optional)
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- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). In a large bowl combine the sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in the grated zucchini and then the melted butter.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt. Stir these dry ingredients into the zucchini mixture. (Do not over-mix!) Stir in walnuts, raisins or cranberries if using.
- Coat each muffin cup in your muffin pan with a little butter or vegetable oil spray. Use a spoon to distribute the muffin dough equally among the cups, filling the cups up completely.
- Bake on the middle rack until muffins are golden brown, and the top of the muffins bounce back when you press on them, about 20 to 25 minutes. Test with a long toothpick or a thin bamboo skewer to make sure the center of the muffins are done.
- Set on wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from the tin let cool another 20 minutes.
Recipe Notes
Recipe provided by simplyrecipe.com
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Peanut Butter Pie Filling
Ingredients
- 1 cup organic peanut butter
- 8 ounces organic cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 8 ounces whipped topping (see below)
Whipped Topping
- 1 pint organic heavy whipping cream, chilled
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3-4 tsp sugar
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- Chill a metal bowl and beaters at least 15 minutes before starting.
- Place cream in chilled bowl. Whip at medium speed until cream begins to thicken.
- Raise speed to high and beat until soft peaks form. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in sugar. Continue beating until whipped completely, but do not over-whip.
- In a second bowl, beat the peanut butter with the cream cheese until smooth.
- Add the powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
- Add in the whipped topping and beat until smooth, scraping the sides as needed.
- Pour the filling into the crust, evening out the top with a knife or spatula. Chill for at least an hour before serving.
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Ana Sofia’s Pizza
So, here it is my pizza recipe!!! It’s really simple!!!! I also sent you some pictures from the process. I didn’t send a picture of myself because I am shy and I don’t want to have my face in the newsletter(LOL). I hope you’ll understand this!!! Of course, you can change what you want 😉
So here is the story:
I was in Rome last summer and was really surprised with their pizzas. The ingredients are fantastic and most of the pizzas were made in a traditional fired wood oven. I found that one of the most amazing traditional places to eat a nice pizza in Rome was in the Trastevere neighborhood. You can eat a big, big pizza for just 8 euros and share it with your friends, love, or family! However, in all the city you can eat fantastic slices of pizza for a couple of euros, while you are checking the sights.
I was really inspired with their fresh ingredients. Of course, if you eat in a big pizza chain it’s not that great. First, the “base“ it’s not so yummy and the “topping ingredients“ are not fresh, and I can say that most of them come straight from the package or can! Surprising, in Italy, big pizza chains don’t exist!
So, going back to my story: I was missing the flavor of these homemade Italian pizzas and I decided to make one at home, with fresh ingredients but using the normal oven so I went to the supermarket and I bought, for the topping:
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So, here it is my pizza recipe!!! It’s really simple!!!! I also sent you some pictures from the process. I didn’t send a picture of myself because I am shy and I don’t want to have my face in the newsletter(LOL). I hope you’ll understand this!!! Of course, you can change what you want 😉
So here is the story:
I was in Rome last summer and was really surprised with their pizzas. The ingredients are fantastic and most of the pizzas were made in a traditional fired wood oven. I found that one of the most amazing traditional places to eat a nice pizza in Rome was in the Trastevere neighborhood. You can eat a big, big pizza for just 8 euros and share it with your friends, love, or family! However, in all the city you can eat fantastic slices of pizza for a couple of euros, while you are checking the sights.
I was really inspired with their fresh ingredients. Of course, if you eat in a big pizza chain it’s not that great. First, the “base“ it’s not so yummy and the “topping ingredients“ are not fresh, and I can say that most of them come straight from the package or can! Surprising, in Italy, big pizza chains don’t exist!
So, going back to my story: I was missing the flavor of these homemade Italian pizzas and I decided to make one at home, with fresh ingredients but using the normal oven so I went to the supermarket and I bought, for the topping:
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Ingredients
- 3 oz. mozzarella cheese (whole milk fresh), sliced
- 1/2 cup organic tomato sauce (or homemade)
- 3 oz. feta cheese, crumbled
- 1 zucchini, sliced thin
- 1 red pepper, sliced thin or chopped
- fresh basil and oregano, chopped
Base (for 2 pizzas)
- 5 cups sprouted wheat or spelt flour (plus extra for kneading surface)
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 10 oz. plus 4 tbsp warm filtered water (80 degrees)
- 1 package or 1/2 tsp dry active yeast
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- Put the flour and the sugar into a large bowl. Mix them. Then, make a hole in the middle of the flour.
- In a small bowl, mix the yeast, olive oil, and salt in ¼ cup of warm water.
- After that you have to put the mixture of the warm water with the yeast in the hole. After that, add the remainder of the warm water (except the 4 tablespoons).
- Mix, mix, and mix until it looks like a “plasticine“ ball (knead well). But be careful because when you mix this ball, you need to put a bit of flour on the table and on your hands. Otherwise it’s going to be sticky and you cannot mix the ball with your hands. NOTE: If your dough is too dry add 1 tablespoon of water during the kneading process until you get the consistency you want; not too sticky, but not dry).
- Split this in two balls and leave to rest in a bowl for 2 hours (inside the oven, but the oven must be off. The important thing is that the balls need to rest to grow more and to be ready to be used). NOTE: cover the dough with plastic wrap or a damp tea towel and let it rise to double in volume, about 1 to 1 ½ hours in a warm spot in your kitchen.
- Punch down a ball of dough and using your fingers stretch your pizza dough to the shape and thinness you like. Spread on the tomato sauce, arrange cheeses and veggies, sprinkle with fresh herbs and bake.
- Ana suggested preheating your oven to 220 degrees and baking for 20 minutes. Note From Peggy: I’m thinking she may have meant 420 degrees, but I recommend at least preheating your oven to 380 degrees.
- If you’re only going to bake one pizza, you can wrap ½ of your dough in plastic wrap or place in an airtight glass container once you’ve completed the kneading process and place in the refrigerator overnight. Just bring it out to your warm spot to rise 2 hours or more before you’re ready to bake with it. Try making bread sticks or maybe herbed pinwheels for variety with the second half of dough.
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Gingerbread Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup lard
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup molasses
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons (whole fat) buttermilk
- 3 cups sprouted flour (your choice)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 1/2 tbsp ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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- Beat lard and sugar together in electric mixer until creamy.
- Add molasses and beat until blended.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
- Add buttermilk and beat until blended.
- Combine flour and next 5 ingredients.
- Gradually add to buttermilk mixture and beat until blended.
- Spoon batter into greased muffin pans, filling two-thirds full.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-23 minutes.
- Remove from pans immediately.
- Makes about 2 ½ dozen muffins.
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