This cheezy potato-grain-based pizza crust is as satisfying as any flour crust. You can bake it in advance, adding your favorite toppings and heating prior to serving.
½ cup slivered almonds, chopped or pulsed in grinder
½ cup fruit jam, your choice!
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Prepare almond coating by finely chopping with a knife or pulsing in a spice or nut grinder. Place in a suitable bowl for rolling dough balls.
Mix together dry ingredients.
Cream nut butter, syrup and almond extract.
Add dry ingredients and combine well. The dough will be sticky.
Using moistened hands, form 1” balls. Roll each ball in chopped almonds. Press gently with thumb to make a dent on top of cookie. Set each cookie on cookie sheet.
Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned.
Cool completely and fill with your choice of jam or fruit butter!
So simple! So delicious!! Chia seeds not only thicken fruit to make jam, they provide omega 3 fatty acids and lots of dietary fiber to your breakfast, snacks, or treats!
Lightly sweet, this healthy pumpkin spice loaf is delightful for breakfast, a snack, or a dessert. It’s equally tasty with the addition of dried cranberries, or chopped dried apricots. Although optional, the crunchy sweet strudel topping is just a great addition, I highly recommend it!
⅔ cup pecans, walnuts, or pumpkin seeds, finely chopped
2 Tbsp dark raw sugar
1 Tbsp maple syrup
½ tsp cinnamon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Line a 9”x5”x3” loaf pan or mini-loaf pan with parchment paper.
Into a large bowl, measure ground flax seeds. Add all of the wet ingredients and whisk together.
In a medium bowl, mix together the dry ingredients, including the dried fruit.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet about a cup at a time and combine well.
Either fold in the chopped nuts, or prepare Nutty Topping.
Transfer batter into pan.
Mix together Nutty Topping ingredients and gently press onto top.
Bake mini-loaves 35-40 minutes, large loaf 70-75 minutes. (NOTE: Even though the loaf will be browned nicely after 60 minutes, don’t be tempted to bake less than at least 70 minutes or you could end up with a too moist middle. Test the middle with a knife or wooden skewer to be sure.)
Cool completely before serving. Use a serrated knife to slice.
Move over Carnation Instant! This creamy, delicious smoothy is chocked-full of calcium and other bone building minerals, including omega-3 fatty acids.
Author: Victoria Laine
Serves:: 1 serving
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1-11/2 frozen banana
2-3 ice cubes
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
2 tsp hulled hemp seeds
1 tsp tahini (sesame butter)
4 oz water, or unsweetened non-dairy milk
2 tsp pure maple syrup
½ tsp blackstrap molasses
Directions:
Pre-freeze bananas in a freeze-able container (Peel bananas, break into 3 or 4 sections, and freeze for several hours. Will keep for several weeks.)
Classic peanut butter cookies without the refined sugar or fiber-less flour! Just whole-food ingredients for quick and easy comfort food. Nothing wrong with adding a layer of chocolate, too!
Author: Victoria Laine
Serves:: 2 dozen
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Ingredients:
1 cup raisins or dates
1 cup peanut butter
2½ cups rolled oats
¾ tsp salt
½ cup maple syrup (or other dark liquid sweetener)
CHOCOLATE VARIATION:
8 oz GF vegan (70-85%) chocolate bar, or chocolate chips or chunks
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a food processor with the S-blade, process all ingredients until you get a dough-like texture.
With clean hands mold dough into about ping-pong size balls.
Place balls onto baking sheet.
Dip a fork into a small glass of water and press into each ball, making criss-cross marks.
Bake for about 9-12 minutes until bottoms are lightly browned.
Cool and store in an airtight container.
Although not necessary, if you are dipping the baked cookies in chocolate or drizzling melted chocolate over them, you can freeze them first to allow the melted chocolate to set up more easily.
Hi, I'm Victoria Laine, whole-food educator, author, and health blogger.
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