Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients: 

• ¾ cup tahini (sesame seed butter)
• ¾ cup maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup oat flour
• 1/2 cup white flour
• 4 tbsp cocoa
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch sea salt
• 1/4-½ cup chocolate chips

Instructions: 

1. Preheat oven to 375°. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl whisk together tahini, maple syrup and vanilla extract.
3. In a separate, smaller bowl whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
4. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until well combined. Add chocolate chips and stir until there are no more dry spots.
5. Bake for about 11-13 minutes or until just starting to brown on edges and bottoms.
6. Remove from the oven and let cookies cool on cookie sheet for 10 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack. Enjoy!

Cream Sauce

Spinach Cream Sauce 

Blend until smooth

1/2 cup cashews

1 cup green olives

1/2 cup water

2 garlic cloves (or to taste)

1-2 handfuls Spinach

1/2 tsp Salt 

1/2 tsp Pepper

Serve over pasta 

Waffles

Waffles

Mix together

1 1/2 cups ww flour

1 1/2 cup flour

2 Tbs baking powder 

1-2 Tbs sugar (optional)

1/2 tsp. salt

Blend until smooth (no grittiness)

3 1/3 cups non dairy milk (may need more if batter is too thick)

1/3 cup cashews

1 tsp. vanilla extract
then add to dry ingredients

Breakfast Bars

Breakfast Bars

Pulse in Vitamix a few times:

1  1/2 cups rolled oats

1/2 cup cashews

 Mix with (or any combination of nuts, seeds, or dried fruit)

1/3 cup chopped walnuts 

1/3 cup pumpkin seeds

1/3 cup sunflower seeds 

Tsp sesame, chia, or flax seeds

Warm in microwave:

1/2 cup creamed honey

**1 cup almond butter 

1 tsp vanilla

Add wet ingredients to dry, then press into pan

Refrigerate until hardened and cut into bars. Keep refrigerated

**if you make almond butter in the Vitamix, use dry roasted almonds

I adapted this recipe from

http://www.inspirededibles.ca/2013/05/blueberry-bliss-breakfast-bars-raw.html

Pesto Pasta

Walnut Pesto 

Ingredients:

1 cup walnuts (or nut of choice)

1 cup chopped fresh basil

1/2 cup high-quality olive oil

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cloves of garlic, grated

Dash of crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a food processor, and blend until smooth. Taste, and adjust to taste:If you think it needs more salt, add some. If you want a little more kick, you could add more garlic or more red pepper flakes. And if you want the sauce to be thinner, add more olive oil.

We like it with whole wheat spaghetti or brown rice pasta. It is also great as a vegetable dip.

Bible Apps for Children

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Incredibly Easy Artisan Bread

I've just discovered this recipe and its amazing! These photos are from yesterday's batch. 

You can use white whole wheat with the same results if you keep the dough wet/sticky.

This blog has step by step directions:  http://www.simplysogood.com/2010/03/crusty-bread.html

RECIPE

3 cups flour

1 3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp instant yeast

1  1/2 cups water