grain/sugar-free waffles

1/4 c coconut oil or butter/ghee
1/4 c pureed fruit (apple, banana, pumpkin... whatev)
1/4 c coconut flour
6 eggs
1/4 t salt
1/4 t baking powder

blend the first 5 ingredient together. (i use a stick blender.)

mix in the baking powder slowly but thoroughly.

bake in your waffle iron like regular waffles.

they come out way softer than regular waffles though, so be careful you don't tear them when you take them out. i lifted a corner with a fork and slid a wide spoon under to get them out.

this made 7 waffles on my square old tyme waffle iron.

Date Bars

8oz chopped dates
3/4 cup orange juice
1/2 raisins

1 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup butter melted

Cook dates with 1/2 cup orange juice in saucepan 5 mins or until thickens. Stir in remaining juice and raisins.

Combine oats, flour, baking soda, sugar in bowl. Stir in melted butter.
Press 2/3 of oat mix into bottom of a 8" or 9" square pan. Spread date filling over crust. Sprinkle remaining crust on top.

Bake at 375 for 20 mins

Baked Pumpkin Seeds

Wash & Dry (Pat dry it good enough. You just want extra water on them.)
Melt together 1 stick of butter & 4 TBS salt
Take off heat
Add in 3 1/2 cup seeds
Soak over night

Heat & stir till butter is melted again
Pour off excess liquid
Put seeds on cookie sheet and bake at 300F for 30 mins

homemade pizza

i make this pizza at least once a week. it's so easy.

1.) mix together the sauce
2.) mix/roll out the crust
3.) put the sauce/toppings on the crust
4.) bake until the cheese is brown



sauce:
half an onion - chopped and fried in butter(fry the onion in the pot and put everything else in on top)
1 8oz can tomato sauce
1 6 oz can tomato paste
1/2 tsp celery seed
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp basil
1 tsp oregano
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

mix everything together and let it simmer with a lid on while you make the crust

preheat the oven to 450*

crust:
1 1/2 c all purpose flour
1 c whole wheat flour
1/2 c ground flax seed
(or 3 cups total of your favorite flours) 
2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
pinch of baking soda
3 tbsp butter (softened)
1 c ice water

whisk together all the dry stuff.
rub in the butter until it's pea size-ish.
mix the ice water in with a wooden spoon

rub butter in your 14"x20"cookie sheet

roll the crust out in the pan.

add your toppings.

bake until it looks done. like 10-15 minutes. it depends on how many toppings you put on.

fridge to table -> 30 minutes

broccoli cheddar soup

Ingredients:1 stick butter
2/3 c flour
1 onion
1qt 1/2&1/2
1 qt stock (i use chicken, but use what you like)
3 lg carrots
2 heads of broccoli
16 oz extra sharp cheddar cheese block (pre-shredded doesn't melt the same and is yucky)
1/2 tsp nutmeg

4 basic steps:
1.) make a roux
2.) mix the stock and 1/2&1/2
3.) cook the veggies
4.) blend


- chop the onion, in a small pan sweat the onion with about a 1tbsp of butter
- while the onion is cooking, make the roux (turn the stove on LOW and leave it there until the soup is ready.)
- melt the rest of the butter in a big soup pot. when the butter is melted, stir in the flour.
- pour in the stock and 1/2&1/2. stir
- set your timer for 20 minutes, stir once in a while
- while you are waiting, peel and shred the carrots and chop the broccoli
- when the timer goes off, dump in the cooked onion, shredded carrots and chopped broccoli, stir
- set your timer for another 20 minutes
- while you are waiting this time, shred the cheese.
- when the timer goes off, use your immersion blender and chop up the veggies.
- then mix in the cheese slowly so it has time to melt. (if you blend after you put the cheese in, your blender could get gunky.)
- stir in the nutmeg (ew. nutmeg? yes. trust me.)

this recipe makes enough for about 10 servings. we eat half and freeze half. the frozen half is poured into a 12 cup and a 6 cup muffin tin. i put the muffin tins in the freezer over night and in the morning i pop them out and put them in a ziploc.

fridge to table --> 45 minutes.