Gluten Free/ Grain Free Peanut Butter Cookies

I heart these cookies. I am going to make them today as a first day of school treat for my dear friend who is not eating grains this month. : )

John’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
(Yield:15 – 20 cookies depending on how big you make them)
1 c. creamy peanut butter
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 egg white
1/2 c. chocolate chips
1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, sugar, and eggs. Stir until the eggs are thoroughly combined with the other ingredients.
2. Stir in the chocolate chips. (I’m not sure why we do this in a separate step, but we do =)
3. Refrigerate the cookie dough for 15 minutes. Turn the oven to 350 degrees F to preheat.
4. Scoop the chilled cookie dough into small balls using a normal eating-sized spoon. Place the cookie dough balls onto a baking sheet about 2 inches apart from each other.
5. Bake cookies at 350 degrees for around 15 minutes. You want to take them out once the tops are getting brown (see picture above). The cookies may still seem a bit soft at this point, but they will harden as they cool.
6. Let the cookies cool for 10 – 15 minutes and then serve with a glass of cold (soy) milk!

Olympic muffins August 2012

• 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
• Handful of zucchini or spinach 
• 1/3 cup coconut flavored oil
• 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

METHOD

Blend wet items and fruits and veggies in a blender. Pour into bowl with mixed dry items. Makes 12 muffins. 17 to 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

Yield: Makes one loaf or 12 muffins 

Raw Sour Cream

1 cup of cashews (soaked and rinsed)
1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon celtic sea salt
Raw sour cream recipe contributed by the lovely Ashlyn!

Raw Pizza

Base

• 400g sprouted wheat (or sprouted buckwheat)
• 2 medium fresh tomatoes
• ½ a medium sized onion
• 6-8 sundried tomato halves (ideally pre-soaked)
• About 10 leaves of fresh basil
• Liberal shaking of Italian dried herbs mix
• 1 clove garlic
• ⅓ cup of olive oil

1. Place all ingredients in a food processor and process until a thick dough consistency is achieved. If the mixture feels quite dry, add more fresh tomato.
2. Pour into a large mixing bowl in order to finish mixing by hand and feel the texture of the mixture. Make sure all ingredients have been blended together well. If not, return to processor and repeat the process until satisfied.
3. Spread the mixture bit by bit onto a paraflexx sheet and gradually shape into a circle or square shape according to your preference. Use the palm of your hand to press the mixture out to the desired shape and size and thickness. A good thickness is approximately 3-4mm high.
4. Dehydrate at 95 - 110°F for approx. 4 hours (until top is nearly dry), then flip over and dehydrate again until other side is dried to desired degree. (Some prefer the base to be hard and crispy, but I prefer it to be semi-dry so that it is easy to cut and eat - a bit more bread-like).

'Cheese'

• 2 cups of raw macadamia nuts
• 2 cups of cashew nuts
• Juice of 1-2 lemons (depending on sweetness and amount of juice)
• 1 clove of garlic

1. Blend all ingredients thoroughly using either food processor or hand blender.

Tomato Sauce

• 4-6 tomatoes
• 10 sundried tomato halves
• 1 clove garlic
• Half a red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, chopped
• Handful of fresh basil leaves

1. Blend all ingredients thoroughly using food processor, hand blender or vita-mix.

Toppings
Choose from:

• Fresh tomato slices
• Fresh bell pepper slices (red, orange, yellow)
• Fresh onion rings
• Black olive halves
• Basil leaves, finely chopped
• Italian seasoning (dried herbs)
• Chopped pineapple
• Broccoli florets, halved and marinated
• Mushrooms - either fresh, marinated in olive oil, garlic and lemon juice, or dehydrated after being marinated
• Anything else that appeals!

How to make the pizza:

1.     Spread the 'cheese' evenly over the top of the pizza base. Any left over 'cheese' can be spread on crackers, or crumbled into a salad. Alternatively you can mould it and shape it anyway you wish. One suggestion is to cut it into small cubes and spear top create the traditional cheese and pineapple party food.

2.      Spoon the tomato sauce on top of the cheese topping and spread evenly until there is a good covering.

3.      Top your pizza with your chosen ingredients. I usually begin with the tomato, then the onion rings, then bell pepper, then olives, then mushrooms, then fresh basil and finally sprinkle the whole pizza with the Italian seasoning. Occasionally I add pineapple or broccoli florets.

4.      Serve either fresh as is, or put the whole pizza back in the dehydrator for a while until warmed through. Either way it is delicious!

5.      Serve with a large green salad and extra tomatoes and onion rings.

Italian Flax Crackers -- Karen Knowler, the raw food coach

Italian Flax Crackers -- Karen Knowler, the raw food coach

Crunchy, and maybe even flaky


You’ll need:

• 2 cups flax seeds
• 1 red bell pepper
• ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes
• 2 cups fresh tomatoes
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 clove of fresh garlic +/or ½ large onion, chopped

What to do:

1. Blend all ingredients together in a food processor. Add water if a little too dry.
2. Press mixture flat onto a Paraflexx sheet into a large square or rectangle, making sure that the mixture stands only a few millimetres tall. (The thicker the cracker the harder to eat and the longer to dry).
3. Score the size of crackers you’d like with a knife or spatula before dehydrating. (I usually score the large square 3x3 or 4x4 depending on what I want to use them for).
4. Dehydrate around 115°F - 125°F overnight and flip over once one side is dry. Dry to completion.
5. Store in an airtight container, somewhere close to hand for when the cravings strike!

Raw Brownies

This recipe sounds a lot like the LARA bars I made yesterday with Dates (make sure to pit), Peanut butter, almonds, oats, flax, water and a dash of coconut oil. The bars taste like cookie dough to me. And it is amazing how sweet the dates/ figs -- make it taste. I bet if I added cocoa like in this recipe, it really would make a great chewy brownie. I prefer think of it as an energy bar -- as to not be grossing disappointed as any normal person would be when eating something called "A brownie."

Raw Brownies -- A Lara Bar Cousin

ingredients:
- 1  1/2 cups raw walnuts, unsoaked
- 10 pitted medjool dates, unsoaked
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
- 1/4 cup dried cherries

directions:
-  1  1/4 cups walnuts into food processor and grind until fine
- add dates and grind until mixture sticks together
- add cocoa powder and vanilla and mix in food processor

Greens, Ginger and Apple (with Lemon) Smoothie

So simple! And so yummy, right? I want to try this. 

Recipe – Apple Ginger Baby Greens Smoothie

February 19, 2009 by Jennifer

ginger

tools:
- blender
- knife
- lemon squeezer/juicer
- cutting board
- peeler
ingredients:
- 2 cups water
- mixed baby greens, blender full
- 2 apples, peeled
- 2 bananas, small/medium
- ginger, small nub peeled
- 1 lemon, juiced separately and added after blending
creator:
Jen Grauer

cold water

baby greens

blended greens

Green Blended Bliss!

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