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Raw Energy Balls

Ingredients:

  • •1 cup instant oats
  • •1/2 cup natural smooth almond butter or peanut butter
  • •1/3 cup maple syrup or raw honey
  • •2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • •2 tablespoons wheat germ
  • •2 tablespoons chia seed
  • •2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
  • •1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or the insides of 1 vanilla bean
  • •1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
  • •1/4 cup unsweetened flaked coconut

Course: side dish

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Rice Pudding

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup medium grain rice or short grain rice
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt (heaping)
  • 4 cups whole milk (I use 2%%)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • 1 pinch cinnamon
  • pinch nutmeg

Course: dessert

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Rice Stuffed Bell Peppers (Zeytinyagli Biber Dolmasi)

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 teaspoon allspice
  • 2 pounds ( – 1kg) Bell peppers
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon dried/fresh mint
  • 1 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 2 onions, finely chopped
  • 100 grams of rice
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 tomato, sliced 4 pieces for caps
  • 1 teaspoon tomato paste
  • 1 cup hot water

Course: side dish

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Roasted Plum Oatmeal

Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup, divided
  • 2 cups milk (cow's, almond, rice, hemp, etc..)
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 2 plums, pitted and chopped
  • 1 cup whole quick cooking oats*
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1½ cups water

Course: side dish

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Roasted Strawberry Pie Parfait

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound strawberries, washed and hulled
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 teaspoons granulated sugar divided
  • 1 refrigerated pie crust (I used Pillsbury)
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 16 ounces Fat Free Vanilla greek yogurt (I used Chobani)

Course: dessert

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Rustic Blueberry Cake Clafoutis

Ingredients:

  • ½ Cup all purpose flour
  • 5 drops almond extract
  • 3 cups blueberries
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • confectioners sugar
  • 3 eggs – room temp
  • ⅔ Cup granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ½ cup whole milk

Course: side dish

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Saffron Plum Compote

Ingredients:

  • 3 plums, pitted and chopped
  • 1 tablespoon crystallised ginger, finely chopped
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons honey (more or less according to your taste and how sweet the plums are)
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • 12 strands of saffron

Course: sauce

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Salmon In Banana Leaf

Ingredients:

  • 2 larges Banana Leaves (big enough to wrap your salmon in)
  • 1 pinch cinnamon
  • pinch Fennel seed
  • 1 tablespoon Fish Sauce
  • clove Garlic, minced
  • piece Ginger, minced
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Peach Preserves
  • Crushed Red Chiles
  • 1/4 cup Rice (uncooked)
  • 3/4 teaspoon Rice Wine Vinegar
  • 2 fillet or steaks Salmon
  • 2 eachs Scallions, slice thin
  • 6 scallions
  • 3/4 teaspoon Sesame Oil
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons Soy Sauce
  • 1 each Star Anise
  • 2 tablespoons Tahini
  • 1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil

Course: side dish

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Sangria In Ice Bowl

Ingredients:

  • 1 pinch of black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • Frozen berries and mint leaves to decorate
  • 1 liter red wine
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 200 milliliters strawberry puree
  • 1 tablespoon teaspoon vanilla powder or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • Water, depending on the size of the bowls
  • 4 tablespoons white sugar

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Scarlet Poached Pears

Ingredients:

  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 cups Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • 4 firm Bosque pears, peeled, halved & cored
  • 1 medium red beet, peeled & sliced 1/4″ thick
  • 1/2 cup sugar

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