Recipes
I love to cook and I love to eat. I'm more amazed every day how food affects us...you are what you eat! Below you'll find some of my favorite recipes, enjoy!
Sweet Potato Mountains:
1 large sweet potato
6 (small - medium) eggs
6 strips of bacon
salt
pepper
herbes de provence
coconut oil
Grate sweet potato in food processor. Heat coconut oil in skillet or pan on medium heat. In large bowl hand mix grated sweet potato, 2 eggs, a couple shakes of salt, pepper & herbes de provence. Scoop sweet potato mixture into pan forming a small, round, flat pancake. Cook evenly on both sides. Remove sweet potato pancakes from pan and cover. Beat 4 eggs and pour into heated pan with more coconut oil. Cook scrambled eggs on both sides without separating then remove from pan and put on flat cutting board. Heat bacon (I use pre-cooked from Trader Joes). Using a glass, cut small circle pancakes from eggs (like you would with biscuits). Assemble eggs on top of sweet potato pancakes & top with bacon.
Squaziti:
1 lb. grassfed beef
2-3 medium yellow squash or zucchini
1/2 small red onion- diced
3 cloves garlic- chopped
1/2 jar organic tomato pasta sauce
1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
1 cup grated Romano cheese
2 cups shredded whole milk mozzarella
2 handfuls uncooked ziti or elbow macaroni
2 tbsp. italian seasoning (or to taste)
1 tbsp. coconut oil
Brown beef to almost done in large pan with coconut oil, garlic, onion, Italian seasoning & squash. Take off heat and mix in pasta sauce, ricotta cheese, grated romano cheese & pasta noodles. Pour mixture into casserole dish and cover with shredded mozzarella. Bake uncovered @ 350 degrees about 25-30 minutes.
Ice Cream:
Frozen Fruit- (strawberries, blueberries, cherries, mangoes, pineapple, etc. )
Whole Milk Yogurt - (preferably organic and/or fresh)
Maple Syrup - (real maple syrup, grade B)
Add @ 2 cups frozen fruit to your food processor and let stand about 5 minutes to start dethawing & softening. Pulse a few times to break fruit into smaller chunks. Add @ 1 cup of yogurt and turn food processor on to run. While running add maple syrup to taste and to create desired consistency. Serve immediately!
Raw Veggie Salad - (ALL TIME FAVE!!)
4 Ripe Roma Tomatoes
2-3 Stalks Celery
1 Large Cucumber
1/2 Red Onion
4 Garlic Cloves
Celtic Sea Salt
Pepper
Fresh Lemon Juice - 1 lemon
Olive Oil
Chop tomatoes, celery & cucumbers into small, cubed, bite size pieces & add to bowl. Dice red onion and garlic very fine (I use a hand chopper for this) and add to the bowl. Mix all veggies together. Pour olive oil over veggies, about 2-3 times around the bowl. Add juice of about half a lemon. Then add salt & pepper which is to taste however the more pepper in this the better. I use about 4 -5 grinds of the salt grinder and sprinkle enough pepper to lightly cover the top of the veggies. Mix all ingredients together & eat directly from the bowl, do not share, it's tooooo good :) Enjoy!
Healthy Candy
1 Cup Organic Peanut Butter
1/2 Cup Organic Coconut Oil
3/4 Cup Organic, Unsulphured Flaked Coconut
1/2 - 3/4 Tsp. Unsulphured Molasses
1- 2 Tbsp. Really Raw Honey
1/2 Cup Nutritional Yeast
This is one of my kids favorite treats! Add honey & molasses to taste.
I mix all ingredients together in a bowl and add more or less to make it taste a bit like chocolate but not to overpowering. Consistency will be very fluid but shouldn't be watery. Coconut flakes & yeast will make batter thicker. Once mixed, stick the bowl in the freezer until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Once thickened you can either put the batter into small ice cube type molds or roll into bite size balls. Then freeze till firm. Store in the freezer.
Hummus:
3 cans garbanzo beans (or 6 cups of soaked, cooked & organic)
Olive oil
4-5 cloves of garlic
Juice of 1 Lemon
1/2 tsp Salt
2-4 tbsp. Cumin
filtered water
Put all ingredients into food processor & process till smooth & creamy. Add water to obtain desired consistency (1/4 - 1/2 cup). Spices can be adjusted to taste - I love garlic, so I use alot! Serve with corn chips, raw veggies or use in wraps or sandwiches.
