Grain Free Coconut Flour Bread

Yum and hooray!  This delicious grain free bread was shared with me by Laura Lehrhaupt of http://www.bewelllaural.com/  

Here is the super simple recipe:

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups coconut flour
1 cup ghee (I used 3/4 cup coconut oil and 1/4 cup goat butter)
12 eggs (Look for organic, free range)
2 tbsp agave nectar (I used coconut crystals.  If you are avoiding sweeteners, use stevia)
1 tsp unrefined sea salt

Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.  Combine coconut flour, ghee, eggs, agave and sea salt together.  Mix all the ingredients together until they form a smooth paste with no clumps.  Grease a loaf pan.  Spoon the mixture into the loaf pan and bake in an oven preheated to 350 degrees F for 40 mins.  Note: I actually baked mine a little bit longer than this.

And, as Laura reminds us:  Enjoy with something GREEN!!
This keeps your body's ph in balance.
Thank you, Laura!

Spinach Popcorn

Look at the brilliant creation my son came up with so that he could get his greens in and still have something yummy that he likes to eat.  This is air-popped organic popcorn with some olive oil and sea salt and pieces of organic spinach thrown in.  He actually really enjoyed tearing up the spinach and adding to his bowl.  He went through and ate all of the little green pieces before digging into the popcorn!  This is a kid who does not like to eat any veggies!  And to think that I almost told him no when he came up with the idea!  Who eats spinach with popcorn, I thought?  But, hey, maybe more people would benefit from doing it.  :)

Low Oxalate Egg Salad

Yummy and so easy and quick!

Ingredients:
2 hard boiled eggs
half a package of frozen peas, cooked and water drained
mayonaise or Earth Balance Mindful Mayo
sea salt

Directions:
Chop the eggs
Mix with a spoonful of mayo
Dash of sea salt
Mix in the peas

Enjoy!

Grain Free Coconut Flour Pancakes

I have had some pain flare ups, so I'm back to the Low Oxalate Diet.  This time I'm doing things differently than I did when I used it a few years ago.  This time I know a lot more about nutrition!  Here is my treat for this morning.  To my delight, my son loved these, too!  I found the recipe here at Wellness Mama.  Of course, mine did not turn out perfectly round or even that beautiful, but they tasted great and served their purpose!

Ingredients:
5 eggs
1 cup of applesauce
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 tsp baking soda
cinnamon to taste
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla

Mix together and let sit while skillet heats up.
The batter was really thick, but they still cooked fine.  You may have to spread them out after you put them onto the skillet.  Mine did not ever bubble, but I just kept checking them and turning them when they looked ready.

Acai Superfood Bowl

This is so easy and so full of nutrients!

Here is all you have to do:
Mash one ripe banana in a bowl
Sprinkle in some cinnamon and some acai powder
Mix together
Add some blueberries and broken pieces of walnuts
Mix together again.

Enjoy!

Grain Free Quinoa Chocolate Chip Cookies

YUM!!  All three of us - my son, my husband, and myself loved these cookies - now, that's a rare thing!  So, I am sharing the recipe right away.  The wonderful, Wendy, of cookingquinoa.net, invented these.  Here is the link to her original recipe:  Quinoa-Flax Chocolate Chip Cookies
I made a few changes, so here's my vegan, gf, non-processed sugar version:

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups GF flour blend (Bob's Red Mill garbanzo and fava bean flour) + 1/4 cup quinoa flour
1 cup organic quinoa flakes
1/4 cup ground organic golden flax see
1 tsp baking soda (aluminum free)
1 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp ground organic cinnamon
1/2 cup melted organic coconut oil
1/2 cup organic applesauce
1 1/2 cups coconut palm sugar
2 "flax eggs" = 2 tsps of flax seeds ground and then mixed with water.  Let sit for a few minutes until egg-like consistency
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup of cacao nibs mixed with some agave to coat  (I chose to do this instead of chocolate chips to avoid the processed sugar and other non-gf ingredients)

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 350 and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
2.  Make the flax eggs.
3.  Combine flours, quinoa flakes, ground flax seeds, baking soda, sea salt, and cinnamon.
4.  Using an electric mixer, mix together the coconut oil, applesauce, and coconut sugar.  Add the flax eggs and mix again.  Add the vanilla and reduce speed to low.  (I added a little bit of agave nectar in because I have such a sweet tooth).  Add in the flour mixture and beat until combined.  Stir in the chocolate chips or sweetened cacao nibs.
5.  Drop in teaspoonful onto the baking sheets.  They are sticky, so use the parchment paper.  These cookies really spread out, so give them some room.  Bake for about 10 mins until they start to brown on the edges.  Allow to cool or they will be mushy when you try to eat them.  They are soft and wonderful once cooled.

I hope you enjoy these!  We agreed that they actually taste even better after they have been refrigerated for a few hours!
Thank you, Wendy, for sharing!!

Vegan Almond Milk Egg Nog

YUM!  Soooo good!  I found this recipe here: Incredible Smoothies  It's easy, healthy and delicious!  This is the recipe reprinted from the Incredible Smoothies website:

Ingredients:

• 1-and-1/4 cup plain almond milk (Don’t add the vanilla or dates.)
• 2 frozen bananas, peeled and sliced
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 date, soaked for 10 minutes
• dash of ground clove
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• dash of sea salt

Directions:

Start by adding the liquid to your blender (I use a Vitamix), blend on high for 20 seconds or until there are no chunks of frozen banana left. Garnish with a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg if desired.