In a food processor (a blender will work too), mix the water, ricotta cheese, beet puree, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour this into a mixing bowl and whisk in the pamcake mix and grated apple. Don't mix it too much, it's supposed to be a little lumpy. I don't think I have to tell you how to make pancake from this point, but make sure you use the cooking spray because it would be a shame for these babies to stick! (read)
For a few years now I've been getting a lot of my basic information about the foods I eat from The World's Healthiest Foods, and then I generally do more research on whatever food I looked up and pull it all together for a better understanding of what I'm eating. I figured since I refer back to this site so often, I will try to blog through the list. The website actually lists 127 foods, I omitted the animal products from the list (meat, dairy & seafood), which leaves us with vegetables, fruits, beans & legumes, nuts, seeds & oils, grains, spices & herbs, natural sweeteners & drinks. (read)
Another winner from this book, this time a breakfast treat. Even one of me wee ones that isn't really into pears was down with this. You probably have everything you need for these already and if you don't own a waffle maker (aside from this recipe being a good excuse to buy yourself one), I'm betting you could easily make pancakes from this batter as well (read)
Sometimes, I take on what looks like a simple vegan recipe and I'm trapped in my kitchen all day (not that I mind being trapped in there, really), and sometimes I roll up my sleeves to get into a new recipe and BAM, I'm done. This is one of those quickies I treasure (ha). The other amazing thing about this recipe, aside from how GOOD it is, is how inexpensive it is! I had all of these ingredients in my kitchen already! You likely do too, the only slight oddball in there is the flax, but even that is way more common that it used to be. (read)
This is the 8th recipe from Peas and Thank You and again, so far so good. This recipe, like seven others before it, came together easily! The directions are simple, the ingredients rad (as usual) and the taste was great. There are short stories about life in the Pea household before each recipe and this one totally resembled my feelings on french toast before this recipe. Maybe yours too? You know how there is almost always a piece of cooked egg hanging off the side of your french toast? Ugh. Not possible in this vegan version! Ha!
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Just like with a lot of kids, peanut butter and jam is a real weakness with mine. A weakness I try my best to exploit - to their own advantage, of course! As with all the recipes in Jessica Seinfield's book, there is a hidden vegetable snuck into these muffins. Some of the recipes in this book seem like an easy sell (like these brownies with spinach and carrots) but turn out to have a telltale veggie taste that totally turns off anyone with a vegetable radar - aka anyone under the age of 10. However, this recipe disguises a healthy dose of carrots with peanut butter and jam. Genius! If you use sugar free, low sugar, or otherwise healthier jam than a run of the mill glucose fructose garbage, it's even healthier! (read).
I figured since my last post involved cheesecake, I'd sway to the healthy side this afternoon. There are people, like my dear friend Gill, who will eat something she isn't super fond of in the name of health. She's totally my hero. Then there are other dear friends, like my sister Nikki, who wont eat something unless it's yummy. She's my hero for the other side of my brain. The side that wants to eat Oreos for breakfast and then move on to Nutella pancakes for brunch. Mmmmmm. Anyhoo, I fall somewhere in between. Don't get me wrong, I have been known to fall off the wagon and be found in my pantry mid-sugar coma covered in cinnamon hearts and candy corn. Mmmmm. I'm striving to strike a balance now where I eat as healthy as I can for most of the week and allow myself a balls-out weekend. Yes, I'm calling that balance! (read).
Just cut the apple into thin slices, carve out the core of each slice (if you have an apple corer, just pop the whole thing out first) and fill the middle with peanut butter, cranberries and chocolate chips. Then sprinkle with cinnamon. You can fill it with whatever you want. The point is to keep it healthy and keep it small! (read).
This is the 8th recipe this year from Deceptively Delicious, again it was pretty fast to pull together - provided you have the purees on hand. The beginning of the book suggests you make it a routine to puree and then freeze the purees on a regular basis so you always have some on hand. It only took a few weeks of cooking and baking through this book before I started freezing purees. So. Much. Easier! (read).