Peanut butter
                                                     &
                                        Chickpea cookies

These cookies are so good!
                  This is what you need

                                        1 large can of chickpeas
                                        1 cup peanut butter (it has to be ground at health food store
                                                                              nothing in it!  I like mine chunky

                                         1/2 cup of unpasteurized honey (you can use more if you like your                          
                                                                                                        coookies sweeter)
                                         1 tablespoon of REAL vanilla

AND just enough chick pea flour (you can buy this at most supermarkets) to make the dough easy to work with.

How you do it:

Preheat oven to 325 F.

Drain and rinse the chick peas.  Dry them on a paper towel.
Now put them in a food processor and process until it is smooth.
Now add the peanut butter, honey and vanilla. 
Process until smooth.
Now start stirring in by hand your chickpea flour, just enough to hold it together.  It should not be a lot.

Now roll into a ball in hands.  this is messy :) About one and a half inches around and put them on a baking sheet that is covered with  parchment paper.  Push your fingertip into the middle to make a nice little dent.

These cookies do not spread.
You bake them for about 10 mins  Check them so they don't burn on the bottom.  They will be very very soft when you take them out.  They harden when they cool.
You can put a little bit of home made jam in the fingerprint :) so fancy!

These cookies should be store in something that is not air tight.  As they are very moist.  These are cook and eat in a few days. You can freeze them and take them out a few minutes before you want to devour them! They are so delicious and they are so healthy for you.

When you want to eat, eat whats good and  will repair and help your body.  You can't go wrong if you eat like that!

Baked Lemon Salmon

                                                             BAKED LEMON SALMON

1 1/2  Pounds of  Fresh Salmon

2  Fresh Lemons

2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil

Fresh Ground Pepper to Taste

Ground Salt to Taste

Preheat Oven to 375 F

Enough foil to cover fish.   I use very heavy grade aluminum foil. You can double your foil if you don't have the heavy grade.

Drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil onto the bottom of the foil pouch.

Put your salmon into the foil pouch.  Put foiled Salmon into a oven safe baking dish (no lid).

Squeeze the juice of one lemon over the salmon.

Put ground pepper and salt onto salmon.

Cut the other lemon into slices and place nicely over Salmon.

Fold foil over salmon and place into preheated 375 F. oven for approx 45 minutes.

Check to see if it is done. if you prefer your Salmon drier, keep cooking 5 minutes at a time until desired firmness.

Inspired by my daughter that raves about her friends wonderful salmon.
                                                                   ENJOY

FIsh and Vegetarians... don't go together like love and marriage.

Well tonight I had fish

                                       TILAPIA WITH FRESH MANGO CHUTNEY

I was craving fish and so I just went and bought fresh tilapia... It was fanatic!

Not sure how that adds up for only eating vegetarian but I have to report that it was well worth it.

Take the tilapia, squeeze one fresh lemon onto fish then add freshly ground pepper and the sprinkle with salt.

In a frying pan add about3 tablespoons of unsalted butter (make sure the pan is hot but not scorching butter)

Add the tilapia and squeeze an additional lemon over the fish.

Put a lid over the fish  Turn the fish after 5 mins.
Cook for another 5 mins.

Gently remove the fish onto a heated plate.  Place the tilapia onto a fresh sliced avocado.
 Then scoop a  healthy amount of mango chutney onto of the fish.

Serve with baked potatoes and a salad

                      ENJOY

                                 

                                                 PEAR AND RAISIN RUM CRUMBLE

Preheat oven to 350 F  Butter an 8x8 square baking pan or a deep pie dish.

First of all take a 1/2 a cup of  large seedless Thompson raisins and soak them in a 1/2 a cup of rum for about an hour.  set aside.

5 firm but ready to eat pears (I used a Bartlett pear) peel, core and slice into 1/4 inch slices
              (you can used canned pears but they must be drained and dried)

Put your pears into a bowl and mixed in 2 tablespoons of cinnamin

Add 1/2 cup of fresh pecan halves

1/4 cup of maple syrup

Now throw in the raisin and rum mixture into the pears and stir in 4 tablespoons of white flour.
                                LET SIT FOR ABOUT 10 MINS as you make the crumble.

CRUMBLE FOR PEARS RAISIN RUM MIXTURE

PUT IN TO A BOWL

2 cups large flaked oats
1/2 cup of brown sugar
8 tablespoons of cold unsweetened butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons of cinnamin

 

Crumble this together with your fingers until it is a fine crumble.

 

 

Put the pear mixture into the your pan and cover the top completely with the crumble mixture.

Pop into the oven for about 45 mins to an hour.

When done let it stand for about 15 mins.

Scoop into bowls and serve with french vinalla icecream

Why do they put thing in our food that is not good for use???

It is good to be informed.

I know I didn't know any of this.

There is a lot to say about organic meat, eggs, milk and cheese if you choice to eat it.

It is actually healthy for you.

Generally most foods are full of growth hormones, antibiotics and other things (you can look this up for yourself, it is informing and interesting).

Myself I'm allergic to antibiotics and they say they travel into our food.  Also growth hormones.  There are numerous studies and information out there mostly what it does to our children but also to all of us long term.

I am not saying to change a thing you're doing, I'm just saying to inform yourself and know there are so many choices out there for you.

If we buy organic the prices go down.  If we buy locally we save so much money and waste and in turn help out in so many other area's.

If we're not informed it is hard to change things, but if we are informed most of us would change the way we eat and shop in a heart beat.  So that is all I'm saying and putting it out there : )


Found this very interesting.

Ractopamine - Approved for use in Canada, ractopamine is a chemical used to make pigs grow more quickly as they approach slaughter. Consequently, levels of the chemical have little time to be processed and can remain at high levels in the eventual product. Ractopamine poses particular danger to those with heart conditions. The product has already been banned by more than 100 countries.(Credit: thekevinchang's Flickr photostream)


I think I came up with a pretty good alternative to a meat patty.  Hope you will try it and tell me if you think it would work for hamburgers or meat balls for spaghetti.  The family seemed to love em.




Meaty Brown Rice Balls

 I found that if I made brown rice and froze it it worked the best for this recipe.  It seemed to soften the rice and appeared a bit more like hamburger or pork.  So if you have left over brown rice freeze it for later use for this recipe.

PUT ALL INGREDIENTS IN A LARGE BOWL

3 cups of thawed brown rice

1 1/2 c of finely diced white onions ( you can use 3 large bunch of green onions for a different taste)

1 cut or 250 ml of ground pecans, or walnuts, or almonds (whatever nut you like)

1/3 soya sauce

1 tablespoon of pepper

STIR AND LET THIS SIT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

4 eggs cracked into the mixture.  Stir in well.  Let sit for another 5 minutes.

Start with 1 cup of whole wheat flour to make a consistency that you can manage to make balls.  Don't use too much or it will be dry.

Let the mixture sit for a few minute and see if it needs more flour.

If it does add a little at a time until desired consistency.

HERE ARE A FEW PICTURE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE




so you can see how it should stick to the spoon



THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LIKE  (hamburger consistency)

So when your rice paste is the right consistency place 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive in a good heavy frying pan.

Let the oil heat up and then turn down to medium. 

Spoon you mixed into the frying pan.  You and make them rounded for spaghetti and meat balls.  Or you can use more paste and squeeze them down a bit to make more like a hamburger or in just a oval ball to eat with potatoes and mashed potato's and mushroom gravy.

Cook about 2 minutes a side.  Watch careful to adjust your heat.  You can keep turning them until they are the colour you like.

For spaghetti you can cool then down and throw them into the sauce when it is ready.  Don't over cook the balls as they are already cooked... just heat them up.

For Hamburgers use them right away on FRESH whole wheat hamburger buns with slices of avocado, tomatoes, lettuce and whatever pleases you ....

Here are a few pictures to display how good it looks.

EAT AND ENJOY!!

COOKED KALE!

I find kale a nice deviation from spinach.  It is a collard green (this means it is in the cabbage family)  It has so many health benefits that you should try to eat it regularly.

I hope someone will try this and tell me what they think.

It lowers cholesterol, it produces bile that helps digest food more easily (when it is steamed or boiled).
There have been many studies on the benefits of Kale all the way from prevention of certain cancers as the following: bladder,breast, colon, ovary and prostrate. (please look up the information for yourself and in many different places so you are informed by your own investigating)

A suggestion of eating kale 3 times a week at about 1 1/2 cups will help on many levels of health.  Please research for yourself.

I like to slow boil mine for about 10-15 minutes as I like it tender.  Keep the lid of the pot to keep its beautiful green colour.

I drain it well (I save the broth and freeze it for my soups I make) and eat it simply with a meal as my vegetable.  I use becel proactiv spread on mine which I love.

                                                                  SIMPLY KALE


cooked kale with Becel Proactiv spread

1.  buy a healthy strong bunch of kale... not limp.

2.  wash thoroughly

3.  cut the kale off the stocks ( I use a paring knife and cut the kale of the stock) and cut into bite size pieces.
     I enjoy my chunky!

4.  fill a big pot with water and boil

5.  put the kale in the boiling water, turn down to a gentle simmering boil for about 10-15 mins

6.  drain very well ( I leave my in a strainer in the sink and squeeze it down with the flat of a wooden spoon)

7.  place into a bowl with Becel Proactiv

EAT AND ENJOY