The Perfect Cookie

This is another recipe that came from my whole foods expert friend Emily. These cookies are soooooo yummy, oh my gosh! These are made with evaporated cane juice crystals. Not quite as nutrient as the sucanat but still much, much better than refined sugar. So they are a good occasional treat and much healthier than your average cookie, and much better tasting I must say!

-1/2 cup coconut oil
-1/2 cup earths balance (I get the soy free kind)
-1 cup organic evaporated cane juice crystals
-1/4 teaspoon black strap molasses
-2 large organic eggs
-2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
-2 cups hard white wheat flour
-2 teaspoons aluminum free baking powder
-1/2 teaspoons sea salt
-2 cups old-fashioned oats
-1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
-1 cups raisins (0ptional)
-1/2 cup good ingredient chocolate or carob chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease a large baking sheet. Cream oil/butter, sugar and molasses in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt and mix until well incorporated. Stir in the oatmeal, raisins, chocolate/carob chips and coconut. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges. Remove from the pan to cool on a wire rack.

Makes 2-3 dozen cookies. When I make cookies I always bake a pan full then use my cookie scoop to form the remaining dough into (prebaked)cookies then I freeze them in little baggies of 6 or so. This is because I have no control when it comes to delicious cookies and if I were to bake them all, I would probably eat them all! And it's much easier to work with frozen dough when it's already formed into a cookie shape. Just throw them on a baking pan and stick them in the oven!

Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls (bread machine)

These taste so delicious and are so much better for you than store bought or even some of those homemade recipes that has loads of refined sugar and flour. We always make these at night and let them rest in the fridge all night and bake them the next morning for breakfast. For the Dough: -2 cups almond milk (or other non-dairy milk) -4 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil -1/2 tablespoon pure vanilla -1/4 cup honey -1/2 cup rolled oats (I've used both old fashion and quick with good results) -4 – 4 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (I use fresh ground white wheat) -1 tablespoon vital wheat gluten -1 3/4 teaspoon salt -3 3/4 teaspoon yeast Filling: -3 tablespoons coconut oil melted -3/4 cup sucanat or raw sugar -1 tablespoon cinnamon Combine ingredients in the bread machine in the order listed or according to your machines instructions. Use 4 cups of flour to start. Set the dough cycle and add more flour within the first few min. if the dough is too wet. When the dough has fin...

Kale Chips

Oh my goodness, these are so good! The first time I tried making kale chips was in my oven and I just used salt, pepper, and olive oil for seasoning. They were really not good at all. I sort of gave up on the idea until I went to visit my friend Emily, who has been eating a whole foods diet for a long time, she is an expert! Her sister actually does the simple healthy tasty blog and Emily posts on there sometimes too! Anyways during our visit, she offered me some kale chips and wow, I went home and ordered a food dehydrator as soon as I could so I could make them! I got this one made by Nesco and love it so far! Recipe from simple healthy tasty . -1 or 2 bunches of kale ripped into chip size pieces (I used curly leaf kale) -1/3 cup raw cashews -2 tablespoons lemon juice -3 tablespoons water -1/4 cup olive oil -1/2 teaspoon sea salt -1/4 cup nutritional yeast -1 small chunk of onion -1/2 teaspoon chili powder -1/4 teaspoon cayenne -1/4 teaspoon turmeric -1 clove garli...

Southwest Stuffed Bell Peppers

I've tried a few stuffed pepper recipes, but I hadn't found one I liked enough to post on here until now. This one was awesome! My husband has declared it his new favorite dinner. Unfortunately, he likes it really spicy and it's much too spicy for my toddlers to eat which means I have to whip up something else for them. This recipe makes enough to fill 4 peppers but since it's just my husband and I eating them I usually stuff only 3 peppers and put the remaining mixture in the casserole dish with the peppers. Recipe inspired by a spoonful of sisters and modified slightly to our liking. -4 bell peppers most prefer red, orange, or yellow but we like them all! -olive oil -1/2 cup cooked brown rice or quinoa -1 onion, diced -3 garlic cloves, minced -3oz can of green chilies -1 can organic black beans, drained and rinsed -1 cup frozen corn kernels -2 green onions, chopped -1/2-1 teaspoons chipotle chili powder depending on how much spice you like -1 teasp...

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