DELIVERING DELECTABLE DISHES DAY & NIGHT!

My immediate family has dealt with lactose intolerance, IBS, auto immune disorders and fatal cancer. From Fall '09-Summer 2010 I went from running 1/2 marathons to not being able to get out of bed, plagued with intense headaches, exhaustion and more. With my family history and my own immune system comprimised I was motivated to take a bit of a journey to better health. Slowly I've made considerable changes, (I'm not always 100% vigilant), but I know these changes have helped me return to better health...FOOD CHANGES: I cut out gluten, cut out most dairy, cut down on the "white stuff"-sugar, white rice & flour, decreased the amount of processed foods consumed, drink green smoothies regularly, eliminated red meat and eat more vegetarian and vegan dishes...just to name a few!

I use gluten free (GF) pasta and either a whole grain blend by Nalani Brown or a mix from Kathy Taylor for most bread, cake and cookie recipes-they are awesome! (If you like Kathy's mix, email me to order her cookbook at ishagirlclub@gmail.com.)

GF mix can be substituted straight across for regular flour if you aren't cooking gluten free!

Hope you enjoy!

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Pine Nut & Herb Waffles

These are a story waffle and can be eaten without anything on top, but feel fee to experiment.  The original recipe I altered used plain flour, regular butter and cow's milk.  So you are welcome to go that route or I use either almond flour or Kathy's gluten free blend (see mix's) or a combo of the two. I found that a drizzle of liquid lecithin helps bind the batter- preventing crumbling when trying to pry out.

small handful of fresh parsley leaves
small handful of fresh basil leaves (I absolutely love basil)
2oz pine nuts
1c flour of choice
1tsp baking powder
1/4tsp salt
1 large egg (original recipe called for two medium eggs…who has medium eggs on hand?)
2T melted non dairy butter
1/2c-1 1/2 c non dairy milk (I use almond milk or rice milk)

1. Finely chop parsley, basil and pine nuts

2. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl-I always use a wire whisk.

3. Add eggs and butter to center and stir all together, gradually adding enough milk to make a smooth batter the consistency of single light cream. (The flour you use will effect the amount of milk you put in)

4. Add the parsley, basil and pine nuts.

5. Add small ladleful into heated waffle iron-(make sure it is nonstick or that you have sprayed with PAM).

6. My waffle iron lights green when done. If your doesn't check it after about 5min.

Depending on how much liquid you added it will make about 6-8 waffles.


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