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!

Monday, February 18, 2013

Baked Whole-Grain Mini Donuts

1 cup GF Mix or Whole Wheat Flour**
1T baking powder
1 egg
1/2 non dairy milk
1/4 pure maple syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1tsp ground flax seed meal
1/4 c melted coconut milk (can substitute 1/2 applesauce/oil)

**If using a GF mix you will need to add 2 pinches of salt
**If using GF mix-You may also need a binding agent to prevent crumbling, easy fix is a little drizzle of liquid lecithin or pectin if you are avoiding soy

CHOCOLATE VARIATION
same as above with 1 T of special dark 100% cacao

1. whisk together dry ingredients. Make well and drop in egg, milk, syrup, vanilla & oil (or applesauce/oil blend)

2. Stir together with a fork until combined.

3. Use a Tablespoon and drop dough into mini donut maker. Cook for 2-3 min and pop out.

4. GLAZE OPTIONS:
     ratio is 1 part non dairy milk/water to 3 parts sweetener
     heat in microwave 10 sec-stir, 10 sec-stir until consistency desired & drizzle over donuts
   
*Suggested sweeteners...
-honey
-melted chocolate chips
-maple syrup
-jam preserves
-almond butter


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