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Jar Gift Mix: Split Pea Soup
This tasty soup is ready in just 30 minutes on the stove, or 3 hours in the slow cooker. All you need to add is carrots and water. This would make a lovely gift for a school teacher who needs a night off from cooking. I’ll work on a printable tag for it. Presenation is [...]
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Impossible Taco Pie
I put this dish on my menu this week with a link in my newsletter to a free recipe site and a warning that I NEVER follow a recipe. Our version of this pie turned out so fantastic that I’m writing it down here so we can try it again . The variations include making [...]
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Gluten Free English Muffins
I don’t normally eat gluten free, but I agreed to try an acceleration diet with Fit Yummy Mummy for 12 days. Part of the diet is gluten free and uncultured diary free, so I’m experimenting. These English Muffins turned out good, but next time I will roll them thinner (about 1/2 inch instead of 1 [...]
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Slow Cooker Greek Yogurt
I wrote about this in my newsletter and promised you could get a recipe on my blog, but when I did a search myself, I didn’t find it! So here is the long overdue post. I like to do a whole gallon at once, because I use yogurt for a lot of things–eating with fruit, pancake [...]
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No Sugar Added Granola
I made a new kind of granola last week. It is sweetened only with pineapple and banannas. It could use some stevia but really isn’t bad with a few raisins. My goal was for a very crunchy, mildly sweet granola that clumped when cooked. I succeeded! Here’s the recipe: 5 cups thick cut rolled oats [...]
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Hearty Morning Muffins
These whole grain muffins are full of fruit and vegetables! I’ll give you the original recipe and then in brackets how I plan to modify it. 2 cups whole wheat flour 1 cup sugar [1/2 cup brown sugar plus 6 packets stevia] 2 t baking soda 2 t cinnamon 2 cups shredded carrots 1/3 cup [...]
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Healthy Banana Cookies
I found this recipe scrawled on a piece of scrap paper. It is gluten free (if you have certified GF oats) and has no added sugar other than that occuring naturally in bananas and dates. I can’t tell you if it’s good yet, but I’d like to try it. I can imagine that I will [...]
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Hearty Oat Loaf
This quick bread rounds out a meal and is an inexpensive way to fill up growing children . Start the bread before preparing the rest of your meal and everything should get done about the same time. 3 cups whole wheat flour 1/2 cup rolled oats 1/4 cup sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teasoon [...]
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Bread Machine Wheat Craisin Bread
This recipe comes from my church friends, the Lades. They make this bread daily at home and bring a loaf to every new baby and sick family in the church. 1 2/3 cup water 3 Tablespoons powdered mlk 3 Tablespoons shortening (coconut oil or butter) 3 Tablespoons sugar 1 tsp salt 3 1/2 cups whole [...]
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Easy Pumpkin Cake