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May 21, 2010
Well Meredith, here it is…
Cookies were finally assembled on May 24..
These were not as easy to make as I had hoped. I was impatient and didn’t get Linzer cookie cutters. My fault, they didn’t turn out as pretty as expected but the cookies smell and taste delish!!! I can’t wait to serve these to others.
These cookies are traditionally made with blanched almonds and black currant preserves, this is Meredith and Matthew’s Maine Blueberry version. Look for these blueberry cookies in the new book coming out soon.
Cookie Ingredients
almond flour
coconut flour
agave
lemon zest
coconut oil
vanilla
salt
Blueberry Jam Ingredients
blueberries
date paste
lemon juice
vanilla
salt
I am anxious to see the pics of these cookies in the book. The cookies are always so hard for me to master. The mixture always comes out doughy and sticky:(. I will continue to try. Maybe I am just not meant to make these cookies. Nah, I blame it on my using almonds and grinding them up instead of using almond flour from the milk, and the lack of the appropriate cookie cutters. They will still be adorable and loved by all, I am sure!
The pics will come tomorrow because they are in the dehydrator now. Stay tuned!
Thanks so much Meredith for sending this! I am honored:)
I feel like a unicorn just took me for a ride to a magical palace to the land of the blueberries~Hannah Manry (the flying unicorn girl)
If you haven’t seen this video check it out! Too funny! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQD2y-ZL8s0
Posted 15 years, 6 months ago at 4:37 pm. Add a comment
May 20, 2010
This is the first recipe with the blueberries that I picked blueberries yesterday. I needed some time alone so I decided that I would go pick blueberries. It’s very peaceful out there and I love stepping into nature when I need a break.
I had such an awesome morning, I love the field. It’s 6 acres of beautiful blueberry plants for as far as you can see. the dew on the leaves and blueberries was amazing. I wish I could capture all the images I saw yesterday to share them with you. The pictures above are only a few of the images I have. I can’t wait to return to the Blueberry Field.
I hope this pie goes over well with my family. I am taking it to my parents house for them to enjoy. My dad says he loves the desserts the best. Last night he called me and said I should sell these cakes and ice creams. He is so sweet. He is always encouraging me to do whatever makes me happy. He has always been on my side! Yep he is the BEST DAD EVER!! My mom didn’t try the desserts, but she loved the sumac bread from the other day. She said it gave her energy..she seriously asked if I put something in it that would make her have more energy. I guess it’s the LOVE!
Of course this recipe was rather simple to make. I have been waiting to make this until I was able to pick fresh blueberries because they are best freshly picked by my hands.
Tart Crust Ingredients
nut flour
coconut oil
lemon zest
Cream Cheese Ingredients
cashews
coconut meat
lemon juice
agave
coconut oil
water
vanilla extract
sea salt
vanilla bean, scraped
Garnish
Fresh Blueberries
mint sprigs
Nut flour was combined and pressed into lined tart shells.
Cream cheese filling was blended in Vita-mix until very smooth. The tarts were filled with the cream and placed in freezer for 8 hours. Then the tarts were removed from metal shells and wrap in plastic wrap. These are going to be stored in the freezer on a cookie sheet, if they last that long.
Time to make dinner for my kids.
“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”~Confucius
Posted 15 years, 6 months ago at 6:26 am. Add a comment
May 19, 2010
These desserts came out so good!!! I can’t even tell you. Both of them RAWKED, especially the chocolate pudding. My sister is on the way to take these desserts to my parent’s house. I hope they enjoy them.
Plums Ingredients
agave
ginger juice
cinnamon
star anise
plums
sea salt
Syrup Ingredients
agave
sugar plums (I used regular plums)
salt
vanilla bean
vanilla extract
Mint sprigs
All ingredients went into blender for both recipes. The plums remained in a shallow baking dish to combine with the plum syrup.
Jason loved this. He must have been hungry because he ate BOTH desserts!
The cream and syrup were made a few days ago.
I am so HAPPY!! I found Plums! Publix had them after all. They were perfectly ripe and sweet just by themselves.
Today I went to pick blueberries, so I will be making some recipes with blueberries soon. I went out before 9am. The dew was still on the blueberries and the leaves. I anticipate the time the boys go with me. I know Sabby will love it. He can eat pounds of blueberries at a time! I have a blueberry cheesecake from entertaining and another surprise recipe from Meredith that I am planning to make. I am excited to make the Lintz cookies! I have to buy cookie cutters for these cookies.
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. ~Maya Angelou
Posted 15 years, 6 months ago at 8:07 pm. Add a comment
May 18, 2010
Well, today once again, I didn’t find plums. We looked 3 places and no luck! So I am back to this recipe, the wafers turned out beautiful and tasty. I love the cinnamon basil wafers with this pudding. I know the complete recipe isn’t done, but let me tell you….this recipe is going to be the best chocolate dessert I have had in a long time. I am praying for plums. I need some for this recipe and the the other to go with my cream that I made. I will find them, I have to.
Pudding Ingredients
cashews
coconut meat
water
agave
coconut oil
vanilla extract
sea salt
cacao powder
carob powder
Blend all ingredients in a Vita-Mix until cimpletely smooth. Pour into a half sheet or low-sided baking dish and chill in freezer until firm.
The pudding and wafers are in freezer, along with the cream until I find the plums.
I am tired, so I am off to bed. I did an all raw day today:) I feel pretty good, but earlier today, I wasn’t feeling too good. I even had my mom come over and check my sugar. I thought it was too high, but I think it was too low. Sometimes I eat bad and my body lets me know it. I haven’t been doing too good everyday these last few months. So I decided it’s time to clean out my body again. I hope I can stick to it. It just takes a few cheat days to start feeling the effects of my bad choices. But I do know that my choices teach me what is right for me:).
“Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.”~Cherie Carter-Scott
Posted 15 years, 6 months ago at 11:00 pm. Add a comment
May 17, 2010
I made many things in my kitchen tonight, 2 batches of bread, kale chips and flatbread. I was going to make sauerkraut, but I am hoping my wonderful hubby can use his muscles to make the kraut. Hint Hint:)
When I had my class this last weekend I let everyone try other sumac bread and they loved it. I planned on buying plums and making the rest of the meal from last night. Unfortunately I couldn’t get plums today. My plans were messed up, some things came up that were unexpected so I will hopefully find them tomorrow. Until then I will work on the complete recipe on pgs. 120-122.
I have been eating alot of dehydrated food lately, in turn, my lips are becoming dry. I have to drink more water than usual when I do eat dehydrated food. I have to make a conscious effort to drink more. I drink so much water anyway, but my body craves it!
Flatbread Ingredients
1 cup flax meal
1 T dry basil
1 T dry oregano
2 t cumin
2 yellow squash, roughly chopped
1 1/2 cups walnuts, soaked 6 hours
1 1/2 t salt
1/2 t cayenne pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
1 shallot
1 T nutritional yeast
2 T raw agave
1 T sumac
Flax meal, basil, and oregano were put into a bowl and all other ingredients were processed in food processor, then added to bowl. Spread on Teflex sheet to 1/2 inch thickness; sprinkle with extra sumac and micro basil. Dehydrate at 115 degrees for 6-8 hours, so I will leave them in overnight. Remove them from sheets then dehydrate for 24 hours.
My dehydrator is full:)
I am off to bed. I didn’t sleep well last night. Hope I will tonight.
“Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher’s the poet’s equal there.”~Emile M. Cioran
Posted 15 years, 6 months ago at 10:31 pm. Add a comment
May 16, 2010
Today has been a cleaning and teaching day. Franny came over to try some of the raw food I make, she liked a few things, like almond milk, and sesame sunflower seed bread, but she didn’t like the green juice, or the chocolate almond butter mixture that I made. But she was willing to try them, and that is great! Most people would say “nah”!
I made these quick recipes today and hopefully tomorrow I can get the plums to go with this. I don’t know if I can order any from Skoors or maybe I will find them at Publix. I will find them. I have never seen blue or purple plums. Maybe I will find them, if not, them I will just use what plums I can find.
Syrup Ingredients
1 cup raw agave
1 vanilla bean, scraped
Combine ingredients and mix well.
Cream Ingredients
1 cup cashews, soaked 1-2 hours
1/2 cup water
2 T ginger juice
1 T raw agave
pinch of sea salt
Blend all ingredients in a Vita-mix until smooth. Keep cool.
Tomorrow I will look for lavender sprigs and red, yellow, blue, and purple plums:) Wish me luck!
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”~ Abraham Lincoln
Posted 15 years, 6 months ago at 5:25 pm. Add a comment
May 15, 2010
Today’s L.O.V.E. food class was a success!!! It was my last one at Whispering Pines, but my next one is June 7th in a different location. The next class will be the first one at SKOORS MARKET. I just love both of them. I am excited to work with them again. The Taste of Inverness was fun. I hope there is a lot of interest in this class and people sign up:)
I made this recipe tonight and put a twist of Christian and my ideas. I decorated the pie with ice cream scoops and he decided to put the candied walnuts from MK’s recipe. I think it turned out beautiful, but the camera is not exactly the camera I would choose to take a photo of this lovely pie. I need a camera to take beautiful photos. I shouldn’t complain, at least I have one.
My hands smell like vanilla and oranges. Ahhh it’s so inviting! I didn’t try any, but I will on Tuesday! I did try a bit of the ice cream and it reminds me of my Grandma Altomare’s anise cookies. I am going to take some of this ice cream to my father. Hopefully he will appreciate the ice cream’s flavor, maybe he will enjoy the ice cream just as much as he enjoys his mother’s cookies!
Filling Ingredients
cashews
water
orange blossom water
raw agave
coconut oil
water
vanilla extract
sea salt
vanilla bean
orange zest
All ingredients were blended in the Vita-mix until very smooth. The pie is in the freezer until Tuesday when I go to Gainesville Potluck. I hope they all like it there!
I have never worked with Orange Blossom Water before. My first glance of this ingredient was actually when I first started this project. I found it a local Indian supermarket. It doesn’t seem to be that popular because the dust was collecting on it and it had a low price of only 3.00. I love looking in ethnic food stores. It’s always so much fun to see what deals you can get, and the people are usually so friendly and willing to help with any questions.
I am going to read a book, I have been up since 6 am, so I am off to read, then bed. Tomorrow, I will spend some time with Franny who is wanting to learn some recipes. She starts Chemo this month. I want to help her as much as I possibly can. Keep her in your prayers, Please!
Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
Posted 15 years, 6 months ago at 11:24 pm. Add a comment
May 14, 2010
I am in between 2 recipes for now. I decided to make the ice cream. This is a simple recipe and I was in a hurry because I am packing my car for my morning L.O.V.E. food prep class. It’s my last one at Whispering Pines. I am very fortunate to have been there for the last 3 months. I hope God keeps blessing me with a place to do the work he put in my heart to do!
Ice Cream Ingredients
cashews
macadamia nuts
young coconut meat
agave
water
vanilla bean
sea salt
ground star anise
coconut oil
I blended all ingredients in my Vita-mix then poured it into the ice cream maker. I didn’t try it, I am waiting for the final product.
“Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.”~Unknown
Posted 15 years, 6 months ago at 8:02 pm. Add a comment
May 13, 2010
Well, I didn’t get coconut oil like I was supposed to, but I had everything I needed to make these delicious basil wafers. I used my new plant that my sister gave me for Mother’s Day. It’s called Cinnamon Basil, I think it goes perfectly with these. The basil gave it a hint of cinnamon too. I was surprised with the flavor of these. They have a very unique flavor. I never realized that basil and chocolate would go this well together. I can’t wait to try them when they are dehydrated. This paste was thicker than I would’ve liked it to be. I am never able to make the cashews turn into a dry powder. It is often clumpy, and moist. So the consistency is very pasty. But I was able to spread them on the teflex sheet.
Wafers Ingredients
cashew flour
oat flour
sea salt
water
maple syrup
cocoa powder
basil leaves
vanilla extract
Mix flours and sea salt in a medium-size bowl. Blend the remaining ingredients in Vita-mix until smooth. Add to flour mixture and mix well with hands. Spread very thin long rectangles on Teflex Sheets and dehydrate 6 hours. Turn onto screens and dehydrate until crisp, another 8-12 hours.
My goal for tomorrow is to get all supplies for my class and GET COCONUT OIL!
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed”~Mahatma Gandhi
Posted 15 years, 6 months ago at 9:25 pm. Add a comment
May 12, 2010
Today’s recipe was an easy one. I was going to make the complete pie, but I didn’t buy coconut oil today, and I didn’t have enough to make the filling. I will have to buy some tomorrow. I decided to go to the Gainesville Potluck this month, and I will bring this recipe.
Crust Ingredients
pecans
salt
cinnamon
orange zest
maple syrup
coconut oil, melted
date paste
The pecans were processed into a powder in the food processor and other ingredients were added and mixed into the pecans. I covered a pie plate with plastic wrap and put the crust into the plate. It is in the dehydrator now until tomorrow night.
I went to the gym today again:) I am feeling better than I have in so long. I have been watching my calories by using fitday.com. I love this website. I know many people say that don’t have to count calories while on a raw food diet, but I DO!! It helps me, I can eat all the time, so when I have had enough calories I quit. Many times, I do eat when I am not hungry, but lately I have been hungry and I have been listening to my body. I am very careful to not overindulge! It does take self control, especially making all this wonderful food. I HAVE the BEST HEALTH EVER!! *I changed this from I want to I have after reading the quote below.
AFFIRM YOUR GOOD HEALTH
During any moment in which you’re experiencing thoughts that make you feel sick or bad, do your best to change them to thoughts that support the idea of feeling good. Refuse to talk about disease, and work to activate thoughts that predict recovery and overall well-being.~Dr. Wayne Dyer
Posted 15 years, 6 months ago at 8:14 pm. Add a comment
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