Oatmeal!!!!

I was cooking oatmeal one day and I am sure that my kids were commenting about how much we ate oatmeal. At that point it occurred to me that we didn't have so eat the SAME kind of oatmeal!!! I thought about muffins and how many kinds there were. So I thought I would share this week the different combinations that we now love in our home. :)

Blueberry Almond

1 1/2 Cup Water

Pinch of Salt

1 Cup Old Fashion Oats

Stevia to taste

2/3 Cup Fresh or Frozen Blueberries

2 tsp. Almond Extract

Place everything in a pot and boil till done.

Serve and

Top it off with Slivered Almonds

Orange Cranberry

1 1/2 Cup Water

Pinch of Salt

1 Cup Old Fashion Oats

Stevia to taste

1/2 Cup Dried Cranberries

3 Drops Doterra Wild Orange oil or

1 Orange juiced and Zest

Banana Nut

1 1/2 Cup Water

Pinch of Salt

1 Cup Old Fashion Oats

Coconut Sugar to taste

1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1 Large Smashed up Banana or Sliced

1/4 C Chopped Pecan or Walnuts

Apple Cinnamon

1 1/2 Cup Water

Pinch of Salt

1 Cup Old Fashion Oats

Coconut Sugar to taste

1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1/8 tsp nutmeg and Mace (Optional)

As much Apple as you like chopped I like to use Granny and Gala or Fuji

Top it off with  Chopped Pecan or Walnuts

Peaches and Cream

1 1/2 Cup Water

Pinch of Salt

1 Cup Old Fashion Oats

Stevia to taste

Slice up peaches

Add some Coconut Cream Mix and enjoy

You can also do this with Strawberries

Lemon Poppy Seed

1 1/2 Cup Water

Pinch of Salt

1 Cup Old Fashion Oats

Stevia to taste

1 tsp Lemon Extract

1 Tbsp Poppy Seeds

Orange Chocolate

1 1/2 Cup Water

Pinch of Salt

1 Cup Old Fashion Oats

4 Tbsp Stevia

2 Tbsp Chocolate Powder

4 Drops Wild Orange Doterra oil or 1 tsp Orange Extract

Nut of your choice (Optional)

Top with Orange Zest (Optional)

I hope that you have fun with your oatmeal from now on. Also, I love to replace the old fashion oats for Stone ground oats. They have a wonderful texture they take a little longer to cook unless you remember to soak them over night first. They also take more water as it is kind of like cooking rice or Ground Wheat.

I have tried to make these measurements close to what I use. I  kind of dump when I cook instead of actually measure. Please feel free to eyeball your ingredients to your liking. I hope that you take your oatmeal to the next level and play with the flavors and textures.

Other great things to add to your oatmeal are Flax Seed, Chia Seed. These have your important Omegas as well as Protein.

 Here is to a healthy vegan breakfast!!!

Much love, Emily Bryar

Banana Bread!!! Mmmmmm

Banana Bread!!!

Tonight I thought I would post my banana bread. It is really very good. Ever time I make it we intend to share, but it never lasts long enough to hand out. LOL This is a great recipe to make into muffins also. Can you say breakfast?

Banana Bread
    Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, And grease your pans or muffin liners.
4-5 Over Ripe Bananas Smash with a potato masher
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
3/4 tsp Salt
Mix well
1 Cup Apple Sauce (Unsweetened)
1 Cup Coconut Sugar, Stevia powder, or Honey (Don't use Honey if you are making this Vegan)
2 tsp Vanilla
3 Tbsp Corn Starch
4 Tbsp Tapioca Flour
or 3Tbsp Ground Flax in 5-6 Tbsp water let this sit on the side to thicken. Add before flour but let it sit for 5ish Minutes
Mix well
Add in your Flax if you went that direction
add in your optional add ins:
    Here are a few other flavors that I have added to this recipe. All are yummy and worth playing with. :)
*Fresh Cranberries (about 1 Cup) with Grated Orange Zest (off of 2 oranges)
*Chocolate Chips (Vegan,1 Cup) with Doterra Orange oil (4-5 Drops or you can Zest again)
*Chocolate Chips (Vegan) with Nuts About 1 Cup each
*Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Nuts (1tsp Cinnamon, 1/4 tsp Nutmeg, 1 Cup Walnuts, or Slivered Almonds, etc. Cashews don't really work however, they seem to be to soft for baking in this recipe.)
Mix

4 Cups Whole Wheat Flour Spoon in the flour into the measuring cup and add one cup at a time. It should be the consistency that is not quite as thick as cookie dough. Eye ball it add a little more flour if needed or don't add all of it if it seems to thick. Sorry for not having the exact measurement on this part. I always eyeball it. Tomorrow for breakfast I will make a batch and show the dough and make them into muffins instead of loafs so you can see the yumminess!!! :)

Place in your oven
For muffins 35-40 Minutes
For Loaf 60-75 Minutes
Stick a butter knife in if it comes out clean you are good to go!!!
  *Note: The top will crack on your loafs. At that point check them also they may seam a little to dark but it is ok they will still taste good. My family knows that they are just a little dark but NOT burnt. Check out the picture. See Dark Tops= Cooked inside.

Enjoy much love, Emily Bryar

Raw Apple Pie for Breakfast!!!

I made raw apple pie with dried figs for breakfast. It was SOOOOO GOOD!!!!! So I wanted to share with you what I did.

In a blender add some soaked dates with water about 1 Cup of Dates and about 1 Cup Water
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1/8 tsp Nutmeg and Mace (Both are ground)
Blend till smooth
Take about 7-10 apples and chop them into slices
10 Dried figs or use raisins I just didn't have any so I used figs.
mix your date in with your apples and figs

Topping
 2 Cups Raw old fashion oats
 In your blender add 1/8 Cup Coconut Sugar
about 3 TBSP water or coconut water
5 Dates
Add Cinnamon to your liking or leave it out. You choose.
Mix the Coconut sugar and oats and mix with your hands it should be like a crumble crust type of a mixture.

Plate up your apples and top with your crumble. If you are staying away from oats and other grains it is still really good without the crumble. :0)

This is a good recipe for the children to help in the kitchen. It is good for them to learn to use a knife and it will give them skills for harder things. My Beeps knows how to use a knife and she is 6 years old. I started teaching her when she was about 4. With supervision and learning that it is not a toy but a sharp and dangerous item and to be used with caution they can learn really fast to be ok using a knife. And if they get thick apples it wont ruin the pie. :0)

Also, if you are having an attack of I NEED SOMETHING sweet good and cooked try this it will feel like you sinned. LOL But then you don't have to tell yourself that you will start over tomorrow. You might feel like you need to say that but NO WAY you are GOOD TO GO!!!! Try it and let me know what you think. :0)
Spice said that it tasted like it should be really unhealthy. LOL It was really very good!!!


Hugs, Emily

Blueberry Muffins!!! Fat free, vegan, gluten free

   I was gone yesterday and when I came home "Spice" had made vegan blueberry muffins. They were so good and so I am in the kitchen this morning baking away reinventing the recipe and making it my own. I hope that you enjoy this recipe!!!

Preheat your oven to 375 Fahrenheit
1 can 15oz White or Pinto Beans drained and rinsed
1 Cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce
Blend this in the blender till smooth

In your bowl add the beans mixture and
1 Cup Raw Vegan Sugar and 1 Cup powdered Stevia
4 TBSP Chia Seeds (Optional)
1/8 tsp Xanthan Gum (Only if you are making these gluten free)
1 TBSP Vanilla
1 tsp Almond Extract
4 tsp Baking Powder
1 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
Mix well!!!

and add
4 cups of Flour  (Spooned into your measuring cup or sifted)
      I like the combination of Corn Starch, Tapioca, and Brown Rice Flour. This makes it gluten free however, if you don't care just add White Flour.
1 Cup Water or your favorite nut milk
  Alternate the flour and liquid
2 1/2 Cups  Fresh or Unsweetened  Frozen Blueberries
 Fold in to your batter using a spoon or rubber spatula

Spray your nonstick muffin tins with a little spray oil and if you have cupcake liners  place them into the tin then place the batter into your prepared tin. Then sprinkle the top of each muffin with Raw Sugar.

Bake for 30 Minutes then check to see if they are done. I use a butter knife others may use a tooth pick, if it comes out clean then they are done.
This batter makes about 24 Regular sized muffins.

Care Bear thinks that they are good

So does Beeps

The real test!!! Does the neighbor? She wanted to smile in this picture. However, I asked and sure enough it was all gone!!! "She loved it!"

Home made Granola!!! Gluten Free, Fat Free, Vegan

Here is a picture of my granola. It is in its container so its not the best picture but none the less here it is.

     

Dry Ingredients

       10 cups oldfasioned rolled oats
        4 cups unsweetened coconut flakes
        4-5 Cups of a mixture of your Favorite seeds, nuts, grains.
 Some that I like are sunflower, pumpkin seeds, cashews, chopped almonds, Pecans, quinoa, millit seeds, flax seeds, and oat or wheat flax and/or germ.
                                     Place all of this in a HUGE bowl and mix well.


Sugar mixture

                   2 cups of honey, or real maple syrup
                   1 cup of coconut sugar or you can use brown sugar.
           Coconut sugar has health properties where there is almost none in brown sugar
                   1/2cup water.

Boil this in microwave for 5 minutes you will need to put it in a bigger bowl so it doesn't boil all over your microwave and you don't need to stop it to mix just let it cook for the full 5 min. or on stove ( we don't have a microwave) mixing so it doesn't burn for about 3-5 minutes just enough where it starts to thicken slightly.
 
When done put in 1-2 tsp vanilla and 1/8 tsp (pinch) of salt mix and poor over your oat mixture.
Work it in until all of your oat mixture is covered. If you need a little more just add a little more honey or syrup and mix in well. It will have a few crumbly peaces but most of the oats will not stick together but you can see that they are covered slightly with the sugars.
    Bake at 325 for 15-20 minutes stir and switch pans. So the pan that was on the bottom rack will now be on the top and vice versa. Bake for 10 minutes and mix again switch and bake for 5-7 minutes. Do this until you get desired color. It will burn if you don't watch it after the first two times.

When done add in your berries. We like raisins, dried cranberries, dried blueberries, dried apricots, dates, etc. Granola is done!!! Enjoy with whatever kind of milk you like.