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Coconut Plantain Sweet Potato Breadcrumb Cookies + Video
Mar24

Coconut Plantain Sweet Potato Breadcrumb Cookies + Video

If you’re craving something sweet, but haven’t got a clue what to make, try out our Coconut Plantain Sweet Potato Breadcrumb Cookies! Maybe you didn’t know you could make cookies with breadcrumbs, but they are an awesome alternative, when you may be out of other ingredients, you’d typically need for baking cookies. The tropical flavors of coconut & plantain are just perfect in a cookie like this. Plus, you...

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How to Make Gluten-Free High Protein Snack Bars
Jul02

How to Make Gluten-Free High Protein Snack Bars

It’s important to keep our metabolism up during the day, and high protein snack bars are just what your body needs to make it through to the next meal. Protein rich snacks will keep you feeling full longer, and sustain you until lunch or dinner. It seems to me that lately there is an increasing emphasis on eating gluten free. Even in your local supermarket, you will find a section dedicated to gluten free choices. What does...

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Boost Brain Power with 15 Smart Foods
Oct29

Boost Brain Power with 15 Smart Foods

Brain Foods are foods that boost brain power, increase brain function, protect and enhance memory, help to prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, protect the brain from degeneration, and improve focus for longer periods of time. Our brains are powerful, organic machines that control all movement, thought and sensation, while calculating our needs and reacting with super sonic speed. The amount of data stored as images, text...

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Sometimes Simple is Best When Cooking
Feb23

Sometimes Simple is Best When Cooking

It’s funny how we can all sometimes get caught up in the complexity of cooking, and the minute details that go along with it. There are times when the simple things in food are what’s best, and exactly what you’re craving…and that’s okay. This morning, for example, I had sliced bananas in milk like my mom used to make for me when I was a child. I did add some chia seeds on top just because they were out...

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How to Toast Seeds
Jan26

How to Toast Seeds

There may be times where you see a recipe that calls for toasted seeds or seeds to be toasted, as an ingredient or topping. Seeds are a very healthy part of your diet, even if you’re not a vegetarian or vegan…Seeds can accentuate not only the flavor profile of a dish, but increase the nutrients, and make your dish more aesthetically pleasing. All kinds of seeds can be used such as sesame seeds (white & black ones),...

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How to Make Mint Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Jun26

How to Make Mint Chocolate Chip Pancakes

How about a cool kick to your breakfast routine? Well, it’s Sunday, and we often do a little something special for breakfast or brunch on the weekends. So, today, I’m going to let you in on how to make Mint Chocolate Chip Pancakes. I, personally, do not enjoy mint chocolate chip, but there are members in my family that simply can’t get enough of it. I will be making myself some special scrambled eggs. I do hope you...

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How to Cook Breakfast: Black Currant Pancakes
Jun20

How to Cook Breakfast: Black Currant Pancakes

Why not kick it up a few notches for breakfast at your house, instead of the old humdrum… This is a simple, quick, tasty and much more exciting version of plain, old pancakes. Not only do these babies have black currants, which can be in dried form and easy to find at your grocer, they also contain chia seeds, which are now easy to find as well. Chia seeds are a good source of protein, dietary fiber, as well as essential...

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How to Cook Sour Cherry Buttermilk Pancakes with Damson Plum Syrup
Oct31

How to Cook Sour Cherry Buttermilk Pancakes with Damson Plum Syrup

Breakfast should be fun! Experiment with tasty flavors and check and see what you have in your pantry. When I think of making pancakes, I check to see what kind of fruit we have on hand. Today, I chose dried sour cherries to make breakfast more exciting! Type: Breakfast Serve With: Damson Plum Syrup Prep Time: 8 minutes Cook Time: 12 minutes Yield: 8 large pancakes Pancake Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour – or 1/4 cup whole wheat,...

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How to Bake Kimberly’s Mixed-Up Bread Recipe for the Bread Machine
Sep23

How to Bake Kimberly’s Mixed-Up Bread Recipe for the Bread Machine

Tonight, I seem to have had a menagerie of bags of flour with a little bit of each left in them. I had 2 cups of sourdough flour, 1.5 cups of 7-grain flour and 1/2 cup of white bread flour. Here’s the interesting recipe I came up with and it was soooo delicious! I love my bread machine! Type: Bread Serve With: Softened butter Prep Time: 7 min Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 min Yield: 1 loaf Ingredients: 2 cups Sourdough Flour 1.5 cups...

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