Archive For The “Cooking” Category
We all dressed in red or pink. Spunky had on a pretty heart fleece. We ate pink, heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. We painted coffee filter hearts with watercolors. We ate angel food cake with strawberries. We ate SweetTart Hearts and acted out what every heart said. Mommy ended up getting lots of hugs and kisses. [...]
We had a very nice, quiet Christmas Day. We went to church in the morning and then came home for a meaty-cheesy-eggy breakfast, just what my hubby wanted. We opened presents and had some snacks. I even took a nap in the afternoon. Then we had dinner, which I had prepared a few days ahead [...]
Michelle’s Low GL Cornmeal Pancakes 2 cups ground cornmeal 2 cups boiling water 1 tsp unrefined real salt (or 2 tsp regular salt) 2 eggs (or egg substitute) 1 Tbsp agave nectar (or about 2 Tbsp regular sugar) 4 Tbsp margarine, melted 1 cup soy/almond/rice/hemp milk (or regular milk) 1 cup stoneground whole wheat flour [...]
Delicious Vegan Gingerbread Cookies! Ingredients ½ cup oil ¾ cup sugar ¼ cup molasses ¼ cup plain soymilk 2 cups whole wheat flour ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon each ground nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger Directions 1. In a large bowl beat together [...]
Our day started with our early riser (Spunky) waking up long before the sun began to peak over the horizon. I brought her into our bedroom and attempted to sleep a little bit longer. Shortly after her arrival, Punky came into our room and Bunky began to cry in his crib. So, we made our [...]
Ingredients 1 box cake mix (I used devils food) 1 cup oatmeal 1/2 cup oil 1/3 cup applesauce 1 cup chocolate chips (I used baking chocolate chopped up) 1 tsp vanilla extract Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F In a large bowl, combine all ingredients, blending well. If mixture is too stiff, add a [...]
Look at all I did yesterday: baked one batch of banana nut muffins baked on batch of blueberry muffins cleaned all of the kids’ rooms vacuumed did two loads of laundry put away 1/2 of one load (I hate this task!) baked two loaves of bread make two chocolate cakes prepared one pasta salad made [...]
Now that I’ve been doing some vegan baking, I am learning that one of the most important parts of baking this way is what you use to bind the cookies. I’ve previously posted my Super-Substituted Banana Bread and A List of Cooking & Baking Substitutes, and here is a fantastic recipe for oatmeal cookies made [...]
