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Grain Free Butternut (or Sweet Potato) Flatbread. I know, that’s sounds like an extreme claim.

Grain Free Butternut (or Sweet Potato) Flatbread

Moist Pumpkin Bran Muffins. I’m traveling for Thanksgiving but I just had to make SOMETHING before I left.

Moist Pumpkin Bran Muffins

I’ve been experimenting with pumpkin muffins and thought they’d make a good breakfast treat for Thanksgiving morning. These came out really moist with just the right sweetness. I sprinkled the tops with a bit of quick oats just for fun. I think it makes them look so much better then plain old muffins. 1 ½ cups Whole Wheat Flour (180g)1 tsp baking soda1 tsp baking powder¼ tsp salt1 tbsp ground cinnamon½ tsp ground ginger½ tsp ground cloves½ tsp all spice1 tsp nutmeg1 15oz can of pumpkin¼ cup molasses (84 g)2 tbsp honey (42g)1 egg2 egg whites¼ cup unsweetened applesauce½ cup non-fat unflavored yogurt¾ cup Wheat Bran (45g) (available in the storeNon-stick cooking spray Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Lemony Olive Oil Banana Bread Recipe. Certain adventures call for the perfect banana bread, and this was one of them.

Lemony Olive Oil Banana Bread Recipe

You can't really know what to expect regarding the weather when someone invites you to a late-October wedding near Monterey, California. A wedding at an off-season summer camp. I thought there was a good chance I'd be wearing Wellies under whatever dress I picked out, sloshing around in puddles. Not the case! The sun was strong, old moss-laced oak trees lent some shade, and the guests swam, shot rifles, barn danced, and drank plenty of bubbles at this multi-day fête.

If you drive south, and then a bit east from Monterey, the landscape changes. Apple swirl bread - lowfat & vegan. No-Knead Garlic-Cheese Flatbread. 1) Lightly grease a 9" x 13" pan, and drizzle 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil in the bottom. 2) Combine all of the ingredients except the cheese and garlic, and beat at high speed with an electric mixer for 60 seconds. 3) Add the cheese and garlic, beating gently just to combine. 4) Scoop the sticky batter into the prepared pan, cover the pan, and let it rise at room temperature for 60 minutes, till it's become puffy. 5) While the dough is rising, preheat the oven to 375°F. 6) Sprinkle the dough with pizza seasoning, and/or the dried herbs of your choice, if desired. 7) Bake the bread till it's golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes. 8) Remove it from the oven, wait 5 minutes, then turn it out of the pan onto a rack.

No-Knead Garlic-Cheese Flatbread

Whole roasted garlic clove focaccia bread : sweet beet and green bean. Whole roasted garlic clove focaccia bread Posted by Jacqueline Gabardy, L.Ac. on Monday, December 8, 2008 · 14 Comments i love making my own bread. there really isn’t any comparison between a fresh, out of the oven, loaf and store bought varieties. but bread can be tricky to get right - either it is too dense, the crust isn’t thick enough, or it comes out lopsided. focaccia is a simple bread to make that’s always soft on the inside with a crunchy crust. adding italian herbs to focaccia is fairly normal, but i stepped it up a notch by adding whole cloves of roasted garlic to the bread, and lots of it. i used 3 heads of garlic in one batch, but you can use more or less according to your taste. keep in mind when you roast garlic the taste mellows out significantly to a savory and almost sweet caramelized flavor that isn’t pungent in the least. for most, this means you can eat a lot more of it. bake at 400F for 18 minutes until starting to toast golden brown on top. slice up and enjoy!

whole roasted garlic clove focaccia bread : sweet beet and green bean

Cinnamon swirl bread : sweet beet and green bean. The Life-Changing Loaf of Bread. It took me a long time to settle on the title for this post.

The Life-Changing Loaf of Bread

Why? Because it’s quite a statement to suggest that a humble loaf of bread will change your life. I am willing to be so bold. No-Fail Whole Wheat Bread (it's not dense!) - Progressive Pioneer. Though I'm still loyal to my Peter Reinhart book for making whole wheat versions of fancier breads (challah, cinnamon rolls, bagels, pita etc.), I've discovered that nothing beats my mother-in-law's recipe for simplicity, softness and tastiness.

No-Fail Whole Wheat Bread (it's not dense!) - Progressive Pioneer

If I'm going to be making all our bread, the process needs to be pretty darn simple or it's just not going to happen. I can whip this up in under half an hour (just hands on time, not rising and baking, but you can do other stuff while that's happening). To make two loaves, mix 3.5 cups warm water, 1.5 tsp. yeast, and 1/4 c. honey in your mixer bowl and let the yeast proof. Next mix up and add half of your 7 cups of whole wheat flour (3.5 cups), 2 tsp salt and 2 heaping tablespoons lecithin granules or olive oil (I use olive oil because I have a bunch, but I think the lecithin makes it even spongier). Now add the second half of the flour (another 3.5 cups). Grain-Free Granola. Awhile ago our family did the GAPS diet, which means no sugar and no grain (among other things).

Grain-Free Granola

I thought I would miss sugar the most, but that wasn’t the case at all. I was actually pretty okay without it. I think it might have to do with the huge amount of probiotics I’d been consuming. Has anyone else experienced this? A reduction in sugar cravings when you eat more probiotics? My mom was in town for a month and gamely stuck to the diet with us.