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Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart Recipe - Gluten Free Recipe. How low can you go?! This gluten free chocolate peanut butter tart is sweetened with a delicious alternative sweetener that I have been enjoying of late –yacon syrup. Of course, as we all know, the best sweetener is no sweetener at all. I believe that humans were not made to digest large quantities of sugars. Fruit is available in most climates a couple of months of the year, if that.

And then there is my family. They like their sweets regardless of the season. And then there are my readers. Thankfully, I found this dessert on a fabulous blog that I follow called healthyindulgences.com. Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart printer friendly Flourless Tart Crust: Feel free to use my standard chocolate pudding as referenced (and linked) in the recipe above, or, try this new lower-glycemic, gluten-free chocolate pudding sweetened primarily with yacon, below: Lower Glycemic Chocolate Pudding Filling: In terms of flavor, I find that yacon is not as sweet as agave and its taste is not as “sharp.” Banana Pancakes (can be vegan, dairy free, etc, and obviously are already gluten-free) I'm working at the Holiday Table at work, whicch means I'm sitting at a pretty table taking Thanksgiving orders. Orders for raw, "do it yourself" turkeys, oven ready seasoned turkeys, pies, stuffings, gravies, whole already put together feasts.

I talk to everyone who comes over, and quite a few have turned out to be gluten free. One woman broke my heart. She told me she's given up on "eating like everyone else does" and doesn't eat pizza or pies or anything she ate before. She has been diagnosed with Celiac for a number of years. When I told her we have the GF Bakehouse pumpkin pies in the frozen section now, she told me she is just going to roast a squash and put brown sugar on it. Thats not dessert!! So this morning I made pancakes. Banana Pancakes 1 c rice flour2 t baking powder1/2 t salt1 T sugara pinch of nutmeg and a bigger pinch of cinnamon1 T veg oil1 c milk or soymilk or water1 overripe banana Mix all the dry ingredients. Gluten Free Buckwheat Pancakes « Wallet Friendly Wellness.

Now that I’ve gone through my first work-week worth’s of budget friendly meals (almost a week later!) , it’s time I got to the weekend. My weekday breakfasts tend to be pretty simple – a cup of plain yogurt with stevia or a 1/2 cup of oatbran sweetened with stevia and a cup of chamomile tea courtesy of the office. When I’m feeling extra creative, I’ll add some sesame seeds, cereal, or something else fun and yummy to the mix. But weekend brunch is a big deal in our household, and that’s when Steph and I go all out. For our first week on our $50.00 a week (each) grocery budget, we chose to make gluten-free pancakes! Why? Because all this talk of pancakes in the blogopshere had me seriously craving some of my own.

I followed this gluten-free pancake recipe from Celiac.com with a few alterations, replacing milk with almond milk, vegetable oil with healthier canola oil, and substituting half the brown rice flour with buckwheat flour. Gluten-Free Buckwheat Pancakes Seriously, I love leftovers. Gluten Free Carrot Scallion Latke Recipe - Gluten Free Recipe. Latkes are everyone’s favorite Jewish fried food. The typical latke is made with potato, flour and eggs. I however, like to make a more Paleo friendly latke and now with this new recipe, I have 2 versions of Paleo pancakes. Generally at Hanukkah, I make a Butternut Squash Latke, though this year I was searching for a bit of variety and so came up with this Carrot Scallion Latke. Why carrots? Well, first of all, my younger son asked me to make a carrot latke. So, here, I present you with what I hope is healthier fried fare (if such a thing is possible) with these healthy and delicious Carrot Scallion Latkes.

At Hanukkah, we also make doughnuts, or donuts (in Hebrew we refer to them as sufganiyot) and other fried goodies. Carrot Scallion Latkes printer friendly If carrots aren’t your thing take a look at my Butternut Squash Latkes. A Food Lover's Journey: Wholesome bites. A thought struck me the other day. As adults, we spend the majority of our time working. For some people like me, add on study, and time seems to disappear. In my field, women are so rare. Sometimes it feels like “it´s a man world…” But well, as the lyrics say “But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman“. Back to the main theme of this post, the featured ingredient is black sesame, which is richly in flavours.

Today I am pairing these wonderful seeds with another healthy ingredient – tofu. I have used organic whole-wheat flour instead of regular flour. I am sending this entry to Weekend Herb Blogging. Free-form Black Sesame Tofu Biscuits Ingredients (made quite a bit of biscuits. Baking notes:* When baking these biscuits, do check our oven after 15 mins of cooking. Wholegrain Crackerbread with Sesame (gluten-free, vegan, ACD), my recipe calendar, and TWO giveaways - Affairs of Living - Recipes & Lifestyle - Affairs of Living. The other big news is that my recipe calendar, entitled A Year to Eat Freely: 2011 Allergy-Friendly Recipe Calendar, is now for sale! Doesn't it look lovely?

This 12-month recipe calendar features 17 recipes free of all major allergens, with full color photos and lots of good instructions. Read more about it here, or just go over to my Etsy shop. I have decided to share a lovely recipe from the calendar as part of this month's event, a wonderful Wholegrain Crackerbread with Sesame that is easy to prepare and delicious. Interested in winning a copy of my calendar? If you'd rather just shell out the cash and buy one, the calendar is for sale on my Etsy shop, for $12 plus shipping & handling. 5% of the profits from each sale benefits Turn the Corner Foundation, dedicated to innovative treatments, research, advocacy, and education for Lyme Disease and tick-borne illnesses.

Wow, two giveaways and a donation, how fabulous is that? Xoxo Wholegrain Crackerbread with Sesame yield 1-14 inch round. Free Recipes | GFG. Amaranth No-yeast Bread Recipe.