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Julie’s Granola

Julie's Granola
 
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  • Serves: 30
  • Serving size: 4 oz
Cuisine: breakfast, snack
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This kept Julie going while she hiked the AT. Makes over 3 pounds.
Ingredients
Dry:
  • 5 cups gluten free organic oats
  • ¼ cup flax seed
  • 1-1/2 cups shredded coconut
  • ½ cup sesame seeds
  • ½ cup sunflower seeds
  • ¾ cup slivered almonds
  • ¾ cup other nuts (pecans or cashews or hazelnuts, whatever you have)
  • ½ cup pumpkin seeds (optional)
Wet:
  • ½ cup honey (raw Vermont honey is best of course)
  • ⅓ cup oil
  • ¼ cup maple syrup (VT grade B)
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp vanilla
Fruit:
  • 1 cups dried fruit (raisins, dried cranberries, dates, or even candied ginger)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl
  3. Heat wet ingredients in a sauce pan until mixed, but do not boil
  4. Add wet ingredients to dry, stir until well mixed
  5. Spread in a thin layer on five 13x9 jelly roll pans
  6. Bake 45 minutes, stirring occasionally
  7. Cool then add dry fruit
Notes
Lately I've been mixing the granola without nuts, then dividing it into 2 or 3 bowls and adding different nuts to each smaller batch. Later I can also add different fruits to different batches also. Some possibilities: cashew-raisin, hazelnut-cranberry, cashew-ginger.
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Basil & Strombie Lemonade (Strawberry + Zombie = Strombie)

Basil & Strombie Lemonade
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Strawberry + Zombie = Strombie
Ingredients
  • 3-4 washed basil leaves, plucked in the prime of their life.
  • 1tsp sweet fairy cocaine.
  • 4 fresh strawberries, scalped.
  • 4oz. life essence, freshly harvested from the eviscerated carcasses of several unfortunate lemons.
  • 1oz. Lucille-strength vodka. The good stuff.
  • Dash of balsamic vinegar
  • Fancy toothpick, small strawberry, and basil leaf for classy garnish
Instructions
  1. In the bottom of a tumbler, muddle basil leaves with the sugar.
  2. Add the strawberries and continue to smush.
  3. Once combined, add ice, lemonade, vodka, and a dash of balsamic vinegar.
  4. Shake, then strain into a classy martini glass.
  5. Finish with garnish and enjoy.
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gluten free recipes

Slow Cooked Black Beans

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Slow Cooked Black Beans
Cuisine: Mexican
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I love these delicious, savory, slow cooked beans. The slow cooker lets you skip that whole "soak overnight" step, and ensures that the aromatic onions and garlic flavors are absorbed by the beans.
Ingredients
  • 1 lb dry black beans
  • 6 cups water
  • 2 onions, diced
  • 3 whole cloves garlic
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 Tbl cumin
  • 1 Tbl chile powder
  • 1 Tbl salt
Instructions
  1. sort through the dry beans, removing any broken beans and stones
  2. add beans, water, onion, cloves, and bay leaves to dry cooker
  3. cook on low for 6 hours
  4. about ½ hour before they're done, add the salt and spices
  5. remove the garlic cloves and bay leaves before serving
  6. serve with grated cheese and cilantro
Notes
These will keep a week or more in the fridge. And stored in ziplock bags and flattened out they also freeze well.
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Fresh Squeezed Lemonade

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Fresh Squeezed Lemonade
 
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  • Serves: 8
  • Serving size: 8oz
  • Calories: 40
  • Sugar: 4tsp
Recipe type: Drinks
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Kick ass lemonade, not too sweet but definitely refreshing. Makes 2 quarts.
Ingredients
  • 6 lemons
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 7 cups water
Instructions
  1. Roll the lemons on a hard surface to soften them a bit.
  2. Cut the lemons into halves and juice them; after straining the pulp and seeds out you should end up with about a cup of lemon juice.
  3. Mix the sugar and water, stir until dissolved, add lemon juice.
  4. Pour into 2 quart container and refrigerate.
Notes
If you serve in a clear pitcher add a few of the lemon halves for presentation.
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Cosmopolitan

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Cosmopolitan
 
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Recipe type: Drinks
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Ingredients
  • 1½ parts vodka
  • ⅓ part triple sec
  • ½ part cranberry juice
  • ½ part fresh lime juice (squeezed)
Instructions
  1. Mix ingredients. Serve in martini glass or other wide-mouthed stemware.
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Margarita

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Margarita
 
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Recipe type: Drinks
Cuisine: Mexican
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Best Marg Ever
Ingredients
  • 1 shot tequila
  • ½ shot cointreau or triple sec
  • 5 shots marg mix
  • 1 squirt lime juice
  • 1 slice lime
  • kosher salt (optional)
Instructions
  1. Run ½ lime around rim of margarita glass.
  2. Optional: Dip glass in a dish of kosher salt.
  3. Add all ingredients and stir. Add ice, garnish with lime slice and serve.
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Lasagna

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Lasagna
 
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Italian
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Ingredients
  • 1 box lasagna noodles
  • 1lb hamburg
  • 1lb mushrooms, sliced
  • 1lb ricotta cheese
  • 2lb mozzarella cheese
  • 1 can peeled whole tomatoes
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • italian season
  • salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Boil lasagna noodles according to package.
  2. Cover bottom of baking pan with a layer of noodles, add thin layer of meat and mozzarella. Alternate layers of noodles with other ingredients. Top layer should be noodles covered in sauce.
  3. Bake for 30-40 minutes, serve.
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gluten free recipes

Apple-Coconut-Almond-Flax Muffins

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The Ultimate Apple-Coconut-Almond-Flax Muffins
 
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Simply amazing muffins
Ingredients
Dry ingredients
  • 2 cups almond flour/meal
  • ⅓ cup coconut flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt (3/4 tsp if almond butter is salted)
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ½ cup dried coconut
  • ½ cup flax seed
Wet ingredients
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 3 eggs (warmed to room temp)
  • ⅓ cup agave syrup
  • 3 tablespoons oil (olive, canola, coconut butter, hazelnut is best)
  • 2 tablespoons almond butter ((adjust salt above if salted))
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray muffin tins with oil.
  2. In a medium mixing bowl combine applesauce, agave syrup, and almond butter and mix well. Scramble eggs and add along with oil and vanilla; mix to incorporate.
  3. In a separate bowl, add almond flour, coconut flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking soda. Mix to incorporate.
  4. Add wet ingredients to the dry and scrape the bowl. Mix well and add the dried coconut and flax seed. Stop mixing when just incorporated evenly.
  5. Dollop into muffin cups and bake for about 20 minutes if making HUGE muffins or between 10-15 minutes if smaller. Check for golden brown color and set tops.
  6. Store in an airtight container in the fridge once cooled. They won’t last long due to extreme deliciousness, not spoilage! 🙂
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Huevos Rancheros

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Huevos Rancheros
 
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Mexican
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Ingredients
Guacamole
  • 2 Haas avocados
  • ½ clove garlic
  • 1 squirt fresh lime juice
  • 1 dash salt
Black Beans
  • 1 can black beans
  • 2 tablespoons chopped onion
  • 1 dash salt
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Huevos
  • 4 corn tortillas
  • 8 eggs
  • 1 cup guacamole (see below)
  • 2 cups black beans, seasoned
  • ½ cup grated cheese (cheddar, jack, etc)
Instructions
Guacamole
  1. Cut avocado in half, remove and set aside pit. With a sharp knife, score the flesh of each half vertically and horizontally, then scoop out with spoon. Mash with a fork until creamy. Add chopped garlic, salt and lime juice, stir until well blended. Add pit to mixture to preserve fresh green color.
Black Beans
  1. Empty can into small saucepan, add chopped onions, salt and cumin. Add water as needed until mixture can be stirred easily. Heat on medium until boiling, then simmer for 10 minutes or until eggs are ready.
Huevos
  1. Warm the tortillas in microwave, preheat skillet. Cook 2 eggs over easy on skillet. Plate eggs on top of a warm tortilla, sprinkle with grated cheese. Add a dollop of guacamole and a spoonful of black beans on the side. Optionally serve with sausage, bacon or other breakfast meat.