Eggless pancakes and more

Mushrooms and onions sautée in bacon fat with chimichurri spice

Fresh sliced strawberries and kiwis with pasture raised pork bacon

Eggless pancakes with Haribo Gummi bears, blueberries, and bananas

1 1/4 C flour
1 Tbs baking powder
1 Tbs sugar
1/4 tsp salt
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1 C milk
2 Tbs cooking oil
2 Tbs water

Mix wet and dry ingredients just until combined, and proceed to make delicious pancakes. I’ve found that even when adding ingredients (like Gummi bears, blueberries and bananas) these always turn out great. Certainly my favorite pancake recipe of all time. Usually i just add blueberries but today my son wanted to add Gummi bears, i was genuinely surprised how good they were.

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Chia seed parfait

Sheep’s yogurt and Chia seeds with diced pineapples, strawberries and grapes

Same as above with raisins instead of grapes, added bananas and a beautiful presentation for my little prince

Chia seeds soaked in rice milk for 20 minutes topped with yogurt about to be mixed together

Fruit diced and Chia seeds soaked

The beginnings of a very yummy breakfast

Until next time
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Some of the recent flavors

Jade In The Valley

Fresh Campari tomatoes wrapped in prosciutto accented with sliced Cara Cara oranges and ripe kiwi

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Pan seared organic chicken and asparagus over red rice vegetable medley

Pasture raised pork and tomatoes over cauliflower rice with sautéed fennel and hard boiled egg

Oven roasted pasture raised chicken with steamed asparagus and a cucumber salad

Shredded cabbage salad with steamed shredded beets and steamed bok choy with enoki mushrooms topped with Crispy wonton, cashew, sesame seeds and ginger dressing.

Pasture raised “green” eggs and ham with cherry jammed bread and butter salami and spicy mustard

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Savory breakfast wrap #vegan

Delicious!

Raw diced marinated sweet potato: salt, pepper, oregano, apple cider vinegar, extra virgin olive oil

Diced avocado

Raw sliced mushrooms

Raw chopped spinach

Red pepper and cashew spread

Flax meal wrap

Red pepper and cashew spread: pulse them together in food processor until smooth and creamy

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Hemp seed Granola

Ingredients:
1 Cup Almonds
1 Cup Walnuts
1/2 Cup Hemp seeds
1/4 Cup Pumpkin seeds
1/4 Cup Pine nuts
Salt
2 Tbs Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Nutmeg
1/4 Cup Coconut oil
1/2 Cup Local honey
1 tsp Vanilla

Directions:

1. Grind almonds and Walnuts in food processor until mostly flour like with a few larger pieces remaining
2. Mix ground nuts with seeds and pine nuts, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in large bowl, make well in the center
3. Combine wet ingredients
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients all at once, mix until well combined or is that combine until well mixed …?
5. Dump mixture onto parchment lined baking sheet and spread into a smooth layer about 1/4 inch thick
6. Place baking tray in preheated oven at 180f for 4 hours. My current oven is not able to go below 260f so I bake my granola for 2 hours.
7. Cool granola to room temperature, then crumble and store in airtight container

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Mashed Acorn Squash

Drizzle with local honey and a splash of whole grass fed milk

Push a tablespoon of grass fed butter into the center to melt

Your acorn squash should come out of the oven with fork tender flesh and a crispy shell

Season with salt and pepper and drizzle avocado oil (or your choice of fat) before placing flesh side up on sheet pan in 350° preheated oven for 35 minutes

Gently cut around seeds to loosen from flesh and use a spoon to scoop them out.

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Cheat meal and guiltless pleasure

Salmon, peas in red sauce with grated parmesan and fresh parsley

Homemade granola before

And after
Ingredients:
1 cup raw almonds
1 cup raw walnuts
1/2 cup raw pine nuts
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/4 cup chiaseeds
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla
Grind almonds and walnuts in food processor, then mix in bowl with remaining dry ingredients. Mix in wet ingredients until well combined. Spread onto parchment lined baking sheet and place in center rack of preheated oven 180°f for 4 hours or until golden brown. Get crazy with this recipe; there’s lots of room for experimentation. Just last week I made a batch that had macadamia and pistachio …. It would have been incredible with chocolate chips.

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PS here’s the kitchen I cook out of; nothing glamorous but I do keep it clean.

Onion mushroom bacon fritata

Ingredients:
One small onion diced
Two medium mushrooms diced
Two slices humanelyraised bacon sliced
Three pasture raised eggs scrambled
1/2 cup grass fed cheddar cheese
1 tbs olive oil
Method:
Preheat oven to 375°f. Sweat onions in small oven proof saute pan until translucent then add mushrooms and cook until moisture is released. Add bacon and cook until fat is translucent. Turn heat off and spread cooked ingredients around to simulate a pie crust, add egg into center of mixture then sprinkle cheese on top. Place pan on upper middle rack in oven and bake for 15 minutes or until eggs are cooked to your satisfaction. Remove pan from oven and slide spatula under egg to loosen from pan and serve on plate.

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Vacation scramble

Pasture raised eggs scrambled with wild caught smoked salmon, tomato, parmesan cheese, Gruyere, scallions, cilantro and crushed red peppers and a squeeze of lime

Served with fresh berries, yogurt with local honey and orange slices

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A fatty filling start

Humanely raised bacon, grass fed beef sausage, raw avocado, steamed sweet potato

Served with Greek yogurt, buckwheat cereal and blackberry jam

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